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28 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 357/43

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3498 /73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 21 December 1973

fixing the components used to calculate the differential amounts for colza and rape seed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the spot exchange rate recorded over a given COMMUNITIES, period for the currency of the relevant Member State against each of the currencies of the Member Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European States specified above ; Economic Community ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2300/73 (5), as last Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 66/ EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ 3491 /73 (6), lays down detailed rules for the applica­ ment of a common organization of the market in oils tion of Regulation (EEC) No 1 569/72 ; and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2); Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2957/73 (7) of 31 October 1973, as amended by Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No No 2996/73 (8), fixed a representative conversion rate 1 569/72 (3) of 20 July 1972 laying down special for the Italian lira to be applied in agriculture with measures for colza and rape seed, as last amended by effect from 1 January 1974 ; whereas, however, the Regulation (EEC) No 3477/73 (4), and in particular new Article 5 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 stip­ Article 2 (2) thereof ; ulates the maintenance of the price level existing in Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1569/72 Italy for colza and rape seed on 31 December 1973 specifies that the differential amounts ' for those until the end of the 1973/74 marketing year ; whereas, Member States which keep their exchange rates at any according to the same Article, there is reason to take gvien moment within a band of 2-25 % must be deter­ account of this measure when fixing the differential mined by taking into account the incidence on prices amounts applicable in Italy ; whereas this objective of the percentage representing the difference can be attained by applying to the components used between : for calculating the differential amounts and resulting from the new conversion rate a percentage expressing — the conversion rate used for the purposes of the the difference between the components which results common agricultural policy ; and from the rates of conversion applicable in Italy on 31 December 1973 and on 1 January 1974 ; — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ;

Whereas this leads to the fixing of differential Whereas, applying the rules and criteria set out above, amounts which remain constant as long as the factors the components used to calculate the differential amounts should be fixed in accordance with the Table used to calculate them remain unchanged ; annexed to this Regulation ; Whereas, applying the new method of calculating differential amounts to Denmark and France, no such Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation amounts should be fixed for seeds harvested in those are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ two States and processed in or exported from those ment Committee for Oils and Fats, States ;

Whereas under Article 2 ( 1 ) (b) of the aforementioned HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation the differential amounts for Italy and for Ireland and the United Kingdom are to be deter­ Article 1 mined by taking into account the incidence on the price of the average percentage representing the differ­ The components used to calculate the differential ence between : amounts provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1569 /72 shall be as listed in the Annex. — the ratio between the conversion used for purposes of the common agricultural policy for the currency of the relevant Member State and the Article 2 actual par values of the currencies of each of the Member States which keep their exchange rates at This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January any given moment within a band of 2-25 % ; and 1974 .

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 . (5) OJ No L 236, 24. 8 . 1973, p. 28 . (2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 . (6) See p. 31 of this Official Journal . (3) OJ No L 167, 25 . 7. 1972, p . 9 . (7) OJ No L 303, 1 . 11 . 1973, p. 1 . (4) See p. 6 of this Official Journal . (*) OJ No L 305, 1 . 11 . 1973, p. 7.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

Target price Subsidy or refund corrective corrective Differential component (coefficient (coefficient to be (coefficient to be to be applied to the target price) (') applied) applied)

Colza and rape seed, processed for oil + 0·1203 — 0·1203 + production in Germany or exported from that country :

— harvested in Germany — harvested in the BLEU or in the Netherlands 0·0960 — harvested in France 01203 — harvested in Denmark 0·1203 — harvested in Ireland 0·2269 — harvested in the United Kingdom 0·2269 — harvested in Italy 0·2138

Colza and rape seed, processed for oil + 0·0268 — 0·0268 + production in the BLEU and in the Netherlands or re-exported from these countries :

0·1062 — harvested in Germany — harvested in the BLEU or in the Netherlands — harvested in France 0·0268 — harvested in Denmark 0·0268 — harvested in Ireland 0·1447 0·1447 — harvested in the United Kingdom — harvested in Italy 0·1304

Colza and rape seed , processed for oil Nil Nil + production in France or exported from that country :

0·1367 — harvested in Germany — harvested in the BLEU or in the Netherlands 0·0276 — harvested in France — harvested in Denmark — harvested in Ireland 0·1212 — harvested in the United Kingdom 0·1212 — harvested in Italy 0·1064

Colza and rape seed, processed for oil Nil Nil + production in Denmark or exported from that country :

— harvested in Germany 0·1367 — harvested in the BLEU or in the Netherlands 0·0276 — harvested in France — harvested in Denmark — harvested in Ireland 0·1212 — harvested in the United Kingdom 0·1212 — harvested in Italy 0·1064

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Target price Subsidy or refund corrective corrective Differential component (coefficient to (coefficient to be (coefficient to be be applied to the target price) (') applied ) applied)

Colza and rape seed, processed for oil — 0·1380 + 0·1380 , + production in Ireland and in the United Kingdom or exported from those coun­ tries :

0·2934 — harvested in Germany 0·1692 — harvested in the BLEU or in the Netherlands 0·1380 — harvested in France 0·1380 — harvested in Denmark — harvested in Ireland — harvested in the United Kingdom 0·0168 — harvested in Italy

Colza and rape seed, processed for oil — 0·1190 + 0·1190 + production in Italy or exported from that country :

— harvested in Germany 0·2720 — harvested in the BLEU or in the 0·1499 Netherlands — harvested in France 0·1190 — harvested in Denmark 0·1190 — harvested in Ireland 0·0165 — harvested in the United Kingdom 0·0165 — harvested in Italy

(') For seed harvested in the United Kingdom and Denmark , the accession compensatory amount shall be deducted from the target price.