CELEX: 31977R0200
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 200/77 of 31 January 1977 fixing the export refund on olive oil

No L 28 / 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 2 . 77
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 200/77
                                                          of 31 January 1977
                                                 fixing the export refund on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — the existing situation and the future trend with
  COMMUNITIES,                                                             regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                           the Community market and prices for olive oil on
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    the world market ;
  Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                  — the aims of the common organization of the
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                            market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
 common organization of the market in oils and                             brium and the natural development of prices and
  fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         trade on this market ;
  1707/73 (2),
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                  — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                      market ; and
 the Community and Greece (3),
                                                                      — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
 oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of                  171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
 Article 7 thereof,                                                   fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                           — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
                                                                           Community ;
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
 provides that, where prices within the Community are                 — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
 higher than world market prices, the difference                           various markets of importing third countries and
 between these prices may be covered by a refund                           Greece ; and
 when olive oil is exported to third countries ;
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                       — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
 provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                            charges from Community markets in the main
 66/ EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                     producing areas to ports or other points of export
 apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                   in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
 blishing an Association between the European                              placing the goods on the world market ;
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
 the Community and Greece ;
                                                                      Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and                provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
 granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in                according to destination where the world market situa­
 Regulations No 171 /67/ EEC and ( EEC) No 61 6/72 (6),               tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
 as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 503/76 ( 7) ;                     make this necessary ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the                    Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
 whole Community ;                                                    provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
                                                                      every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC                      in the intervening period ;
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
 fixed account must be taken of :
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
(')  OJ    No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 .                      other provisions to the present situation on the
(2)  OJ    No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .                           market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
(3 ) OJ    No 197 , 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/ 66.                     within the Community and on the markets of third
(4 ) OJ    No 130 , 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2600/67.                        countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
(5 ) OJ    No L 264, 23 . 11.1 972, p . 1 .
( b) OJ    No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p . 1 .                           at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­
( 7) OJ    No L 59 , 6 . 3 . 1976, p . 26 .                           tion ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                                              Article 1
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
      on their effective parity ;                                                    The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c)
                                                                                     of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                                 tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                               Annex to this Regulation .
      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
      relation to the Community currencies referred to
      in the previous subparagraph ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                     1977 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 31 January 1977.
                                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                                           ANNEX
                                       Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 February 1977
                                            \
       CCT heading No                                                      Description of goods                                   Refund
      15.07                        Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified :
            A                      Olive oil :
                I                  Having undergone a refining process :
                   a)              Obtained by refining virgin olive oil , whether or not blended with virgin olive oil :
                                   In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                   — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                         1 92/ 75 (') as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and
                                        third countries on the Mediterranean                                                      400
                                   —: on export to other third countries excluding Greece , European third countries and
                                        third countries on the Mediterranean                                                      700
                II                 Other :
                   a)              Virgin olive oil :
                                   In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                   — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75
                                        as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third coun­
                                        tries on the Mediterranen                                                                 400
                                   — on export to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and
                                        third countries on the Mediterranean                                                      7.00
(') O ) No L 25 , 17 . I. 1975, p. 1 .