CELEX: 31999R0888
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 888/1999 of 29 April 1999 fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods

30. 4. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 113/3
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 888/1999
                                                     of 29 April 1999
                  fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain
                                                     preserved foods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       CN subheading 1509 90 00 and the factors used for fixing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the export refunds for those olive oils during the refer-
Community,                                                        ence period; whereas it is appropriate to take as a refer-
                                                                  ence period the two-month period preceding the begin-
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              ning of the term of validity of the production refund;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last          Whereas the application of the above criteria results in
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2), and in                 the refund being fixed as shown below,
particular Article 20a thereof,
Whereas Article 20a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
provides for the granting of a production refund for olive
oil used in the preserving industry; whereas under para-
graph 6 of that Article, and without prejudice to para-                                   Article 1
graph 3 thereof, the Commission shall fix this refund             For the months of May and June 1999, the amount of the
every two months;                                                 production refund referred to in Article 20a(2) of Regula-
Whereas by virtue of Article 20a(2) of the abovemen-              tion No 136/66/EEC shall be EUR 44,00/100 kg.
tioned Regulation, the production refund must be fixed
on the basis of the gap between prices on the world                                       Article 2
market and on the Community market, taking account of
the import charge applicable to olive oil falling within          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 April 1999.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.