CELEX: 31996R0175
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 175/96 of 31 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

No L 25/ 14           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 2. 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 175/96
                                                         of 31 January 1996
                                             fixing the export refunds on olive oil
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the
                                                                      amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­
                                                                      tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tions :
 Community,
                                                                      Whereas the second indent of Article 3 of Regulation No
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                  136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may be
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                   varied according to destination where the world market
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last             situation or the specific requirements of certain markets
 amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and              make this necessary ;
 Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in
 particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once every
                                                                      month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides               intervening period ;
 that, where prices within the Community are higher than
 world market prices, the difference between these prices
 may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 third countries :                                                    the present situation on the market in olive oil and in
                                                                      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 Commission Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 616/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2962/77 (4);                                                Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (^ as last
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (6), are used to
 Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 provides that the refund must be the same for the whole              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 Community ;                                                          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
                                                                     whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                      tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation No                lation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as last amended by Regula­
 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in the            tion (EC) No 2853/95 (8) ;
 light of the existing situation and outlook in relation to
 olive oil prices and availability on the Community market
 and olive oil prices on the world market ; whereas,                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9), as
 however, where the world market situation is such that              amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (10), prohibits
 the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined,          trade between the European Community and the Federal
account may be taken of the price of the main competing              Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
vegetable oils on the world market and the difference                this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
recorded between that price and the price of olive oil               comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
during a representative period ; whereas the amount of the           and in Council Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 ("); whereas
refund may not exceed the difference between the price               account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
of olive oil in the Community and that on the world                  refunds ;
market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of
export costs for the products on the world market ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Oils and Fats,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (b) of Regulation
No 136/66/EEC, it may be decided that the refund shall
be fixed by tender ;                                                 O OJ     No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                     (6) OJ   No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
                                                                     Ç) OJ    No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            (8) OJ   No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                            0 OJ     No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
P)  OJ  No  L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 .                               (,0) OJ  No L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 .                           (") OJ   No L 297, 9. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 1 . 2. 96     I EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No L 25/ 15
           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 February 1996.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 31 January 1996.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1996 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 and Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 are
               observed.
          NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                  No 3846/87.