NoL86/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.82
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No737/82
of31March1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
—theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market,and
—theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,furthermore ,Article4ofRegulationNo
171/67/EECprovidesthatthesaidrefundmustbe
fixedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
—theoliveoilpricesinthemainproducingareasof
theCommunity ,
—themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountries,
andTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3454/80(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/67/EEC
of27June1967onexportrefundsandleviesonolive
oil(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2429/72(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article7thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle20ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifference
betweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhen
oliveoilisexportedtothirdcountries;
Whereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgranting
exportrefundsonoliveoilarecontainedinRegula­
tionsNo171/67/EECand(EEC)No616/72(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2962/77(*);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:
—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilonthe
Communitymarketandpricesforoliveoilonthe
worldmarket,
—theaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeon
thismarket,—themarketingcostsandthemostfavourabletrans­
portchargesfromCommunitymarketsinthe
mainproducingareastoportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunity,aswellascostsincurred
inplacingthegoodsontheworldmarket;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevaried
accordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsitu­
ationorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonce
everymonth;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealtered
intheinterveningperiod;
WhereasaspecialexportrefundforPolandshouldbe
providedforoliveoilunderthesubheading 15.07AII
b);
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoiland
inparticulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunity
andonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
I1)OJNoL360,31.12.1980,p.16.
0OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(4)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
MOJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Article2
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(2)(c)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,shallbeasset
outintheAnnexhereto. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31March1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission "*Regulationof31March1982fixingtheexportrefundson
oliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
15.07 Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
A Oliveoil:
I Untreated :
(a)Virginoliveoil
and
II Other:
(a)Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading15.07AIa)or15.07AIb),
whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless,fordestinationsmentionedin
Article5ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2730/79('),aswellasonexporttothird
countries 8-00
(b)Other:
Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading15.07AIc),whetherornot
blendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofaminimumnetcapacityof5kgorinbulkforexportto
Poland 8700
(')OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.