31973R2377
1 . 9. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/39
REGULATION (EEC) No 2377/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 August 1973 fixing the export refund on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro COMMUNITIES, vides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed account must be taken of : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro pean Economic Community ; — the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ the Community market and prices for olive oil EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment on the world market; of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the — the aims of the common organization of the mar Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to ket in olive oil which are to ensure equilibrium the European Economic Community and the Euro and the natural development of prices and trade pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on this market ; on 22 January 1972 ; — the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ nity market ; and EEC (4) 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/ Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No EEC (5) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and 171/67/EEC provides that the said refund must be levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation fixed in accordance with the following criteria : (EEC) No 2429/72 (6), and in particular the first sen tence of Article 7 thereof ; — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the Community ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; — the most favourable quotations recorded on the various markets of importing third countries and Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC Greece ; and provides that, where prices within the Community are higher than world market prices, the difference — marketing costs and the most favourable trans between these prices may be covered by a refund port charges from Community markets in the when olive oil is exported to third countries ; main producing areas to ports or other points of export in the Community, as well as costs in Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC pro curred in placing the goods on the world mar vides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC ket ; and the measures taken in application thereof apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement establish ing an Association between the European Economic Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro Community and Greece, to trade between the Com vides that the refund on olive oil may be varied ac munity and Greece ; cording to destination where the world market situa tion or the specific requirements of certain markets ^Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing make this necessary ; and granting export refunds on olive oil are con tained in Regulation No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171/67/EEC pro 616/72 (7) ; vides that the refund must be fixed at least once Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC pro every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered vides that the refund must be the same for the whole in the intervening period ; Community ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and other provisions to the present situation on the mar (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (l) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. ket in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices (») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, 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. at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regu (•) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . H OJ No L 78, 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 . lation ;
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu refunds should be calculated on the following basis : lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange based Article 1 on their effective parity ; The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to third countries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation. — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article 2 of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Sep in the previous subparagraph ; tember 1973 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 31 August 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Refund in u.a./lOO kg applicable to olive oil from 1 September 1973
CCT heading No Refund Description of goods j
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 12000 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 12000