CELEX: 31995R0312
Language: en
Date: 1995-02-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 312/95 of 15 February 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 36/20             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               16. 2. 95
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 312/95
                                                        of 15 February 1995
                                             fixing the export refunds on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
                                                                     shall be fixed by tender ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                     Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                     amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  tions ;
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
 amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
 Sweden to the European Union (2),                                   Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                     may be varied according to destination where the world
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86                market situation or the specific requirements of certain
 of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive                markets make this necessary ;
 oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 (1)
 thereof,
                                                                     Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
                                                                     provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
 provides that, where prices within the Community are                intervening period ;
 higher than world market prices, the difference between
 these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 exported to third countries ;
                                                                     the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                     particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                     on the markets of third countries that the refund should
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
 refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No           be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 2962/77 0 ;                                                          1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (% as last
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 Q, are used to
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same                and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                     conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 for the whole Community ;
                                                                     whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                     tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                  lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed             tion (EC) No 157/95 (9);
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (I0) prohi­
market and olive oil prices on the world market ; whereas,           bits trade between the European Community and the
however, where the world market situation is such that
                                                                     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,           whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
account may be taken of the price of the main competing              tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference                thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil               when fixing the refunds ;
during a representative period ; whereas the amount of the
refund may not exceed the difference between the price
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                  Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of              has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
export costs for the products on the world market ;                  its chairman,
(') OJ    No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           f) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ    No C 241 , 29. 8 . 1994, p. 21 .                           f) OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ    No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8.                               (8) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ    No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 .
O   OJ    No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                             (,0) OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
 ---pagebreak--- 16. 2. 95    r~EN~\                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 36/21
          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                            Article 1
          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/
          66/EEC shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
                                                            Article 2
          This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 1995.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 15 February 1995.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of IS February 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                           'ECU/100 kg)
                                Product code                                      Amount of refund (') (2)
                              1509 10 90 100                                              42,00
                              1509 10 90 900                                               0,00
                              1509 90 00 100                                              50,50
                              1509 90 00 900                                               0,00
                              1510 00 90 100                                               9,50
                              1510 00 90 900                                               0,00
          ') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as for
             exports to third countries.
          7) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where
             the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
          NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3846/87.