CELEX: 31976R1569
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/76 of 30 June 1976 fixing the export refund on olive oil

No L 172/42                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 7. 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1569/76
                                                        of 30 June 1976
                                             fixing the export refund 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 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       trade on this market ;
1707/73 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                  — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                   market ; and
the Community and Greece (3),
                                                                   — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of               171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be
Article 7 thereof,                                                 fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                         — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
                                                                       Community ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that, where prices within the Community are               — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
higher than world market prices, the difference                        various markets of importing third countries and
between these prices may be covered by a refund                        Greece ; and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                     — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                         charges from Community markets in the main
66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                   producing areas to ports or other points of export
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
blishing an Association between the European                           placing the goods on the world market ;
Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
the Community and Greece ;
                                                                   Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and              provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in              according to destination where the world market situa­
Regulation No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6),                 tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 503/76 (7) ;                     make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
provides that the refund must be the same for the                  Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
whole Community ;                                                  provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
                                                                   every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC                    in the intervening period ;
provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
fixed account must be taken of :
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
(>)  OJ  No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66.                       other provisions to the present situation on the
(2)  OJ  No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 .                           market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
(3)  OJ  No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                         within the Community and on the markets of third
(4)  OJ  No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p. 2600/67 .                      countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
(*)  OJ  No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
(<>) OJ  No L 78, 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                            at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­
(7)  OJ  No L 59, 6. 3 . 1976, p. 26 .                             tion ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                                               Article 1
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c)
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                  of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                 tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in             Annex to this Regulation .
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                              Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 July 1976
        CCT heading No                                          Description of goods                                  Refund
             15.07           Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
                   A         Olive oil :
                      I      Having undergone a refining process :
                        a)   Obtained by refining virgin olive oil, whether or not blended with virgin
                             olive oil :
                             In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                             — on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third countries
                                 on the Mediterranean                                                                 4.000
                             — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                                 and third countries on the Mediterranean                                             7.000
                    II       Other :
                        a)   Virgin olive oil :
                             In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                             — on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third countries
                           1     on the Mediterranean                                                                 4.000
                           l
                           1 — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                                 and third countries on the Mediterranean                                             7.000
                           I