31976R0456

No L 53/80 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 2. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 456/76 of 27 February 1976 fixing the production refund on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved fish and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) COMMUNITIES, No 615/71 of 24 March 1971 on detailed rules for the application of the production refund on olive oil used Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in the manufacture of certain preserved foods (5), as Economic Community, last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2503/71 (6), Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund previously fixed shall be of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a retained where the difference between such refund common organization of the market in oils and and the average referred to above does not exceed fats ( !), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 0-50 unit of account ; whereas, however, the refund 1707/73 (2), shall be fixed at zero if the average is zero ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC Whereas the import levy applicable from 16 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between December 1975 to 15 February 1976 to the olive oil the Community and Greece (3), referred to above was fixed by Regulations (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3324/75 (7), (EEC) No 3394/75 (8), (EEC) No 1 6/76 (9), 155/71 of 26 January 1971 on the production refund (EEC) No 36/76 H, (EEC) No 77/76 (H), (EEC) No on olive oil used in the manufacture of certain 152/76 (12), (EEC) No 210/76 (13), (EEC) No preserved foods (4), and in particular Article 3(1 ) 267/76 (14), thereof, Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 155/71 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : provides that a production refund should be granted in respect of olive oil used in the manufacture of Article 1 certain preserved fish and vegetables ; Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof provides that the refund For March and April 1976 the amount of the produc­ shall be fixed every two months ; whereas Article 3 (2) tion refund referred to in Article 2 of Regulation thereof provides that the amount of the refund is to (EEC) No 155/71 shall be 65*483 units of account per be equal to the average of the variable components of 100 kg. the levies on imports of olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A I a) of the Common Customs Article 2 Tariff during the period from the sixteenth day of the third month to the fifteenth day of the last month This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March preceding that in which the refund began to apply ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

5) OJ No L 71 , 25. 3 . 1971 , p. 12. (6) OJ No L 258 , 23 . 11 . 1971 , p. 10 . 7) OJ No L 328, 20 . 12. 1975, p. 43. (») OJ No L 334, 31 . 12. 1975, p. 35. (9) OJ No L 3, 8 . 1 . 1976, p. 11 . H OJ No L 5, 10 . 1 . 1976, p. 22. (•) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (») OJ No L 10, 17. 1 . 1976, p. 27. (2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973, p. 5. (12) OJ No L 15, 24. 1 . 1976, p. 22. (3 ) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66. (> 3) OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1976, p. 29 . (<) OJ No L 22, 28 . 1 . 1971 , p. 5 . (> 4) OJ No L 33, 7. 2. 1976, p. 21 .