CELEX: 31998R0215
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 215/98 of 28 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

L 22/12                EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29. 1. 98
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 215/98
                                                     of 28 January 1998
                                         fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        refund and may be limited to certain countries of des-
                                                                   tination, quantities, qualities and presentations;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
Community,                                                         No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                   may be varied according to destination where the world
                                                                   market situation or the specific requirements of certain
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
                                                                   markets make this necessary;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in                  Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
particular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                  month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
                                                                   intervening period;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                      Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
provides that, where prices within the Community are               the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
higher than world market prices, the difference between            particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is          on the markets of third countries that the refund should
exported to third countries;                                       be as set out in the Annex hereto;
                                                                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export          Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (5), as
refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regu-             last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used
lation (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation          to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                   conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
                                                                   whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-
provides that the refund must be the same for the whole            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by Regula-
Community;                                                         tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation        Committee for Oils and Fats,
to olive oil prices and availability on the Community
market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,
however, where the world market situation is such that
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be deter-
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
mined, account may be taken of the price of the main
competing vegetable oils on the world market and the
difference recorded between that price and the price of
olive oil during a representative period; whereas the                                         Article 1
amount of the refund may not exceed the difference
between the price of olive oil in the Community and that           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
on the world market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take          (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in
account of export costs for the products on the world              the Annex hereto.
market;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,                                       Article 2
point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas          This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the             1998.
(1)  OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                              (5) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
( 2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.                                 (6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
( 3) OJ L 78, 31. 3. 1972, p. 1.                                   (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
( 4) OJ L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                                (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 28 January 1998.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                 Product code                                      Amount of refund (1)
                               1509 10 90 9100                                            6,00
                               1509 10 90 9900                                            0,00
                               1509 90 00 9100                                            4,50
                               1509 90 00 9900                                            0,00
                               1510 00 90 9100                                            0,00
                               1510 00 90 9900                                            0,00
          (1) For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ L 351, 14.
              12. 1987, p 1), as well as for exports to third countries.
          NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3846/87.