NoL52/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No503/88
of25February1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(,3)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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966onthe'establishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3994/87(2),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
TunisiaQ,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(");
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78(l2)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson22and23February
1988leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclatureand
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.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.(4OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
I6)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12.
f)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(«)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.
OOJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(1#)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.HOJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.(13)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.
HOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

26.2.88 NoL52/13 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexIL
Article1
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26February
1988.Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010
J5091090
15099000•
15100010
1510009062,00(')
62,00(')
73,00(2)
62,000
100,000
(')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.
C)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthethird
countriesinquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfrolrianyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039
07112090
15220031
15220039
2306901913,64
13,64
31,00
49,60
4,96