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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2530/90 of 31 August 1990 fixing the amount of the subsidy on oil seeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 225/67/EEC (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2869/87 (10); Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the target prices and the intervention prices fixed by the Council are to be reduced in accordance with Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/90 of 27 June Portugal, 1990 establishing the target and intervention prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed and the guide and Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of minimum prices for soya beans, fixed in ecus by the 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Council and reduced as a result of the monetary realign­ organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last ment of 5 January 1990 (n); amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in particular Article 27 (4) thereof, Whereas the abatement of the subsidy for colza and rape Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No seed which arises, where appropriate, from the system of 1678/85 (3) fixing the conversion rates to be applied in maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1990/91 marke­ agriculture, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ting year, has been fixed by Commission Regulation 2496/90 (4), (EEC) No 2509/90 (,2) ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 Whereas the abatement of the subsidy for sunflower seed of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza, which arises, where appropriate, from the system of rape and sunflower seed (*), as last amended by Regulation maximum guaranteed quantities for the 1990/91 marke­ (EEC) No 2206/90 (6), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, ting year, has not yet been fixed ; whereas the amount of the subsidy for the 1990/91 marketing year has been provisionally calculated on the basis of an abatement for Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, the 1989/90 marketing year ; Whereas Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that a subsidy should be granted in respect of oil Whereas Article 29 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC seeds harvested and processed within the Community provides that the world market price, calculated for a when the target price for a species of seed is higher than Community frontier crossing point, is to be determined the price on the world market ; whereas these provisions on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportuni­ at present apply only in respect of colza, rape and ties, quotations being adjusted where necessary to take sunflower seeds ; account of quotations for competing products ;

Whereas the subsidy on oil seeds should, theoretically, be Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 115/67/EEC equal to the difference between those two prices ; of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria for determining world market prices for oil seeds and fixing the frontier Whereas the target price and the monthly increases in the crossing point (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) target price for colza, rape and sunflower seed for the No 1983/82 (H), fixed the said crossing point at 1990/91 marketing year were fixed by Council Regula­ Rotterdam ; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation provides tions (EEC) No 1317/90 0 and (EEC) No 1318/90 (8) ; that when the world market price is being determined account should be taken of all offers on the world market Whereas a supplement to the target price for 'double zero' known to the Commission and of quotations on those colza and rape seed was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No exchanges which are significant for international trade ; 1317/90 for the 1990/91 marketing year ; whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides that offers and quotations which do not relate to ship­ Whereas the standard quality for sunflower seed has been ments to be effected within 30 days following the date on maintained by the Council for the 1989/90 and 1 990/91 which the world market price is determined should be marketing years ; whereas the coefficients of equivalence disregarded ; whereas offers and quotations which the applied to the prices of sunflower seed from third coun­ Commission believes, in view of general price movements tries have been fixed by Commission Regulation No or information available to it, not to be representative of the real trend of the market must also be disregarded ; (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 280, 29 . 9. 1989, p. 2. O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11 . (») OJ No. 136, 30 . 6. 1967, p. 2919/67. (4) OJ No L 236, 31 . 8 . 1990, p. 8 . (■») OJ No L 273, 26. 9. 1987, p. 16. 0 OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9 . (») OJ No L 162, 28 . 6. 1990, p. 19 . (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 11 . (12) See page 7 of this Official Journal . 0 OJ No L 132, 23 . 5. 1990, p. 9. (13) OJ No 111 , 10. 6. 1967, p. 2196/67. (8) OJ No L 132, 23 . 5. 1990, p. 11 . ('") OJ No L 215, 23. 7. 1982, p. 6.

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whereas offers and quotations relating to quantities of less for determining the world market price and where it is, than 500 tonnes and offers relating to seed of a quality moreover, impossible to establish the value of the oil or other than that normally acceptable on the world market oil cake processed from such seed, the world market price must also be disregarded ; should be determined on the basis of the most recent known value for oil or oil cake, adjusted to take account of the trend of world prices for competing products by whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides applying to that value the rules set out in Article 2 of that of the offers and quotations taken into consideration, Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas Article 7 of Regula­ those for delivery c and f should be increased by 0,2 % ; tion No 225/67/EEC defines competing products as those whereas offers and quotations for delivery fas, fob or oils or oil cakes, as the case may be, which appear to have otherwise should be increased, as appropriate, by loading, been offered in the largest quantities on the world market transport and insurance costs from the point of shipment during the period under consideration ; or loading to the frontier crossing point ; whereas cif offers and quotations for frontier crossing points other than Rotterdam should be adjusted to allow for the diffe­ rence in transport and insurance costs as compared with a . Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation No 1 1 5/67/EEC, product delivered cif Rotterdam ; whereas the Commis­ the price determined for colza, rape and sunflower seeds sion should take account only of the loading, transport must also be adjusted by an amount not exceeding the and insurance costs which to its knowledge are the margin, as calculated in accordance with that Article, lowest ; whereas, finally, offers and quotations for delivery where that margin may affect the normal disposal of seeds cif Rotterdam should be increased by ECU 0,242 ; harvested in the Community ;

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides that the world market price should be determined for whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 of 14 seed of the standard quality for which the target price has June 1983 on the subsidy for oil seeds ('), as last amended been fixed, delivered in bulk ; by Regulation (EEC) No 1321 /90 (2), laid down rules for granting the subsidy on oil seeds ; whereas, under that Regulation, where the subsidy to be granted is fixed in advance, the amount of such subsidy must be equal to the Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 225/67/EEC provides amount applicable on the day on which the application that offers and quotations relating to products presented for advance fixing was lodged, adjusted by the difference otherwise than in bulk should be adjusted by deducting between the target price valid on that day and the target the additional value resulting from that presentation ; price valid on the day on which the seeds are placed whereas offers and quotations relating to a quality other under control at an oil or feed mill and, where appro­ than the standard quality for which the target price was priate, a corrective amount ; whereas Article 35 of fixed should be adjusted on the basis of the coefficients of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 of 21 equivalence shown in the Annex to that Regulation ; September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ whereas, in the case of offers on the world market for cation of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last qualities of colza and rape seed other than those listed in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2248/90 (*), provides that Annex, coefficients of equivalence derived from those that such adjustment should involve increasing or redu­ listed in that Annex may, pursuant to Article 4 of Regula­ cing the amount of subsidy applicable on the day on tion No 225/67/EEC, be applied ; whereas, when derived which the application was lodged by the corrective coefficients are being calculated, account must be taken of amount and the difference between the target prices the differences between prices for the qualities of seed in mentioned in Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No question and prices for the qualities listed in that Annex, 2681 /83 ; and of the characteristics of these various seeds ;

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC provides Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis provides that the corrective amount must be equal to the for determining the world market price, that price should difference between the world market price for colza, rape be determined on the basis of the value of the average and sunflower seeds and the forward price for those seeds quantities of oil and oil cake resulting from the proces­ valid for a shipment effected during the month in which sing of 100 kilograms of seed within the Community less the seeds were placed under control at an oil mill, those an amount corresponding to the cost of processing these prices being determined in accordance with Articles 1 , 4 seeds into oil and oil cake ; whereas the quantities and and 5 of Regulation No 115/67/EEC ; whereas, if no offer costs to be taken into consideration for the purposes of and no price can be used for such determination, the the calculation are fixed in Article 5 of Regulation No method of calculation provided for in Article 37 of Regu­ 225/67/EEC ; whereas the value of those quantities should lation (EEC) No 2681 /83 should be used ; whereas the be determined in accordance with Article 6 of that abovementioned difference may be adjusted in accordance Regulation ;

(•) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44. (2) OJ No L 1.32, 23. 5. 1990, p. 15. Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 1 1 5/67/EEC provides f) OJ No L 266, 28 . 9. 1983, p. 1 . that, where no offer or quotation can be used as a basis (4) OJ No L 203, 1 . 8. 1990, p. 55.

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with Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83, account Communities during a period to be determined being taken of the prices of the main competing cereals ; multiplied by the factor referred to in the second indent of point (a) ; Whereas the aid for colza, rape or sunflower seed harvested or processed in Spain or Portugal is to be Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 specifies the spot advised as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No and forward exchange rates and the period to be used for 478/86 (') ; whereas pursuant to Article 95 (2) and 293 (2) calculating the differential amounts ; whereas in cases of the Act of Accession this aid is to be introduced at the where, for one or more months, quotations of forward beginning of the 1986/87 marketing year for seed exchange rates are not available, the rates adopted for the harvested in these two Member States ; previous months or the following months, as the case may be, must be used ; Whereas, in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for Whereas the subsidy should be fixed whenever the the mechanism for controlling the prices and the quanti­ market situation makes it necessary and in such a way as ties of certain products in the oils and fats sector released to ensure its being applied at least once a week ; whereas for consumption in Spain (2), as last amended by Regula­ the subsidy may be altered whenever it becomes obvious tion (EEC) No 387/90 (3), provision is made for the gran­ that such alteration is necessary ; ting of compensatory aid, subject to certain conditions ; whereas compensatory aid should be fixed for sunflower 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 Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 forward exchange rates for the ecu in national currencies provides for the publication of the amount of the final determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation subsidy obtained from the conversion into each of the (EEC) No 1813/84 must also be published, 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 tion (EEC) No 1813/84 (^ as last amended by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 1 539/90 (®), defined the elements which deter­ mine the differential amounts ; whereas these elements are equal to the incidence on the target price less percen­ tage referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1 of the said regu­ Article 1 lation 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 1 . The amounts of the subsidy and the exchange rates percentage represents : referred to in Article 33 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2681 /83 shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto. (a) for those Member States whose currencies are main­ tained as between themselves within a spread at any 2. The amount of the compensatory aid referred to in given moment of 2,25 % , the difference between : Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 shall be as — the conversion rate used under the common shown in Annex III to this Regulation for sunflower seed agricultural policy, and harvested in Spain. — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate multiplied by the correcting factor referred to in 3. The amount of the special subsidy provided Article 6 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 Q, as for by Regulation (EEC) 1920/87 for sunflower seed last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (8) ; harvested and processed in Portugal is fixed in Annex III.

(b) for Member States other than those referred to in (a), the difference between : 4. However, the amount of the subsidy in the case of advance fixing for the 1990/91 marketing year for — the agricultural conversion rate, and sunflower will be confirmed or replaced as from 1 — the average rate of the ecu as published in the C September 1990 to take into account the application of Series of the Official Journal of the European the system of maximum guaranteed quantities for colza and rape seed for the 1990/91 marketing year. (') OJ No L 53, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 55. (2) OJ No L 53, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 47. (3) OJ No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 8. Article 2 (4) OJ No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 18 . O OJ No L 170, 29 . 6. 1984, p. 41 . M OJ No L 145, 8. 6. 1990, p. 20. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1990 . (8) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 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 9 10 11 12 1 2 1 . Gross aids (ECU) : \ I

— Spain 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 — Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 26,505 26,783 — Other Member States 20,522 20,361 19,457 19,735 19,535 19,813 2. Final aids : (a) Seed harvested and processed in : I

— Federal Republic of Germany \ \ (DM) 48,04 47,67 45,55 46,21 45,74 46,54 — Netherlands (Fl) 54,13 53,71 51,32 52,06 51,53 52,44 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 990,94 983,17 939,52 952,94 943,29 957,16 — France (FF) 161,14 159,87 152,77 154,96 153,39 155,57 — Denmark (Dkr) 183,26 181,83 173,75 176,23 174,45 176,93 — Ireland (£ Irl) 17,934 17,793 17,003 17,246 17,072 17,315 — United Kingdom (£) 15,905 15,778 15,041 15,223 15,061 15,185 Italy (Lit) 35 948 35 666 34 082 34 569 34 219 34 683 — Greece (Dr) 4 253,45 4 215,50 3 971,51 4 007,18 3 954,67 3 916,10 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and \\ processed : IlIl IIIl — in Spain (Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 — in another Member State (Pta) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and \\ li|| processed : Il II — in Portugal (Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 5 437,43 5 459,99 — in another Member State (Esc) 5 655,71 5 621,95 5 429,11 5 480,36 5 437,43 5 459,99

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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 9 10 11 12 1 2 1 . Gross aids (ECU) : \ I

— Spain 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 — Portugal 2,500 • 2,500 2,500 2,500 29,005 29,283 — Other Member States 23,022 22,861 21,957 22,235 22,035 22,313 2. Final aids : \ l \

(a) Seed harvested and processed in : \

— Federal Republic of Germany l \ l (DM) 53,90 53,52 51,40 52,06 51,59 52,39 — Netherlands (Fl) 60,73 60,30 57,92 58,65 58,13 59,04 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 111,66 1103,89 1 060,24 1 073,66 1 064,00 1 077,88 — France (FF) 180,76 . 179,50 172,40 174,59 173,02 175,20 — Denmark (Dkr) , 205,59 204,15 196,08 198,56 196,77 199,26 — Ireland (£ Irl) 20,119 19,978 19,188 19,431 19,256 19,499 — United Kingdom (£) 17,854 17,727 16,990 17,171 17,010 17,133 — Italy (Lit) 40 327 40 045 38 461 38 948 38 598 39 062 — Greece (Dr) 4 796,81 4 758,86 4 514,87 4 550,54 4 498,03 4 459,46 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and Il|| \ processed : IlIl \ IIL — in Spain (Pta) 382,24 382,24 382,24 382,24 382,24 382,24 — in another Member State (Pta) 207,47 183,69 46,19 80,44 51,81 70,44 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and I.\ \ || processed : II I — in Portugal (Esc) 517,26 517,26 517,26 517,26 5 954,69 5 977,25 — in another Member State (Esc) i 6 172,97 6 139,21 5946,36 5 997,61 5 954,69 5 977,25

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ANNEX III

Aids to sunflower seed

(amounts per 100 kg) Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 9 10 11 12 1

1 . Gross aids (ECU): — Spain 8,600 8,600 8,600 8,600 29,056 — Portugal 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 38,069 — Other Member States 35,401 34,355 34,335 34,666 34,469 2. Final aids : l

(a) Seed harvested and processed in (') : l

— Federal Republic of Germany (DM) 82,88 80,43 80,38 81,16 80,70 — Netherlands (Fl) 93,38 90,62 90,57 91,44 90,92 — BLEU (Bfrs/Lfrs) 1 709,41 1 658,90 1 657,93 1 673,91 1 664,40 — France (FF) 277,96 269,75 269,59 272,19 270,64 — Denmark (Dkr) 316,13 306,79 306,61 309,57 307,81 — Ireland (£ Irl) 30,937 30,023 30,005 30,295 30,122 — United Kingdom (£) 27,506 26,683 26,642 26,866 26,707 — Italy (Lit) 62 011 60 179 60 144 60 723 60 378 — Greece (Dr) 7 493,37 7 248,43 7211,11 7 259,03 7 206,28 (b) Seed harvested in Spain and processed : — in Spain (Pta) 1 314,91 1 314,91 1 314,91 1 314,91 4 508,97 — in another Member State (Pta) 4 724,02 4 569,55 4 563,64 4 607,20 4 579,22 (c) Seed harvested in Portugal and processed : — in Portugal (Esc) 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 7 829,51 — in Spain (Esc) 8 216,33 7 992,09 7 984,29 8 047,86 8 004,46 — in another Member State (Esc) 8 036,75 7 817,41 7 809,78 7 871,96 7 829,51 3 . Compensatory aids : — in Spain (Pta) 4 700,27 4 544,98 4 539,07 4 582,63 \

4. Special aid : 8 036,75 7 817,41 7 809,78 — — in Portugal (Esc) 7 871,96

(') 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 9 10 11 12 1 2

DM 2,068020 2,064440 2,060820 2,057380 2,057380 2,047900 Fl 2,329910 2,326050 2,321960 2,318210 2,318210 2,307040 Bfrs/Lfrs 42,461200 42,423000 42,380300 42,328200 . 42,328200 42,221000 FF 6,939300 6,937550 6,935960 6,935570 6,935570 6,932900 Dkr 7,924060 7,925960 7,926730 7,926960 7,926960 7,921460 £Irl 0,770622 0,770879 0,771033 0,771231 0,771231 0,772797 £ 0,685337 0,687839 0,690281 0,692533 0,692533 0,698362 Lit 1 536,69 1 537,86 1 539,36 1 541,07 1 541,07 1 545,80 Dr 203,82700 204,86800 206,80500 208,53500 208,53500 215,12700 Esc 182,96400 183,45800 184,05700 184,49500 184,49500 186,83100 Pta 128,91700 129,38700 129,82700 130,23600 130,23600 131,40700