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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2244/76
of15September1976
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
implementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthedeter­
minationofoffersofoliveoilontheworldmarket
andtheGreekmarket(10),laysdownthecriteriafor
fixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
Whereasthatratemustbefixedforeachofthe
productsconcernedonthebasisofanexaminationof
theworldorGreekmarketsandoftheCommunity
market,andalsoofthelevyratesindicatedbythe
tenderers;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakenoftheoilcontentof
productsotherthanoliveoil;whereas,however,no
leviesareappliedtoimportsofoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentof
notmorethan3%;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakeninapplyingthelevy
oftheprovisionsoftheagreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainnon-member countries;
whereas,inparticular,thelevymustbecalculatedon
thebasisofthelevytobecollectedonimportsfrom
non-member countries;
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytenderersbetween1and
7September1976resultsinthefixingofthe
minimumleviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilReguation(EEC)No601/76
of15March1976layingdownspecialmeasuresin
particularforthedetermination oftheoffersofolive
oilontheworldmarket(4),andinparticularArticle2
(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
602/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation(EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(9),theCommissiondecidedtousethetendering
proceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1046/76of4May1976ondetailedrulesfortheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheperiodfrom16to30September1976,the
minimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbeas
shownintheAnnex.
Article2(•)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(>)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(«)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.1.
(')OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16
September1976.(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(8)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
C)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13. HOJNoL119,6.5.1976,p.7.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15September1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 8000 15-000
07.03AII 8000 14-000
15.07AIa) 45000 82-000(')
15.07Alb) 61000 112-000(2)
15.07Alia) 42-500(3) 71-000(3)
15.07AIIb) 42-500(3) 71-000(3)
15.17AI 20-000 35-000
15.17AII 32-000 57-000
23.04A 3-000 5-000(4)
(')ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3-20u.a./100kg.
(2)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0-50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:0-50u.a./100kg;inaddition,andprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
Turkey,thelevyisreducedby4-5u.a./100kg;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bythosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(4)PursuanttoArticle3ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No602/76,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.