27.7.76 NoL201/3 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1794/76
of20July1976
introducingaderogationfromRegulation (EEC)No155/71ontheproduction
refundonoliveoilusedinthemanufacture ofcertainpreservedfoods
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,onthebasisoftheminimumleviesdeterminedbythe
Commissionunderthesaidprocedure,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EECof22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularthesecondparagraphof
Article19thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),andinparticular
Article8thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle3(2)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
155/71of26January1971ontheproductionrefund
onoliveoilusedinthemanufacture ofcertain
preservedfoods(4)providesthattheamountofthe
productionrefundmustbeequaltotheaverageofthe
variablecomponentsontheleviesonimportsof
refinedoliveoil;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No601/76of15
March1976layingdownspecialmeasuresinparti­
cularforthedetermination oftheoffersofoliveoilon
theworldmarket(5)andCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No602/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(6)providethat,
whencertainconditionsarefulfilled,theimportlevies
mustbefixedbytenderingprocedure;
Whereas,whenapplyingthisprocedure,theCommis­
sionfixesaminimumimportlevyforrefinedolive
oil;whereas,insuchcase,itisnecessarytoderogate
fromArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No155/71by
providingthattheproductionrefundshouldbefixed1.BywayofderogationfromArticle3ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No155/71,wherethetenderingprocedure
referredtoinArticle2ofRegulations (EEC)No
601/76and(EEC)No602/76applies,theproduction
refundonoliveoilusedinthemanufacture of
preservedfish,fallingwithinsubheadings16.04B,C,
D,E,FandG,andpreservedvegetables,fallingwithin
headingNo20.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
shallbefixedbytheCommissiononthebasisofthe
minimumleviesdeterminedunderthatprocedurefor
oil,fallingwithinsubheading15.07AIa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommissionshallfixtheproductionrefund
inaccordancewithparagraph 1forthefirsttimeon
expiryofarefundfixedunderArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No155/71,providedthatatleasttwominimum
levieshavebeenfixed.
Theproductionrefundshallbefixedfortwomonths.
3.Whenadecisionistakentoterminatethe
tenderingprocedure,theCommissionshallfixthe
productionrefundinaccordancewithArticle3of
Regulation (EEC)No155/71onexpiryoftheperiod
duringwhichtheproductionrefundhasbeenfixed
underthisRegulation,afteratleasteightlevieshave
beenfixedpursuanttoArticle13ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC.
Article2
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
P)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(«)OJNoL22,28.1.1971,p.5.
(5)OJNoL72,28.3.1976,p.1.
(6)OJNoL72,28.3.1976,p.3.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE