26.10.90 No L295/11 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC )No3076/90
of25October 1990
fixing theminimum levies ontheimportation ofolive oiland levies onthe
importation ofother olive oilsector products
Whereas Article 3ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
2751/78of23November 1978 laying down general rules
forfixing theimport levyonolive oilbytender (l3)speci­
fiesthattheminimum levyrateshall befixed foreach of
theproducts concerned onthebasis ofthesituation on
theworld market andtheCommunity market andofthe
levy rates indicated bytenderers ;
Whereas ,inthecollection ofthelevy,account should be
taken oftheprovisions intheAgreements between the
Community andcertain third countries ;whereas inparti­
cular the levy applicable forthose countries must be
fixed ,taking asabasis forcalculation the levy tobe
collected onimports from theother third countries ;
Whereas application oftherules recalled above tothe
levy rates indicated bytenderers on22and 23October
1990 leads tothe minimum levies being fixed as
indicated inAnnex Itothis Regulation ;
Whereas theimport levy onolives falling within CN
codes 0709 9039and071 12090andonproducts falling
within CN codes 1522 0031,1522 0039and 2306 9019
must becalculated from theminimum levyapplicable on
the olive oilcontained inthese products ;whereas ,
however ,thelevy charged forolive oilmay notbeless
than anamount equal to8%ofthevalue ofthe
imported product ,such amount tobefixed atastandard
rate ;whereas application ofthese provisions leads tothe
levies being fixed asindicated inAnnex IItothisRegula­
tion ,THE COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
Having regard totheAct ofAccession ofSpain and
Portugal ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No136/66/EEC of
22September 1966 ontheestablishment ofacommon
organization ofthemarket inoils and fats('),aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC )No2902/89(2),and in
particular Article 16(2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1514/76
of24June 1976 onimports ofolive oiloriginating in
Algeria (3),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC )No
4014/88(4),and inparticular Article 5thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1521/76
of24June 1976 onimports ofolive oiloriginating in
Morocco (*),aslastamended byRegulation (EEC )No
4015/88(*),and inparticular Article 5thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1508/76
of24June 1976 onimports ofolive oiloriginating in
Tunisia f),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC )No
413/86(8),and inparticular Article 5thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1180/77
of17May 1977 onimports into theCommunity of
certain agricultural products originating inTurkey (®),as
lastamended byRegulation (EEC )No4016/88(l0),andin
particular Article 10(2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1620/77
of18July 1977 laying down detailed rules fortheimpor­
tation ofolive oilfrom Lebanon (");
Whereas by Regulation (EEC )No 3131/78(l2),as
amended bytheActofAccession ofGreece ,theCommis­
sion decided tousethetendering procedure tofixlevies
onolive oil:HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The minimum levies onolive oilimports arefixed in
Annex I.
\ i
Article 2
The levies applicable onimports ofother olive oilsector
products arefixed inAnnex II. (')OJNo172,30.9.1966 ,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL280,29.9.1989 ,p.2.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976 ,p.24.
4OJNoL358,27.12.1988 ,p.1.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976 ,p.43.'OJNoL358,27.12.1988 ,p.2.
OOJNoL169,28.6.1976 ,p.9.
(•)OJNoL48,26.2.1986 ,p.1.
(»)OJNo L142,9.6.1977 ,p.10.
(10)OJNo L358,27.12.1988 ,p.3.
11OJNoL181,21.7.1977 ,p.4.
HOJNoL370,30.12.1978 ,p.60.Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on26October
1990 .
(,J)OJNoL331,28.11.1978 ,p.6.

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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,25October 1990 .
For the Commission
Ray MAC SHARRY
Member oftheCommission

26.10.90 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities No L295/13
ANNEX I
Minimum import levies onolive oil
(ECU/100kg)
CN code Non-member countries
1509 1010 77,00 (')
1509 1090 77,00 (')
1509 9000 89,00 (2)
1510 0010 77,00 (>)
1510 0090 122,00 0
(')Forimports ofoilfalling within thisCNcode andproduced entirely inoneofthecountries listed below and
transported directly from anyofthose countries totheCommunity ,thelevytobecollected isreduced by:
(a)Lebanon :ECU 0,60 per100kg;
(b)Tunisia :ECU 12,69 per100kgprovided thattheoperator furnishes proof ofhaving paid theexport tax
applied bythat country ;however ,therepayment may notexceed theamount ofthetaxinforce ;
(c)Turkey :ECU 22,36 per100kgprovided thattheoperator furnishes proof ofhaving paid theexport tax
applied bythatcountry ;however ,therepayment may notexceed theamount ofthetaxinforce ;
(d)Algeria andMorocco :ECU 24,78 per100kgprovided thattheoperator furnishes proof ofhaving paidthe
export taxapplied bythatcountry ;however ,therepayment may notexceed theamount ofthetaxinforce .
(2)Forimports ofoilfalling within this CNcode :
(a)produced entirely inAlgeria ,Morocco orTunisia andtransported directly from anyofthose countries tothe
Community ,thelevy tobecollected isreduced byECU 3,86 per100kg;
(b)produced entirely inTurkey andtransported directly from thatcountry totheCommunity ,thelevy tobe
collected isreduced byECU 3,09 per100kg.
(])Forimports ofoilfalling within thisCNcode :
(a)produced entirely inAlgeria ,Morocco orTunisia andtransported directly from anyofthose countries tothe
Community ,thelevy tobecollected isreduced byECU 7,25 per 100 kg;
(b)produced entirely inTurkey andtransported directly from thatcountry totheCommunity ,thelevy tobe
collected isreduced byECU 5,80 per100kg.
ANNEX II
Import levies onother olive oilsector products
(ECU/100 kg)
CN code Non-member countries
0709 9039 16,94
0711 2090 16,94
1522 0031 38,50
1522 0039 61,60
2306 9019 6,16