L347/38fENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.12.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2548/97
of17December 1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,refundandmaybelimitedtocertaincountriesofdes­
tination,quantities,qualitiesandpresentations ;
WhereasthesecondindentofArticle3(3)ofRegulation
No136/66/EECprovidesthattherefundonoliveoil
maybevariedaccordingtodestinationwheretheworld
marketsituationorthespecificrequirementsofcertain
marketsmakethisnecessary;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceevery
month;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrulesto
thepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoilandin
particulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunityand
onthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshould
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(^as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(6),areused
toconvertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)Nol068/93(7),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1482/96(8);
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1581/96(2),andin
particularArticle3(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifferencebetween
thesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhenoliveoilis
exportedtothirdcountries;
Whereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgrantingexport
refundsonoliveoilarecontainedinCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No616/72(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2962/77(4);
WhereasArticle3(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthewhole
Community ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(4)ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,therefundforoliveoilmustbefixedin
thelightoftheexistingsituationandoutlookinrelation
tooliveoilpricesandavailabilityontheCommunity
marketandoliveoilpricesontheworldmarket;whereas,
however,wheretheworldmarketsituationissuchthat
themostfavourableoliveoilpricescannotbedeter­
mined,accountmaybetakenofthepriceofthemain
competingvegetableoilsontheworldmarketandthe
differencerecordedbetweenthatpriceandthepriceof
oliveoilduringarepresentative period;whereasthe
amountoftherefundmaynotexceedthedifference
betweenthepriceofoliveoilintheCommunityandthat
ontheworldmarket,adjusted,whereappropriate,totake
accountofexportcostsfortheproductsontheworld
market;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(3)thirdindent,
point(b)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,itmaybe
decidedthattherefundshallbefixedbytender,whereas
thetenderingprocedureshouldcovertheamountoftheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)
(c)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18December
1997.
(')OJ172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJL206,16.8.1996,p.11.0OJL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(4)OJL348,30.12.1977,p.53.0OJL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(6)OJL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
OOJL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
8)OJL188,27.7.1996,p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof17December1997fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
Productcode Amountofrefund(')
150910909100 6,00
150910909900 0,00
150990009100 4,50
150990009900 0,00
151000909100 0,00
151000909900 0,00
(')FordestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87(OJL351,14.
12.1987,p1),aswellasforexportstothirdcountries.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3846/87.