CELEX: 31979R0612
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 612/79 of 30 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 79 / 22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              31 . 3 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 612/ 79
                                                       of 30 March 1979
                                           fixing the export refunds 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                — the aims of the common organization of the
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                         market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
common organization of the market in oils and                          brium and the natural development of prices and
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       trade on this market :
590 / 79 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
2749 /78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                      market ; and
fats between the Community and Greece (3 ),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC               — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
of 27 June 1 967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of              Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
Article 7 thereof,                                                 171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                  fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,
                                                                  — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Whereas Article 20 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
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78
provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/                    — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
66/ EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                  port charges from Community markets in the
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                main producing areas to ports or other points of
blishing an Association between the European                           export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                        in placing the goods on the world market ;
the Community and Greece ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­               provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
tions No 171 /67/ EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6), as last            according to destination where the world market situa­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ;                       tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                   make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
provides that the refund must be the same for the
whole Community ;                                                 Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC                    provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
provides that when the refund on olive oil is being                every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
fixed account must be taken of :                                   in the intervening period ;
(») OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(•?) OJ No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979, p. 1 .                            Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
0 OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .                            to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
(*) OI No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p. 2600/ 67 .
p) OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
                                                                   in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
                                                                   and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
(6) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .
(7) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p . 53 .                          the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
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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
       relation to each other at any given moment within                                                   Article 1
      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
      their effective parity ;                                                     The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                                   (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to
                                                                                   third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                             Annex hereto .
      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
      relation to the Community currencies referred to
       in the previous indent ;                                                                            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 April
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                   1979 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 March 1979 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                Vice-President
                                                                         ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                                (u.a./ 100
        CCT heading No                                                        Description                                       Rotund
     1 5.07                          Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :                     I
             A                       Olive oil :
                 I                   Untreated :
                    (a)              Virgin olive oil
                                     and
                 II                  Other :
                    (a)              Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I a) or 15.07 A I b),
                                     whether or not blended with virgin olive oil :
                                     In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less, for destinations mentioned in
                                     Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ('), as well as on export to third
                                     countries                                                                                   500
(') O I No I. 2 ?, 17. I. 1 975, n . I