CELEX: 31994R0944
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 944/94 of 27 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

28 . 4. 94                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 107/41
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 944/94
                                                        of 27 April 1994
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              shall be fixed by tender ;
Community,
                                                                   Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of               amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                 tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last           tions ;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2),
                                                                   Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86               (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive               may be varied according to destination where the world
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 (1 )    market situation or the specific requirements of certain
thereof,                                                           markets make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                     Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
provides that, where prices within the Community are                provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
higher than world market prices, the difference between             month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is           intervening period ;
exported to third countries ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No           the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
 1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                    on the markets of third countries that the refund should
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2962/77 O ;                                                         be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)           Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
for the whole Community ;                                           amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 Q, are used to
                                                                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community          tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
market and olive oil prices on the world market ;                   lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as amended by Regulation
                                                                    (EC) No 547/94 (9) ;
Whereas, however, where the world market situation is
 such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (10) prohi­
determined, account may be taken of the price of the                bits trade between the European Community and the
 main competing vegetable oils on the world market and              Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
the difference recorded between that price and the price            whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
of olive oil during a representative period ;                       tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
                                                                    thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
                                                                    when fixing the refunds ;
Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the
 difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­
 nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 priate, to take account of export costs for the products on         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 the world market :                                                  Committee for Oils and Fats,
 (') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                          O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 285, 20. 11 . 1993, p. 9.                            O OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
 (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 .                             O OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
 (0  OJ  No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                            (,0) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 107/42                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        28 . 4. 94
            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 May 1994.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 April 1994.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Product code                                      Amount of refund (')(*)
                                1509 1090 100                                              35,00
                                1509 10 90 900                                             55,00
                                1509 90 00 100                                             42,00
                                1509 90 00 900                                             67,00
                                1510 00 90 100                                               8,00
                                1510 00 90 900                                             27,00
           (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as for
               exports to third countries.
           (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where
               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 (EEC)
                  No 3846/87.