CELEX: 31976R2598
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2598/76 of 25 October 1976 on the standard amount for unrefined olive oil produced entirely in Greece and transported direct from that country into the Community

No L 297/2                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 10 . 76
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2598/76
                                                    of 25 October 1976
             on the standard amount (or unrefined olive oil produced entirely in Greece and
                           transported direct from that country into the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     at such a level that it does not prejudice the realiza­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tion of the market target price for Community produc­
                                                                tion ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             Whereas the standard amount, as established for the
                                                                years during which prices on the Greek market have
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC              made it possible to export oil from Greece to the
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between
                                                                Community, has ensured that this preference exists
the Community and Greece ('), and in particular                 without creating difficulties for the marketing of
Article 3 (3) thereof,                                           Community production ; whereas the level of this
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              amount should consequently remain unchanged for
                                                                 the 1976/77 marketing year ;
Whereas, in anticipation of the harmonization of agri­
cultural policies, trade in olive oil between the               Whereas Greece has been consulted pursuant to
Community and Greece should be developed, taking                Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC,
account of the availability of olive oil on the Greek
market and on that of the Community and of                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
marketing possibilities for this product ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the standard amount must be based both on
the present volume of trade between the Community                For the 1976/77 marketing year the standard amount
and Greece and on the future propects of both                    referred to in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 162/
markets ;                                                        66/EEC is fixed at 0-5 unit of account per 100 kilo­
                                                                grammes of imported product.
Whereas the standard amount must represent a suffi­
ciently high percentage of the market target price to                                      Article 2
ensure a preferential position for Greek oils on the
Community market compared with those from third                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
countries ; whereas, however, this amount must be set            1976 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1976.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                        A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
(') OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/ 66.