EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.1999 L324/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2651/1999
of 15 December 1999
fixing the 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)No1638/98(2),andinparticularArticle3(3)
thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EECprovides that, where prices within the Community arehigherthanworldmarketprices,thedifferencebetweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhenoliveoilis 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,inaccordancewithArticle3(4)ofRegulationNo136/66/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 issuchthatthemostfavourableoliveoilpricescannotbedetermined, account may be taken of the price of themaincompetingvegetableoilsontheworldmarketandthedifferencerecordedbetweenthatpriceandthepriceof 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,totakeaccountofexportcostsfortheproductsonthe
world market;
(5)Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may bedecidedthattherefundshallbefixedbytender;whereasthetenderingprocedureshouldcovertheamountoftherefundandmaybelimitedtocertaincountriesofdesti-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 inparticulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunityandonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshouldbe 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 16 December 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 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 16.12.1999 L324/22
ANNEX
to the CommissionRegulationof 15 December 1999 fixin g the export refun ds onolive 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.