CELEX: 31980R1327
Language: en
Date: 1980-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1327/80 of 30 May 1980 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 135/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 5. 80
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1327/80
                                                         of 30 May 1980
                                            fixing die export refunds on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    — the aims of the common organization of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
                                                                       brium and the natural development of prices and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 trade on this market ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                        market ; and
 common organization of the market in oils and
 fats (]), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
 590/79 (2),
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                  171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
 fats between the Community and Greece (3),                        fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive                 the Community ;
 oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of              — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
 Article 7 thereof,                                                    various markets of importing third countries and
                                                                       Greece ; and
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                        — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
                                                                       port charges from Community markets in the
 Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
                                                                       main producing areas to ports or other points of
 provides that, where prices within the Community are                  export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
 higher than world market prices, the difference                       in placing the goods on the world market ;
 between these prices may be covered by a refund
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;
                                                                   Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78                  provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
 provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/                    according to destination where the world market situa­
 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof              tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
 apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­           make this necessary ;
 blishing an Association between the European
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
 the Community and Greece ;                                        Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
                                                                   provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
 Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
 export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­              in the intervening period ;
 tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (*), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ;                      Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                     to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
 provides that the refund must be the same for the                 in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
                                                                   and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
whole Community ;
                                                                   the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being               Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 fixed account must be taken of :
                                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— the existing situation and the future trend with
      regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
      the Community market and prices for olive oil on                 relation to each other at any given moment within
      the world market ;                                               a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
                                                                       their effective parity ;
(») OJ    No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(J) OJ    No L 78, 30. 3. 1979, p. 1 .                             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
(>) OJ    No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
(«) OJ    No 130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.                             of these currencies recorded for a given period in
(') OJ    No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
(*) OJ    No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
O   OJ    No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                               in the previous indent ;
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Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and                                 third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time                             Annex hereto.
limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                       Article 2
                                 Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
(2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1980.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 May 1980.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
                     to die Commission Regulation of 30 May 1980 fixing die export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                            (ECU/ 100 kg)
      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                                                                                     I
               II                 Other :                                                                                 l
                  (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 :                                          I
                                  In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less, for destinations mentioned in
                                  Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ('), as well as on export to third
                                  countries                                                                                   10-00
 («) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .