Translation of "Extra cost involved in supplying oil products " (English → French) :

3. The exemption or reduction in taxation applied by Member States shall be adjusted to take account of changes in raw material prices to avoid over-compensating for the extra costs involved in the manufacture of the products referred to in paragraph 1.

They were calculated primarily by observing extra supply costs and, as regards the agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, extra costs incurred as a result of regions being insular or on the outermost borders of the EU, as well as the prices customarily charged when comparable products were exported to third countries.

The Commission is proposing that excise duty reductions be adjusted in line with developments in crude oil prices so as to avoid over-compensating for the extra cost of production.

The obligation to carry out a tender procedure would distort competition (extra costs, loss of flexibility and efficiency) in relation to suppliers in the private sector and, for example, suppliers of oil products, which are not governed by the Directive.

in the case of works contracts, the totality of the technical prescriptions contained in particular in the procurement documents, defining the characteristics required of a material, product or supply, which permits a material, a product or a supply to be described in a manner such that it fulfils the use for which it is intended by the contracting entity; those characteristics include levels of environmental and climate performance, design for all requirements (including accessibility for disabled persons) and conformity assessment, performance, safety or dimensions, includ ...[+++]ing the procedures concerning quality assurance, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking and labelling, user instructions, and production processes and methods at any stage of the life cycle of the works; those characteristics also include rules relating to design and costing, the test, inspection and acceptance conditions for works and methods or techniques of construction and all other technical conditions which the contracting entity is in a position to prescribe, under general or specific regulations, in relation to the finished works and to the materials or parts which they involve;

Whereas in the absence of a system for the advance fixing of the levy on olive oil, it is impossible for Community importers and exporters to know the cost price of the product when contracts are being concluded ; whereas this situation could make it more difficult to keep oil supplies in the Community normal ; whereas, consequently, provision should be made for the possibility of fixing the levy on olive oil in advance;