CELEX: 31995R0180
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 180/95 of 31 January 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 24/58                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1. 2 9S
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 180/95
                                                      of 31 January 1995
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) Ho 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
                                                                  shall be fixed by tender ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                  amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                tions ;
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2),                        Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86              may be varied according to destination where the world
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive              market situation or the specific requirements of certain
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 (1 )   markets make this necessary ;
thereof,
                                                                  Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
                                                                  provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
provides that, where prices within the Community are              intervening period ;
higher than world market prices, the difference between
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is
exported to third countries ;                                     Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                  the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                  particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export         on the markets of third countries that the refund should
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No         be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2962/77 O ;                                                       Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (% as last
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 Q, are used to
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)         convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
for the whole Community ;                                         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
                                                                  whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed           tion (EC) No 157/95Q ;
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (10) prohi­
market and olive oil prices on the world market ; whereas,        bits trade between the European Community and the
however, where the world market situation is such that
                                                                   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,        whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
account may be taken of the price of the main competing            tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference              thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil            when fixing the refunds ;
during a representative period ; whereas the amount of the
refund may not exceed the difference between the price
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
export costs for the products on the world market ;                Committee for Oils and Fats,
O   OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                          (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L 285, 20. 11 . 1993, p. 9.                            O OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8 .                             (8) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ   No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             (9) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
O   OJ   No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                           (10) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
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          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 out in the Annex hereto.
                                                             Article 2
          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1995.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Membei
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 31 January 1995.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                            (HCU/1UU kg
                                  Product code                                     Amount of refund (') (2)
                                1509 10 90 100                                            42,26
                                1509 10 90 900                                             54,34
                                1509 90 00 100                                             50,72
                                1509 90 00 900                                             62,79
                                1510 00 90 100                                              9,66
                                1510 00 90 900                                            21,74
          (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as to
               exports to third countries.
          (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only when
               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 (bfcC
                   No 3846/87.