CELEX: 31990R2525
Language: en
Date: 1990-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2525/90 of 31 August 1990 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 237/50                               Official Journal of ' the European Communities                                   1 . 9 . 90
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2525/90
                                                        of 31 August 1990
                                            fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the
                                                                      difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­
Economic Community,                                                   priate, to take account of export costs for the products on
                                                                      the world market :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain arid
Portugal,                                                             whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                  shall be fixed by tender ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2),                           Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                      amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
                                                                      tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86                  tions ;
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3(1 )
thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               may be varied according to destination where the world
                                                                      market situation or the specific requirements of certain
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                        markets make this necessary ;
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference between
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is             Whereas, in view of the present circumstances in the
exported to third countries ;                                         German Democratic Republic and their effects on the
                                                                      market situation, no refund should be fixed for products
                                                                      to be exported to that destination ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No
1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                            Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
2962/77 O ;                                                           month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                      intervening period ;
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same
for the whole Community ;                                             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                      the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                      particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                   on the markets of third countries that the refund should
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed              be as set out in the Annex hereto :
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community
market and olive oil prices on the world market ;
                                                                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas, however, where the world market situation is
such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
determined, account -may be taken of the price of the                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
main competing vegetable oils on the world market and                      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
the difference recorded between that price and the price                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
of olive oil during a representative period ;                              the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                           tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (®), as last amended by Regula­
(•) OJ   No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
(2) OJ   No L 280, 29 . 9. 1989, p. 2.
O   OJ   No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8.
(4) OJ   No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                              («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
ft OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                                  0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                                    Article 1
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                                 1 . The export refunds on the products listed in Article
                                                                                1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out
Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accesion,                        in the Annex hereto.
refunds may be granted in the case of exports to Portugal ;
whereas, in the light of the situation and the level of                         2. No refund shall be fixed for such products exported
prices no refund should be fixed in the case of exports to                      to the German Democratic Republic.
Portugal ;
                                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                    1990 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 August 1990,.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                        ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1990 fixing the export refunds on
                                                                        olive oil
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                         Product code                                        Amount of refund (')
                                       1509 10 90 100                                              63,50
                                       1509 10 90 900                                              99,50
                                       1509 90 00 100                                              72,70
                                       1509 90 00 900                                             105,09
                                       1510 00 90 100                                              15,50
                                       1510 00 90 900                                              46,90
                  (') For destinations mentioned in Article 5 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No 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 (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ).