CELEX: 31996R1521
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1521/96 of 29 July 1996 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 189/ 110        EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               30 . 7. 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1521/96
                                                       of 29 July 1996
                                         fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      situation or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                 make this necessary,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                 month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of             intervening period;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last         Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and          the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in             particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
particular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                on the markets of third countries that the refund should
                                                                 be as set out in the Annex hereto;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides
that, where prices within the Community are higher than          Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
world market prices, the difference between these prices          1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as last
may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to         amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (% are used to
third countries;                                                 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regula­         detailed rules on the application and determination of
tion (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation          these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                            (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                 No 2853/95 (8);
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9), as
provides that the refund must be the same for the whole          amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (10), prohibits
Community,                                                       trade between the European Community and the Federal
                                                                 Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation          this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in         comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation      and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (u); whereas
to olive oil prices and availability on the Community            account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,        refunds;
however, where the world market situation is such that
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,       Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats
account may be taken of the price of the main competing          has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference            its chairman,
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil
during a representative period; whereas the amount of the
refund may not exceed the difference between the price           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of
export costs for the products on the world market;                                          Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be                 (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender, whereas        the Annex hereto.
the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the
refund and may be limited to certain countries of destina­
                                                                                            Article 2
tion, quantities, qualities and presentations;
Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation         This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 1996.
No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may
be varied according to destination where the world market        O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                 (6) OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
                                                                 O OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                          (8) OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
(A OJ No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                           O OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             (,0) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                              (") OJ No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 29 July 1996.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1 996 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Product code                                     Amount of refund ( l) f)
                                1509 10 90 100                                            36,00
                                1509 10 90 900                                              0,00
                                1509 90 00 100                                            42,50
                                1509 90 00 900                                              0,00
                                1510 00 90 100                                              6,00
                                1510 00 90 900                                              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.
          (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where
              the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are observed.
          NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                 3846/87.