NoL57/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.3.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No444/94
of28February1994
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3179/93(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1650/86
of26May1986onexportrefundsandleviesonolive
oil(3),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofArticle3(1)
thereof,
WhereasArticle20ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifferencebetween
thesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhenoliveoilis
exportedtothirdcountries;
Whereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgrantingexport
refundsonoliveoilarecontainedinRegulation(EEC)No
1650/86andCommission Regulation (EEC)No
616/72(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2962/770;
WhereasthefirstindentofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)
No1650/86providesthattherefundmustbethesame
forthewholeCommunity ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1650/86,therefundforoliveoilmustbefixed
inthelightoftheexistingsituationandoutlookinrela­
tiontooliveoilpricesandavailabilityontheCommunity
marketandoliveoilpricesontheworldmarket;
Whereas,however,wheretheworldmarketsituationis
suchthatthemostfavourableoliveoilpricescannotbe
determined,accountmaybetakenofthepriceofthe
maincompetingvegetableoilsontheworldmarketand
thedifferencerecordedbetweenthatpriceandtheprice
ofoliveoilduringarepresentative period;
Whereastheamountoftherefundmaynotexceedthe
differencebetweenthepriceofoliveoilintheCommu­
nityandthatontheworldmarket,adjusted,whereappro­
priate,totakeaccountofexportcostsfortheproductson
theworldmarket;Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No1650/86,itmaybedecidedthattherefund
shallbefixedbytender;
Whereasthetenderingprocedureshouldcoverthe
amountoftherefundandmaybelimitedtocertaincoun­
triesofdestination,quantities,qualitiesandpresenta­
tions;
WhereasthesecondindentofArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No1650/86providesthattherefundonoliveoil
maybevariedaccordingtodestinationwheretheworld
marketsituationorthespecificrequirementsofcertain
marketsmakethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1650/86
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonceevery
month;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrulesto
thepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoilandin
particulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunityand
onthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshould
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93Q,areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(8);
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(')prohi­
bitstradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);
whereasthisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsitua­
tionsascomprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7
thereof;whereasaccountshouldbetakenofthisfact
whenfixingtherefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
(>)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL285,20.11.1993,p.9.0OJNoL145,30.5.1986,p.8.
OOJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.(*)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.f)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(■)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
OOJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.

1.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL57/23
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c)ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECshallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission

NoL57/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.94
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28February1994fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
Productcode AmountofrefundOO
15091090100 35,00
15091090900 55,00
15099000100 42,00
15099000900 67,00
15100090100 8,00
15100090900 27,00
(')FordestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87aswellasfor
exportstothirdcountries.
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywhere
theconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No990/93areobserved.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3846/87.