12.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL8/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No50/79
of11January1979
fixingminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesontheimporta­
tionofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(u)theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2751/78of
23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesfor
fixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(12)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeach
oftheproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesitua­
tionontheworldorGreekmarketsandtheCommu­
nitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers :
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(x),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1562/78(2),andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2749/78of23November1978ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece(3),andin
particularArticle5(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(4),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2761/78(5),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMorocco(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisia(7),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(8),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2766/78(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrules
fortheimportationofoliveoilfromLebanon(10),Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson8and9January
1979leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithin
subheadings 07.01NIIand07.03AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings15.17BIand23.04AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffmustbecalculatedfromthe
minimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoilcontained
intheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevycharged
foroliveoilmaynotbelessthananamountequalto
8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplica­
tionoftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixed
asindicatedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(>)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.1.
(4)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(5)OJNoL332,29.11.1978,p.13.
(6)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(«)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
HOJNoL332,29.11.1977,p.26.
(10)OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.(»)OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.
(12)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

NoL8/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.1.79
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11January1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

12.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL8/7
ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
15.07AIa)
15.07AIb)
15.07AIc)
15.07AIIa)
15.07AIIb)29-00(!)
28-00(!)
32-00(!)
35-00
48-0054-00(!)
53-00(»)
56-00(!)
63-00(2)
88-00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Greece,SpainandLebanon :0-50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:18-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;
however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
thosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3-20u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
2-56u.a./l00kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
4-80u.a./l00kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
07.01NII
07.03AII
15.17BIa)
15.17BIb)
23.04AII6-00
6-00
14-00
22-00
3-0011-00
1100
27-00
42-00
4-00