EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.2.2000 L45/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 357/2000
of 16 February2000
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-isation of the market in oils and fats(
1), as last amended by
Regulation(EC)No2702/1999(2),andinparticularArticle3(3)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that,
where prices within the Community are higher thanworldmarketprices,thedifferencebetweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefundwhenoliveoilisexportedto third countries.
(2)Thedetailedrulesforfixingandgrantingexportrefundson olive oil are contained in Commission Regulation(EEC) No 616/72(
3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2962/77(4).
(3)Article3(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECprovidesthattherefundmustbethesameforthewholeCommunity.
(4)In accordance with Article 3(4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in thelightoftheexistingsituationandoutlookinrelationtoolive oil prices and availability on the Communitymarket and olive oil prices on the world market.However,wheretheworldmarketsituationissuchthatthe most favourable olive oil prices cannot be deter-mined, account may be taken of the price of the maincompeting vegetable oils on the world market and thedifference recorded between that price and the price ofoliveoilduringarepresentativeperiod.Theamountofthe refund may not exceed the difference between theprice of olive oil in the Community and that on theworld market, adjusted, where appropriate, to takeaccount of export costs for the products on the world
market.
(5)InaccordancewithArticle3(3)thirdindent,point(b)ofRegulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be decided that therefundshallbefixedbytender.Thetenderingprocedureshould cover the amount of the refund and may belimited to certain countries of destination, quantities,qualities and presentations.
(6)The second indent of Article 3(3) of Regulation No136/66/EECprovidesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevariedaccordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarketsmake this necessary.
(7)Therefundmustbefixedatleastonceeverymonth.Itmay, if necessary, be altered in the intervening period.
(8)It follows from applying these detailed rules to thepresent situation on the market in olive oil and inparticulartooliveoilpriceswithintheCommunityandonthemarketsofthirdcountriesthattherefundshouldbe as set out in the Annex hereto.
(9)The Management Committee for Oils and Fats has notdelivered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,
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 17 February 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 16 February 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 78, 31.3.1972, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 348, 30.12.1977, p. 53.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.2.2000 L45/28
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 16 February2000 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.