CELEX: 31987R2582
Language: en
Date: 1987-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2582/87 of 27 August 1987 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 244/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28. 8. 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2582/87
                                                       of 27 August 1987
                                            fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the
                                                                    difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­
                                                                    nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    priate, to take account of export costs for the products on
Economic Community,                                                 the world market :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                           Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                shall be fixed by tender ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 191 5/87 (2),                        Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                    amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
                                                                    tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86                tions :
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3 ( 1 )
thereof,                                                            Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              may be varied according to destination where the world
                                                                     market situation or the specific requirements of certain
                                                                     markets make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference between              Whereas Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is            provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
exported to third countries ;                                        month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                     intervening period ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export
 refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulations (EEC)
 No 1650/86 and (EEC) No 616/72 (4), as last amended by              Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (*) ;                                   the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                     particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                     on the markets of third countries that the refund should
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)            be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same
 for the whole Community ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 (EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed
 in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 market and olive oil prices on the world market ;                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 Whereas, however, where the world market situation is                    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
 such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
 determined, account may be taken of the price of the                     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
 main competing vegetable oils on the world market and               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 the difference recorded between that price and the price                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 of olive oil during a representative period ;                            these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 (')  OJ  No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 (2)  OJ  No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 7.
  (3) OJ  No L 145, 30 . 5. 1986, p. 8 .
  (4) OJ  No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                               (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0    OJ  No L 348 , 30. 12. 1977, p. 53 .                            0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­                                             Article 1
tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
the case of exports to Portugal ;                                           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
                                                                            (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
                                                                             the Annex hereto .
                                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                 1987 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 27 August 1987.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                       Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 27 August 1987 fixing the export refunds on
                                                                    olive oil
                                                                                                                                (ECU / 100 kg)
     CCT heading No                                                     Description                                                Refund
      15.07                  Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
            A                Olive oil :
               I             Untreated :
                  00         Virgin olive oil :
                             In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in
                             Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 ('), as well as on export to third coun­
                             tries                                                                                                 43,95
              II             Other :
                   a         Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 1 5.07 A I a) or 1 5.07 A I b), whether or
                             not blended with virgin olive oil :
                             In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in
                             Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third countries                     43,84
                 (b)         Other :
                             Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I c), whether or not blended
                             with virgin olive oil :
                             In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in
                             Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third countries                      10,50
 (') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .