8.4.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL91/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No923/88
of7April1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotherthirdcountries;
Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghrebcoun­
tries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbewithout
prejudicetotheadditionalamounttobedeterminedin
accordancewiththeagreementsbetweentheCommunity
andthesethirdcountries:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,•
I
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3994/870,andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
798/87(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
MoroccoQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
799/87(*),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Tunisia(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86("),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No800/87(10),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(n);
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson4and5April1988
leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindicatedin
AnnexItothisRegulation;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature and
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(14)introducesfrom1
January1988anewcombinednomenclaturemeetingthe
requirements ofboththeCommonCustomsTariffand
theCommunity'sstatisticsofforeigntradeandreplacing
thepreviousnomenclature ;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings 15220031,15220039and
23069019ofthecombinednomenclature mustbecalcu­
latedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoil
containedintheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevy
chargedforoliveoilmaynotbelessthananamount
equalto8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplication
oftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.30.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
OOJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.
(ÓOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(«)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12.f)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(8)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.
OOJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(10)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
O2)OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.HOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.OOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

NoL91/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.4.88
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI. !jArticle2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8April1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010 62,00(')
15091090 62,00(')
15099000 73,00(2)
15100010 62,00(•)
15100090 100,00o
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowand
transporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon:0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/100kg(")providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,TunisiaandMorocco;12,69ECU/100kgf)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaid
theexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxin
force.
(*)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthethird
countriesinquestion.
(*)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
OForimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039 13,64
07112090 13,64
15220031 31,00
15220039 49,60
23069019 4,96