CELEX: 31974R3015
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3015/74 of the Commission of 29 November 1974 fixing the export refund on olive oil

No L 321 / 30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               30 . 11 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3015 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 29 November 1974
                                                 fixing the export refund on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — the existing situation and the future trend with
COMMUNITIES ,                                                               regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                            the Community market and prices for olive oil on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       the world market ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                       — the aims of the common organization of the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                                 market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
66/ EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                          brium and the natural development of prices and
ment of a common organization of the market in oils                         trade on this market ;
and fats, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
1707/ 73 (-) ;
                                                                       — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                                 market ; and
66/ EEC (3 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece ;
                                                                       — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /
67/ EEC (4 ) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and                     Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
levies on olive oil , as last amended by Regulation                    171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be
(EEC) No 2429 / 72 (5 ), and in particular the first                   fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
sentence of Article 7 thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
Committee ;                                                                 Community ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC                       — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
provides that, where prices within the Community are                        various markets of importing third countries and
higher than world market prices, the difference                             Greece ; and
between these prices may be covered by a refund
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                        — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
                                                                            charges from Community markets in the main
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC                             producing areas to ports or other points of export
provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                              in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
66/ EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                       placing the goods on the world market ;
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­
blishing an Association between the European
 Economic Community and Greece , to trade between                      Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC
the Community and Greece ;                                             provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
                                                                       according to destination where the world market situa­
Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and                  tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in                  make this necessary ;
 Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC and ( EEC) No 616/72 (b);
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC                       Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the                     provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
whole Community ;                                                      every month ; whereas it may , if necessary, be altered
                                                                       in the intervening period ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
 fixed account must be taken of :                                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                       other provisions to the present situation on the
 (>)  OJ No  172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 / 66 .                      market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
 (2 ) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .                             within the Community and on the markets of third
 (3 ) OJ No  197 , 29 . 10 . 1966 , p . 3393 / 66 .                    countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
(4 )  OJ No  130 , 28 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2600 / 67 .
 (5 ) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 .                             at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­
 (<>) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972 , p. I.                                tion ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                               Article 1
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                        The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c)
                                                                        of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, exported to third coun­
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                    tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                   Annex to this Regulation .
     pf these currencies recorded for a given period, in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
ment Committee for Oils and Fats ,                                       1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 29 November 1974 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                            Refund in u.a./ lOO kg applicable to olive oil from 1 December 1974
                                                                                                               I
    CCT heading No      j                                     Description of goods                             I     Refund
15 .07                     Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid , crude, refined or purified :
       A                   Olive oil :
         I                 Having undergone a refining process :
           a)              Obtained by refining virgin olive oil , whether or not blended with virgin
                          olive oil :
                          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                                                                   0-000
                          — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece , European third countries
                              and third countries on the Mediterranean                                               0-000
         II               Other :
           a)             Virgin olive oil :
                          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                                                   0-000