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No L 28 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 2 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 200 /77 of 31 January 1977 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1707/ 73 (2), — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC 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 — olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the Committee, 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 Regulations 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 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 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 (2) 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 . 11.1 972, p . 1 . ( b) 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 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 Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February ment Committee for Oils and Fats, 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

Refund in u.a./ 100 kg applicable to olive oil from 1 February 1977

\ 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 : — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/ 75 (') as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third countries on the Mediterranean 400 —: on export to other third countries excluding Greece , European third countries and third countries on the Mediterranean 700

II Other : a) Virgin olive oil : In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less : — destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 as well as on export to European third countries excluding Greece and third coun­ tries on the Mediterranen 400 — on export to other third countries excluding Greece, European third countries and third countries on the Mediterranean 7.00

(') O ) No L 25 , 17 . I. 1975, p. 1 .