CELEX: 31993R1675
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1675/93 of 29 June 1993 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 158/38                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 6. 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1675/93
                                                        of 29 June 1993
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        priate, to take account of export costs for the products on
                                                                   the world market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                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 Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last           Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2),                        amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
                                                                   tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
                                                                   tions ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 (1 )    Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
thereof,                                                           (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                   may be varied according to destination where the world
                                                                   market situation or the specific requirements of certain
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
                                                                   markets make this necessary ;
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference between
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is          Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
exported to third countries ;                                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                   month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export          intervening period ;
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No
1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
2962/77 0 ;                                                        particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                   on the markets of third countries that the refund should
                                                                   be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same
for the whole Community ;                                          Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                    1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6) are used to
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed            and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
market and olive oil prices on the world market ;                   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0 ;
Whereas, however, where the world market situation is
such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (8) prohi­
determined, account may be taken of the price of the                bits trade between the European Economic Community
main competing vegetable oils on the world market and               and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
the difference recorded between that price and the price            Montenegro) ; whereas this prohibition does not apply in
of olive oil during a representative period ;                       certain situations as comprehensively listed in Articles 2,
                                                                    4, 5 and 7 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of
                                                                    this fact when fixing the refunds ;
Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the
difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­
nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Oils and Fats,
(') OJ   No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
0   OJ   No  L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8 .                             O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
n   OJ   No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                            (») OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                            Article 2
                           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.                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 June 1993.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1993 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                                       Product code                                      Amount of refund (')(*)
                                     1509 1090 100                                               35,00
                                     1509 10 90 900                                              60,00
                                     1509 90 00 100                                              45,00
                                     1509 90 00 900                                              72,00
                                     1510 0090 100                                                5,00
                                     1510 00 90 900                                              32,00
                (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as for
                    exports to third countries.
                (2) 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.