CELEX: 31969R1486
Language: en
Date: 1969-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1486/69 of the Commission of 28 July 1969 on communications between Member States and the Commission concerning oils and fats

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     353
 30.7.69                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 186/7
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1486/69 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 28 July 1969
               on communications between Member States and the Commission concerning oils and
                                                              fats
THE     COMMISSION         OF   THE    EUROPEAN       COM­           Having regard to Council Regulation No
MUNITIES,                                                            169/67/EEC8 of 27 June 1967 introducing a system' of
                                                                    production refunds on olive oil used in the manu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        facture of preserved fish and vegetables and amending
European Economic Community ;                                       Regulation No 217/66/EEC on arrangements for
                                                                     suspending the levy on this oil, and in particular
Having regard to Council Regulation No                              Article 6 thereof;
136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the
establishment of a common organisation of the                       Having regard to Council Regulation No
market in oils and fats, as last amended by                          171/67/EEC9 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and
Regulation (EEC) No 2146/68,2 and in particular                      levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation
Articles 10 (3 ), 11 (5 ), 13 (4), 17 (3 ), 26 (3 ) and             (EEC) No 18/69,10 and in particular Article 11
27 (5 ) thereof;                                                    thereof;
Having      regard     to     Council     Regulation     No
162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
                                                                    Having regard to Council Regulation No
fats between the Community and Greece, and in                       754/67/EEC11 of 26 October 1967 on the subsidy for
particular Articles 3 (4), 8 and 9 thereof;                         olive oil, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1717/68 ,12 and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
115 /67/EEC4 of 6 June 1967 laying down criteria
for determining world market prices for oil seeds and              "Whereas, in order to ensure sound management of
fixing the frontier crossing point, and in particular               the market in oils and fats, Member States must keep
Article 7 thereof;                                                 the Commission informed about the working of the
                                                                   various measures provided for in Regulation No
Having      regard     to     Council    Regulation      No         136/66/EEC ; whereas to that end certain information
142/67/EEC5 of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on                   on the situation with regard to production, markets
colza, rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by                 and the pattern of trade in oils and fats must be
Regulation (EEC) No 845/68,® and in particular                     communicated by Member States to the Commission
Article 6 thereof;                                                 at regular intervals ;                           *
Having regard to Council Regulation No
143/67/EEC7 of 21 June 1967 on the compensatory                    Whereas, however, such communications should be
amount applicable to imports of certain vegetable                  kept to a strict minimum and should make allowance
oils, and in particular Article 7 thereof;                         for the administrative facilities at present available in
                                                                   the Member States ;
 1 OJ  No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
 2 OJ  No L 314, 31.12.1968, p. 1.
 3 OJ  No  197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.                              8
                                                                       OJ  No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2594/67.
4  OJ  No 111 , 10.6.1967, p. 2196/67.                               9
                                                                       OJ  No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2600/67.
 5 OJ  No  125, 26.6.1967, p. 2461/67.                             10
                                                                       OJ  No L 3, 7.1.1969, p. 1 .
6  OJ  No L 152, 1.7.1968, p. 6.                                   11
                                                                       OJ  No 260, 27.10.1967, p. 2.
7  OJ  No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2463/67.                              12
                                                                       OJ  No L 268, 1.11.1968, p . 1 .
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Whereas the information to be supplied by Member                    — (EEC) No 190/68 16 of the Commission of 16
States at regular intervals is specified in the following               February 1968 on the denaturing process for
Regulations :                                                           colza and rape seeds, as amended by Regulation
                                                                         (EEC) No 972/69,17
— No        173 /66/EEC1     of    the   Commission     of   7
      November 1966 on determining the c.i.f. price                 — (EEC) No 911 /68 18 of the Commission of 5 July
      and the free-at-frontier price for unrefined olive                 1968 ofi certain detailed rules concerning the
   ■ oil and on fixing the levies applicable to this                    subsidy for oil seeds, as last amended by
      product, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                      Regulation (EEC) No 971 /6919 ;
      No 917/69,2
                                                                   Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases
— No        174/66/EEC3      of     the  Commission     of   7      the information supplied by Member States does not
      November 1966 on import and export licences for               allow the Commission to keep a close watch on the
      olive oil, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                application of Regulation No 136/66/EEC ; whereas
      No 1077/69,4                                                  this , information should therefore be amplified;
— No 225/67/EEC5 of the Commission of 28 June                       whereas in other cases it seems appropriate, in order
      1967 on detailed rules for determining the world              to take account of the requirements specified above,
      market price for oil seeds, as last amended by                to modify the frequency of certain communications ;
      Regulation^ (EEC) No 1365/69,6                                Whereas, in the interests of efficient administration,
— No 282/67/EEC7 of the Commission of 11 . July                     all the obligations falling on Member States as
      1967 on detailed rules concerning intervention for            regards the information to be sent at regular intervals
      oil seeds, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                to the Commission should be included in this
      No 1295/69,8                                                  Regulation ;
— No 284/67/EEC9 of the Commission of 11 July                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
      1967 on detailed rules for the application of                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the
      export refunds on oil seeds, as last amended by               Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
      Regulation (EEC) No 1077/69,
— No 785/67/EEC10 of the Commission of 30                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
      October 1967 on the buying-in of olive oil by
      intervention agencies, as amended by Regulation                                             PART A
      (EEC) No 1896/68 ,11
                                                                                                  Olive oil
— No        830/67/EEC12      of the     Commission      of 9
      November 1967 on detailed rules concerning the                                             Article 1
      subsidy for olive oil, as last amended by
      Regulation (EEC) No 710/69,13                                 With regard to the subsidy mentioned in Article 10 of
— . No 1052/67/EEC14 of the Commission of 22                        Regulation No 136/66/EEC, for each of the qualities
      December      1967    on     detailed  rules   for   the      of olive oil corresponding to the definitions given in 1
      application of the production refund on olive oil             and 4 of the Annex to that Regulation :
      used in the manufacture of certain preserved
      foods, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 A. Producer          Member       States shall inform   the
      970/69,15                                                          Commission :
                                                                          ( 1 ) during the month following the final date
                                                                                fixed for lodging applications for subsidies to
 1   OJ No L 202, 7.11.1966, p. 3482/66.                                        be granted for each marketing year, of the
 2   OJ No L 127, 29.5.1969, p . 11 .                                           quantities of oil for which applications for
 3   OJ No 202, 7.11.1966, p. 3485/66.                                          subsidies have been lodged;
 4   OJ No L 139, 11.6.1969, p . 12.
 5   OJ No 136, 30.6.1967, p. 2919/67.                                    (2) during the month following that in which
 6   OJ No L 176, 17.7.1969, p: 7.                                              payment of the subsidy to be granted for each
 7   OJ No 151 , 15.7.1967, p. 1 .                                              marketing year has been effected,
 8   OJ No L 164, 5.7.1969, p . 8 .                                             ( a) of the quantities of oil for which
 9   OJ No 151 , 15.7.1967, p. 6.                                                     application for subsidies have been
10   OJ No 264, 31.10.1967, p. 11 .
11   OJ No L 288 , 28.11.1968 , p. 16.
12   OJ No 272, 10.11.1967, p. 18 .                                 16  OJ No      L 43, 17.2.1968, p. 10.
13   OJ No L 93 , 18.4.1969, p. 25 .                                 17 OJ No      L 127, 29.5.1969, p. 12.
14   OJ No 315 , 28.12.1967, p. 10 .                                18  OJ No      L 158, 6.7.1968, p. 8 .
»    OJ No L 127, 29.5.1969, p. 9.                                  19  OJ No      L 127, 29.5.1969, p. 10.
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              lodged but which have not been                     B. With regard to sales :
              recognised as eligible for the subsidy,
                                                                      Within fifteen days of sale, Member States shall
         (b) of the quantities of oil on which the                    inform the Commission of the quantities and
              subsidy has been paid and the amounts of                qualities of olive oil sold by the intervention
              such payments ;                                         agency, indicating where they were stored at the
                                                                      time of sale ; a distinction shall be made between
    (3 ) where the full amount of the subsidy has not                 sales on the Community market and sales for
         been paid during the marketing year, or at                   export .
         the latest by the end of the first month of the
         following marketing year,                                                        Article 3
         ( a) of the quantities of oil which have not
              been recognised as eligible for the                Member States shall communicate to the Commission
              subsidy,                                           all the information necessary for determining the c.i.f.
                                                                price referred to in Article 13 of Regulation No
         (b) of the quantities of oil on which the               136/66/EEC and the free-at-frontier price referred to
              subsidy has been paid and the amounts of           in Article 3 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC as soon as
              such payments ;                                    such information is available .
    (4) not later than 15 January of each marketing
         year, in a report covering previous marketing                                    Article 4
         years ,
                                                                 1.     On the 5th and 20th of each month Member
         ( a) of the quantities of oil which have not            States shall notify the Commission of the quantities
              been recognised as eligible for the                of products listed in Article 1 (2) (c), (d) and (e) of
              subsidy,                                           Regulation No 136/66/EEC for which import or
         (b) of the quantities of oil on which the              export licences were issued during the preceding
              subsidy has not yet been paid.                     fortnight. An indication shall be given of the
                                                                 quantities imported from or exported to Greece and
                                                                 of the quantities for which advance fixing was
B. Italy shall inform the Commission each month of               approved.
    the quantities of oil for which applications for
    subsidies were lodged during the preceding                   If a Member State considers that importation or
   month.                                                        exportation of the quantities covered by applications
                                                                 for licences or advance fixing lodged in that State
                                                                threatens to disturb the market, that Member State
                         Article 2                               shall immediately inform the Commission, indicating,
                                                                 in the manner already specified, the quantities for
With regard to the intervention measures referred to             which licences or advance fixing have been applied
in Article 11 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, producer             for but not yet issued or approved and the quantities
Member States shall notify the Commission :                     for which licences have been issued and applications
                                                                for advance fixing approved during the current
A. With regard to buying-in :                                   fortnight.
    (a) if use is made of the option provided for in            2.      For the purposes of this Article :
         Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 785/67/EEC,              ( a) 'the fortnight preceding the 5th of each month'
         of the provisions adopted for its application ;               means the period from the 16th to the end of the
    (b) within fifteen days of buying-in, of the                       month preceding the date specified ;
         quantities, qualities and place of taking over          (b) 'the fortnight preceding the 20th of each month'
         of the olive oil bought in by the intervention                means the period from the 1st to the 15th of that
         agencies, specifying where appropriate the                    month.
         quantities for which an additional price
         increase has been applied for; however, if                                       Article 5
         substantial quantities are offered, the Member
         State concerned shall immediately inform the
         Commission ;                                           With regard to the production refund referred to in
                                                                Article 19 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Member
    (c) within fifteen days of an additional price               States shall inform the Commission during the first
         increase being granted, of the quantities               month of each marketing year of the quantities of
         which have benefited from that increase and            olive oil subjected to control during the preceding
         the amount of such increase.                           marketing year.
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                          PART B                                     deposits provided for in Article 5 (2) and Article
                                                                     8 (2) of Regulation No 116/67/EEC were
                         Oil seeds                                   forfeited during that marketing year.
                         Article 6                              2. However, if the quantities referred to in
                                                                paragraph 1 (d) and (e) substantially exceed the
With regard to the intervention measures referred to            quantities to be regarded as normal, the Member
in Article 26 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Member               State concerned shall immediately inform the
States shall inform the Commission :                            Commission .
(a) within 15 days of buying-in, of the quantities,
     quality and place of taking over of seeds bought           3 . If a Member State considers that the quantities
     in by the intervention agencies ;                          for which applications for the advance fixing of the
                                                                subsidy are lodged in accordance with the procedure
     If substantial quantities are offered, the Member          in force bear no relation to the normal disposal of
     State concerned shall immediately inform the               seeds harvested within the Community, that Member
     Commission ;                                               State shall immediately inform the Commission,
                                                                indicating the quantities for which applications for
(b) within fifteen days of sale, of the quantities and          the advance fixing of the subsidy have been lodged
     qualities of seeds sold by the intervention                but for which the certificates have not yet been issued
     agencies, indicating where they were held at the           and the quantities for which advance fixing
     time of sale; a distinction shall be made between          certificates have been issued since the last notification.
     sales on the Community market and sales for
     export.
                                                                                         Article 8
                          Article 7
1.     With regard to the subsidy mentioned in Article          With regard to the measures on denaturing adopted
27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Member States                   pursuant to Article 27 (5 ) of Regulation No
shall notify the Commission :                                   136/66/EEC,       Member     States  shall   notify    the
                                                                Commission, during the first month following the
 (a) not later than Wednesday each week, of the                 end of each marketing year, of the quantities of seeds
      quantities of seeds for which applications for the        or mixtures from third countries imported in a
      advance fixing of the subsidy have been lodged            denatured form or subjected to the denaturing
      during the preceding week in accordance with              process during that marketing year. However, if a
     the procedure in force ;                                   Member State considers that these quantities of seeds
                                                                or mixtures bear not relation to the quantities which
 (b) not later than Wednesday each week, of the                 can normally be used for purposes for which
      quantities of seeds subjected during the preceding        denaturing is necessary, that Member State shall
     week to the control referred to in Article 2 of            immediately inform the Commission.
     Regulation No 116/67/EEC, indicating :
     — the quantities for which the amount of the
                                                                                         Article 9
          subsidy was fixed in advance ;
     — the quantities to which the subsidy in force
          on the day they were placed under control at           1 . With regard to the export refund referred to in
          the oil-mill applies ;                                Article 28 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Member
                                                                States shall notify the Commission :
 (c) not later than Thursday each week, of the
     quantities of seeds subjected during the preceding          (a) during the first week of each month, of the
     week to the control referred to in Article 8 of                  quantities for which applications for the advance
      Regulation No 116/67/EEC ;                                      fixing of the refund have been lodged during the
                                                                      preceding month       in   accordance " with     the
 (d) in the first month following the end of each                    procedure in force;
      marketing year of the quantities of seeds
      subjected to the control referred to in Article 8 of       (b) during the first week of each month, of the
      Regulation No 116/67/EEC which during that                      quantities exported which benefited during the
      marketing year were found to be no longer                      preceding month from the refund in force on the
      eligible for the subsidy ;                                      day of exportation ;
 (e) in the first month following the end of each                (c) during the first month following the end of each
      marketing year, of the quantities for which the                 marketing year, of the quantities for which the
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     guarantee referred to in Article 4 of Regulation                                 Article 12
     No 142/67/EEC was forfeited during that
     marketing year.                                         The following are hereby repealed :
2.    If a Member State considers that the quantities         (a) Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 173/66/EEC;
for which applications for the advance fixing of the          (b) Article 10 of Regulation No 174/66/EEC ;
refund lodged in that State in accordance with the
procedure in force threaten to disturb the market,            (c) Article 8 (2) of Regulation No 282/67/EEC ;
that Member State shall immediately inform the
Commission .                                                  (d) Article 8 of Regulation No 284/67/EEC;
                                                              (e) the last subparagraph of Article 3 (2) and Article
                      Article 10                                   7 of Regulation No 785 /67/EEC;
                                                              (f) Article 7 of Regulation No 830/67/EEC ;
Member States shall communicate to the Commission
all the information necessary for determining the             (g) Article 8 (2) of Regulation No 1052/67/EEC;
world market price referred to in Article 29 of               (h) Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 190/68 ;
Regulation No 136/66/EEC as soon as such
information is available.                                     (i) Articles 24 and 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   911 /68 ;
                      Article 11                              (j ) Article 9 of Regulation No 225 /67/EEC.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission
all the information necessary for the assessment of                                   Article 13
the situation with a view to the application of Article
3 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC as soon as such            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
information is available.                                     1969 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 July 1969.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                        Jean REY