CELEX: 31978R0413
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 413/78 of 28 February 1978 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 59/20                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 3 . 78
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 413/78
                                                 of 28 February 1978
                                        fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                — the existing situation and the future trend with
COMMUNITIES,                                                       regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                   the Community market and prices for olive oil on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the world market ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC              — the aims of the common organization of the
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
common organization of the market in oils and                      brium and the natural development of prices and
                                                                   trade on this market ;
fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2560/77 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC              — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between               market ; and
the Community and Greece (3),
                                                               — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of           171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
Article 7 thereof,                                             fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                     — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
                                                                    Community ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that, where prices within the Community are           — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
higher than world market prices, the difference                    various markets of importing third countries and
between these prices may be covered by a refund                     Greece ; and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC                  — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
 provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                     charges from Community markets in the main
 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof               producing areas to ports or other points of export
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­             in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
blishing an Association between the European                        placing the goods on the world market ;
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
 the Community and Greece ;                                    Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and         provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
 granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in         according to destination where the world market situa­
 Regulations No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72(6),            tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /77 (7) ;          make this necessary ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the             Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 whole Community ;                                             provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
                                                               every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                 in the intervening period ;
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
 fixed account must be taken of :
                                                               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 (») OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                        other provisions to the present situation on the
 (2) OJ No L 303, 28. 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                         market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
 P) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                       within the Community and on the markets of third
 («) OJ No 130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.                        countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
 (5) OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
 M OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­
 O OJ No L 31 , 3. 2. 1977, p. 14.                              tion :
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                                      Article 1
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their effective parity ;                                                 The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c)
                                                                              of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                         tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         Annex to this Regulation.
     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                              1978 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 February 1978 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                     ANNEX
                                        Export refunds applicable to olive oil from 1 March 1978
                                                                                                                           (tut. / 100 kg)
      CCT heading No                                                     Description                                        Refund
     15.07                       Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
           A                     Olive oil :
              I                  Untreated :
                 (a)             Virgin olive oil :
                                 In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                 — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                     192/75 f1) as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and
                                     third countries on the Mediterranean                                                   24.00
                                 — on export to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and
                                     third countries on the Mediterranean                                                   24.00
              II                 Other :
                 (a)             Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 1 5.07 A I a) or 1 5.07 Alb),
                                 whether or not blended with virgin olive oil :
                                 In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                 — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                     192/75 (^ as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and
                                     third countries on the Mediterranen                                                    24-00
                                 — on export to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and
                                     third countries on the Mediterranean                                                   2400
(>) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .