CELEX: 31973R2091
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2091/73 of the Commission of 31 July 1973 fixing the export refund on olive oil

1 . 8 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 212/3 ?
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2091 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 31 July 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                            the Community market and prices for olive oil
 EEC (1) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                         on the world market;
 of a common organization of the market in oils and
 fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the                  — the aims of the common organization of the mar­
 Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to                       ket in olive oil which are to ensure equilibrium
 the European Economic Community and the Euro­                             and the natural development of prices and trade
 pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels                          on this market ;
 on 22 January 1972 ;
                                                                      — the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/                            nity market ; and
 EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats
 between the Community and Greece ;                                   — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/
                                                                       Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
EEC (5) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and
 levies on olive oil , as last amended by Regulation                   171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                      fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the first sen­
 tence of Article 7 thereof ;                                         — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
                                                                           the Community ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
  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 (7) ;                                                          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
 H   OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            other provisions to the present situation on the mar­
(■)  OJ   No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                ket in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
(«)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .                                within the Community and on the markets of third
(4)  OJ   No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                           countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
(8)  OJ   No 130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.
(•)  OJ  No  L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                             at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regu­
O 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 %>, 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 August
     in the previous subparagraph ;                                      1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 July 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                                  Refund in u.a./ lOO kg applicable to olive oil from 1 August 1973
    CCT heading No                                            Description of goods                                  Refund
15.07                     Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid , crude, refined or purified :
      A                  Olive oil :
         1               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                                                   3-000
                               — 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