31994R0985

30 . 4. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 111 /33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 985/94 of 29 April 1994 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, month in question for quantities that can be delivered during the following calendar month are to be used ; whereas the average world market price thus determined is used to fix the aid rate applicable on the following Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European month ; Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in the market in dried fodder ('), as last amended by Regulation case of offers and quotations not of the type referred to (EC) No 3496/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof, above ; whereas these adjustments were defined in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 of 30 June 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No of the system of aid for dried fodder (8), as last amended 1117/78, when the guide price is higher than the average by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/93 Q ; world market price, aid is granted for dried fodder as described under Article 1 (b) and (c) of that Regulation and obtained from fodder plants harvested in the Community ; whereas that aid takes account of a percentage of the difference between these two prices ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78, when no offer or quotation can be used to determine the average world market price, that price is determined on the basis of the sum of the value Whereas the guide price in the dried fodder sector was of competing products ; whereas those products are fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1288/93 (3) and defined in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 528/78 ; Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/94 (4) ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2065/92 (s), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1288/93, sets the Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No percentage referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) 1417/78, when forward prices differ from that applying in No 1117/78 for the 1994/95 marketing year at 70% ; the month when the application is lodged, the aid rate is adjusted by a correcting amount calculated from the trend of forward prices ; Whereas the average world market price is determined for a bulk pelleted product, delivered to Rotterdam, of the standard quality for which the guide price has been fixed ; Whereas, where the average world market price is deter­ mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No No 1417/78, the corrective amount must be equal to the 1417/78 of 19 June 1978 on the aid system for dried difference between the average world market price and fodder (% as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No the average forward world market price determined by 1 1 10/89 0, the average world market price for the applying the criteria laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regula­ products described in the first and third indents of Article tion (EEC) No 1528/78 and valid for delivery during a 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 is to be determined month other than that in which the aid is introduced, on the basis of the most favourable actual purchase possi­ adjusted by the percentage fixed pursuant to Article 5 (2) bilities excepting those which cannot be considered of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 ; whereas where the representative of the real market trend ; whereas offers average forward world market price for one or more and quotations recorded during the first 25 days of the months cannot be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78, the corrective amount must be fixed for the (') OJ No L 142, 30 . 5. 1978 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 17. month or months in question at a level such that the aid (3) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 1 . is equal to zero ; (4) OJ No L 68, 11 . 3 . 1994, p. 20. O OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 48 . O OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1978 , p. 10. O OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 114.

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Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article for dried fodder must be fixed as indicated in the table 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as annexed to this Regulation, amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ Article 1 lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 547/94 (4); The rate of the aid referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regula­ Whereas the rate of the additional aid must be fixed once tion (EEC) No 1117/78 is fixed in the Annex to this per month so as to ensure application of the aid from the Regulation. first day of the month following the date of its fixing ; Whereas, as the result of the applications of all these Article 2 provisions to the offers and quotations which the Commission has recorded, the rate of the additional aid This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . O OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. (3) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. O OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1994 fixing the rate of the aid for dried fodder

Aid applicable from 1 May 1994 to dried fodder : (ECU/tonne) Fodder dehydrated by artificial heat drying Fodder otherwise dried Protein concentrates

May 1994 57,363 32,683

Aid in case of advance fixing for the month of :

(ECU/tonne)

June 1994 58,327 33,647 July 1994(0 0.000 0,000 August 1994C) 0,000 0,000 September 1994 (') 0,000 0,000 October 1994 (') 0,000 0,000 November 1994 (') 0,000 0,000 December 1994 (') 0,000 0,000 January 1995 (') 0,000 0,000 February 1995 (') 0,000 0,000 March 1995 (') 0,000 0,000

(') Pursuant to Article 6 (b) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 .