CELEX: 31976R2376
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2376/76 of 30 September 1976 fixing the export refund on olive oil

1 . 10 . 76                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 268 /29
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2376/76
                                                          of 30 September 1976
                                                  fixing the export refund on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — the existing situation and the future trend with
 COMMUNITIES,                                                               regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on
                                                                            the Community market and prices for olive oil on
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      the world market ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                     — the aims of the common organization of the
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                             market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
 common organization of the market in oils and                              brium and the natural development of prices and
 fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           trade on this market ;
 1 707/73 (2),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                      — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 Df 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                       market ; and
 :he Community and Greece (3),
                                                                        — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 ;>f 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
  :> il (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
  2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of                  171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be
  Article 7 thereof,                                                    fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                             — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
                                                                            Community ;
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC
 provides that, where prices within the Community are                   — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
  ligher than world market prices, the difference                           various markets of importing third countries and
  between these prices may be covered by a refund                           Greece ; and
 jvhen olive oil is exported to third countries ;
  Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC                        — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
 orovides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                             charges from Community markets in the main
 S6/ EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                      producing areas to ports or other points of export
 apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                    in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
  blishing an Association between the European                              placing the goods on the world market ;
  Economic Community and Greece, to trade between
  :he Community and Greece ;
                                                                        Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
  Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and                 provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
  granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in                 according to destination where the world market situa­
  Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC and (EEC) No 61 6/72 (6),                  tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
  is amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 503/76 (7) ;                       make this necessary ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the                      Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
 whole Community ;                                                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
                                                                        every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC                        in the intervening period ;
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
 fixed account must be taken of :
                                                                        Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
(')    OJ   No  172, .30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66.                       other provisions to the present situation on the
(2 )   OJ   No  L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973, p . 5 .                           market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices
(3 )   OJ   No  197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/ 66.                      within the Community and on the markets of third
(4)    OJ   No  130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600/67.                       countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed
(5 )   OJ   No  L 264, 23 . 11 . 1 972, p. 1 .
(")    OJ   No  L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p . 1 .                           at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­
( 7)   OJ   No L 59 , 6 . 3 . 1976, p. 26 .                             tion ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                             Article 1
    relation to each other, at any given moment,
    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
    on their effective parity ;                                      The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c)
                                                                     of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                 tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                 Annex to this Regulation.
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous subparagraph ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                     1976 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 30 September 1976.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                          Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 October 1976
    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 :
                         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                                                                    4-000
                         — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                             and third countries on the Mediterranean                                                7-000
                 II      Other :
                    a)   Virgin olive oil :
                         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                                                                    4-000
                         — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries
                             and third countries on the Mediterranean                                                7-000