24.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL354/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3146/76
of23December 1976
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1046/76of4May1976ondetailedrulesforthe
implementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthedeter­
minationofoffersofoliveoilontheworldmarket
andtheGreekmarket(n),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2803/76(12),laysdownthecriteriafor
fixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
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
tothelevyratessubmittedbytendererson20and21
December1976resultsinthefixingoftheminimum
leviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilReguation(EEC)No601/76
of15March1976layingdownspecialmeasuresin
particularforthedetermination oftheoffersofolive
oilontheworldmarket(4),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2600/76(5),andinparticularArticle2(3)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
602/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(6),asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2600/76,andinparticular
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(9),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation(EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(10),theCommission decidedtousethe
tenderingproceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex.
(■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(J)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(«)OJNoL-72,18.3.1976,p.1.
(5)OJNoL297,28.10.1976,p.4.
(*)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24
December 1-976.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
8)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(9)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
>°)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.(")OJNoL119,6.5.1976,p.7.
(,2)OJNoL320,20.11.1976,p.21.

24.12.76 NoL354/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 700 9.00
07.03AII 700 8.00
15.07AIa) 3600 50.00(')
15.07Alb) 5600 103.00(2)
15.07AIIa) 32.50(3) 43.00(3)
15.07Alib) 37.50(J) 65.00(})
15.17AI 16.00 21.00
15.17AII 26.00 34.00
23.04A 300 3.00(4)
(')ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3-20u.a./100kg.
(2)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg.
(})Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0-50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:0-50u.a./100kg;inaddition,andprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
Turkey,thelevyisreducedby4-5u.a./100kg;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bythosecountries;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(*)PursuanttoArticle3ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No602/76,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.