CELEX: 51996PC0044(07)
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N° ... amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishement of a common organization of the market in oils and fats

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51996PC0044(07)

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N° ... amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishement of a common organization of the market in oils and fats  /* COM/96/0044 FINAL - CNS 96/0061 */  

Official Journal C 125 , 27/04/1996 P. 0012

Proposal for aCOUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . . of . . . amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in  oils and fats(96/C 125/07)96/0061(CNS)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, Whereas Regulation No 136/66/EEC (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), lays down  in Article 2a that common customs tariff rates are to be applied to products, including olive oil,  subject to a common market organization, and in Article 11 that aid for the consumption of olive  oil is to be granted only in respect of oil produced in the Community; Whereas, as a result of the implementation of the agreements concluded under the Uruguay Round of  multilateral trade negotiations, the system of variable agricultural levies has been replaced by  fixed common custom duties; whereas a feature of the olive oil sector are naturally fluctuating  harvests that result in erratic olive oil production in the Community; whereas experience has shown  that, to ensure supplies to the market and to prevent significant price fluctuations, the option of  allowing imports at a reduced rate of duty should be provided for; Whereas, in view of the fact that the abovementioned rate of common customs duty takes account of  the security lodged earlier for quantities of olive oil released for free circulation, entitlement  to the consumption aid in respect of olive oil should not be limited to oil produced in the  Community, nor should a difference in the level of production refunds for the manufacture of tinned  oil be maintained, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The existing text of Article 2a becomes paragraph 1 and the following paragraph 2 is added: '2. Paragraph 1 notwithstanding, should the market price for olive oil in the Community appreciably  exceed the intervention price during a period of at least three months, to ensure the Community  market is adequately supplied with olive oil through imports from non-member countries, the  Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38: - partially or fully suspend the application of common customs duties to olive oil, and establish  the detailed arrangements for any such suspension, - open an import quota for olive oil at a reduced rate of common customs duties and establish the  detailed arrangements for managing any such quota. These measures shall apply for the minimum period strictly required, which period in any event may  not exceed the end of the marketing year in question.`2. Article 11 (1) is replaced by the  following: '1. Where the production target price, less production aid, is greater than the representative  market price for olive oil, a consumption aid shall be granted for olive oil placed on the  Community market. This aid shall be equal to the difference between these two amounts.`3. The  second paragraph of Article 20a (2) is replaced by the following: 'The refund shall be equal to the amount referred to in the preceding subparagraph, plus an amount  equal to the consumption aid applicable on the day on which the refund was applied.`Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official  Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at . . . For the Council. . . (1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.