NoL30/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No246/83
of31January1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1413/82(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(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2962/77(*);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:
—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilonthe
Communitymarketandpricesforoliveoilonthe
worldmarket,
—theaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeon
thismarket,
—theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market,and
—theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,furthermore,Article4ofRegulationNo
171/67/EECprovidesthatthesaidrefundmustbe
fixedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
—theoliveoilpricesinthemainproducingareasof
theCommunity ,
—themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountries,and
—themarketingcostsandthemostfavourabletrans­
portchargesfromCommunitymarketsinthe
mainproducingareastoportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunity ,aswellascostsincurred
inplacingthegoodsontheworldmarket;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevaried
accordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsitu­
ationorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonce
everymonth;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealtered
intheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoiland
inparticulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunity
andonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitset
byitschairman,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL162,12.6.1982,p.6.
3OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(*)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(<)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

1.2.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/33
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(2)(c)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetout
inAnnexheretoArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof31January1983fixingtheexportrefundson
oliveoil
(ECU/100kg) \Refund
CCTheadingNo DescriptionAlldestinations
exceptLibyaLibya
15.07«
Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
A Oliveoil:\
I
(a)Untreated :
Virginoliveoil
and
IIOther:\
(a)Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading 15.07AIa)or
15.07AIb),whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless,fordestina­
tionsmentionedinArticle5ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2730/79('),aswellasonexporttothirdcountries 2500 3500
(>)OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.