CELEX: 31997R1675
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1675/97 of 27 August 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

28 . 8 . 97           MEN-!                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 237/9
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1675/97
                                                             of 27 August 1997
                                                 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             refund and may be limited to certain countries of destina­
                                                                           tion, quantities, qualities and presentations;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
   Community,
                                                                           No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may
                                                                           be varied according to destination where the world market
                                                                           situation or the specific requirements of certain markets
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                    make this necessary;
   22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
   organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
   amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581 /96 (2), and in parti­               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
   cular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                            month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                           intervening period;
  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides                   Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
  that, where prices within the Community are higher than                  the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
  world market prices, the difference between these prices                 particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
  may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to                 on the markets of third countries that the refund should
  third countries:                                                        be as set out in the Annex hereto;
                                                                          Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
  Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0, as last
  refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regula­                amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (6), are used to
  tion (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation                 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 (EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                                    and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                          detailed rules on the application and determination of
 Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                        these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 provides that the refund must be the same for the whole                  (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 Community;                                                               No 1482/96 (8);
                                                                         Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation
 No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in
                                                                          has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                          its chairman,
 the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation
 to olive oil prices and availability on the Community
 market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,
 however, where the world market situation is such that
 the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 account may be taken of the price of the main competing
 vegetable oils on the world market and the difference
 recorded between that price and the price of olive oil
 during a representative period; whereas the amount of the                                             Article 1
 refund may not exceed the difference between the price
 of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                     The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
 market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of                 (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
 export costs for the products on the world market;                      the Annex hereto .
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,
                                                                                                       Article 2
 point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas
the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 August 1997.
(')  OJ   No   172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                          0    OJ  No  L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 11 .                              (*)  OJ  No  L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No   L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                0    OJ  No  L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 4  OJ   No   L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                            (8)  OJ  No  L  188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 August 1997.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Ritt BJERREGAARD
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 27 August 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                     Product code                                    Amount of refund (')
                                  1509 10 90 9100                                            23,00
                                  1509 10 90 9900                                             0,00
                                  1509 90 00 9100                                            24,00
                                  1509 90 00 9900                                             0,00
                                  1510 00 90 9100                                             0,00
                                  1510 00 90 9900                                             0,00
             (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 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.