CELEX: 31997R1516
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1516/97 of 30 July 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

31 . 7. 97        I EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 204/21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1516/97
                                                         of 30 July 1997
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         refund and may be limited to certain countries of destina­
                                                                    tion, quantities, qualities and presentations;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
 Community,
                                                                    No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may
                                                                    be varied according to destination where the world market
                                                                    situation or the specific requirements of certain markets
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC of              make this necessary;
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581 /96 (2), and in parti­         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
cular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                        month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                    intervening period;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides            Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
that, where prices within the Community are higher than             the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
world market prices, the difference between these prices            particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to           on the markets of third countries that the refund should
third countries;                                                   be as set out in the Annex hereto;
                                                                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export           1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 0, as last
refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regula­           amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (6), are used to
tion (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation            convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(EEC) No 2961/77 (4);                                              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                   conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                   detailed rules on the application and determination of
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/ 66/EEC                 these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
provides that the refund must be the same for the whole            (EEC) No 1068 /93 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
Community;                                                          No 1482/96 (8);
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation
No 136/66/ EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Oils and Fats,
the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation
to olive oil prices and availability on the Community
market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,
however, where the world market situation is such that
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
account may be taken of the price of the main competing
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil
during a representative period; whereas the amount of the                                       Article 1
refund may not exceed the difference between the price
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of            (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
export costs for the products on the world market;                 the Annex hereto .
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,
                                                                                                Article 2
point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas
the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1997.
(■) OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           (s)  OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 11 .                             (<•) OJ No  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                (7)  OJ No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                           (8)  OJ No  L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 30 July 1997 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 July 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                              (ECU/1 00 kg)
                                       Product code                                    Amount of refund (')
                                   1509 10 90 9100                                            23,50
                                   1509 10 90 9900                                             0,00
                                   1509 90 00 9100                                            25,50
                                   1509 90 00 9900                                             0,00
                                   1510 00 90 9100                                             0,00
                                   1510 00 90 9900                                             0,00
             (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 ,
                 14 . 12 . 1987, p 1 ), as well as for exports to third countries.
              NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                     3846/ 87 .