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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1046/76
of4May1976
ondetailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthedeter­
minationofoffersofoliveoilontheworldmarketandtheGreekmarket
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
601/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheworldmarket(4),andinparti­
cularArticle4thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
602/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,underArticle2ofRegulations (EEC)No
601/76and(EEC)No602/76,whenfixingthelevies
bytenderingprocedure,thepersonsconcernedshall,
atregularintervals,submitanapplicationforan
importlicence;whereasinordertoensurethatthe
systemreferredtointhesaidArticle2isapplied
uniformly,theseapplicationsshouldbesubmitted
twicemonthlytoenabletheminimumlevytoenter
intoforceonthefirstand16thdaysofeachmonth;
Whereasthespecialsecurityshouldbefixedatalevel
whichpermitstheprocedurereferredtoinArticle2
ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No
602/76toworkproperly;whereas,tosimplifythe
administration ,thisspecialsecurityshouldreplacethe
oneprovidedforinArticle7ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No2041/75of25July1975(6),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3020/75(7);
Whereasinordertoensurethattheminimumlevyis
fixedatalevelasnearaspossibletothatresulting
fromtheactualtrendofthemarket,thematterstobe
takenintoconsideration whenfixingsuchalevy
shouldbedefined;Whereasthespecialdetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthesystemofimportlicenceswerelaiddownby
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2041/75;whereas
thisRegulationmustbesupplemented bythespecial
provisionsnecessaryfortheapplicationofthesystem
oflevyfixedbytenderingprocedureintheoliveoil
sector;
Whereasthesespecialprovisionseithercomplement
orderogatefromthoseofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No193/75(8)of17January1975,asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No499/76(9);
Whereasallimportsofoliveoilbecomesubjecttothe
tenderingprocedurefromthetimewhentheCommis­
siondecidestouseit;
Whereas,underArticle10ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2041/75,noapplicationforanimport
licenceisrequiredinrespectofimportsofproductsin
theoliveoilsectornotexceeding100kilogrammes ,
althoughsuchimportsremainsubjecttothelevy;
whereas,forthesakeofadministrative simplicity,this
provisionshouldberetained;
Whereas,incertainMemberStates,tradersbringin
importswhichinvolvesmallquantities;whereasif
suchtradershadtosubmittheiroffersunderthe
tenderingprocedure,theadministrative loadofthe
competentbodiesintheMemberStateswouldbe
increased,withouttherebeinganyimprovement in
theirknowledgeofthemarketsituation;whereasthe
tenderingprocedureshouldbeappliedonlytoapplica­
tionsforlicencesrelatingtoquantitiesoftheproduct
inquestioninexcessof1000kg;
Whereasinordertoavoidanyriskofdisturbanceof
theCommunitymarketalevyshouldbechargedin
thetwocasesreferredtoabove;whereasimportsnot
exceeding 1000kgshouldbemadesubjecttothe
minimumlevyapplicableonthedayofimportation
foreachofthecategoriesofoliveoilinquestion;
Whereascertainimportswilltakeplaceunder
licencesappliedforbeforetheentryintoforceofthe
DecisionreferredtoinArticle1duringthecurrency
ofthetenderingprocedure;whereas,inorderto
ensurethattheseoperationsarecarriedoutincondi­
tionswhichpermittheimportsystemtoworkprop­(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.1.
(5)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.
(<>)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.1.
(7)OJNoL299,19.11.1975,p.11.(8)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.
OOJNoL59,6.3.1976,p.18.

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offeredbyeachapplicantinrespectofthequantityof
theproducttobeimported.
Thissecurityshallreplacetheoneprovidedforin
Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No2041/75.
2.Thesecurityshallbereleasedforthwithwhereno
importlicenceisissued.
3.WhenthestatementreferredtoinArticle2(2)
ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No
602/76relatestoproductscoveredbytheDecision
referred,toinArticle1whichfallwithinapartofa
tariffsubheading ,Section7oftheapplicationforthe
importlicenceandthelicenceshallshowthedescrip­
tionoftheproductinaccordancewiththatDecision
andtheCommonCustomsTariffnumbercontained
inSection8shallbeprecededbyan'ex'.
Article4
1.Thedetermination bytheCommission ofthe
minimumrateoflevyshallbeinunitsofaccountper
100kgforeachoftheproductsandshallbebasedon
anexamination ofthesituation :
—bothintheworldorGreekmarket(whicheveris
appropriate),
—andintheCommunitymarket,
andalsooftheratesoflevyindicated(ifany)bythe
tenderer.
Inthecaseofproductsotherthanoliveoil,the
Commission shallalsotakeintoaccounttheiroil
content .
2.Theminimumlevyshallbefixedsothatit
entersintoforce:
—onthe16thdayofeachmonth,forthoseapplica­
tionssubmittedduringthefirstsevendaysofthe
relevantmonth,
—thefirstdayofeachmonth,forthoseapplications
submittedbetweenthe16thand23rddayofthe
precedingmonth.
Article5
1.Section20ofthelicenceshallcontainoneofthe
followingendorsements :
—Rateoflevyapplicable(innationalcurrency)per
100kg;erly,theyshouldbesubjecttothelastlevyvalid
beforesuchperiod,adjustedbyreferencetothethres­
holdpricevalidatthetimeofimport;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
AssoonastheconditionsreferredtoinArticle2of
Regulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No602/76
aresatisfied,theCommission shallissueaDecision
openingthetenderingprocedurereferredtointhe
saidArticleinrespectoftheproductsconcerned .The
DecisionoftheCommissionshallbepublishedforth­
withintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommu­
nities.
Article2
1.Applications forimportlicencesshallbe
submittedtothecompetentagenciesintheMember
Statesduringthefirstsevendaysofandbetweenthe
16thand23rddaysofeachmonth.
2.Sections13and14oftheapplicationforthe
licenceshallindicatethethirdcountryfromwhich
theproductcomes.
Thelicenceshallcarrytheobligationtoimportfrom
thethirdcountrysoindicated.Nevertheless ,the
personconcernedmayfurnishthisinformationwithin
15daysoftheentryintoforceoftheminimumlevy.
3.ThestatementreferredtoinArticle2(2)ofRegu­
lations(EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No602/76shall
indicate :
(a)thedescriptionoftheproductconcerned,
(b)thequantityoftheproduct,andifknown,the
qualityofoliveoilinquestion,and
(c)therateofthelevyper100kgofoilwhichthe
applicantundertakestopayatthetimeofimport.
4.Therateofthelevyreferredtoinparagraph3
shallbeexpressedinthenationalcurrencyofthe
MemberStateinwhichtheapplicationislodged.
5.TheMemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
Commission bytelexnotlaterthanthesecond
workingdayfollowingthefinaldateforthesubmis­
sionofapplications ,thetotalnumberofapplications
submittedunderparagraph 1and,inrespectofeach
suchapplication ,theinformationrequiredunderpara­
graph3.
Article3
1.Therateofthespecialsecurityreferredtoin
Article2(2)ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and
(EEC)No602/76shallbeequalto15%ofthelevy—Gældendeafgiftssats(inationalvaluta)pr.100kg;
—GültigerAbschöpfungssatz (inLandeswährung )je
100kg;
—Tauxduprélèvementapplicable (enmonnaie
nationale)par100kg;
—Tassodelprelievoapplicabile (inmonetanazio­
nale)per100kg;
—Toetepassenheffing(innationalevaluta)per100
kg­
2.Forproductsfallingwithinsubheading23.04A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,Section7oftheappli­

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cationforthelicenceandthelicenceshallindicate
thattheoilcontentexceeds3%andtheCommon
CustomsTariffnumbercontainedinSection8shall
beprecededbyan'ex'.
Article6
Theimportlicenceshallbeissuedassoonastheinfor­
mationreferredtoinArticle2(2)hasbeenfurnished,
andatthelatestonthe15thdayfollowingtheentry
intoforceoftheminimumlevy.
Thecertificateshallbevalidwitheffectfromitsactual
dateofissueuntiltheendofthethirdmonth
followingthemonthofissue.
Article7
Productsinrespectofwhichimportlicenceshave
beenappliedforbeforethedateofopeningofthe
tenderingprocedure,andwhichareimportedduring
thecurrencyofthatprocedure,shallbesubjecttothe
lastlevyvalidbeforesuchperiod,adjustedbyrefer­
encetothethresholdpricevalidatthetimeof
import.
However,attherequestofthepersonconcerned,such
licencesmaybecancelledandtherelevantsecurities
releasedforthwith .Article8
1.ThisRegulationshallnotapplytoimportsof
1000kgorless.Suchimports,excludingimportsof
100kgorless,shallbesubjecttothesystemof
licenceslaiddowninRegulations (EEC)No193/75
and(EEC)No2041/75.
2.Foraslongasthetenderingprocedurereferred
toinArticle1applies,theimportsreferredtointhe
firstsentenceoftheprecedingparagraphshallbe
subjecttothelastminimumlevyfixedpriortothe
dayofimportation .
Article9
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallnotapplyto
thoseproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex23.04A
oftheCommonCustomsTariffwhichhaveanoil
contentof3%orless.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil31October1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4May1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission