31979R1313

No L 162/50 30 . 6 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1313/ 79 of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds 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 ( J ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 590/79 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and market ; and fats between the Community and Greece (3),

Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ; of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No Article 7 thereof, 171 /67/ EEC provides that the said refund must be fixed in accordance with the following criteria : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of the Community ; Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC provides that, where prices within the Community are higher than world market prices, the difference — the most favourable quotations recorded on the between these prices may be covered by a refund various markets of importing third countries and when olive oil is exported to third countries ; Greece ; and

Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78 provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/ — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­ 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof port charges from Community markets in the apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­ main producing areas to ports or other points of blishing an Association between the European export in the Community, as well as costs incurred Economic Community and Greece, to trade between in placing the goods on the world market ; the Community and Greece ;

Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­ provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (6), as last according to destination where the world market situa­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ; tion or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary ; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC provides that the refund must be the same for the whole Community ; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC provides that the refund must be fixed at least once Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered provides that when the refund on olive oil is being fixed account must be taken of : in the intervening period ;

(») OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66. (2) OJ No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979, p. 1 . Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules P) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 . to the present situation on the market in olive oil and (4) OJ No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p. 2600/67. in particular to olive oil prices within the Community (5) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . and on the markets of third countries and Greece that b) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 . ( 7) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 53 . the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;

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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation refunds should be calculated on the following basis : are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Oils and Fats, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 1 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of these currencies recorded for a given period in (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to relation to the Community currencies referred to third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the in the previous indent ; Annex hereto . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979 (!) laid down the coefficient for Article 2 expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

(ECU / 100 k <>)

CCT heading No Description Refund

15.07 Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified : A Olive oil : I Untreated : (a) Virgin olive oil and II Other : (a) Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I a) or 15.07 A I b), whether or not blended with virgin olive oil : In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less, for destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 192/ 75 ('), as well as on export to third countries 400

(') OJ No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1 975 , p. 1