No L 310/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 12. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3405/93 of 13 December 1993 laying down detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 as regards the reporting of market prices and offers by certain Member States and the subsequent assessment by the Commission of the observed reference price of oil seeds THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ~Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for produ- cers of certain arable crops ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1552/93 (3, and in particular Article 5 (1) (d) thereof, , . Whereas owing to fluctuations in market prices and offers for oil seeds, prices and offers in relation to oil seeds need to be reported by certain Member States to the Commis- sion on a regular basis; Whereas the Member States concerned should adjust those prices and offers so that they correspond to oil seeds of a specified quality; Whereas in the absence of prices and offers for oil seeds, Member States should also report to the Commission on a regular basis prices and offers for oils and meals derived from oil seeds processed within the Community; Whereas in order to determine a regional reference amount as required by Article S (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 it is necessary for the Commission to assess the observed reference price of oil seeds on a regular basis, by reference to prices and offers reported to it in respect of Community representative markets ; Whereas Community representative markets should be defined as those on which oil seeds for delivery to centres of demand are traded, centres of demand being places where purchasers are actively competing for the purchase of oil seeds; Whereas if less than two prices or offers are available for the assessment of the observed reference price, the Commission should make its assessment by reference to prices and offers in relation to oils and meals obtained from the processing of oil seeds in the Community, reduced by the processing costs ; Whereas to avoid distortions in the observed reference price the Commission should exclude from its assessment any prices or offers which are not representative ; () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12. () OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 19. Whereas it is necessary that Member States should know which prices and offers the Commission has taken into account in assessing the observed reference price; Whereas it is necéssary to repeal Commission Regulation No 225/67/EEC (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2869/87 () ; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the purposes of this Regulation : — a Community representative market is a market in which oil seeds for delivery to a centre of demand are traded, — a centre of demand is a place where purchasers are actively competing for oil seeds. Article 2 1. The Member States listed at Annex I shall report to the Commission : — periodically, and at least twice per month, the prices paid and offers made by buyers and sellers being quoted on their markets for colza and rape seed, for sunflower seeds and for soya beans in bulk and for oils and meals derived from the processing of those oil seeds in the Community, — immediately, any prices paid and offers made by buyers and sellers not previously reported, quoted on their markets for colza and rape seed, for sunflower ) OJ No 136, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2919/67. (9 O] No L 273, 26. 9. 1987, p. 16.