Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/2001 of 1 June 2001 amending Regulations (EC) No 1476/95, (EEC) No 1963/79 and (EC) No 2768/98 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 205/73 on communications between Member States and the Commission concerning oils and fats
Date: 2001-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export policy, fats, import policy, olive oil

2.6.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 149/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1081/2001

of 1 June 2001

amending Regulations (EC) No 1476/95, (EEC) No 1963/79 and (EC) No 2768/98 and repealing
Regulation (EEC) No 205/73 on communications between Member States and the Commission
concerning oils and fats

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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) No 2826/2000 (2), and in particular Article
2(2), Article 12a and Article 20a(7) thereof,

Whereas:

All but a few of the provisions of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 205/73 of 25 January 1973 on communi-
cations between Member States and the Commission
concerning oils and fats (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1058/87 (4), are no longer applicable.
That Regulation should therefore be repealed and the
provisions of Articles 4 and 5 on communications on
trade and production refunds should be incorporated in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/95 of 28 June
1995 laying down special detailed rules for the applica-
tion of the system of import licences for olive oil (5) and
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1963/79 of 6
September 1979 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the production refund on olive oil used in
the manufacture of certain preserved foods (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1458/89 (7).

The monitoring of market prices for the various catego-
ries of olive oil is essential for assessing whether or not
to apply the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2768/98 of 21 December 1998 on the aid scheme
for the private storage of olive oil (8).

(1)

(2)

(3)

In Regulation (EC) No 1476/95, the following Article is

1.
inserted after Article 1:

‘Article 1a

1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the
quantities for which import or export licences were issued,
giving details of the quantities and, in the cases referred to
in Article 2(1), the origins of imports:

(a) no later than the 5th and 20th of each month for the
preceding fortnight in the case of the products listed in
Article 1(2)(c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;

(b) during the first month following the end of each
marketing year in the case of the products listed in
Article 1(2)(d) and (e) of that Regulation.

If a Member State considers that importation or exporta-
tion of the quantities covered by applications for licences
lodged in that Member State threatens to disturb the
market, it shall immediately inform the Commission, indi-
cating, in the manner already specified, the quantities for
which licences have been applied for but not yet issued or
approved and the quantities for which licences have been
issued during the current fortnight.

2.

For the purposes of this Article:

(a) “the fortnight preceding the 5th of each month” means
the period from the 16th to the end of the month
preceding the date specified;

(b) “the fortnight preceding the 20th of each month”
means the period from the 1st to the 15th of that
month.’

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,

In Regulation (EEC) No 1963/79, the following Article 2a

2.
is inserted after Article 2:

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 23, 29.1.1973, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 103, 15.4.1987, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 227, 7.9.1979, p. 10.
(7) OJ L 144, 27.5.1989, p. 5.
(8) OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 14.

‘Article 2a

With regard to the production refund referred to in Article
20a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Member States shall
inform the Commission during the first month of each
marketing year of the quantities of olive oil subjected to
control during the preceding marketing year.’

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In Regulation (EC) No 2768/98, the following Article 3a

3.
is inserted after Article 3:

Where appropriate, prices shall be accompanied by details
of
the transactions
concerned.’

the volume and representativity of

‘Article 3a

States

shall notify

Member
each
Wednesday at the latest, of the average prices during the
the various categories of olive oil
previous week for
referred to in the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC on
the principal representative markets in their territory.

the Commission,

Regulation (EEC) No 205/73 is repealed.

Article 2

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission