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REGULATION (EEC)No2762/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of31October1974
fixingtheexportleviesonoliveoil
beappliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketing
year;
Whereasthispricemustbeestablishedonthebasisof
themostfavourableactualpurchasingopportunities ;
whereastheCommissionmust,theoretically ,takeinto
accountallknownoffersforoliveoilofthetypes
listedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/
66/EECmadeontheworldmarket;whereas,ifthere
arenosuchoffersorifsuchoffersarenotrepresenta­
tive,theCommission musttakeaccountofalloffers
madeonthewholesalemarketsintheCommunity
whicharerepresentative fortheimportationofthese
oils;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71(9)of14May1971onthefixingof
leviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,that
theCommissionmustdisregardoffersforproductsof
mediocrequality,long-datedoffers,andoffersfor
smalllotsandlotspresentedinsmallcontainers ;
whereasofferswhichareconsiderednottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketandthoseto
whichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
appliesmustalsobedisregarded ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(!)of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/
66/EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/
67/EEC(4)of27June1967onexportrefundsand
leviesonoliveoil,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2429/72(5),andinparticularArticle10(3)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle18ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,alevyequalatmosttothedifference
betweenpricesontheworldmarketandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybechargedonexportsofolive
oilwheretheformerarehigherthanthelatter;
whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilisequaltothe
differencebetweenthecifpriceandthemarkettarget
price;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1121/74(6)of
29April1974,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2496/74(7),fixedthemarkettargetpriceandtheinter­
ventionpriceforoliveoilforthe1974/75marketing
year;
WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifpricefor
aCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasthis
pointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EEC(8)of27October1966onpricemeasurestoWhereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbe
considered,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarkets
ofthemainoil-producing andoil-exportingthird
countriesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetaken
intoaccountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
price;whereasinsuchcasesthosepricesshouldbe
increasedbymarketing,loading,transportandinsur­
ancecosts:
Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,Cand
Foffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1775/69,beincreasedby1%;whereascif
offersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthantheone
referredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfortransportand
insurancecosts;whereasoffersfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreasedbytransportandinsur­
ancecostsfromthepointofshipmentorloadingto
theabovementioned frontiercrossingpointand,in
thecaseoffasoffers,byloadingcosts;(•)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(5)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(6)OJNoL128,5.10.1974,p.7.
OOJNoL268,3.10.1974,p.1.
(8)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66. (9)OJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.17.

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whereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbe
reducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate ,by
forwardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstagefor-whichthe
offersweremade;Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No616/72(4)of27March1972on
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefunds
andleviesonoliveoil,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2563/72(5),exportsofoliveoilfalling
withinsubheading 15.07AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandsubheading15.07AIIa)referred
tointhefirstindentofArticle2ofthatRegulation ,in
immediatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding5
kg,aregrantedanexemptionfromthelevy
amountingtosevenunitsofaccountper100kgofoil
exported;Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheofferstaken
intoconsideration ,theCommission shouldtake
accountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknowledgeare
thelowest;
Whereasthecifpriceshouldbedeterminedforthe
productpresentedinbulk;whereas,ifoilispresented
otherwisethaninbulk,theconsequentincreasein
valueshouldbedeductedfromtheoffersandtheaddi­
tionalcosttotheimporteraddedtothem;whereas
offersforunfilteredoil,whethervirgin,extra,fineor
Ordinary,shouldbeincreasedbyanamountwhich
allowsforfilteringcosts;Whereasnoexportleviesarefixedforoliveoilfalling
withinsubheading15.07AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof
morethan5kg,unlessthedifferencereferredtoin
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle10(2)ofRegulation
No171/67/EECis2-5unitsofaccountormore;
whereasnoexportlevyisfixedforoliveoilfalling
withinsubheadings15.07AIand15.07AIIa),in
immediatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding5
kg,unlessexportsofthisoilarelikelytocausedistur­
bancesontheCommunitymarketortheworld
market;whereastheleviesarefixedasfrequentlyasis
necessarytoensurestabilityoftheCommunity
marketandinsuchawayastoensurethattheycan
beappliedatleastonceaweek;Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethreshold
pricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductfromoradd
totheoffersconsidered,accordingtothetypeand
qualityinquestion,thevaluesresultingfromtheprovi­
sionsofCommissionRegulationNo172/66/EEC(^
fixingcoefficientsofequivalenceforthedifferent
typesandqualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No992/72(2);
whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,differentor
derivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybeappliedfor
alimitedperiod;Whereastheleviespreviouslyfixedshouldberetained
wherevariationsinthefactorsusedtocalculatethe
levywouldleadtoanincreaseorreductionofless
than0-50unitofaccountper100kilogrammes in
suchlevies;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformationthus
obtainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemost
favourableoffersontheworldmarket;whereas,ifno
offercanbeconsideredforthepurposeofdeter­
miningthecifprice,thepricepreviouslytakeninto
accountshouldbemaintained ;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;Whereastheexportlevyonrefinedoliveoilisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthecifpriceandthemarket
targetprice,thisdifferencebeingadjustedasprovided
forinArticles2or3,asthecasemaybe,ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No443/72(3)of29February1972
ontheleviesonrefinedoliveoilandoncertain
productscontainingoliveoil;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
to.theofferpricesknowntotheCommissionthatthe
leviesshouldbefixedasshownintheTableannexed
tothisRegulation ,
(»)OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.
(2)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
P)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.(4)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(5OJNoL274,7.12.1972,p.11.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECareherebyfixedasshowninthe
TableannexedtothisRegulation .Theleviesshallapplytoproductsfallingwithin
subheading15.07Ainimmediatepackingsofanet
capacityexceeding5kg.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
LeviesonoliveoiltothirdcountriesandGreece
CCTheadingNo Amountsinu.«./100kg
ex15.07AIa) 70-023
ex15.07AIb) 93-995
ex15.07AII 63-084