CELEX: 31973R2658
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2658/73 of the Commission of 28 September 1973 fixing the export refund on olive oil

29. 9. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 273 /71
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2658/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                  of 28 September 1973
                                           fixing the export refund on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC pro­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     vides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed
                                                                  account must be taken of :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                         — the existing situation and the future trend with
                                                                      regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                      the Community market and prices for olive oil
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 13 6/66/                      on the world market;
EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
 of a common organization of the market in oils and               — the aims of the common organization of the mar­
fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/                    ket in olive oil which are to ensure equilibrium
73 (2) ;                                                              and the natural development of prices and trade
                                                                      on this market ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/
EEC (8) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats              — the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
 between the Community and Greece ;                                   nity market ; and
                                                                  — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171/67/
EEC ( 4) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and
levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation                Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
(EEC) No 2429/72 ( 5), and in particular the first sen­           171/67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
tence of Article 7 thereof ;                                      fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
                                                                  — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          the Community ;
 Committee ;
                                                                  — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/.66/EEC                       various markets of importing third countries and
provides that, where prices within the Community                      Greece ; and
are higher than world market prices, the difference
between these prices may be covered by a refund                  — marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                       port charges from Community markets in the
                                                                      main producing areas to ports or other points of
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro­                    export in the Community, as well as costs in­
vides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                     curred in placing the goods on the world mar­
and the measures taken in application thereof apply,                  ket ;
subject to the provisions of the Agreement establish­
ing an Association between the European Economic                 Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro­
Community and Greece, to trade between the Com­                  vides that the refund on olive oil may be varied ac­
munity and Greece ;                                              cording to destination where the world market situa­
                                                                 tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing                make this necessary ;
and granting export refunds on olive oil are con­
tained in Regulation No 171/67/EEC and (EEC) No
616/72 (6) ;                                                     Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC pro­
                                                                 vides that the refund must be fixed at least once
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro­               every month; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
vides that the refund must be the same for the whole             in the intervening period ;
Community ;
                                                                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                 other provisions to the present situation on the mar­
(») OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                          ket in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
(*) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5 .                             within the Community and on the markets of third
:») OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                         countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
[4) OJ No 130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.                          at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regu­
(•) OJ No L 264, 23. 11. 1972, p. 1 .
!•) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                            lation ;                                         ,     *
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                  lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                       Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange based                                       Article 1
     on their effective parity ;                                       The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2)
                                                                        (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third
                                                                        countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                    the Annex to this Regulation.
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                                              Article 2
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
     in the previous subparagraph ;                                     1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
                                 Refund in u.a./100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 October 1973
    CCT heading No                                           Description of goods                                  Refund
 15.07                   Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
       A                  Olive oil :
         I                Having undergone a refining process :
           a)             Obtained by refining virgin olive oil, whether or not blended with virgin
                         olive oil :
                          ( 1 ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                — on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third
                                    countries on the Mediterranean                                                  3000
                                — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third
                                    countries and third countries on the Mediterranean                             12 000
         II               Other :
           a)             Virgin olive oil :
                          ( 1 ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less :
                                — on exports to third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                                    and third countries on the Mediterranean                                       12-000