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29.10.66 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES 3393/66
REGULATION No162/66/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of27October1966
ontradeinoilsandfatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC1onthe
establishment ofacommonorganisationofthemarket
inoilsandfatsestablishesacommonsystemoftrade
inoilsandfats;whereasthissystemprovidesforthe
applicationofcustomsdutiesformostproducts,but
foroliveoil,olives,oliveresiduesandotherresidues
itprovidesforasystemoflevies;
WhereasthecustomsdutiesappliedbyMemberStates
toGreecearelaiddownintheAgreementestablishing
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandGreece;whereasMemberStates
shouldnotchargecustomsdutiesonimportsofolives
fallingwithintariffsub-headingNo07.01Nor07.03A
forthepurposesotherthantheproductionofoil;
WhereasProtocolNo12tothatAgreementstipulates
that,shouldleviesbefixedforoliveoilandolives,
Greeceshall,inanticipationoftheharmonisation of
theagriculturalpoliciesoftheCommunityand
Greece,beaccordedthesametreatmentasthatapplied
bytheMemberStatesbetweenthemselves ;
WhereasRegulationNo136/66/EECprovides,in
respectofoliveoil,forasingleproductiontarget
price,asinglemarkettargetprice,asinglethreshold
priceandasingleinterventionprice;whereastheserulesfordeterminingprices,ensurethat,subjectto
differencesduetonaturalconditionsofpriceforma­
tion,thepricelevelforoliveoil.andoliveswillbethe
sameinallMemberStates;whereasitistherefore
possible,inaccordancewiththeprinciplesofthelevy
system,todispensewithleviesintradebetween
MemberStates;
Whereastherulesfordeterminingpricesintroduced
byRegulationNo136/66/EECdonotextend'to
Greece;whereasdifferencesmaythereforearisebe­
tweenthepriceontheGreekmarketandthatonthe
Communitymarket;whereassuchdifferencesmust,in
accordancewiththeprinciplesofthelevysystem,be
compensatedbyalevycalculatedonthebasisofthe
rulesgenerallyapplied,withintheframeworkofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy,totradebetweenMember
States;
Whereas,sinceGreeceisnotobligedtoapplythe
systemofleviesestablishedbytheCommunityto
oliveoilandolivesimportedfromthirdcountries,
theapplicationofthespeciallevyinquestionto
exportsfromGreecetotheCommunitywhichdonot
consistofproductsobtainedentirelyinGreecemight
leadtosubstantialdeflectionsoftrade;whereasthe
applicationofthespeciallevymustconsequently be
restrictedtoproductsobtainedentirelyinGreece;
WhereasthesystemlaiddowninthisRegulationfor
importsandexportsofoliveoilandolivesmightin
certaincircumstances leadtodisturbances onthe
Communitymarket;whereasprovisionshouldthere­
forebemadefordealingwithsuchasituation;
Whereastheintroduction ofthesystemmentioned
abovemakesitpossibletoeliminateallother
obstaclestotradebetweentheCommunityand
Greece;
Whereas,incompliancewithcommitments arising
fromtheAssociationAgreement,certainprovisionsof
RegulationNo136/66/EECmaybeappliedtotrade,
betweentheCommunityandGreece; 1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article14.ThelevyshallbefixedbytheCommission .
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticleshall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle38ofthebasicRegulation .
TradebetweentheCommunityandGreeceinproducts
listedinArticle1(2)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,
hereinaftercalledthe'basicRegulation',shallbe
governedbythefollowingprovisions .Article4
Article2
1.AsregardstheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(a),
(b)and(d)ofthebasicRegulation,MemberStates
shall,intradebetweentheCommunityandGreece,
applythecustomsdutiesapplicableundertheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandGreece,hereinafter
calledthe'Agreement'.
2.Inordertoeliminatedifficultieswhichmight
ariseontheCommunitymarketbyreasonofdispar­
itiesinthedutiesapplicableunderArticle37(3)of
theAgreement,theCouncil,actinginaccordancewith
thevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,shall,
notlaterthan30June1967,adoptthenecessary
measurestobeappliedwithintheCommunity .1.Onimportsofrefinedoliveoilproducedentirely
inGreecetransporteddirectfromthatcountryto
theCommunity ,alevyshallbechargedmadeupof
avariablecomponentandafixedcomponent,deter­
minedasfollows:
Thevariablecomponentshallbeequaltothediffer­
encebetweenthethresholdpriceandthefree-at­
frontierpriceapplicabletothequantity,whichmaybe
fixedatastandardrate,ofoliveoilneededforthe
productionoftheimportedproduct. .
Thefixedcomponentapplicableforthe1966/67market­
ingyearshallbeequalto40%ofthefixedcompo­
nentdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle14ofthe
basicRegulation .Thispercentageshallbereducedto
30%forthe1967/68marketingyearandto15%for
the1968/69marketingyear.Thefixedcomponent
shallbeabolishedfrom1November1969.
2.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedbytheCouncil,actinginaccord­
ancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromthe
Commission .Article3
Article51.Onimportsofunrefinedoliveoilproduced
entirelyinGreeceandtransporteddirectfromthat
■countryintotheCommunity ,alevyshallbecharged
equaltothedifferencebetweenthethresholdprice,
fixedinaccordancewithArticles4,8and9ofthe
basicRegulation,andthefree-at-frontier price,less
astandardamount.
2.Thefree-at-frontier price,calculatedfortheCom­
munityfrontiercrossingpointfixedinaccordance
withArticle13(2)ofthebasicRegulation,shallbe
determinedonthebasisofthemostfavourable
purchasingoppurtunitiesontheGreekmarket;prices
shallbeadjustedtoallowforanydeviationsfromthe
descriptionorqualityforwhichthethresholdprice
wasfixed.
3..Thestandardamountforthe1966/67marketing
yearisfixedat0-5unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofimportedproduct.
Forsubsequentmarketingyears,themethodofcalcu­
lationandthelevelofthestandardamountshallbe
determinedeachyearbytheCouncil,actinginaccord­
ancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43
(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromtheCom­
mission,afterpriorconsultationwithGreeceonthe
levelofthestandardamount.Onimportsofolivesfallingwithinsub-headingNo
07.01Nor07.03AharvestedinGreeceandtrans­
porteddirectfromthatcountryintotheCommunity ,
excludingthoseforpurposesotherthanthepro­
ductionofoil,alevyshallbechargedcalculatedonthe
amountofthelevyapplicableunderArticle3to
oliveoil,byreferencetotheoilcontentoftheimpor­
tedproduct,therelevantcustomsdutiesnotbeing
charged.'
OnimportsfromGreeceintotheCommunityofolives
fallingwithintariffsub-headingNo07.01Nor07.03A,
forpurposesotherthantheproductionofoil,Member
Statesshallnotchargecustomsduties.Thesame
shallapplytoolivesfallingwithintariffsub-heading
No07.01Nor07.03AnotharvestedinGreecebut
transporteddirectfromthatcountryintotheCom­
munityfortheproductionofoil.
2.OnimportsoftheproductslistedinArticle1
(2)(e)ofthebasicRegulationwhichareproduced
entirelyinGreeceandtransporteddirectfromthat
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—thechargingofanycustomsduty,orchargehaving
equivalenteffect,otherthanthoseprovidedfor
inthisRegulation;
—theapplicationofanyquantitativerestrictionor
measurehavingequivalenteffect;
—recoursetoArticle41oftheAgreementinrespect
oftheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c),(d)and
(e),excludingthosefallingwithinheadingsNosex
07.02andex07.04BofthebasicRegulation .calculatedontheamountofthelevyapplicableto
theoliveoilreferredtoinArticle3(1),byreference
totheoilcontentoftheimportedproduct.
Thelevymay,however,bechargedonlyinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisonsofArticle37(3)(a)ofthe
Agreement.
3.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle,
andinparticularthoseregardingthedetermination of
theoilcontent,whichmaybefixedatastandard
rate,shallbeadoptedbytheCouncil,actingin
accordancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromthe
Commission .Article8
SubjecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreement,boththe
followingArticlesofthebasicRegulationandthe
measuresadoptedfortheirapplicationshallapply:
Article3(3)and(5);thesecondsentenceofArticle
10(2);Article16;Article17;Article18;Article19;
Article27(3)(c)and(5);Article28;Article35;
Article41(1)andthethirdparagraphofArticle43.Article6
Article9
WhentheproductsimportedintotheCommunityare
notproducedentirelyinGreeceorarenottrans­
porteddirectfromthatcountryintotheCommunity ,
Articles13,14,15and20ofthebasicRegulation
shallapplytotheproductscoveredbythoseArticles,
subjecttotheprovisionsoftheAgreement .1.ShouldtheCommunitymarketinoliveoilex­
perienceorbethreatenedwithseriousdisturbancesby
reasonof:
—importsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(c),
(d)and(e)ofthebasicRegulationproduced
entirelyinGreeceandtransporteddirectfromthat
countryintotheCommunity ,inparticularwhen
theinterventionagenciesmight,becauseofsuch
imports,beinducedtobuyinsubstantialquan­
titiesofoliveoilpursuanttoArticle11(1)ofthe
basicRegulation,or
—exportsofoliveoiltoGreece,inparticularwhen
byreasonofthoseexports,themarketpriceof
oliveoilmightappreciablyexceedorthreatento
exceedthelevelofthemarkettargetpriceorwhen,
byreasonofthoseexports,adecisionhasbeen
takentodisposeofthebufferstock,
appropriatemeasuresmaybeapplieduntilsuchdisturb­
anceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased.Article10
TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreatyon
aproposalfromtheCommission ,mayafterconsul­
tationwithGreeceamend.thelistofproductsto
whichthisRegulationapplies,oradoptanymeasure
inderogationtherefrom,inordertotakeaccountof
anyspecialconditionsaffectingsuchproducts.
Article112.Alldecisionstakenunderparagraph1shallbe
communicated toGreece.
3.Thenatureofthemeasureswhichmaybeadopted
andtheconditionsforapplyingthisArticleshall,
afterconsultationwithGreece,belaiddownbythe
Councilactinginaccordancewiththevotingpro­
cedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreatyona
proposalfromtheCommission .ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollow­
ingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ItshallapplytotheproductslistedinArticle1(2)
(c),(d)and(e)ofthebasicRegulationfromthedate
ofentryintoforceofthatRegulationinrespectof
thoseproducts,andfrom1July1967inrespectof
theotherproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegu­
lation.
ThisRegulationshallJbeapplicableuntilthedecicion
oftheAssociationCouncilprovidedforinArticle35
oftheAgreementistakenoruntiltheperiodsoftwo
yearsandoneyearprovidedforrespectivelyinArticle
36(1)and(2)oftheAgreementhaveexpired.Article7
SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle6,8,and9the
followingshall,intradewithGreece,beincompatible
withtheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthisRegu­
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ., •
DoneatBrussels,27October1966.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.DEBLOCK