No L 143/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 84 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1474/84 of 24 May 1984 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1569/72 and (EEC) No 2027/83 as regards the special measures for colza, rape and sunflower seed THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1101/84 (3), and in particular Article 36 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2027/83 (%), provides for a system of differential amounts which takes account of the differences recorded between the repre- sentative rates for the currencies of the Member States and, depending on the circumstances, the central rates or the spot market rates for the same currencies; whereas, in order to alleviate the difficulties which arise as a result of the failure to take account of the forward exchange rates in cases where the aid or refund is fixed in advance, Regulation (EEC) No 2027/83 provides for the fixing on a trial basis, until 30 June 1984, of forward differential amounts where the difference between the forward exchange rate and the spot exchange rate exceeds a threshold to be deter- mined ; Whereas the provisional measures have proved effec- tive; whereas the system of forward differential amounts should therefore continue to apply; Whereas, moreover, experience has shown the need for simpler administrative management; whereas, there- fore, the aid and the differential amounts should be fixed together instead of separately and Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 should be amended accordingly; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (%), intro- duced a coefficient to apply to the central rate used for (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () O] No L 113, 28. 4. 1984, p. 7. OJ No L 167, 25. 7. 1972, p. 9. O] No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 14. OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971, p. 1. O] No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 1. calculating the monetary compensatory amounts ; whereas it is necessary, for reasons of coherence, to apply the same rate for the base references used in the system of calculating differential amounts, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 For colza, rape and sunflower seed harvested in the Community and processed in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 (") or exported with a refund, the aid and the refund shall be increased or reduced by differential amounts calculated in accordance with the following Articles. () OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 44 2. Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following : ‘1. The differential amounts shall be determined taking into account the incidence on the prices : (@) in respect of those Member States whose currencies are maintained as between them- selves within a spread at any given moment of 2,25 %, of the percentage difference between : — the conversion rate used under the common agricultural policy, and — the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ; (b) in respect of Member States other than those referred in in (a), of the average of the percentage differences between : — the relationship between the conversion rate used under the common agricultural policy for the currency of the Member State concerned and the central rate of each of the currencies of the Member " States referred to in (a), and