CELEX: 31996R1163
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-26 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1163/96 of 26 June 1996 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

27. 6. 96            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 153/39
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1163/96
                                                       of 26 June 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
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
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 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                  No 2853/95 f);
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 2815/95 ("); 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 27 June 1996.
No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may
be varied according to destination where the world market         0 OJ    No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                  («) 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 .
V) OJ No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                            0 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 .
0 OJ No L 348 , 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                              (") OJ  No L 297, 9 . 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 26 June 1996.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 26 June 1996 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
                                    Product code                                     Amount of refund f)(2)
                                 1509 10 90 100                                              39,00
                                 1509 10 90 900                                               0,00
                                 1509 90 00 100                                              46,50
                                 1509 90 00 900                                               0,00
                                 1510 00 90 100                                               8,00
                                 1510 00 90 900                                               0,00
            (1) 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 2815/95 are
                observed.
            NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                   3846/ 87.