31988R2761

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2761/88

of 5 September 1988

fixing the level of estimated rape seed production and the abatement to be applied to the aid for rape seed for the 1988/89 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 36/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in particular Article 27a (3) thereof,

Whereas Article 32a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 of 21 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2586/88 (4), specifies the factors which must be fixed in order to implement the system of maximum guaranteed quantities; whereas, for the 1988/89 marketing year, the estimated production of rape seed and the abatement to be applied to the aid should be fixed on the basis of available data;

Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1988/89 marketing year estimated production of rape seed is hereby fixed at:

- 12 000 tonnes for Spain,

- 0 tonnes for Portugal,

- 5 300 000 tonnes for the other Member States.

Article 2

For the 1988/89 marketing year the abatement to be applied to the subsidy for rape seed is hereby fixed at:

- 0 ECU per 100 kilograms for Spain,

- 0 ECU per 100 kilograms for Portugal,

- 3,44 ECU per 100 kilograms for the other Member States.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 September 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.

(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 266, 28. 9. 1983, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 230, 19. 8. 1988, p. 23.