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No L 240/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2145 / 76 of 31 August 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,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC — the aims of the common organization of the of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­ common organization of the market in oils and brium and the natural development of prices and trade on this market ; fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (^), Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between market ; and 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 oil (4), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of 171 / 67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be Article 7 thereof, fixed in accordance with the following criteria :

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the Community ; Whereas Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides that, where prices within the Community are — the most favourable quotations recorded on the higher than world market prices, the difference various markets of importing third countries and between these prices may be covered by a refund Greece ; and when olive oil is exported to third countries ; — marketing costs and the most favourable transport Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC charges from Community markets in the main provides that Article 18 of Regulation No 136/ producing areas to ports or other points of export 66/ EEC and the measures taken in application thereof in the Community, as well as costs incurred in apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­ placing the goods on the world market ; blishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece , to trade between the Community and Greece ; Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied Whereas the rules and other provisions for fixing and according to destination where the world market situa­ granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in tion or the specific requirements of certain markets Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC and ( EEC) No 61 6/ 72 ( 6), make this necessary ; as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 503 / 76 ( 7) ;

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 / 67/ EEC provides that the refund must be the same for the Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC whole Community ; provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/ EEC in the intervening period ; provides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed account must be taken of : Whereas it follows from applying these rules and (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025 / 66 . other provisions to the present situation on the (-') OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 . market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices (3 ) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393 / 66 . within the Community and on the markets of third (4) OJ No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600 / 67 . countries and Greece that the refund should be fixed (5 ) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p . 1 . (6) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p . 1 . at the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regula­ 7 OJ No L 59 , 6 . 3 . 1976 , p . 26 . 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 Artiele 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 Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September ment Committee for Oils and Fats, 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1976 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 September 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 i