CELEX: 31998R1871
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1871/98 of 31 August 1998 fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods

L 242/18              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1. 9. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1871/98
                                                    of 31 August 1998
                  fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain
                                                     preserved foods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ence period; whereas it is appropriate to take as a refer-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             ence period the two-month period preceding the begin-
Community,                                                        ning of the term of validity of the production refund;
                                                                  whereas the above amount is to be increased by an
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              amount equal to the consumption aid in force on the day
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                that the said refund is applied;
organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2), and in                 Whereas the application of the above criteria results in
particular Article 20a thereof,                                   the refund being fixed as shown below,
Whereas Article 20a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides for the granting of a production refund for olive        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
oil used in the preserving industry; whereas under para-
graph 6 of that Article, and without prejudice to para-                                   Article 1
graph 3 thereof, the Commission shall fix this refund
every two months;                                                 For the months of September and October 1998, the
                                                                  amount of the production refund referred to in Article
Whereas by virtue of Article 20a (2) of the abovemen-             20a (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be ECU 56,07
tioned Regulation, the production refund must be fixed            per 100 kilograms.
on the basis of the gap between prices on the world
market and on the Community market, taking account of                                     Article 2
the import charge applicable to olive oil falling within
CN subheading 1509 90 00 and the factors used for fixing          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
the export refunds for those olive oils during the refer-         1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 August 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32.