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14 . 10 . 83 No L 282/33 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2866/83 of 13 October 1983 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN offers on the world market known to the Commission COMMUNITIES, and of quotations on those exchanges which are signi ficant for international trade ; whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/67/EEC of 28 June Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1967 on detailed rules for determining the world Economic Community, market price for oil seeds Q, as last amended by Regu lation (EEC) No 2040/83 (8), provides that offers and Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC quotations which do not relate to shipments to be of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a effected within 30 days following the date on which common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), the world market price is determined should be disre as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2), garded ; whereas offers and quotations which the and in particular Article 27 (4) thereof, Commission believes, in view of general price move ments or information available to it, not to be repre sentative of the real trend of the market must also be Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations relating to Committee, quantities of less than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality other than that normally acceptable on the world market must also be disregarded ; Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil seeds harvested and processed within the Commu Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC nity when the target price for a species of seed is provides that of the offers and quotations taken into higher than the price on the world market ; whereas consideration, those for delivery c and f should be these provisions at present apply only in respect of increased by 0,2 % ; whereas offers and quotations for colza, rape and sunflower seeds ; delivery fas, fob or otherwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading, transport and insurance costs Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, from the point of shipment or loading to the frontier be equal to the difference between those two prices ; crossing point ; whereas cif offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the difference in transport and Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in insurance costs as compared with a product delivered the target price for oil seeds for the 1983/84 marketing cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commission should take year were fixed by Regulations (EEC) No 1 59 1 /83 (3) account only of the loading, transport and insurance and (EEC) No 1 592/83 (4) ; whereas Article 29 of Regu costs which to its knowledge are the lowest ; whereas, lation No 136/66/EEC provides that the world market finally, offers and quotations for delivery cif Rotterdam price, calculated for a Community frontier crossing should be increased by 0,242 ECU ; point, is to be determined on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take account of quotations Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC for competing products ; provides that the world market price should be deter mined for seed of the standard quality for which the Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/ target price has been fixed, delivered in bulk ; 67/EEC of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for deter mining world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier crossing point (■5), as last amended by Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC Regulation (EEC) No 1983/82 (6), fixed the said cros provides that offers and quotations relating to products sing point at Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that presented otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted Regulation provides that when the world market price by deducting the additional value resulting from that is being determined account should be taken of all presentation ; whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other than the standard quality for which the target price was fixed should be adjusted on the basis (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66. (2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6 . 1982, p. 6 . of the coefficients of equivalence shown in the Annex (3) OJ No L 163, 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 40 . (4 OJ No L 163 , 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 42. (*) OJ No 111 , 10 . 6 . 1967, p. 2196/67 . Q OJ No 136, 30 . 6 . 1967, p. 2919/67. (6) OJ No L 215, 23 . 7 . 1982, p. 6 . 8 OJ No L 200, 23 . 7. 1983 , p. 23 .
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to that Regulation ; whereas, in the case of offers on adjustment should be made where the margin is found the world market for qualities of colza and rape seed to be less than 0,604 ECU : other than those listed in that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation No 225/ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14 67/ EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived coef June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds (') laid down ficients are being calculated, account must be taken of rules for granting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, the differences between prices for the qualities of seed under that Regulation, where the subsidy to be granted in question and prices for the qualities listed in that is fixed in advance, the amount of such subsidy must Annex, and of the characteristics of these various be equal to the amount applicable on the day on seeds : which the application for advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference between the target price valid on that day and the target price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appropriate, a corrective Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides that, where no offer or quotation can be used amount ; whereas Article 35 of Commission Regula as a basis for determining the world market price, that tion (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21 September 1983 laying price should be determined on the basis of the value down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy of the average quantities of oil and oil cake resulting system for oil seeds provides that such adjustment from the processing of 100 kilograms of seed within should involve increasing or reducing the amount of the Community less an amount corresponding to the subsidy applicable on the day on which the applica tion was lodged by the corrective amount and the cost of processing these seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and costs to be taken into difference between the target prices mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 ; consideration for the purposes of the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should be deter mined in accordance with Article 6 of that Regula tion ; Whereas Article 37 of Regulation No 2681 /83 provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the difference between the world market price for colza, rape and sunflower seeds and the forward price whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC for those seeds valid for a shipment effected during provides that, where no offer or quotation can be used the month in which the seeds were placed under as a basis for determining the world market price and control at an oil mill, those prices being determined in where it is, moreover, impossible to establish the value accordance with Articles 1 , 4 and 5 of Regulation No of the oil or oil cake processed from such seed, the 1 15/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer and no price can be world market price should be determined on the basis used for such determination, the method of calculation of the most recent known value for oil or oil cake , provided for in Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No adjusted to take account of the trend of world prices 2681 / 83 should be used ; whereas the abovementioned for competing products by applying to that value the difference may be adjusted in accordance with Article rules set out in Article 2 of Regulation No 115/ 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account being 67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 225/ taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ; 67/EEC defines competing pr6ducts as those oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have been offered in the largest quantities on the world Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the market during the period under consideration ; market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious that such alteration is necessary ; Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 115/ 67/EEC, the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds must also be adjusted by an amount Whereas, if the subsidy system is to operate normally, not exceeding the margin, as calculated in accordance subsidies should be calculated on the following basis : with that Article, where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds harvested in the Community ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on the central rate , Whereas the factors to be taken into consideration for the purpose of determining that margin are defined in Article 8 of Regulation No 225/67/ EEC ; whereas no (') OJ No L 163 , 22. 6 . 1983, p. 44.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; The amount of the subsidy referred to in Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to Article 2 the offers and quotations known to the Commission that the subsidy on colza, rape and sunflower seeds This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October should be as set out in the Annex hereto, 1983 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 13 October 1983 .
For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 13 October 1983 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds
(ECU / 100 kg) CCT heading Description Subsidy No
ex 12.01 Colza and rape seed 7,677 ex 12.01 Sunflower seed 15,987
(ECU/ 100 kg) Subsidy in the case of advance CCT fixing for the month of heading Description No October November December March January February 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984
ex 12.01 Colza and rape seed 7,677 8,197 8,717 7,852 8,372 8,892 ex 12.01 Sunflower seed — 15,987 16,602 17,217 17,766 17,920