CELEX: 31981R0248
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 248/81 of 30 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

31 . 1 . 81                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 27/21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 248/81
                                                      of 30 January 1981
                                            fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Wherear, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
Economic Community,                                                171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                   fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
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                      — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
                                                                       the Community ;
fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3454/80 (2),
                                                                  — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                     various markets of importing third countries ;
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
                                                                   and
oil (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2429/72 (4), and in particular the first sentence of
Article 7 thereof,
                                                                   — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
                                                                       port charges from Community markets in the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                           main producing areas to ports or other points of
Committee,                                                             export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
                                                                       in placing the goods on the world market ;
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference                    Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
between these prices may be covered by a refund                    provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                    according to destination where the world market situa­
                                                                   tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                 make this necessary ;
export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­
tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (6) ;                       Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
                                                                   provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                     every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
provides that the refund must be the same for the                  in the intervening period ;
whole Community ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                     Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
provides that when the refund on olive oil is being                to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
fixed account must be taken of :
                                                                   in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
                                                                   and on the markets of third countries that the refund
— the existing situation and the future trend with                 should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
     regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
     the Community market and prices for olive oil on
     the world market ;
                                                                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
— the aims of the common organization of the                       refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
     market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
     brium and the natural development of prices and               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     trade on this market ;
                                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                        a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
— the need to avoid disturbances on the Community                      their effective parity ;
     market ; and
 (!) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 I2) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 16.                                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 (3) OJ  No  130, 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2600/67.
 (4) OJ  No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                               of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 (*) OJ  No  L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
 (*) OJ  No  L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                             in the previous indent ;
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                             Article 2
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
(2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, shall be as set                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
out in the Annex hereto.                                                 1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 30 January 1981 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                  (ECU / 100 kg)
    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 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 ('), as well as on export to
                           third countries                                                                           2000
(>) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .