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1 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245 / 41

REGULATION (EEC) No 2378/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 31 August 1973

fixing the export refund on oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN count must be taken of prices ruling on the various COMMUNITIES, Community markets which are representative from the point of view of processing and exportation ; the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ most favourable quotations recorded on the various markets of importing third countries and Greece, pean Economic Community ; and costs incurred in placing the goods on the world market ; whereas, when the amount of the refund is Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ being fixed, account must also be taken of the level EEC (J ) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of market prices within the Community for the oil of a common organization of the market in oils and seeds referred to in Article 21 of Regulation No 136/ fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the 66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; Treaty (8) on the Accession of new Member States to whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the the European Economic Community and the Euro­ economic aspect of the proposed exports and the pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels situation in the Community regarding the supply of on 22 January 1972 ; and demand for these seeds :

Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece ; Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 651 /71 (7) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/ rules for the application of export refunds on oil EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, seeds provides that the amount of the refund must rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­ be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported lation (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take first sentence of Article 2 ( 3 ) thereof ; account of any differences between the percentages of moisture and impurities found to exist and those Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary used to define the standard quality for which the tar­ Committee ; get price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is being made, the weight of the exported seeds must be "Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC increased by the amount of the difference between provides that a refund may be granted on exports to the actual moisture and impurities content and that third countries of oil seeds harvested within the used to define the standard quality if the former is Community ; whereas the amount of this refund lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite may not exceed the difference between prices within applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be the Community and prices on the world market reduced by the same amount ; where the former are higher than the latter ; whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC pro­ vides that, at present, Article 28 of that Regulation applies only to colza , rape and sunflower seeds ; Whereas the standard quality referred to above is defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­ 1360/73 ( 8) of 15 May 1973 fixing the target prices vides that Article 28 .of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the and measures taken in application thereof apply, sub­ 1973 / 74 marketing year ; ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­ munity and Greece ; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 142/67/EEC pro­ vides that the refund may be varied according to des­ vides that when the refund is being calculated ac­ tination where the world market situation or the spe­

(*) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . {*) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66. (8) OJ No 125 , 26. 6. 1967, p. 2461/67. (7) OJ No L 75 , 30. 3 . 1971 , p. 16. (•) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 33 .

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cific requirements of certain markets make this neces­ fund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the sary ; Annex to this Regulation for those products for which the marketing year has already begun ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in agement Committee for Oils and Fats ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange based HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : on their effective parity ;

— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Article 1 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in The refunds on the products referred to in Article 21 relation to the Community currencies referred to of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in in the previous subparagraph ; the Annex to this Regulation. Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ teria to the present situation on the market in oil Article 2 seeds, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Sep­ markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­ tember 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 September 1973

(u.a . 1100 kg )

CCT heading Refund No Description of goods

ex 12.01 — Colza and rape seed ex 12.01 Sunflower seed, other than for sowing