31987R3591

1 . 12 . 87 No L 339/37 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3591 /87 of 30 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tries of destination, quantities, qualities and presenta­ tions ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86 provides that the refund on olive oil Having regard' to the Act of Accession of Spain and may be varied according to destination where the world Portugal, market situation or the specific requirements of certain Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of markets make this necessary ; 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2), provides that the refund must be fixed at least once every month ; whereas it may, if necessary, be altered in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1650/86 intervening period ; of 26 May 1986 on export refunds and levies on olive oil (3), and in particular the first sentence of Article 3(1 ) Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to thereof, the present situation on the market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices within the Community and Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, on the markets of third countries that the refund should Whereas Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC be as set out in the Annex hereto ; provides that, where prices within the Community are Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, higher than world market prices, the difference between refunds should be calculated on the following basis : these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to third countries ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Whereas the detailed rules for fixing and granting export of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central refunds on olive oil are contained in Regulations (EEC) rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in No 1650/86 and (EEC) No 616/72 (4), as last amended by the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77 (*) ; tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ Whereas the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ; No 1650/86 provides that the refund must be the same — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the for the whole Community ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ (EEC) No 1650/86, the refund for olive oil must be fixed tion to the Community currencies referred to in the in the light of the existing situation and outlook in rela­ previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; tion to olive oil prices and availability on the Community Whereas pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession market and olive oil prices on the world market ; of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case Whereas, however, where the world market situation is of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in determined, account may be taken of the price of the the case of exports to Portugal ; main competing vegetable oils on the world market and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the difference recorded between that price and the price in accordance with the opinion of the Management of olive oil during a representative period ; Committee for Oils and Fats, Whereas the amount of the refund may not exceed the difference between the price of olive oil in the Commu­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : nity and that on the world market, adjusted, where appro­ priate, to take account of export costs for the products on the world market ; Article 1 Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (2) (EEC) No 1650/86, it may be decided that the refund (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in shall be fixed by tender ; the Annex hereto . Whereas the tendering procedure should cover the Article 2 amount of the refund and may be limited to certain coun­ This Regulation shall enter into forte on 1 December (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66. 1987 . (2) OJ No L 183, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 7. 0 OJ No L 145, 30 . 5. 1986, p. 8 . (4) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p . 53 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 1987 fixing the 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 : In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 ('), as well as on export to third coun­ tries 51,50 In immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 5 litres in bulk, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third coun­ tries 81,50 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 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third countries 51,50 In immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 5 litres in bulk, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third coun­ tries 81,50 (b) Other : Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I c), whether or not blended with virgin olive oil : In immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 litres or less, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third countries 12,50 In immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 5 litres in bulk, for destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, as well as on export to third coun­ tries —

(') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .