CELEX: 31974R1355
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1355/74 of the Commission of 31 May 1974 fixing the export refund on olive oil

1 . 6. 74                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 147/21
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1355 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 31 May 1974
                                                  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 ;
                                                                        — the aims of the common organization of the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                                 market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­
 66 /EEC ( 1 ) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                        brium and the natural development of prices and
 ment of a common organization of the market in oils                         trade on this market ;
 and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1707/73 (2) ;
                                                                        — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                                 market ; and
 66 / EEC (3) 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/ EEC (4) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and                      Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
 levies on olive oil , as last amended by Regulation                     171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be
 (EEC) No 2429/ 72 (5), and in particular the first                      fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 sentence of Article 7 thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the
 Committee ;                                                                 Community ;
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC                       — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
 provides that, where prices within the Community are                        various markets of importing third countries and
 higher than world market prices, the difference                             Greece ; and
 between these prices may be covered by a refund
 when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                        — marketing costs and the most favourable transport
                                                                             charges from Community markets in the main
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC                             producing areas to ports or other points of export
 provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/                              in the Community, as well as costs incurred in
 66 / EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                      placing the goods on the world market ;
 apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­
 blishing an Association between the European
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                        Whereas Article .5 of Regulation No 171 /66/ EEC
 the Community and Greece ;                                             provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
                                                                        according to destination where the world market situa­
 Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and                  tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in                    make this necessary ;
 Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC and ( EEC) No 616/72 (6) ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC                        Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC
 provides that the refund must be the same for the                      provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
 whole Community ;                                                      every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
                                                                        in the intervening period ;
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC
 provides that when the refund on olive oil is being
 fixed account must be taken of :                                       Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                        other provisions to the present situation on the
(i)  OJ  No   172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025 / 66 .                       market 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
(■♦) 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 Regula­
(*)  OJ  No   L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 .                              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
    relation to each other, at any given moment,                                            Article 1
    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)
-— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third coun­
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                 tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in              Annex to this Regulation .
    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
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 May 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                              Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 June 1974
   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                                                    0-000
                             — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third
                                 countries and third countries on the Mediterranean                                0-000
        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                                          0-000