CELEX: 31999R2275
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/1999 of 27 October 1999 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

L 277/30               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28. 10. 1999
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2275/1999
                                                           of 27 October 1999
                                                fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      to take account of export costs for the products on the
                                                                                 world market;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          (5)    Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,
Community,
                                                                                 point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
                                                                                 decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22                          the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the
September 1966 on the establishment of a common organ-                           refund and may be limited to certain countries of desti-
ization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by                   nation, quantities, qualities and presentations;
Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3)
thereof,                                                                  (6)    Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
                                                                                 No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil
(1)     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                            may be varied according to destination where the world
        provides that, where prices within the Community are                     market situation or the specific requirements of certain
        higher than world market prices, the difference between                  markets make this necessary;
        these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil            (7)    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
        is exported to third countries;                                          month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                                 intervening period;
(2)     Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
        refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regu-            (8)    Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
        lation (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regula-                   the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
        tion (EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                               particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                                 on the markets of third countries that the refund should
                                                                                 be as set out in the Annex hereto;
(3)     Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
        provides that the refund must be the same for the whole           (9)    Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats
        Community;                                                               has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                                 its chairman,
(4)     Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation
        No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in
        the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        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                                          Article 1
        such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be
        determined, account may be taken of the price of the              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of
        main competing vegetable oils on the world market and             Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in the Annex
        the difference recorded between that price and the price          hereto.
        of olive oil during a representative period; whereas the
        amount of the refund may not exceed the difference                                             Article 2
        between the price of olive oil in the Community and
        that on the world market, adjusted, where appropriate,            This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 27 October 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 78, 31.3.1972, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 348, 30.12.1977, p. 53.
 ---pagebreak--- 28. 10. 1999          EN                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                   L 277/31
                                                                          ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 27 October 1999 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                                   (EUR/100 kg)
                                        Product code                                                  Amount of refund (1)
                                     1509 10 90 9100                                                         0,00
                                     1509 10 90 9900                                                         0,00
                                     1509 90 00 9100                                                         0,00
                                     1509 90 00 9900                                                         0,00
                                     1510 00 90 9100                                                         0,00
                                     1510 00 90 9900                                                         0,00
            (1) For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ 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.