CELEX: 31979R2992
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2992/79 of 27 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

29 . 12. 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 337/29
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2992/79
                                                        of 27 December 1979
                                              fixing the export refunds 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 pf 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 :
 590/79 (2),
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                         market ; and
 fats between the Community and Greece (3),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                  — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ;
of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive
oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of                Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No
Article 7 thereof,                                                    171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be
                                                                     fixed in accordance with the following criteria :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                     — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                            the Community ;
provides that, where prices within the Community are
higher than world market prices, the difference                      — the most favourable quotations recorded on the
between these prices may be covered by a refund                           various markets of importing third countries and
when olive oil is exported to third countries ;                           Greece ; and
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78
 provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/                      — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­
 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof                     port charges from Community markets in the
apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­                   main producing areas to ports or other points of
blishing an Association between the European                              export in the Community, as well as costs incurred
 Economic Community and Greece, to trade between                          in placing the goods on the world market ;
the Community and Greece ;
Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting                   Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­                 provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied
tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6), as last                according to destination where the world market situa­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ;                         tion or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                     make this necessary ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
provides that the refund must be the same for the
whole Community ;
                                                                     Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC                       provides that the refund must be fixed at least once
provides that when the refund on olive oil is being                  every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered
fixed account must be taken of :                                     in the intervening period ;
(M   OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ   No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979, p. 1 .                            Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
(3)  OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .                         to the present situation on the market in olive oil and
(«)  OJ   No 130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2600/67.
(5)  OJ   No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .                           in particular to olive oil prices within the Community
(6)  OJ   No L 78 , 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                             and on the markets of third countries and Greece that
(7) OJ    No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53 .                            the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
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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 within                                                Article 1
       a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
       their effective parity ;                                                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                         (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to
       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                         third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the
                                                                               Annex hereto.
       of these currencies recorded for a given period in
       relation to the Community currencies referred to
       in the previous indent ;
                                                                                                        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 January
  ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                             1980.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 27 December 1979.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                                     ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
                                                                                                                           (ECU / 100 kg)
      OCT heading No                                                     Description                                         Refund
      15.07                      Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
            A                    Olive oil :
              I                  Untreated :
                 (a)             Virgin olive oil
                                 and
              II                 Other :
                 (a)             Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I a) or 15.07 A I b),
                                 whether or not blended with virgin olive oil :
                                 In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less, for destinations mentioned in
                                 Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (!), as well as on export to third
                                 countries                                                                                   400
(>) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .