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28.1.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL22/5
REGULATION (EEC)No155/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of26January1971
ontheproductionrefundonoliveoilusedinthemanufactureofcertainpreservedfoods
oftheimportlevyonoilsobtainedbyrefiningvirgin
oliveoil;
Whereasinterestedpartiesmustbeassuredofa
certaindegreeofstabilityinthecostprice.ofoliveoil
usedinthepreservedfoods;whereastothatendthe
refundmustbefixedforafairlylongperiod,
relativelyslightalterationsintheimportleviesbeing
disregarded ;
Whereastherefundmustbegrantedonlyinrespect
ofthequantitiesactuallyusedinthepreservedfoods;
whereasMemberStatesshouldthereforeensurethat
asuitablesystemofcontrolisapplied;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthatacashpayment
oftheproductionrefundenablestheparties
concernedtoderivethegreatestbenefitfromthe
relevantprovisionsofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ..
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
Having-regardtoCouncilRegulationNo
136/66/EEC1of22September1966onthe
establishment ofthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinoilsandfats,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2554/70,2andinparticularthe
secondparagraphofArticle19thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
162/66/EEC3of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andin
particularArticle8thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo169/67/EEC4of27
June1967introducedasystemofproductionrefunds
onoliveoilusedinthemanufactureofpreservedfish
andvegetables;whereasexperiencehasshownthat
thissystemshouldberetained,butinasimplified
form;
WhereasthatRegulationreferredonlytosub-heading
Nos16.04B,C,DandEoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;whereas,followinganamendmenttothe
Tariff,theproductsformerlylistedunderthose
sub-headingsnowfallwithinsub-headingNos16.04
B,C,D,E,FandG;
Whereastheproductionrefundshouldenable
interestedpartiestobuythequalityofoilwhich'they
normallyuseinmanufacturing ontheCommunity
marketatpricesclosetothoserulingontheworld
market;whereastothatendtheproductionrefund
mustbefixedonthebasisofthevariablecomponentHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdownconditionsforapplying
thesystemofproductionrefundsonoliveoilusedin
themanufactureofcertainpreservedfoodswith
effectfrom1May1971.
Article2
Aproductionrefundshallbegrantedinrespectof
oliveoilusedinthemanufactureofpreservedfish
fallingwithinsub-headingNos16.04B,C,D,E,F
andGoftheCommonCustomsTariffandpreserved
vegetablesfallingwithinheadingNo20.02ofthat
Tariff.
1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.Article3
2OJNoL275,19.12.1970,p.5.
3OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
4OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2594/67.1.TheCommissionshallfixtheproductionrefund
everytwomonths.

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Article5
Theproduction ,refundshallbegrantedintheform
ofacashpayment.2.Theamountoftherefundshall.beequaltothe
averageofthevariablecomponentsofthelevieson
importsofoliveoilfallingwithinsub-headingNo
15:07AI(a)oftheCommonCustomsTariffduring
theperiodfromthesixteenthdayofthethirdmonth
tothefifteenthdayofthelastmonthprecedingthe
monthinwhichtherefundbegantoapply.
However,therefundpreviouslyfixedshallbe
retainedifthedifferencebetweentherefundandthe
averagereferredtointhefirstsubparagraph doesnot
exceedanamounttobedetermined .Article6
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle38ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC.
Article7
Article4
RegulationNo169/67/EECisherebyrepealedwith
effectfrom1May1971;itshall,however,continue
toapplytooliveoilplacedundercontrolbeforethat
date.1.Entitlementtotherefundshallbeaquiredonce
theoilisusedinthemanufactureofthepreserved
foods.
2.MemberStatesshallensurebyacontrolsystem
thattheproductionrefundisgrantedonlyinrespect
ofoliveoilusedinthemanufactureofthepreserved
fishandvegetablesreferredtoinArticle2ofthis
Regulation .Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.COINTAT