31973R2654

No L 273 / 62 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 9 . 73

REGULATION (EEC ) No 2654/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 September 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 most favourable quotations recorded on the various Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ 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 (*) 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 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1707/ 66/EEC and the future trend of these prices ; 73 ( 3 ) ; whereas, furthermore, account should be taken of the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the situation in the Community regarding the supply of Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ and demand for these seeds : EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece ;

Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation No 142/67/ No 651 /71 ( ° ) of 29 March 1971 on certain detailed EEC ( 4 ) of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rules for the application of export refunds on oil rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regu­ seeds provides that the amount of the refund must lation (EEC) No 2429/72 ( 5 ), and in particular the first sentence of Article 2 ( 3 ) thereof ; be calculated on the basis of the weight of exported seeds ; whereas this weight must be adjusted to take account of any differences between the percentages Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary of moisture and impurities found to exist and those Committee ; used to define the standard quality for which the tar­ get price is fixed ; whereas, when this adjustment is Whereas Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66 /EEC being made, the weight of the exported seeds must be provides that a refund may be granted on exports to increased by the amount of the difference between third countries of oil seeds harvested within the the actual moisture and impurities content and that Community ; whereas the amount of this refund used to define the standard quality if the former is may not exceed the difference between prices within lower than the latter ; whereas, if the opposite the Community and prices on the world market applies, the weight of the exported seeds must be where the former are higher than the latter ; whereas reduced bv the same amount ; 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 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/EEC pro­ defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No vides that Article 28 of Regulation No 136 /66/EEC 1360/ 73 ( 7 ) of 15 May 1973 fixing the target prices and measures taken in application thereof apply , sub­ and basic intervention prices for oil seeds for the ject to the provisions of the Agreement establishing 1973 / 74 marketing year ; 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 17.5 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 . ( s ) O I No 19", 29 . 10. 1966 , p . 3393 / 66 . (4) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p. 2461 67. (•) O J No L 75 , 30. 3 . 1971 , p . 16 . (4) OJ No I 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . i 7 ) OJ No I. 141 , 28 . S. 1473 , 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 in the previous subparagraph ; countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in 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 October markets of third countries and Greece, that the re­ 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .

For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund applicable to oil seeds from 1 October 1973

fu. a. 1100 kg )

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

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