31986R0552

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 552/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, and in the absence of the amount of the monthly increase for April, May, and June 1986 for colza and rape seed, the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount of the subsidy in the case of advance fixing for Economic Community, March, April, May and June 1986 for colza and rape seed has been obtainable only provisionally on the basis of the target price and the monthly increase as last proposed by Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and the Commission to the Council for the marketing year Portugal, 1985/86 ; whereas this amount may, therefore, be applied on a temporary basis and should be confirmed or replaced Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of when the target price for the 1 985/86 marketing year is 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common known ; organization of the market in oils and fats (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2) and in Whereas, in the absence of the target price for the particular Article 27 (4) thereof, 1986/87 marketing year for colza, rape and sunflower seed, in the case of advance fixing for July and August Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1986 for colza and rape seed and for August 1986 for 1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in sunflower seed, the amount of the subsidy on these agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No products has been obtainable only on the basis of the 3772/85 (4), target price and the monthly increase proposed by the Commission to the Council for the marketing year Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 1986/87 ; whereas this amount may, therefore, be applied of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza, on a temporary basis and should be confirmed or replaced rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation when the target price for the 1986/87 marketing year is (EEC) No 1474/84 (*), and in particular Article 2 (3) known ; thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the world market price, calculated for a Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­ seeds harvested and processed within the Community ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take when the target price for a species of seed is higher than account of quotations for competing products ; the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and sunflower seeds ; Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/EEC of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier equal to the difference between those two prices ; crossing point (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1983/82 (n), fixed the said crossing point at Whereas the target price and the monthly increments in Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides the target price of sunflower seed for the 1985/86 marke­ that when the world market price is being determined account should be taken of all offers on the world market ting year have been fixed in Regulations (EEC) No 1489/85 Q, and (EEC) No 1490/85 (8) ; whereas the target known to the Commission and of quotations on those price for colza, rape and sunflower seed application in exchanges which are significant for international trade ; Spain and in Portugal was set by Regulation (EEC) No whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 225/ 454/86 0 ; 67/EEC of 28 June 1967 on detailed rules for determi­ ning the world market price for oil seeds (12), as last Whereas, in the absence of the target price for the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1971 /85 (13), provides 1985/86 marketing year for colza, rape and sunflower seed that offers and quotations which do not relate to ship­ ments to be effected within 30 days following the date on which the world market price is determined should be (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/86. (2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations which the (3) OJ No L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 33 . Commission believes, in view of general price movements («) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9. («) OJ No L 143, 30 . 5 . 1984, p. 4. (">) OJ No 111 , 10 . 6. 1967, p. 2196/67. fin OT Nn I. 21 5 23 . 7 . 1982. o . 6 . 0 OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6. 1985, p. 13 . (8) OJ No L 151 , 10. 6. 1985, p. 14. (12) OJ No 136, 30 . 6. 1967, p. 2919/67. f) OJ No L 53 , 1 . 3 . 1986. C 3) OJ No L 185, 18 . 7. 1985, p. 15.

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or information available to it, not to be representative of for determining the world market price and where it is, the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ; moreover, impossible to. establish the value of the oil or whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality should be determined on the basis of the most recent other than that normally acceptable on the world market known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account must also be disregarded ; of the trend of world prices for competing products by applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of Regulation No 1 15/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration, oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ; been offered in the largest quantities on the world market whereas offers and quotations for delivery fas, fob or during the period under consideration ; otherwise should be increased, as appropriate^ by loading, transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 1 15/67/EEC, than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­ the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­ margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article, sion should take account only of the loading, transport where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the harvested in the Community ; lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery cif Rotterdam should be increased by 0,242 ECU ; Whereas the factors to be taken into consideration for the Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 1 15/67/EEC provides purpose of determining that margin are defined in Article that the world market price should be determined for 8 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment seed of the standard quality for which the target price has should be made where the margin is found to be less than been fixed, delivered in bulk ; 0,604 ECU ;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides that offers and quotations relating to products presented Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14 June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds (') laid down rules otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting for granting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that the additional value resulting from that presentation ; Regulation, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other advance, the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the than the standard quality for which the target price was amount applicable on the day on which the application fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of for advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ; between the target price valid on that day and the target whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­ that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­ Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21 tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (2), as last the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (3), provides question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex, and of the characteristics of these various seeds ; that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­ cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on which the application was lodged by the corrective Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 1 15/67/EEC provides amount and the difference between the target prices that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No for determining the world market price, that price should 2681 /83 : be determined on the basis of the value of the average quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­ sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and difference between the world market price for colza, rape costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of and sunflower seeds and the forward price for those seeds the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No valid for a shipment effected during the month in which 225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that Regu­ prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4 lation ;

(') OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44. Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 1 15/67/EEC provides 0 OJ No L 266, 28 . 9. 1983, p. 1 . that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis (3 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.

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and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot and no price can be used for such determination, the and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­ calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the where, for one or more months, quotations of forward abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account previous months or the following months, as the case may being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ; be, must be used ;

Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious 478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2) that such alteration is necessary ; of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal this aid is to be introduced at the beginning of the 1986/87 marke­ ting year for seed harvested in these two Member States ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the offers and quotations known to the Commission that, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 the amount of the subsidy in ECU and the amount of the provides for the publication of the amount of the final subsidy in each of the national currencies must be fixed subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ; national currencies of the amount in ECU resulting from whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and the calculation referred to above plus or minus the diffe­ forward exchange rates for the ECU in national currencies rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation No 1813/84 (2) defined the elements which determine the (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published, differential amounts ; whereas these elements are equal to the incidence on the target price or the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the percentage referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this percentage represents : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

(a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­ tained as between themselves within a spread at any given moment of 2,25 % , the difference between : Article 1

— the conversion rate used under the common agri­ cultural policy, and 1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate, No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

(b) for Italy, the United Kingdom and Greece, the diffe­ rence between : 2. The amount of the subsidy in the case of advance fixing for March, April, May and June 1986 for colza and — the relationship between the conversion rate used rape seed will, however, be confirmed or replaced as from under the common agricultural policy for the 1 March 1986 to take into account the target price which currency of the Member State concerned and the is fixed for these products for the 1985/86 marketing year, central rate of each of the currencies of the and the amount of the monthly increase for April, May Member States referred to in (a), and and June 1986 for colza and rape seed. — the spot market rate for the currency of the Member State in question in relation to each of 3. The amount of the subsidy in the case of advance the currencies of the Member States referred to in fixing for July and August 1986 for colza and rape seed (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ; and for August 1986 for sunflower seed will however be confirmed or replaced as from 1 March 1986 to take into account the target price which is fixed for these products Whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2a of Regulation for the 1986/ 87 marketing year. (EEC) No 1569/72, the monetary disparity for the marke­ ting years 1984/85 to 1986/87 will be calculated by a method which takes into account a coefficient applied to the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2679/85 (3) fixed the coeffi­ cient ; Article 2 (') OJ No L 53, 1 . 3 . 1986. (*) No L 170, 29 . 6. 1984, p. 41 . (3) OJ No L 254, 25. 9 . 1985, p. 14. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX I

Aids to colza and rape seed

(amounts per 100 kilograms)

Current 2nd month (') 3rd month (') 4th month (') 5th month (2) 6th month (*) month (') 1 . Gross aids (ECU) \ \I

' — — — — — Spain 0,613 0,613 — — — — Portugal — , 0,000 0,000 — Other Member States 32,868 27,976 27,976 28,693 24,419 24,419 2. Final aids (a) Seed harvested and processed in :

— Federal Republic of Germany (DM) 79,56 68,26 68,28 70,08 59,89 60,32 — Netherlands (Fl) 89,65 76,91 76,91 78,93 67,46 67,88 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 525,46 1 298,42 1 298,42 1 330,84 1 132,47 1 126,02 — France (FF) 228,30 193,48 193,14 197,62 167,68 165,46 — Denmark (Dkr) 276,58 235,42 235,42 241,45 205,49 205,03 — Ireland (£ Irl) 24,655 20,985 20,982 21,311 18,104 18,000 — United Kingdom (£) 19,164 15,769 15,769 16,262 13,610 13,461 — Italy (Lit) 47 398 39 732 39 555 40 514 34 169 33 570 — Greece (Dr) 2 716,68 2 012,16 2 012,16 2 112,54 1 670,83 1 670,83 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and processed : — in Spain (Pta) 97,00 11,08 — in Portugal (Pta) 2 733,75 2 686,84 — in a Member State listed at (a) (Pta) 2 733,75 2 686,84 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and processed : — in Spain (Esc) 3 521,15 3 405,24 — in Portugal (Esc) 0,00 0,00 — in a Member State listed at (a) (Esc) 3 521,15 3 405,24 (d) Seed harvested in a Member State listed at (a) and processed : — in Spain The amounts given at (a) remain unchanged — in Portugal The amounts given at (a) remain unchanged

(>) On the basis of the Commission's proposal concerning the indicative price for the 1985/86 marketing year and subject to confirmation by the Council's decision . (*) Contingent on the Council's decision on prices and related matters for the 1986/87 marketing year.

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ANNEX II Aids to sunflower seed (amounts per 100 kilograms) Current 2nd month 3rd month 4th month 5th month month

1 . Gross aids (ECU) — Spain — — — — Portugal — — — — — Other Member States 39,689 38,926 38,926 41,648 41,389 2. Final aids IIIIIIIlIl

(a) Seed harvested and processed in : l

— Federal Republic of Germany (DM) 96,11 94,35 94,37 100,79 100,19 — Netherlands (Fl) 108,30 106,31 106,31 113,54 112,87 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 842,04 1 806,63 1 806,63 1 932,20 1 920,17 — France (FF) 275,62 270,19 269,86 288,69 286,84 — Denmark (Dkr) 333,98 327,56 327,56 350,47 348,29 — Ireland (£ Irl) 29,771 29,199 29,195 31,053 30,856 — United Kingdom (£) 23,100 22,576 22,576 24,446 24,268 — Italy (Lit) 57 189 55 997 55 824 59 941 59 534 — Greece (Dr) 3 257,74 3 150,91 3 150,91 3 532,03 3 495,76 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and processed : l

— — — — — — in Spain (Pta) — — — — — — in Portugal (Pta) — in a Member State listed at (a) — — — — (Pta) (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and processed : l

— — — — — — in Spain (Esc) — — — — — — in Portugal (Esc) — in a Member State listed at (a) — — — — — (Esc) (d) Seed harvested in a Member State listed at (a) and processed : — in Spain The amounts given at (a) are to be multiplied by 1,037269 — in Portugal The amounts given at (a) remain unchanged I

ANNEX III Exchange rate of the ECU to be used for converting final aids into the currency of the processing country when the latter is a country other than the country of production (value of 1 ECU) Current 2st month 3rd month 4nd month 5th month 6th month month

DM 2,163730 2,155740 2,144780 2,135660 2,135660 2,114240 Fl 2,443920 2,437280 2,427690 2,420030 2,420030 2,402680 Bfrs/ Lfrs 44,342900 44,374300 44,379100 44,409200 44,409200 44,437800 FF 6,650230 6,665480 6,702200 6,731600 6,731600 6,785560 Dkr 7,989740 7,979560 7,964750 7,954000 7,954000 7,941980 £ Irl 0,715512 0,720067 0,724915 0,728451 0,728451 0,733135 £ 0,646257 0,647847 0,649025 0,650371 0,650371 0,655218 Lit 1 472,19 1 482,06 1 494,23 1 503,18 1 503,18 1 528,59 Dr 133,602200 133,534600 133,357000 133,262900 133,262900 133,121600 Pta 136,370304 136,928678 137,018840 137,774125 137,774125 139,066863 Esc 141,902080 145,750272 147,687848 149,384976 149,384976 154,359439