31973R1261

No L 129/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 5 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1261/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 May 1973 altering the amount of the refund on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN which are floating or whose central rate differs from COMMUNITIES, the official parity, on the effective rate or the central rate of these currencies and, in the case of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the US dollar, on the change in parity announced pean Economic Community ; on 13 February 1973 ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment and other provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) of a common organization of the market in oils and No 1134/73 to the information at present available fats, as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed to the to the Commission that the amount of the export Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to refund at present in force should be altered as the European Economic Community and the Euro­ shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC ment Committee for Oils and Fats ; (4 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats bet­ ween the Community and Greece ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : EEC (5) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No Article 1 2429/72 (6), and in particular the first sentence of Article 7 thereof ; The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Com­ countries and Greece, as fixed in the Annex to Regu­ mittee ; lation (EEC) No 1134/73 , are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation. Whereas the amount of the export refund on olive oil was fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 1134/73 (7 ) ; Article 2 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the basis of an This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

í 1 ) OJ No 172 , 30. 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 3 . 1972 , p . 14 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 73 - 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . ( 4 ) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966 , p . 3393 /66 . (5) OJ No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600/67. (•) OJ No L 264 , 23 . V. 1972 , p . 1 . (7) OJ No L 115 , 1 . 5 . 1973 , p . 40 .

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ANNEX

Refund in u.a./100 kg applicable to olive oil from 16 May 1973

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

15.07 Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid , crude, refined or purified : A Olive oil : 1 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 3·000 — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and third countries on the Mediterranean 12·000

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 12·000