CELEX: 31979R1922
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1922/79 of 31 August 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

1 . 9 . 79                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 222/21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1922/79
                                                      of 31 August 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 (1), 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
 3)  OJ  NoLL 331 ,28 .11 .1978 ,pp. 1 .                          to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
 ")  OJ   No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.                       in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
 5)  OJ   NoLL 264 ,23 .11 .1972 ,pp. 1 .                         and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
 o)  OJ   No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .
 7)  OJ  NoLL 348 ,30 .12 .1977 ,pp. 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 ;
                                                                                                        Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
     of these currencies recorded for a given period in                        (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to
     relation to the Community currencies referred to                          third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
     in the previous indent ;                                                  Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                                                        Article 2
March 1979 ( !) laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
ECU :                                                                          1979 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 August 1979.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
(') OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                           (ECU / 100 kv)
      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                                                                                  4.00
(•) OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .