CELEX: 31975R2999
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2999/75 of the Council of 17 November 1975 on the standard amount for unrefined olive oil produced entirely in Greece and transported direct from that country into the Community

19 . 11 . 75                        Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 299/3
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2999/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 17 November 1975
             on the standard amount for unrefined olive oil produced entirely in Greece and
                           transported direct from that country into the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    at such a level that it does not prejudice the realiza­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tion of the market target price for Community produc­
                                                               tion ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                          Whereas the standard amount, as established for the
                                                              years during which prices on the Greek market have
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                   made it possible to export oil from Greece to the
66/EEC ( 1) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and            Community, has ensured that this preference exists
fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­          without creating difficulties for the marketing of
cular Article 3 (3) thereof ;                                  Community production ; whereas the level of this
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;           amount should consequently remain unchanged for
                                                               the 1975/76 year ;
Whereas, in anticipation of the harmonization of agri­
cultural policies, trade in olive oil between the             Whereas Greece has been consulted pursuant to
Community and Greece should be developed, taking              Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 162/66/EEC,
account of the availability of olive oil on the Greek
market and on that of the Community and of                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
marketing possibilities for this product ;
                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas the standard amount must be based both on
the present volume of trade between the Community              For the 1975/76 marketing year, the standard amount
and Greece and on the future prospects of both                referred to in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 162/
markets ;                                                      66/EEC is fixed at 0-5 unit of account per 100 kilo­
                                                              grammes of imported product.
Whereas the standard amount must represent a suffi­
ciently high percentage of the market target price to                                 Article 2
ensure a preferential position for Greek oils on the
Community market compared with those from third               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
countries ; whereas, however, this amount must be set          1975.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                            E. COLOMBO
(!) OJ No 197, 29 . 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.