CELEX: 31995R2073
Language: en
Date: 1995-08-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/95 of 30 August 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 205/26         I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 8 . 95
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/95
                                                         of 30 August 1995
                                             fixing the export refunds on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
                                                                      shall be fixed by tender ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                      Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                      amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                 tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                   tions ;
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
 amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and              Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
 Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),                        (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                      may be varied according to destination where the world
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86                 market situation or the specific requirements of certain
                                                                      markets make this necessary ;
 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 Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
                                                                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                      month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
 Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       intervening period ;
 provides that, where prices within the Community are
 higher than world market prices, the difference between             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is           the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
 exported to third countries ;                                        particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                     on the markets of third countries that the refund should
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export            be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No
 1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (6), as last
2962/77 0 ;                                                          amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 0, are used to
                                                                     convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)            conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same                 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
for the whole Community ;                                            tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                     lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                     tion (EC) No 1053/95 (9) ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1 650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (10), as
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community           amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 ("), prohibits
market and olive oil prices on the world market ; whereas,           trade between the European Community and the Federal
however, where the world market situation is such that               Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,           this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
account may be taken of the price of the main competing              comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof ;
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference                whereas account should be taken of this fact when fixing
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil               the refunds ;
during a representative period ; whereas the amount of the
refund may not exceed the difference between the price               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of              Committee for Oils and Fats,
export costs for the products on the world market ;
                                                                     (4) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ    No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           0 OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(*) OJ    No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                           (8) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(J) OJ    No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8 .                              0 OJ No L 107, 12. 5. 1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ    No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                              H OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
 5  OJ    No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                               " OJ No L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 31 . 8 . 95       EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 205/27
            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                               Article 1
            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
            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1995.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1995.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Product code                                      Amount of refund (')(2)
                                 1509 10 90 100                                             42,00
                                 1509 10 90 900                                               0,00
                                 1509 90 00 100                                             50,50
                                 1509 90 00 900                                               0,00
                                 1510 00 90 100                                               9,50
                                 1510 00 90 900                                               0,00
            (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as for
                exports to third countries.
            (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where
                the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
             NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                    No 3846/87.