CELEX: 31997R0782
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 782/97 of 30 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

l . 5. 97         HEN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 114/ 1
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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 782/97
                                                       of 30 April 1997
                                          fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of
                                                                   export costs for the products on the world market;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (3) third indent,
                                                                   point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be
                                                                   decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC of              the tendering procedure should cover the amount of the
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                 refund and may be limited to certain countries of destina­
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last           tion, quantities, qualities and presentations;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581 /96 (2), and in parti­
cular Article 3 (3) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Regulation
                                                                   No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides            be varied according to destination where the world market
that, where prices within the Community are higher than            situation or the specific requirements of certain markets
world market prices, the difference between these prices           make this necessary;
may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to
third countries;
                                                                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                   month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export          intervening period;
refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation            Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
(EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                              the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                   particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                   on the markets of third countries that the refund should
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC
                                                                   be as set out in the Annex hereto;
provides that the refund must be the same for the whole
Community;
                                                                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3 /92 (5), as last
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (4) of Regulation            amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (A), are used to
No 136/66/ EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in
                                                                   convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation        and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
to olive oil prices and availability on the Community              conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
market and olive oil prices on the world market; whereas,          detailed rules on the application and determination of
however, where the world market situation is such that
                                                                   these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,         (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
account may be taken of the price of the main competing            No 1482/96 (8);
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 amount of the          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
refund may not exceed the difference between the price             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                Committee for Oils and Fats,
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                          (5) OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11 .                               (*) OJ  No L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                               0   OJ  No L  108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53.                            (s  OJ  No L  188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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           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 May 1997.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 April 1997.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Product code                                    Amount of refund (')
                                1509 10 90 9100                                            27,00
                                1509 10 90 9900                                             0,00
                                1509 90 00 9100                                            30,50
                                1509 90 00 9900                                             0,00
                                1510 00 90 9100                                             2,00
                                1510 00 90 9900                                             0,00
           (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No 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 .