EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 1. 2000 L 9/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 66/2000
of 12 January 2000
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) No 2702/1999 (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) Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting exportrefunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regu-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/EECprovides that the refund must be the same for the wholeCommunity;
(4) Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of RegulationNo 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed inthe light of the existing situation and outlook in relationto 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 themain competing vegetable oils on the world market andthe 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 bedecided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereasthe tendering procedure should cover the amount of therefund and may be limited to certain countries of desti-nation, quantities, qualities and presentations;
(6) Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of RegulationNo 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oilmay be varied according to destination where the worldmarket 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) Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules tothe present situation on the market in olive oil and inparticular to olive oil prices within the Community andon the markets of third countries that the refund shouldbe as set out in the Annex hereto;
(9) Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fatshas not delivered an opinion within the time limit set byits chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (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 13 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 January 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 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 1. 2000 L 9/10
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 12 January 2000 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
(EUR/100 kg)
Product code Amount of refund (1)
1509 10 90 9100 0,00
1509 10 90 9900 0,00
1509 90 00 9100 0,00
1509 90 00 9900 0,00
1510 00 90 9100 0,00
1510 00 90 9900 0,00
(1) For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ L 351, 14.12.1987, p. 1), as well as
for exports to third countries.
NB:The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.