NoL52/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.2.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No455/89
of23February1989
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotherthirdcountries;
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson20and21February
1989leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation;
WhereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinCN
codes07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinCNcodes15220031,15220039and23069019
mustbecalculatedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableon
theoliveoilcontainedintheseproducts;whereas,
however,thelevychargedforoliveoilmaynotbeless
thananamountequalto8%ofthevalueofthe
importedproduct,suchamounttobefixedatastandard
rate;whereasapplicationoftheseprovisionsleadstothe
leviesbeingfixedasindicatedinAnnexIItothisRegula­
tion,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2210/88(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4014/88(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
MoroccoQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4015/88(*),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
TunisiaQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86(®),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey0,as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No4016/88(,0),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(");
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.
Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.(l)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(<)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.1.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(«)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.2.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(8)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.0OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(10)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.3.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.HOJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24February
1989.
HOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23February1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100ig)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010
15091090
15099000
15100010
1510009075,00(')
75,00(')
87,000
75,000
119,00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowand
transporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon:ECU0,60per100kg;
(b)Tunisia:ECU12,69per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Turkey:ECU22^6per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(d)AlgeriaandMorocco:ECU24,78per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(*)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbyECU3,86per100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedbyECU3,09per100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbyECU7,25per100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedbyECU5,80per100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039
07112090
15220031
15220039
2306901916,50
16,50
37,50
60,00
6,00