CELEX: 31971R0155
Language: en
Date: 1971-01-26
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 155/71 of the Council of 26 January 1971 on the production refund on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods

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28.1.71                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 22/5
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 155/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 26 January 1971
               on the production refund on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES..                       of the import levy on oils obtained by refining virgin
                                                                olive oil;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                    Whereas interested parties must be assured of a
                                                                certain degree of stability in the cost price . of olive oil
Having - regard        to Council Regulation No                 used in the preserved foods; whereas to that end the
 136/66/EEC1 of        22 September 1966 on the                 refund must be fixed for a fairly long period,
establishment of     the common organisation of the             relatively slight alterations in the import levies being
market in oils       and fats, as last amended by               disregarded ;
Regulation (EEC)     No 2554/70,2 and in particular the
second paragraph     of Article 19 thereof;                     Whereas the refund must be granted only in respect
                                                                of the quantities actually used in the preserved foods;
Having      regard     to   Council     Regulation    No        whereas Member States should therefore ensure that
 162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and            a suitable system of control is applied;
fats between the Community and Greece, and in
particular Article 8 thereof;                                   Whereas experience has shown that a cash payment
                                                                of the production refund enables the parties
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;              concerned to derive the greatest benefit from the
                                                                relevant provisions of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas Council Regulation No 169/67/EEC4 of 27
June 1967 introduced a system of production refunds             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
on olive oil used in the manufacture of preserved fish
and vegetables ; whereas experience has shown that
this system should be retained, but in a simplified                                      Article 1
form ;
                                                                This Regulation lays down conditions for applying
Whereas that Regulation referred only to sub-heading            the system of production refunds on olive oil used in
Nos 16.04 B, C, D and E of the Common Customs                   the manufacture of certain preserved foods with
Tariff; whereas, following an amendment to the                  effect from 1 May 1971 .
Tariff, the products formerly listed under those
sub-headings now fall within sub-heading Nos 16.04
B , C, D , E, F and G ;                                                                  Article 2
Whereas the production refund should enable                     A production refund shall be granted in respect of
interested parties to buy the quality of oil which 'they        olive oil used in the manufacture of preserved fish
normally use in manufacturing on the Community                  falling within sub-heading Nos 16.04 B, C, D, E, F
market at prices close to those ruling on the world             and G of the Common Customs Tariff and preserved
market; whereas to that end the production refund               vegetables falling within heading No 20.02 of that
must be fixed on the basis of the variable component            Tariff.
                                                                                         Article 3
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
2 OJ No L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 5.
3 OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.                            1 . The Commission shall fix the production refund
4 OJ No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2594/67.                             every two months .
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2. The amount of the refund shall.be equal to the                                    Article 5
average of the variable components of the levies on
imports of olive oil falling within sub-heading No            The production , refund shall be granted in the form
15:07 A I ( a) of the Common Customs Tariff during            of a cash payment.
the period from the sixteenth day of the third month
to the fifteenth day of the last month preceding the
month in which the refund began to apply.                                            Article 6
However, the refund previously fixed shall be                 Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
retained if the difference between the refund and the         shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
average referred to in the first subparagraph does not        laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No
exceed an amount to be determined .                           136 / 66/EEC .
                                                                                     Article 7
                        Article 4
                                                              Regulation No 169/67/EEC is hereby repealed with
1 . Entitlement to the refund shall be aquired once           effect from 1 May 1971 ; it shall, however, continue
the oil is used in the manufacture of the preserved           to apply to olive oil placed under control before that
foods .                                                       date .
2. Member States shall ensure by a control system                                    Article 8
that the production refund is granted only in respect
of olive oil used in the manufacture of the preserved         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
fish and vegetables referred to in Article 2 of this          day following its publication in the Official Journal
Regulation .                                                  of the European Communities .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 January 1971 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                     M. COINTAT