CELEX: 31994R0444
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/94 of 28 February 1994 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 57/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 3. 94
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 444/94
                                                      of 28 February 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 ('), as last           tions ;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86               Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive               (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 ( 1 )   may be varied according to destination where the world
thereof,                                                           market situation or the specific requirements of certain
                                                                   markets make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that, where prices within the Community are               Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
higher than world market prices, the difference between            provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is          month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
exported to third countries ;                                      intervening period ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No          Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
2962/77 0 ;                                                         on the markets of third countries that the refund should
                                                                   be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same               Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
for the whole Community ;                                           1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 Q, are used to
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed            and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community          whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
market and olive oil prices on the world market ;                   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8) ;
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 (') 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
Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the                 when fixing the refunds ;
difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­
nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­
priate, to take account of export costs for the products on         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the world market ;                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Oils and Fats,
(>) OJ   No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No  L 285, 20. 11 . 1993, p. 9.                            (*) OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8.                              f)  OJ No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
O   OJ   No  L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             (■) OJ No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O   OJ   No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                            O   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 March 1994.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 28 February 1994.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1994 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Product code                                      Amount of refund OO
                                1509 1090 100                                              35,00
                                1509 10 90 900                                              55,00
                                1509 90 00 100                                             42,00
                                1509 90 00 900                                             67,00
                                1510 0090 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.