OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 345
NoL122/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.6.71
REGULATION (ECC)No1168/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of3June1971
fixing,inrespectofoilsandfats,themaximumtolerancesreferredtoinArticle5of
Regulation (EEC)No786/69
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
786/691of22April1969onthefinancingof
interventionexpenditureinrespectoftheinternal
marketinoilsandfats,andinparticularArticle5(2)
(c)thereof;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No786/69theinterventionagenciesdrawup,in
respectofeachmarketingyearandeachproductfor
whichaninterventionpriceisfixed,anaccount
whichiscreditedwiththeitemsmentionedinArticle
5(2)ofthatRegulation;whereastheseitemsinclude
thevalueofquantitylossesexceedingthemaximum
tolerancewhichistobefixed;
Whereasresidueswhichstillcontainasignificant
quantityofoliveoilalwaysformwhenoliveoilis
storedforsometime;whereasintheinterestsof
simplification ofthesystem,noanalysisshouldbe
madeofthoseresidues;whereastheyshould
thereforebeenteredinaccountsonthebasisofanoil
contentcalculatedataflatrate;
Whereasthemaximumtolerancestobeusedwhen
drawinguptheaccountsforthe1967/68and
1968/69marketingyearswerelaiddownbyArticle2
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No898/702of19
May1970fixing,inrespectofoilsandfats,the
maximumtolerancesreferredtoinArticle5of
Regulation (EEC)No786/69;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2092/703of
20October1970amendingtheRegulationsonthefinancingofinterventionexpenditureinrespectofthe
internalmarketlaysdownthatnetexpenditureby
interventionagencieswhichiseligibleunderthe
GuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFundistobedeterminedby
meansofaccountsdrawnupasattheendofthe
calendaryear;whereasmaximumoilsandfats
tolerancesshouldthereforebefixedfortheaccounts
tobedrawnupasattheendof1969,1970and
1971;whereasthelackofadequateexperience
makesitinappropriatetofixasofnowthemaximum
tolerancesinrespectofoilseedsfortheaccountsto
bedrawnupasattheendof1971;
Whereasthesaleofoliveoilboughtinduringthe
1967/68marketingyeardidnotbegintillthe1968/69
marketingyearandwhereasthestockwasnot
completelyrundowntillthe1970/71marketingyear;
whereasitwasthereforeimpossibletodeterminethe
lossestobeenteredintheaccountstobedrawnupas
at31December1969landasat31December1970;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytofixazero
maximumtolerancefortheaccountstobedrawnup
asatthosedates,andwhenfixingthemaximum
tolerancefortheaccountstobedrawnupasat31
December1971toallow,inaddition,forstorage
lossesthroughoutthestorageperiod;whereasthe
above-mentioned fixingofazerotoleranceentailsan
amendmenttoRegulation (EEC)No898/70.
Whereasquantitylossesofoliveoilareduepartlyto
entryintostorageandpartlytomeasuresrequiredto
keeptheproductingoodcondition;whereassuch
lossesvarywiththelengthofthestorageperiod;
Whereasthemaximumtoleranceshouldbefixed
solelyinthelightofweightdifferenceswhichmaybe
considerednormalinviewofthenatureofthe
product;whereas,takingintoaccountthelocationof
thestoredproducts,auniformmaximumtolerance
validthroughouttheCommunityshouldbefixedfor
eachproduct;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats;1OJNoL105,2.5.1969,p.1.
2OJNoL108,20.5.1970,p.11.
3OJNoL232,21.10.1970,p.3.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1ofRegulation (EEC)No898/70shallbe
supplemented bythefollowing:asat31December1970,themaximumtolerance
referredtoinArticle5(2)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)
No786/69isherebyfixedatzero.
3.Inthecaseofoliveoil*andinrespectof
accountstobedrawnupasat31December1971,the
maximumtolerancereferredtoinArticle5(2)(c)of
RegulationNo786/69isherebyfixedat:
—0-40%ofthequantitiesboughtinduringthe
1967/68marketingyear,and
—0-0.125%ofthetons/monthsofstoragesincethe
dateofbuyingin.'(c)asregardsoliveoilresidues:
thequantities ,ofoliveoilsoldshallbein­
creasedbyaweightequaltothatoftheoil
insuchresidues;thisweightshallbe:
1.—fortankbottoms,96%oftheweight
recorded,and,
Article32.—foroilfootsanddregs,25%ofthe
weightrecorded.'
Article2Foraccountstobedrawnupasat31December1969
andasat31December1970,themaximumtolerance
referredtoinArticle5(2)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)
No786/69isherebyfixed:
1.forcolzaandrapeseed,at0-45%ofthequantities
boughtin,
2.forsunflowerseed,at0-70%ofthequantities
boughtin.1.Zeroisherebysubstitutedfor0-55%inArticle
2ofRegulation (EEC)No898/70..
2.Inthecaseofoliveoil,andinrespectof
accountstobedrawnupasat31December1969and
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3June1971.
FortheCommission
The"President
FrancoM.MALFATTI