EUR-Lex - 31967R0171 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THIS REGULATION LAYS DOWN RULES FOR FIXING AND GRANTING THE REFUND AND FIXING THE LEVY ON OLIVE OIL EXPORTED TO GREECE AND THIRD COUNTRIES .

ARTICLE 2

THE REFUND SHALL BE THE SAME FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY .

THE REFUND SHALL BE GRANTED BY MEMBER STATES ON APPLICATION BY THE PARTY CONCERNED .

ARTICLE 3

THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE REFUND IS BEING FIXED :

( A ) THE EXISTING SITUATION AND THE FUTURE TREND WITH REGARD TO :

• PRICES AND AVAILABILITIES OF OLIVE OIL ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ;

• PRICES FOR OLIVE OIL ON THE WORLD MARKET ;

( B ) THE AIMS OF THE COMMON ORGANISATION OF THE MARKET IN OLIVE OIL , WHICH ARE TO ENSURE EQUILIBRIUM AND THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRICES AND TRADE ON THIS MARKET ;

( C ) THE NEED TO AVOID DISTURBANCES ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ; AND

( D ) THE ECONOMIC ASPECT OF THE PROPOSED EXPORTS .

ARTICLE 4

THE REFUND SHALL BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA :

( A ) OLIVE OIL PRICES IN THE MAIN PRODUCING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ;

( B ) THE MOST FAVOURABLE QUOTATIONS RECORDED ON THE VARIOUS MARKETS OF IMPORTING THIRD COUNTRIES AND GREECE ; AND

( C ) MARKETING COSTS AND THE MOST FAVOURABLE TRANSPORT CHARGES FROM COMMUNITY MARKETS IN THE AREAS REFERRED TO IN ( A ) TO PORTS OR OTHER POINTS OF EXPORT IN THE COMMUNITY , AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED IN PLACING THE GOODS ON THE WORLD MARKET .

ARTICLE 5

WHERE THE WORLD MARKET SITUATION OR THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN MARKETS MAKE THIS NECESSARY , THE REFUND MAY BE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE DESTINATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION .

ARTICLE 6

1 . THE AMOUNT OF THE REFUND FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 3 , 4 AND 5 SHALL APPLY TO UNREFINED OLIVE OIL .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE REFUND APPLICABLE TO REFINED OLIVE OIL SHALL BE DERIVED FROM THE AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 .

ARTICLE 7

THE REFUND SHALL BE FIXED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY MONTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC . WHERE NECESSARY , THE COMMISSION MAY , AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER STATE OR ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE , ALTER THE REFUND IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD .

ARTICLE 8

1 . THE REFUND SHALL BE PAID UPON PROOF THAT THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN EXPORTED FROM THE COMMUNITY .

2 . WHERE ARTICLE 5 APPLIES , THE REFUND SHALL BE PAID UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 1 , PROVIDED IT IS PROVED THAT THE PRODUCT HAS REACHED THE DESTINATION FOR WHICH THE REFUND WAS FIXED .

EXCEPTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THIS RULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 , PROVIDED CONDITIONS ARE LAID DOWN WHICH OFFER EQUIVALENT GUARANTEES .

3 . ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS MAY BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC .

ARTICLE 9

1 . ON APPLICATION BY THE PARTY CONCERNED , THE EXPORT REFUND ON OLIVE OIL SHALL BE GRANTED IN THE FORM OF AN AUTHORISATION TO IMPORT , FREE OF LEVY , A QUANTITY OF OLIVE OIL CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY OF OLIVE OIL EXPORTED , PROVIDED IT IS PROVED THAT EXPORTATION WAS EFFECTED BEFORE IMPORTATION AND PROVIDED THAT IMPORTATION IS EFFECTED WITHIN A TIME-LIMIT STILL TO BE DETERMINED .

2 . FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES BECOME VALID FOR A TRANSACTION EFFECTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY , IMPORTATIONS MAY BE EFFECTED IN A MEMBER STATE OTHER THAN THAT FROM WHICH EXPORTATION WAS EFFECTED . BEFORE THAT DATE EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION SHALL BE EFFECTED IN THE SAME MEMBER STATE .

ARTICLE 10

1 . THE LEVY ON EXPORTS TO GREECE AND THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL BE FIXED UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE LEVY ON UNREFINED OLIVE OIL MAY NOT EXCEED THE C . I . F . PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL FIXED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC , LESS THE MARKET TARGET PRICE FIXED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 4 AND 6 OF THAT REGULATION .

THE AMOUNT OF THE LEVY ON REFINED OLIVE OIL MAY NOT EXCEED THE C . I . F . PRICE REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SUBPARAGRAPH , LESS THE MARKET TARGET PRICE , THE AMOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE BEING CORRECTED , WHERE APPROPRIATE , BY THE COEFFICIENTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 2 AND 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION NO 166/66/EEC ( 4 ) OF 27 OCTOBER 1966 ON THE LEVIES ON REFINED OLIVE OIL AND CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING OLIVE OIL .

3 . THE EXPORT LEVY SHALL BE FIXED BY THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DETAILED RULES STILL TO BE ADOPTED .

ARTICLE 11

DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC .

ARTICLE 12

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JULY 1967 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 JUNE 1967 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

CH . HEGER