CELEX: 31979R1666
Language: en
Date: 1979-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1666/79 of 31 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

1 . 8 . 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 193 /25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1666/79
                                                         of 31 July 1979
                                            fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     — the existing situation and the future trend with
COMMUNITIES,                                                            regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                        the Comfnunity market and prices for olive oil on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   the world market ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  — the aims of the common organization of the
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                          market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
common organization of the market in oils and                           brium and the natural development of prices and
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        trade on this market ;
590/79 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                        market ; and
fats between the Community and Greece (3),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                 — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of               Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
Article 7 thereof,                                                  171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                    fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                   — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                          the Community ;
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference                    — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
between these prices may be covered by a refund                         various markets of importing third countries and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                         Greece ; and
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78
provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/                     — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                    port charges from Community markets in the
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                 main producing areas to ports or other points of
blishing an Association between the European                            export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                         in placing the goods on the world market ;
the Community and Greece ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                  Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­                provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 61 6/72 (6), as last              according to destination where the world market situa­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ;                        tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                    make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
provides that the refund must be the same for the
whole Community ;
                                                                    Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
provides that when the refund on olive oil is being                 every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
fixed account must be taken of :                                    in the intervening period ;
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66 .
(2) OJ No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1 979, p. 1 .                             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
h) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .                              to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
(4)  OJ  No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.                          in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
(5)  OJ  No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 .
(<>) OJ  No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                            and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
(7)  OJ  No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                          the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                             ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
      relation to each other at any given moment within
      a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      their effective parity ;
                                                                                                        Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
      of these currencies recorded for a given period in                        (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC, exported to
      relation to the Community currencies referred to                          third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
      in the previous indent ;                                                  Annex hereto.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29                                                        Article 2
March 19 79 (J) laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
ECU ;                                                                           1979 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 31 July 1979 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                             Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .
                                                                      ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                            (ECU / ICO
      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 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/75 ('), as well as on export to third
                                  countries                                                                                    4.00
(') OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p. I