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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1574/90 of 12 June 1990 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, marketing years ; whereas the coefficients of equivalence applied to the prices of sunflower seed from third coun­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tries have been fixed by Commission Regulation No Economic Community, 225/67/EEC (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2869/87 (12); Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas the target price fixed by the Council is to be Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of reduced in accordance with Article 2 of Commission 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Regulation (EEC) No 784/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last reducing coefficient for agricultural prices in the 1990/91 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in marketing year as a result of the monetary realignment of particular Article 27 (4) thereof, 5 January 1990 and amending the prices and amounts Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No fixed in ecus for that marketing year (13) ; 1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the abatement of the subsidy for colza and rape 1179/90 (4), seed which arises from the system of maximum guaran­ teed quantities for the 1989/90 marketing year has been Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2625/89 (14) ; of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza, rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2216/88 (*), and in particular Article 2 (3) Whereas the abatement of the subsidy for sunflower seed thereof, which arises, where appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1989/90 marke­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, ting year, has been fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2957/89 (l5) ; 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 Community Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where when the target price for a species of seed is higher than appropriate, from the ystem of maximum guaranteed the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions quantities for the 1990/91 marketing year, has not yet at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and been fixed ; whereas the amount of the subsidy for the sunflower seeds ; 1990/91 marketing year has been calculated provisionally on the basis of the abatement for the 1989/90 marketing Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be year ; equal to the difference between those two prices ; Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the provides that the world market price, calculated for a 1 989/90 marketing year were fixed by Council Regula­ Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined tions (EEC) No 1228/89f) and (EEC) No 1229/89 (8) ; on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­ ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the account of quotations for competing products ; target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the 1990/91 marketing year were fixed by Council Regula­ Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 1 1 5/67/EEC tions (EEC) No 1317/90 (9) and <EEC) No 1318/90 (10) ; of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero' world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier colza and rape seed was fixed in Regulation (EEC) No crossing point (1$), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 1228/89 for the 1989/90 marketing year and by Regula­ No 1983/82 (17), fixed the said crossing point at tion (EEC) No 1317/90 for the 1990/91 marketing year ; Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides that when the world market price is being determined Whereas the standard quality for sunflower seed has been account should be taken of all offers on the world market maintained by the Council for the 1989/90 and 1990/91 known to the Commission and of quotations on those exchanges which are significant for international trade ; (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides (2) OJ No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11 . (<) OJ No L 119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 1 . (") OJ No 136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67. (*) OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9. (12) OJ No L 273, 26. 9. 1987, p. 16. (j OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 10. (13) OJ No L 83, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 102. 0 OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 20. C 4) OJ No L 254, 31 . 8 . 1989, p. 9. (8) OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 22. (15) OJ No L 281 , 30 . 9. 1989, p. 91 . 0 OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 9. H OJ No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67. (10) OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 11 . H OJ No L 215, 23 . 7. 1982, p. 6.

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that offers and quotations which do not relate to ship­ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides ments to be effected within 30 days following the date on that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis which the world market price is determined should be for determining the world market price and where it is, disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations which the moreover, impossible to establish the value of the oil or Commission believes, in view of general price movements oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price or information available to it, not to be representative of should be determined on the basis of the most recent the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ; known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less of the trend of world prices for competing products by than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of other than that normally acceptable on the world market Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­ must also be disregarded ; tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have been offered in the largest quantities on the world market Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides during the period under consideration ; that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration, those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ; whereas offers and quotations for delivery fas, fob or otherwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading, Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC, transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article, than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­ where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a harvested in the Community ; product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­ sion should take account only of the loading, transport and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14 lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds ('), as last amended cif Rotterdam should be increased by ECU 0,242 ; by Regulation (EEC) No 1321 /90 (2), laid down rules for granting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 1 1 5/67/EEC provides Regulation, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in that the world market price should be determined for advance, the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the seed of the standard quality for which the target price has amount applicable on the day on which the application been fixed, delivered in bulk ; 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 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­ that offers and quotations relating to products presented priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21 the additional value resulting from that presentation ; September 1 983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last than the standard quality for which the target price was amended by Regulation (EEC) No 534/90 (4), provides fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­ equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ; cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for which the application was lodged by the corrective qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in amount and the difference between the target prices that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­ 2681 /83 ; tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex, and of the characteristics of these various seeds ; 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 for those seeds Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides valid for a shipment effected during the month in which that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those for determining the world market price, that price should prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4 be determined on the basis of the value of the average and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­ and no price can be used for such determination, the sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­ an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No (') OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44. 225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should 0 OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 15. be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that (3) OJ No L 266, 28 . 9 . 1983, p. 1 . Regulation ; 0 OJ No L 55, 2. 3 . 1990, p. 8 .

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central rate of each of the currencies of the with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ; Member States referred to in (a), and — the spot market rate for the currency of the Member State in question in relation to «ach of Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed the currencies of the Member States referred to in harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be (a), as recorded over a period to be determined ; advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot of the Act of Accession this aid is to be introduced at the and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for beginning of the 1986/87 marketing year for seed calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases harvested in these two Member States : where, for one or more months, quotations of forward exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the previous months or the following months, as the case may Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No be, must be used ; 475/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the mechanism for controlling the prices and the quanti­ Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the ties of certain products in the oils and fats sector released market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as for consumption in Spain (2), as last amended by Regula­ to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas tion (EEC) No 387/90 (3), provision is made for the gran­ the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious ting of compensatory aid, subject to certain conditions ; whereas compensatory aid should be fixed for sunflower that such alteration is necessary ; seeds harvested in Spain ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the offers and quotations known to the Commission that, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87 (4), pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 provides for the granting of a special subsidy for the amount of the subsidy in ecus and the amount of the sunflower seed harvested and processed in Portugal ; subsidy in each of the national currencies must be fixed whereas the amount of this subsidy should be fixed ; in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation ; whereas, pursuant to the same Article, the spot and forward exchange rates for the ecu in national currencies Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation provides for the publication of the amount of the final (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published, subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the national currencies of the amount in ecus resulting from the calculation referred to above plus or minus the diffe­ rential amount ; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion (EEC) No 1813/84 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1539/90 (*), defined the elements which deter­ mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements Article 1 are equal to the incidence on the target price less percen­ tage referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1 of the said regu­ lation or the subsidy of the coefficient derived from the 1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates percentage referred to in Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 569/72 ; whereas, according to these provisions, this No 2681 / 83 shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto . percentage represents : 2. The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in (a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­ Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No . 475/86 shall be as tained as between themselves within a spread at any shown in Annex III to this Regulation for sunflower seed given moment of 2,25 %, the difference between : harvested in Spain.

— the conversion rate used under the common 3. The amount of the special subsidy provided agricultural policy, and for by Regulation (EEC) 1920/87 for sunflower seed — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ; harvested and processed in Portugal is fixed in Annex III.

4. However, the amount of the subsidy in the case of (b) for the other Member States, the difference between : advance fixing for the 1990/91 marketing year for colza, — the relationship between the conversion rate used rape and sunflower will be confirmed or replaced as from under the common agricultural policy for the 13 June 1990 to take into account the application of the currency of the Member State concerned and the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for colza and rape seed for the 1990/91 marketing year. (1) OJ No L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 55. (2) OJ No L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 47. 0 OJ No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 8 . Article 2 (4) OJ No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 18. 0 OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1984, p. 41 . ft OJ No L 145, 8. 6. 1990, p. 20. This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 June 1990.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 June 1990 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Aids to colza and rape seed other than 'double zero'

(amounts per 100 kg)

Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th " period 5th period 6 7 (') 8 0 9 (>) 10 (') 11 (1) 1 . Gross aids (ECU) : I

— Spain 1,170 1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750 1,750 — Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 — Other Member States 28,038 22,931 23,245 23,523 23,083 22,917

2. Final aids : l I

(a) Seed harvested and processed in : I

— Federal Republic of Germany l (DM) 66,43 53,68 54,42 55,09 54,06 53,83 — Netherlands (Fl) 73,96 - 60,49 61,32 62,06 60,90 60,65 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 353,87 1 107,27 1 122,43 1 135,85 1 114,61 1 106,59 — France (FF) 214,05 180,05 182,52 184,70 181,24 179,94 — Denmark (Dkr) 250,38 204,78 207,58 210,06 206,13 204,65 Ireland (£ Irl) 23,823 20,039 20,314 20,557 20,172 20,019 — United Kingdom (£) 18,317 17,157 17,385 17,575 17,209 16,939 — Italy (Lit) 47 065 40 168 40 718 41 205 40 434 40 125 — Greece (Dr) 4 934,43 4 759,19 4 794,31 4 818,36 4 713,72 4567,55 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and Il\ processed : Il l II — in Spain (Pta) 178,89 267,57 267,57 267,57 267,57 267,57 — in another Member State (Pta) 4 043,80 3 388,18 3 430,37 3 463,71 3 399,40 3 355,48 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and IIIIIlII processed : Il \lII — in Portugal (Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 — in another Member State (Esc) 5 799,00 5034,13 5 087,31 5 130,36 5 038,50 4 956,14

(') Subject to the abatement resulting from the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1990/91 marketing year.

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ANNEX II

Aids to colza and rape seed 'double zero'

(amounts per 100 kg)

Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period 6 ?(') 8 (') 9 (') 10 o 11 (1) :

1 . Gross aids (ECU): — Spain 3,670 4,250 4,250 4,250 4,250 4,250 — Portugal 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 — Other Member States 30,538 25,431 25,745 26,023 25,583 25,417 2. Final aids : (a) Seed harvested and processed in : \ \

— Federal Republic of Germany (DM) 72,34 59,54 60,27 60,94 59,91 59,69 — Netherlands (Fl) 80,55 67,08 67,91 68,66 67,50 67,25 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 474,59 1 227,99 1 243,15 1 256,57 1 235,33 1 227,31 — France (FF) 233,29 199,68 202,15 204,33 200,87 199,57 — Denmark (Dkr) 272,71 227,10 229,90 232,39 228,46 226,98 — Ireland (£ Irl) 25,965 22,224 22,499 22,741 22,357 22,204 — United Kingdom (£) 20,078 19,106 19,334 19,524 19,158 18,887 — Italy (Lit) 51 315 44 547 45 097 45 584 44813 44 504 — Greece (Dr) 5 414,37 5 302,54 5 337,66 5 361,72 5 257,08 5 110,91 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and || processed : Il — in Spain (Pta) 561,13 649,81 649,81 649,81 649,81 649,81 — in another Member State (Pta) 4 426,04 3 770,42 3 812,61 3 845,95 3 781,64 3 737,72 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and Il II processed : IIIIII|| — in Portugal (Esc) 499,40 517,26 517,26 517,26 517,26 517,26 — in another Member State (Esc) 6 298,40 5 551,39 5 604,56 5 647,61 5 555,76 5 473,39

(') Subject to the abatement resulting from the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1990/91 marketing year.

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ANNEX III

Aids to sunflower seed (amounts per 100 kg) _

Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 6 7 8 (') 9 (') 10 o

1 . Gross aids (ECU) : — Spain 6,890 6,890 8,600 8,600 8,600 — Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 — Other Member States 36,881 36,681 30,461 30,792 32,139 2. Final aids : \ \

(a) Seed harvested and processed in (2) : \

— Federal Republic of Germany (DM) 87,33 86,87 71,31 72,1 1 75,26 — Netherlands (Fl) 97,29 96,76 80,35 81,24 84,79 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 780,87 1 771,21 1 470,87 1 486,85 1 551,89 — France (FF) 281,94 280,37 239,17 241,77 252,35 — Denmark (Dkr) 329,35 327,56 272,02 274,97 287,00 — Ireland (£ Irl) 31,380 31,205 26,620 26,909 28,086 — United Kingdom (£) 24,402 24,237 22,887 23,114 24,236 — Italy (Lit) 62 038 61 688 53 358 53 937 56297 — Greece (Dr) 6 587,16 6 520,65 6 319,50 6 349,12 6 669,48 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and processed : — in Spain (Pta) 1 053,45 1 053,45 1 314,91 1 314,91 1 314,91 — in another Member State (Pta) 4 708,71 4 679,63 4 030,15 4 069,83 4 266,70 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and processed : — in Portugal (Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 — in Spain (Esc) 8 177,43 8 135,12 7 190,90 7 243,93 7 531,40 — in another Member State (Esc) 7 998,70 7 957,32 7 033,73 7 085,60 7 366,79 3 . Compensatory aids : — in Spain (Pta) 4 684,55 4 655,47 4 003,95 4 043,62 4 240,50 4. Special aid : — in Portugal (Esc) 7 998,70 7 957,32 7 033,73 7 085,60 7 366>79

O Subject to the abatement resulting from the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1990/91 marketing year. (2) For seed harvested in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and processed in Spain, the amounts shown in 2 (a) to be multiplied by 1,0223450 .

ANNEX IV 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 ECU 1) Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period 6 7 8 9 10 11

DM 2,054310 2,050320 2,046510 2,042870 2,042870 2,033550 Fl 2,312400 2,308140 2,304070 2,300000 2,300000 2,289370 Bfrs/Lfrs 42,256400 42,236600 42,212200 42,187100 42,187100 42,074600 FF 6,926700 6,923670 6,920320 6,918320 6,918320 6,910450 Dkr 7,824270 7,825450 7,825790 7,825780 7,825780 7,822040 £Irl 0,766916 0,767017 0,767634 0,768002 0,768002 0,771194 £ 0,721426 0,724260 0,727034 0,729674 0,729674 0,736919 Lit 1 510,59 . 1 512,19 1 513,84 1 514,99 1 514,99 1 519,19 Dr 201,46300 204,12000 206,51700 209,18100 209,18100 215,38300 Esc 180,57800 181,27000 182,19300 183,09800 183,09800 185,84400 Pta 127,29500 127,71700 128,12700 128,53600 128,53600 129,68700