OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL380/11 29.12.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3977/89
of28December 1989
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereas,inthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbe
fixed,takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobe
collectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcountries;
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson26December1989
leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindicatedin
AnnexItothisRegulation ;
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)No2902/89(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
4014/88(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Morocco(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4015/88(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
TunisiaQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No4016/88(l0),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(");
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78(12),as
amendedbytheActofAccessionofGreece,theCommis­
siondecidedtousethetenderingproceduretofixlevies
onoliveoil;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.
Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII. ')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2)OJNoL280,29.9.1989,p.2.
3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
4)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.1.
*)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
6)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.2.
0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
8)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.
9)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
10)OJNoL358,27.12.1988,p.3.
")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
12)OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29December
1989.
HOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010
15091090
15099000
15100010
1510009077,00(')
77,00(■)
89,00(2)
77,00(')
122,000
(')ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthisCNcodeandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowand
transporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,:thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon:ECU0,60per100kg;
(b)Tunisia:ECU12,69per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Turkey:ECU22,36per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(d)AlgeriaandMorocco:ECU24,78per100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(2)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthisCNcode:
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbyECU3,86per100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedbyECU3,09per100kg.
(•')ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthisCNcode:
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbyECU7,25per100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedbyECU5,80per100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonoilieroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039
07112090
15220031
15220039
2306901916,94
16,94
38,50
61,60
6,16