CELEX: 31979R1313
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1313/79 of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 162/50                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 6 . 79
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1313/79
                                                          of 29 June 1979
                                             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
 fats (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        trade on this market ;
 590/79 (2),
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                        market ; and
 fats between the Community and Greece (3),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                 — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of               Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
Article 7 thereof,                                                   171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                    fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                    — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                          the Community ;
 provides that, where prices within the Community are
 higher than world market prices, the difference                    — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
between these prices may be covered by a refund                          various markets of importing third countries and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                          Greece ; and
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78
 provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/                     — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                    port charges from Community markets in the
 apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                 main producing areas to ports or other points of
blishing an Association between the European                             export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                         in placing the goods on the world market ;
 the Community and Greece ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                  Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­               provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
 tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6), as last              according to destination where the world market situa­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ;                       tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                    make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the
whole Community ;
                                                                    Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being                every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
 fixed account must be taken of :                                   in the intervening period ;
(»)  OJ   No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66.
(2)  OJ   No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979, p. 1 .                           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
P)   OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .                        to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
(4)  OJ   No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p. 2600/67.
(5)  OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                          in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
b) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                 and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
( 7) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                           the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                               ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
      relation to each other at any given moment within
      a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                                      Article 1
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
      of these currencies recorded for a given period in                          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
      relation to the Community currencies referred to                            (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to
      in the previous indent ;                                                    third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
                                                                                  Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
March 1979 (!) laid down the coefficient for                                                               Article 2
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
ECU ;                                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 June 1979 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
                                                                          ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                                (ECU / 100 k <>)
       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
                                      and
               II                     Other :
                   (a)                Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I a) or 15.07 A I b),
                                      whether or not blended with virgin olive oil :
                                      In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less, for destinations mentioned in
                                      Article 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 192/75 ('), as well as on export to third
                                      countries                                                                                   400
 (') OJ No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1 975 , p. 1