EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.11.1999 L302/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2479/1999
of 24 November 1999
fixingthe export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22
September 1966 on the establishment of a common organ-ization of the market in oils and fats(
1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1638/98(2), and in particular Article 3 (3)
thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EECprovides that, where prices within the Community arehigher than world market prices, the difference betweenthese prices may be covered by a refund when olive oilis exported to third countries;
(2)WhereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgrantingexportrefundsonoliveoilarecontainedinCommissionRegu-lation (EEC) No 616/72(
3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2962/77(4);
(3)Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EECprovidesthattherefundmustbethesameforthewholeCommunity;
(4)Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of RegulationNo136/66/EEC,therefundforoliveoilmustbefixedinthelightoftheexistingsituationandoutlookinrelationto olive oil prices and availability on the Communitymarket and olive oil prices on the world market;whereas, however, where the world market situation issuch that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot bedetermined, account may be taken of the price of themaincompetingvegetableoilsontheworldmarketandthe difference recorded between that price and the priceof olive oil during a representative period; whereas theamount of the refund may not exceed the differencebetween the price of olive oil in the Community andthat on the world market, adjusted, where appropriate,to take account of export costs for the products on the
world market;
(5)Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may bedecidedthattherefundshallbefixedbytender;whereasthetenderingprocedureshouldcovertheamountoftherefund and may be limited to certain countries of desti-nation, quantities, qualities and presentations;
(6)WhereasthesecondindentofArticle3(3)ofRegulationNo 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oilmaybevariedaccordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarket situation or the specific requirements of certainmarkets make this necessary;
(7)Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once everymonth; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in theintervening period;
(8)Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrulestothe present situation on the market in olive oil and inparticular to olive oil prices within the Community andonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshouldbe as set out in the Annex hereto;
(9)Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fatshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c)of
Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in the Annexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 November 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 78, 31.3.1972, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 348, 30.12.1977, p. 53.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.11.1999 L302/19
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 24 November 1999 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
(EUR/100 kg)
Productcode Amountofrefund(1)
150910909100 0,00
150910909900 0,00
150990009100 0,00
150990009900 0,00
151000909100 0,00
151000909900 0,00
(1) FordestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87(OJL351,14.12.1987,p.1),aswellas
for exports to third countries.
NB:The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.