CELEX: 31973R1447
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1447/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the export refund on olive oil

31 . 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 144/59
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1447/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 May 1973
                                               fixing the export refund on olive oil
                                                                     Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro­
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       vides that the refund must be the same for the whole
COMMUNITIES,                                                         Community ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                            Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC pro­
                                                                     vides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                       account must be taken of :
EEC H of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
of a common organization of the market in oils and                   — the existing situation and the future trend with
fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the                       regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to                       the Community market and prices for olive oil
the European Economic Community and the Euro­                             on the world market;
pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels
on 22 January 1972 ;                                                 — the aims of the common organization of the mar­
                                                                          ket in olive oil which are to ensure equilibrium
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/                            and the natural development of prices and trade
EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats                      on this market ;
between the Community and Greece ;                                   — the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
                                                                          nity market ; and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171/67/
EEC (®) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and                        — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the first sen­
tence of Article 7 thereof ;                                          Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
                                                                      171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
Committee ;
                                                                      — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                            the Community ;
provides that, where prices within the Community
are higher than world market prices, the difference                  — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
between these prices may be covered by a refund                           various markets of importing third countries and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                           Greece ; and
                                                                     — marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­                        port charges from Community markets in the
vides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                         main producing areas to ports or other points of
and the measures taken in application thereof apply,                      export in the Community, as well as costs in­
subject to the provisions of the Agreement establish­                     curred in placing the goods on the world mar­
ing an Association between the European Economic                          ket ;
Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­
munity and Greece ;
Whereas the . rules and other provisions for fixing                  Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro­
and granting export refunds on olive oil are con­                    vides that the refund on olive oil may be varied ac­
                                                                     cording to destination where the world market situa­
tained in Regulation No 171/67/EEC and (EEC) No                      tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
616/72 (7) ;
                                                                     make this necessary :
O    OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ   No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ   No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                                Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro­
(4)  OJ   No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                          vides that the refund must be fixed at least once
(5)  OJ   No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.
(#)  OJ   No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                            every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
(7) OJ    No L 78, 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                             in the intervening period ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
refunds should be calculated on the basis of an                     lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies             Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
which are floating or whose central rate differs from
the official parity, on the effective rate or the
central rate of these currencies and, in the case of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
on 13 February 1973 ;                                                                       Article 1
                                                                    The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                     (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third
other provisions to the present situation on the mar­               countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in
ket in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices              the Annex to this Regulation.
within the Community and on the markets of third
                                                                                            Article 2
countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regu­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June
lation :                                                            1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                                Refund in u.a./100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 June 1973
   CCT heading No                                        Description of goods                                 Refund
15.07                 Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
     A                Olive oil :
       1              Having undergone a refining process :
         a)           Obtained by refining virgin olive oil, whether or not blended with virgin
                      olive oil :
                      ( 1 ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                            — on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third
                                countries on the Mediterranean                                                 3·000
                            — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third
                                countries and third countries on the Mediterranean                            12·000
       II             Other :
         a)           Virgin olive oil :
                      ( 1 ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                            — on exports to third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                                and third countries on the Mediterranean                                      12·000