NoL327/6 26.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2844/76
of23November 1976
layingdownspecialmeasuresinparticularforthedetermination oftheoffersof
oliveoilontheGreekmarket
thequalitiesconcerned,atlevelswhichtakeaccount
oftheactualofferpricesforthosequalities.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No602/76of15
March1976layingdownspecialmeasuresinparti­
cularforthedetermination oftheoffersofoliveoilon
theGreekmarket(2),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2600/76(3),isapplicableuntil31December
1976;whereasitwasadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedureprovidedforinArticle10ofCouncilRegu­
lationNo162/66/EECof27October1966ontrade
inoilsandfatsbetweentheCommunity and
Greece(4),becauseoftheurgencyofthemeasures .
envisagedandpendingthegeneralrevisionofthe
rulesconcerningtheoliveoilsector;
Whereasthedifficultiesofassessingthetruemarket
situation,whichwerethereasonfortheadoptionof
Regulation (EEC)No602/76,stillprevail;whereas
furthermore ,itisnotexpectedthatthegeneralrevi­
sionoftheprovisionsforthecommonorganizationof
themarketinthissectorcanbecompletedinashort
time;whereasinthesecircumstances thespecial
measureslaiddownbytheaforementioned Regulation
shouldbemaintainedforaperiodsufficientforthe
completionofthegeneralrevisionoftherules
relatingtooliveoil,Article2
1.WhenoffersofunrefinedoliveoilontheGreek
marketdonotcorrespondtorealpurchasingpossibili­
tiesinquantitieswhicharerepresentative ofthe
market,theimportlevyreferredtoinArticles3,4and
5ofRegulationNo162/66/EECshallbefixedby
tenderingprocedure .
2.Atregularintervalsthepersonsconcernedshall
submitanapplicationforanimportlicencetothe
competentbodiesintheMemberStatesandatthe
sametimeshallprovideaspecialsecurityforan
amounttobedecided.
Theapplicationforanimportlicenceshallbeaccom­
paniedbyastatementof:
(a)thequantityoftheproductcoveredbytheapplica­
tion;
(b)therateoflevyper100kilogrammes ofthe
productwhichtheapplicantundertakestopayat
thetimeofimport.
3.TheCommission shalldeterminetheminimum
rateofthelevyinunitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesoftheproduct.
4.Licencesshallbeissuedforapplicationsstatinga
rateoflevygreaterthanorequaltotheminimumrate
determinedbytheCommission .Inthiseventthe
applicantshallbeboundtoimportthequantityofthe
productstatedinhisapplicationattherateoflevy
statedtherein.
5.TheCommission shallinformtheMember
Statesoftheimplementation ofthisArticle.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
WherefreequotationsontheGreekmarketarenota
determiningfactorfortheofferpriceforoneormore
qualitiesofunrefinedoliveoilfallingwithin
subheading15.07AIIa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,thelevyreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation
No162/66/EECortheminimumlevyreferredtoin
Article2ofthisRegulationmaybefixed,solelyforArticle3
BywayofderogationfromArticle5ofRegulationNo
162/66/EECnolevyshallbeimposedonimportsof
oliveoilcakesandotherresiduesfallingwithin
subheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
whichhaveanoliveoilcontentofnotmorethan
3%.(')Opiniondeliveredon16November1976(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.
(3)OJNoL297,28.10.1976,p.4.
(4)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.

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Article4
ImportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle9of
RegulationNo162/66/EECshallbesubjectto
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2843/76of23
November1976layingdownspecialmeasuresinparti­
cularforthedetermination oftheoffersofoliveoilon
theworldmarket(').
Article5
Thedetailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthis
RegulationshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle38ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECof22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(3).
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
Itshallbeapplicableuntil31October1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE
(2)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
3OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p..5. (!)Seepage4ofthisOfficialJournal.