CELEX: 31998R0915
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/98 of 29 April 1998 fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods

30. 4. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 128/43
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 915/98
                                                     of 29 April 1998
                  fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain
                                                     preserved foods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ence period; whereas it is appropriate to take as a refer-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             ence period the two-month period preceding the begin-
Community,                                                        ning of the term of validity of the production refund;
                                                                  whereas the above amount is to be increased by an
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              amount equal to the consumption aid in force on the day
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                that the said refund is applied;
organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in                 Whereas the application of the above criteria results in
particular Article 20a thereof,                                   the refund being fixed as shown below,
Whereas Article 20a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides for the granting of a production refund for olive
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
oil used in the preserving industry; whereas under para-
graph 6 of that Article, and without prejudice to para-
graph 3 thereof, the Commission shall fix this refund                                     Article 1
every two months;                                                 For the months of May and June 1998, the amount of the
Whereas by virtue of Article 20a (2) of the abovemen-             production refund referred to in Article 20a (2) of Regula-
tioned Regulation, the production refund must be fixed            tion No 136/66/EEC shall be ECU 60,07 per 100 kilo-
on the basis of the gap between prices on the world               grams.
market and on the Community market, taking account of
the import charge applicable to olive oil falling within                                  Article 2
CN subheading 1509 90 00 and the factors used for fixing
the export refunds for those olive oils during the refer-         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 April 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                          Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.