CELEX: 31997R2343
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-26 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2343/97 of 26 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

L 324/32                 EN            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  27. 11 . 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2343/97
                                                     of 26 November 1997
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         refund and may be limited to certain countries of des­
                                                                       tination, quantities, qualities and presentations;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
   Community,                                                          No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                       may be varied according to destination where the world
                                                                       market situation or the specific requirements of certain
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of               markets make this necessary;
   22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
   organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
   amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 58 1 /96 (2), and in               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
   particular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                  month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                      intervening period;
  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
   provides that, where prices within the Community are               the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
   higher than world market prices, the difference between            particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
   these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is          on the markets of third countries that the refund should
  exported to third countries;                                        be as set out in the Annex hereto;
                                                                      Whereas the representative market rates defined in
  Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export          Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (^ as
  refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regu­              last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (6), are used
  lation (EEC) No 61 6/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation          to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
  (EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                               and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                      conversion rates of the Member States' currencies;
                                                                     whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
  Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
  provides that the refund must be the same for the whole            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as last amended by Regula­
  Community;                                                         tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation             Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats
  No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in           has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
  the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation        its chairman ,
  to olive oil prices and availability on the Community
 market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,
 however, where the world market situation is such that
 the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be deter­               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 mined, account may be taken of the price of the main
 competing vegetable oils on the world market and the
 difference recorded between that price and the price of
 olive oil during a representative period; whereas the                                             Article 1
 amount of the refund may not exceed the difference
 between the price of olive oil in the Community and that           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
 on the world market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take          (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
 account of export costs for the products on the world               the Annex hereto.
 market;
                                                                                                   Article 2
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,
 point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
 decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas          This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 November
 the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the              1997 .
(')  OJ  172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                             (5)  OJ  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  L 206, 16 . 8 . 1996, p. 11 .                              (6)  OJ  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(■') OJ  L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                               0    OJ  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4   OJ  L 348, 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53.                                8)  OJ  L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 26 November 1997.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                                    Product code                                     Amount of refund (')
                                  1509 10 90 9100                                           10,00
                                  1509 10 90 99 00                                           0,00
                                  1509 90 00 9100                                            8,50
                                  1509 90 00 9900                                            0,00
                                  1510 00 90 9100                                            0,00
                                  1510 00 90 9900                                            0,00
            (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ L 351 , 14.
                12. 1987, p 1 ), as well as for exports to third countries.
            NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                   No 3846/ 87.