NoL240/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.9.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2069/78
of31August1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats(•),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1419/78(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/67/EEC
of27June1967onexportrefundsandleviesonolive
oil(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2429/72(5),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article7thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle18ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifference
betweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefund
whenoliveoilisexportedtothirdcountries;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulationNo162/66/EEC
providesthatArticle18ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECandthemeasurestakeninapplicationthereof
apply,subjecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreementesta­
blishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandGreece,totradebetween
theCommunityandGreece;
Whereastherulesandotherprovisionsforfixingand
grantingexportrefundsonoliveoilarecontainedin
RegulationsNo171/67/EECand(EEC)No616/72(6),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2962/77(7);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilon
theCommunitymarketandpricesforoliveoilon
theworldmarket;
—theaimsofthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequili­
briumandthenaturaldevelopment ofpricesand
tradeonthismarket;
—theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market;and
—theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,furthermore ,Article4ofRegulationNo
171/67/EECprovidesthatthesaidrefundmustbe
fixedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
—oliveoilpricesinthemainproducingareasofthe
Community ;
—themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountriesand
Greece;and
—marketingcostsandthemostfavourabletransport
chargesfromCommunitymarketsinthemain
producingareastoportsorotherpointsofexport
intheCommunity ,aswellascostsincurredin
placingthegoodsontheworldmarket;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevaried
accordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsitua­
tionorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary ;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonce
everymonth;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealtered
intheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
otherprovisionstothepresentsituationonthe
marketinoliveoilandinparticulartooliveoilprices
withintheCommunityandonthemarketsofthird
countriesandGreecethattherefundshouldbefixed
attheamountsshownintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion;(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.8.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(«)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(5)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(6)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(7)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

1.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL240/31
HASADOPTEDTHSREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c)
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,exportedtothirdcoun­
triesandGreece,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31August1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31August1978fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
from1September1978 '
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
15.07 Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
A Oliveoil:
I Untreated :
(a)Virginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless,fordestinationsmentionedin
Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No192/75('),aswellasonexporttothird
countriesexcludingGreeceandthirdcountriesontheMediterranean 24.00
II Other:
(a)Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading15.07AIa)or15.07AIb),
whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless,fordestinationsmentionedin
Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No192/75(1),aswellasonexporttothird
countriesexcludingGreeceandthirdcountriesontheMediterranean 2400
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.