31973R2903

No L 298/22 26 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2903/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 October 1973

fixing the production refund on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved fish and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sixteenth day of the third month to the fifteenth day COMMUNITIES, of the last month preceding that in which the refund began to apply ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 615/71 (5) of 24 March 1971 on detailed rules for Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ the application of the production refund on olive oil 66/EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods, as ment of a common organization of the market in oils last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2503/71 (6), and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No provides that the refund previously fixed is retained 1 225/73 (2) and in particular Article 6 thereof ; where the difference between that refund and the

average referred to above does not exceed 0-50 unit of Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ account ; whereas, however the refund must be fixed 66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1 966 on trade in oils and at 0 if the average is 0 ; fats between the Community and Greece ;

Whereas the import levy applies from 16 August 1973 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to 15 October 1973 to the olive oil referred to above 155/71 (4) of 26 January 1971 on the production refund on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1523/73,

preserved foods and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 155/71 provides that a production refund should be granted Article 1 in respect of olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved fish and vegetables ; For the months of November and December 1 973 the amount of the production refund referred to in Article Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 155/71 shall be 0 unit of the refund must be fixed every two months ; whereas account per 100 kilogrammes . paragraph 2 of that Article provides that the amount of the refund is equal to the average of the variable Article 2 components of the levies on imports of olive oil falling within subheading No 15.07 A I a) of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November Common Customs Tariff during the period from the 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

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