NoL178/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.7.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1495/78
of30June1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fatsaslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1419/78(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/67/EEC
of27June1967onexportrefundsandleviesonolive
oil(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2429/72(5),andinparticularthefirstsentenceof
Article7thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle18ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthat,wherepriceswithintheCommunityare
higherthanworldmarketprices,thedifference
betweenthesepricesmaybecoveredbyarefund
whenoliveoilisexportedtothirdcountries;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulationNo162/66/EEC
providesthatArticle18ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECandthemeasurestakeninapplicationthereof
apply,subjecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreementesta­
blishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandGreece,totradebetween
theCommunityandGreece;
Whereastherulesandotherprovisionsforfixingand
grantingexportrefundsonoliveoilarecontainedin
RegulationsNo171/67/EECand(EEC)No616/72(6),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2962/77(7);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilon
theCommunitymarketandpricesforoliveoilon
theworldmarket;
—theaimsofthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequili­
briumandthenaturaldevelopment ofpricesand
tradeonthismarket;
—theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market;and
—theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,furthermore ,Article4ofRegulationNo
171/67/EECprovidesthatthesaidrefundmustbe
fixedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
—oliveoilpricesinthemainproducingareasofthe
Community ;
—themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountriesand
Greece;and
—marketingcostsandthemostfavourabletransport
chargesfromCommunitymarketsinthemain
producingareastoportsorotherpointsofexport
intheCommunity ,aswellascostsincurredin
placingthegoodsontheworldmarket;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundonoliveoilmaybevaried
accordingtodestinationwheretheworldmarketsitua­
tionorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
makethisnecessary ;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbefixedatleastonce
everymonth;whereasitmay,ifnecessary,bealtered
intheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
otherprovisionstothepresentsituationonthe
marketinoliveoilandinparticulartooliveoilprices
withintheCommunityandonthemarketsofthird
countriesandGreecethattherefundshouldbefixed
attheamountsshownintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion:(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.8.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(5)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(6)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(7)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.53.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c)
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,exportedtothirdcoun­
triesandGreece,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .Whereas,ittherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1978fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoilfrom
1July1978
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
15.07
A
I
(a)
II
(a)Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
Oliveoil:
Untreated :
Virginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless:
—destinationsmentionedinArticle3ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
192/75(1)aswellasonexporttoEuropeanthirdcountriesexcludingGreeceand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean
—onexporttootherthirdcountriesexcludingGreece,Europeanthirdcountriesand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean
Other:
Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading15.07AIa)or15.07AIb),
whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless:
—destinationsmentionedinArticle3ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
192/75(')aswellasonexporttoEuropeanthirdcountriesexcludingGreeceand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean
—onexporttootherthirdcountriesexcludingGreece,Europeanthirdcountriesand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean2400
24.00
24.00
24.00
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975 .p.I