CELEX: 31995R2753
Language: en
Date: 1995-11-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2753/95 of 29 November 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

30 . 11 . 95          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 287/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2753/95
                                                    of 29 November 1995
                                           fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund
                                                                  shall be fixed by tender ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                  amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                tions ;
organization of the market in oils and fats (I), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and           Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation
Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),                     (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil
                                                                  may be varied according to destination where the world
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86              market situation or the specific requirements of certain
                                                                  markets make this necessary ;
of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3(1 )
thereof,                                                          Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86
                                                                  provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                  month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    intervening period ;
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference between           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is         the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
exported to third countries ;                                     particular to olive oil prices within the Community and
                                                                  on the markets of third countries that the refund should
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export         be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulation (EEC) No
1650/86 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
616/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as last
2962/77 0 ;                                                       amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 Q, are used to
                                                                  convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same              whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
for the whole Community ;                                         tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                  lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                  tion (EC) No 1053/95 (9);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed
in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (10), as
tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (u), prohibits
market and olive oil prices on the world market ; whereas,        trade between the European Community and the Federal
however, where the world market situation is such that            Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,        this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
account may be taken of the price of the main competing           comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof ;
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference             whereas account should be taken of this fact when fixing
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil            the refunds ;
during a representative period ; whereas the amount of the
refund may not exceed the difference between the price            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of           Committee for Oils and Fats,
export costs for the products on the world market ;
                                                                  (6) OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           O OJ    No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                             (8) OJ  No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(3) OJ No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 8 .                              O OJ    No L 107, 12. 5. 1995, p. 4.
M OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                                H OJ    No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
h OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53.                               (") OJ  No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 287/26     I EN 1                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                       30. 11 . 95
             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 December 1995.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 29 November 1995.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1995 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Product code                                      Amount of refund (')(2)
                                 1509 10 90 100                                             42,00
                                 1509 10 90 900                                               0,00
                                 1509 90 00 100                                              50,50
                                 1509 90 00 900                                               0,00
                                 1510 00 90 100                                               9,50
                                 1510 00 90 900                                               0,00
            (') For destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 as well as for
                exports to third countries.
            (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where
                the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
            NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                    No 3846/87.