30.10.96EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL277/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2069/96
of29October1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceevery
month;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrulesto
thepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoilandin
particulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunityand
onthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshould
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/920,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(%areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93f),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(8);
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(9),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(10),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(");whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1581/96(2),andinparti­
cularArticle3(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo136/66/EECprovides
that,wherepriceswithintheCommunityarehigherthan
worldmarketprices,thedifferencebetweentheseprices
maybecoveredbyarefundwhenoliveoilisexportedto
thirdcountries;
Whereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgrantingexport
refundsonoliveoilarecontainedinCommissionRegula­
tion(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
themostfavourableoliveoilpricescannotbedetermined ,
accountmaybetakenofthepriceofthemaincompeting
vegetableoilsontheworldmarketandthedifference
recordedbetweenthatpriceandthepriceofoliveoil
duringarepresentative period;whereastheamountofthe
refundmaynotexceedthedifferencebetweentheprice
ofoliveoilintheCommunityandthatontheworld
market,adjusted,whereappropriate ,totakeaccountof
exportcostsfortheproductsontheworldmarket;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(3)thirdindent,
point(b)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,itmaybe
decidedthattherefundshallbefixedbytender;whereas
thetenderingprocedureshouldcovertheamountofthe
refundandmaybelimitedtocertaincountriesofdestina­
tion,quantities,qualitiesandpresentations ;
WhereasthesecondindentofArticle3(3)ofRegulation
No136/66/EECprovidesthattherefundonoliveoilmay
bevariedaccordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarket
situationorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)
(c)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30October
1996.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.(5)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(6)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(8)OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.
(9)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
(10)OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(")OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.11.
(•')OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

NoL277/14EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29October1996fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
Productcode Amountofrefund(')(2)
15091090100 30,00
15091090900 0,00
15099000100 34,50
15099000900 0,00
15100090100 2,50
15100090900 0,00
(')FordestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87(OJNoL351,
14.12.1987,p1),aswellasforexportstothirdcountries.
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro )maybegrantedonlywhere
theconditionslaiddowninamendedRegulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96areobserved.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
3846/87.