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17.5.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL115/5
REGULATION (EEC)No991/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of15May1972
oncertaindetailedrulesforapplyingleviesonexportsofoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
136/66/EEC1of22September1966onthe
establishment ofacommonorganizationofthe
marketinoilsandfats,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2727/71,2andinparticular
Article18(3)thereof;Whereasthedatetobetakenintoaccountin
determiningtherateoftheexportlevyshouldbe
stated;whereasthatdatemustbethedateof
completionofthecustomsformalitiesreferredtoin
Article8(2)ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1373/706of10July1970oncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofimportand
exportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificatesfor
agriculturalproductssubjecttoasinglepricesystem,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2849/717;
Whereas,iftheproductsconcernedleaveCommunity
territoryinthecourseoftransportfromonepointto
another .withintheCommunity ,appropriate
provisionsshouldbelaiddownforthepurposeof
recoveringthelevyconcernediftheseproductsare
notreimportedintotheCommunity ;
Whereas,asregardstheotherdetailedrulesfor
applyingtheexportlevy,recourseshouldbehadto
theprovisionslaiddowninCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1279/718of17June1971ontheuseof
Communitytransitdocumentsforthepurposeof
applyingcertainmeasuresontheexportationof
certaingoods,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2766/719;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
162/66/EEC3of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
171/67/EEC4of27June1967onexportrefundsand
leviesonoliveoil,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No444/72,5andinparticularArticle11
thereof;
Whereas,iftheexportleviesonoliveoilreferredto
inArticle18ofRegulationNo136/66/EECaretobe
effective,certaindetailedrulesshouldbelaiddown
fortheircollection;
Whereasthescopeoftheprovisionconcerned
shouldbedefined;
Whereasexportlicencesmayhavebeenappliedfor
orissuedbeforethedateofapplicationoftheexport
levy;whereasitisreasonabletolaydownthatthese
applicationsforalicencemaybewithdrawnbythe
personconcernedandthedepositreleased;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThelevyreferredtoinArticle18ofRegulation
No136/66/EECshallbechargedonlyonexportsof
oliveoilfallingwithinsubheadingNo15.07Aofthe
1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.8. 0OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
4OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.7OJNoL286,30.12.1971,p.24.
8OJNoL133,19.6.1971,p.32.
»OJNoL283,24.12.1971,p.33. 5OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.6.

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2.Theexportlevyshallbepayablenotlaterthan
thetimeofcompletionofthecustomsformalities
referredtoinparagraph1.CommonCustomsTariffandsatisfyingthe
conditionslaiddowninArticles9(2)and10(1)of
theTreaty.
2.Thelevyshallalsobechargedonexportsofthe
oliveoilreferredtoinparagraph1which,onaccount
ofthecustomsregulationsregardingitspackagingor
thefactofitsincorporation inoradditiontoother
oliveoil,isnotinfreecirculationintheCommunity
andthereforedoesnotsatisfytheconditionslaid
downinArticles9(2)and10(1)oftheTreaty.Article4
Wherethecustomsdocumentindicatesthatanolive
oilsubjecttotheexportlevyandmovingbetween
twopointsintheCommunitywill,inthecourseof
transport,leaveCommunityterritoryotherwisethan
byair,thesendermustdepositaguaranteeofan
amountequaltothelevywhichwouldbecollectedif
theoilwereexportedfromtheCommunity .Article2
Article5Whereanexportlevyisfixedforoliveoil,allpersons
concernedmayrequestthecancellation :
—ofapplicationsforexportlicencesforthat
productmadepriortotheapplicationofthatlevy
wheretherelevantlicenceshavenotalreadybeen
issued;
—ofexportlicencesissuedforthatproductpriorto
theapplicationofthatlevy.
Insuchcasesthedepositconcernedshallbereleased
immediately .Oliveoilsubjecttotheexportlevyshallbemoved
withintheCommunityundertheconditionsfixed
byRegulation (EEC)No1279/71.
InthecasesreferredtoinArticle5aofthat
Regulation,thedayonwhichtheformalitiesrelating
tothedespatchofproductsarecompletedshallbe
regardedasbeingthedayonwhichthecustoms
formalitiesreferredtoinArticle3arecompleted.Article3
Article61.Thedaytobetakenintoaccountwhenthe
exportlevyisbeingdeterminedshallbethedayon
whichthecustomsformalitiesreferredtointhe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)(b)of
Regulation (EEC)No1373/70arecompleted.The
exportlevyshallbecollectedbythecompetentbody
oftheMemberStateonwhoseterritorythese
formalitiesarecompleted.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT