31980R1327

No L 135/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 5. 80

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1327/80 of 30 May 1980 fixing die export refunds on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the aims of the common organization of the COMMUNITIES, market in olive oil which are to ensure equili­ brium and the natural development of prices and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European trade on this market ; Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC — the need to avoid disturbances on the Community of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a market ; and common organization of the market in oils and fats (]), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No — the economic aspect of the proposed exports ; 590/79 (2), Whereas, furthermore, Article 4 of Regulation No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and 171 /67/EEC provides that the said refund must be fixed in accordance with the following criteria : fats between the Community and Greece (3),

Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/EEC — the olive oil prices in the main producing areas of of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive the Community ; oil (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular the first sentence of — the most favourable quotations recorded on the Article 7 thereof, various markets of importing third countries and Greece ; and Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — the marketing costs and the most favourable trans­ port charges from Community markets in the Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC main producing areas to ports or other points of provides that, where prices within the Community are export in the Community, as well as costs incurred higher than world market prices, the difference in placing the goods on the world market ; between these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to third countries ; Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2749/78 provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied provides that Article 20 of Regulation No 136/ according to destination where the world market situa­ 66/EEC and the measures taken in application thereof tion or the specific requirements of certain markets apply, subject to the provisions of the Agreement esta­ make this necessary ; blishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece, to trade between Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC the Community and Greece ; provides that the refund must be fixed at least once Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered export refunds on olive oil are contained in Regula­ in the intervening period ; tions No 171 /67/EEC and (EEC) No 616/72 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (7) ; Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to the present situation on the market in olive oil and Whereas Article 2 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC in particular to olive oil prices within the Community provides that the refund must be the same for the and on the markets of third countries and Greece that whole Community ; the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 171 /67/EEC provides that when the refund on olive oil is being Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, fixed account must be taken of : refunds should be calculated on the following basis : — the existing situation and the future trend with — in the case of currencies which are maintained in regard to prices and availabilities of olive oil on relation to each other at any given moment within the Community market and prices for olive oil on the world market ; a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; (») OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (J) OJ No L 78, 30. 3. 1979, p. 1 . — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the (>) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 1 . arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each («) OJ No 130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2600/67. of these currencies recorded for a given period in (') OJ No L 264, 23. 11 . 1972, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 78, 31 . 3. 1972, p. 1 . relation to the Community currencies referred to O OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 53. in the previous indent ;

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Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and third countries and Greece, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, exported to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1980.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1980. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to die Commission Regulation of 30 May 1980 fixing die export refunds on olive oil

(ECU/ 100 kg)

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 I

II Other : l

(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 : I

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 10-00

(«) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .