NoL59/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.3.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No413/78
of28February1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2560/77(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)No231/77(7);
WhereasArticle2ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthattherefundmustbethesameforthe
wholeCommunity ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo171/67/EEC
providesthatwhentherefundonoliveoilisbeing
fixedaccountmustbetakenof:—theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofoliveoilon
theCommunitymarketandpricesforoliveoilon
theworldmarket;
—theaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinoliveoilwhicharetoensureequili­
briumandthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesand
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
tionorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarkets
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)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
P)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(«)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(5)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
MOJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL31,3.2.1977,p.14.

1.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL59/21
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c)
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,exportedtothirdcoun­
triesandGreece,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
Exportrefundsapplicabletooliveoilfrom1March1978
(tut./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
15.07
A
I
(a)
II
(a)Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
Oliveoil:
Untreated :
Virginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless:
—destinationsmentionedinArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
192/75f1)aswellasonexporttoEuropeanthirdcountriesexcludingGreeceand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean
—onexporttootherthirdcountriesexcludingGreece,Europeanthirdcountriesand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean
Other:
Obtainedbyprocessingoilsfallingwithinsubheading 15.07AIa)or15.07Alb),
whetherornotblendedwithvirginoliveoil:
Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof5kgorless:
—destinationsmentionedinArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
192/75(^aswellasonexporttoEuropeanthirdcountriesexcludingGreeceand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranen
—onexporttootherthirdcountriesexcludingGreece,Europeanthirdcountriesand
thirdcountriesontheMediterranean24.00
24.00
24-00
2400
(>)OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.