NoL33/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.2.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No238/77
of3February1977
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
fortheimplementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthe
determination ofoffersofoliveoilontheworld
marketandtheGreekmarket(10),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No85/77(n),laysdownthecriteria
forfixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
Whereasthatratemustbefixedforeachofthe
productsconcernedonthebasisofanexaminationof
theworldorGreekmarketsandoftheCommunity
market,andalsoofthelevyratesindicatedbythe
tenderers ;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakenoftheoilcontentof
productsotherthanoliveoil;whereas,however,no
leviesareappliedtoimportsofoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentof
notmorethan3%;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakeninapplyingthelevy
oftheprovisionsoftheagreementsbetweenthe
Community andcertainnon-member countries;
whereas,inparticular,thelevymustbecalculatedon
thebasisofthelevytobecollectedonimportsfrom
non-member countries ;
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytendererson31January
and1February1977resultsinthefixingofthe
minimumleviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2843/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheworldmarket(4),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2844/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(9),theCommissiondecidedtousethetendering
proceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3188/76of23December1976ondetailedrulesHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex.
')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4February
1977.4)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.4.
5)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.6.
b)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
s)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
9OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.(I0)OJNoL359,30.12.1976,p.26.
(")OJNoL15,18.1.1977,p.5.

4.2.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL33/9
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3February1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof3February1977fixingtheminimumimportlevieson
oliveoil
(l4.il./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 700 9.00
07.03AII 7.00 8.00
15.07AIa) 3600 50.00(')
15.07AIb) 56.00 103.00(2)
15.07AIIa) 32.50(3) 42.00(3)
15.07AIIb) 37.50(3) 65.00(3)
15.17AI 16.00 21.00
15.17AII 26.00 34.00
23.04A 3.00 3.00(«)
(!)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby320u.a./100kg.
(J)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg.
(•*)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0-50u.a./100kg,
(b)Turkey:0*50u.a./100kg;inaddition,andprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
Turkey,thelevyisreducedby4-Su.a./'100kg;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bythosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(4)PursuanttoArticle}ofRegulations (EEC)No2843/76and(EEC)No2844/76,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandother
residuesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.