NoL301/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3068/83
of31October1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1413/82(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/67/EEC
of27June1967onexportrefundsandleviesonolive
oil(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2429/72(4),andinparticularthefirstsentence ,of
Article7thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle20ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifference
betweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhen
oliveoilisexportedtothirdcountries;
Wliereasthedetailedrulesforfixingandgranting
exportrefundsonoliveoilarecontainedinRegula­
tionsNo171/67/EECand(EEC)No616/72f5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2962/77(6);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:
—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilonthe
Communitymarketandpricesforoliveoilonthe
worldmarket,
—theaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeon
thismarket,
—theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market,and
—theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,furthermore ,Article4ofRegulationNo
171/67/EECprovidesthatthesaidrefundmustbe
fixedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
—theoliveoilpricesinthemainproducingareasof
theCommunity ,
—themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountries,and
—themarketingcostsandthemostfavourabletrans­
portchargesfromCommunitymarketsinthe
mainproducingareastoportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunity ,aswellascostsincurred
inplacingthegoodsontheworldmarket;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevaried
accordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsitu­
ationorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonce
everymonth;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealtered
intheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinoliveoiland
inparticulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunity
andonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OINoL162,12.6.1982,p.6.
(3)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(4)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
0OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(«)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

1.11.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL301/23
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(2)(c)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof31October1983fixingtheexportrefundson
oliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
15.07
A
I
(a)
II
(a)Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
Oliveoil:
Untreated :
Virginoliveoil
and
Other:
Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading15.07AIa)or15.07AIb),
whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless,fordestinationsmentionedin
Article5ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2730/79('),aswellasonexporttothird
countries 32,00
(>)OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.