31976R0208

31 . 1 . 76 No L 26/25 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 208 / 76 of 30 January 1976 fixing the export refund 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, — the aims of the common organization of the Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­ of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a brium and the natural development of prices and common organization of the market in oils and trade on this market ; fats ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (*), — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC market ; and of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece (3), — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of fixed in accordance with the following criteria : Article 7 thereof,

— olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Community ; Committee,

Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC — the most favourable quotations recorded on the provides that, where prices within the Community are various markets of importing third countries and higher than world market prices, the difference Greece ; and between these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to third countries ; — marketing costs and the most favourable transport charges from Community markets in the main Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC producing areas to ports or other points of export provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/ in the Community, as well as costs incurred in 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof placing the goods on the world market ; apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­ blishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece, to trade between Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC the Community and Greece ; provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied according to destination where the world market situa­ Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and tion or the specific requirements of certain markets granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in make this necessary ; Regulation No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6) ;

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC provides that the refund must be the same for the provides that the refund must be fixed at least once whole Community ; every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the intervening period ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC provides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed account must be taken of : Whereas it follows from applying these rules and other provisions to the present situation on the (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 . market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices (2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 . within the Community and on the markets of third (3) 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 Regula­ (5 ) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . (<>) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . ) 972, p. 1 . tion ;

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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 Article 1 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, exported to third coun­ — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the tries and Greece, are hereby fixed as shown in the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Annex to this Regulation . of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February for Oils and Fats, 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 1976 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS ' Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 February 1976

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

. 15.07 Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude, refined or purified :

A Olive oil : I Having undergone a refining process : a ) Obtained by refining virgin olive oil , whether or not blended with virgin olive oil : 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 4.000 — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and third countries on the Mediterranean 7-000 II Other : a ) Virgin olive oil : 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 4.000 — on exports to other third countries excluding Greece , European third countries and third countries on the Mediterranean 7.000