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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No602/76
of15March1976
layingdownspecialmeasuresinparticular(orthedetermination oftheoffersof
oliveoilontheGreekmarket
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
WherefreequotationsontheGreekmarketarenota
determiningfactorfortheofferpriceforoneormore
qualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,apricedeterminedon
thebasisoftheofferpriceshallbesubstitutedforthe
free-at-frontier pricereferredtoinArticle3ofRegula­
tionNo162/66/EECforonlythosequalities
concerned .THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(1),andinparticular
Article10thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereastheprovisionscurrentlyinforceprovidefor
asinglelevyforthedifferentqualitiesofunrefined
oliveoil;whereastheofferstakenintoconsideration
forthefixingofthesaidlevymay,incertaincases,be
unrepresentative oftherealtrendofoffersforoneor
moresuchqualities;whereas,intheseconditions,it
appearsnecessarytoprovideforthepossibilityof
replacingthefree-at-frontier pricebyapricedeter­
minedinrespectoftherealofferpriceforthesequali­
ties;
WhereastheGreekmarketinoliveoilislimitedand
lackstransparency ,therebysometimespreventingthe
precisestudyofitstruetendencyandthereforethe
correctfixingofimportlevies;whereasaconsequence
ofthissituationisthatincertaincasesoliveoilcanbe
importedintotheCommunityatotherthanthe
thresholdpricelevelwhichcaninsomecasescause
disturbanceoftheCommunitymarket;
Whereasallthemeasuresforcommonorganizationof
themarketinoliveoilarebeingreviewedwithaview
toanoverallrevisionofthesystem;
Whereasinordertoputrighttheabovedifficulties,
pendingtheresultofthisrevision,thetradingsystem
shouldbealteredbyprovidingforthedetermination
ofthelevyunderatenderingprocedure;
Whereascertainby-productsaresubjecttoanimport
levyderivedfromthatapplicabletooliveoil;whereas
experiencehasshownthatinpracticethereareno
importsofby-productswithaverylowoilcontentto
beusedforextractionofsuchoil;whereastherefore
noimportlevyshouldbeimposedonsuch
by-products ;
WhereastheperiodofapplicabilityofthisRegulation
shouldbelimitedtoaperiodsufficienttoassessits
efficacy,Article2
1.WhenoffersofunrefinedoliveoilontheGreek
marketdonotcorrespondtorealpurchasingpossibili­
tiesinquantitieswhicharerepresentative ofthe
market,theimportlevyreferredtoinArticles3,4and
5ofRegulationNo162/66/EECshallbefixedby
tenderingprocedure .
2.Atregularintervalsthepersonsconcernedshall
submitanapplicationforanimportlicencetothe
competentbodiesintheMemberStatesandatthe
sametimeshallputupaspecialguaranteeforan
amounttobedecided.
Theapplicationforanimportlicenceshallbeaccom­
paniedbyastatementof:
(a)thequantityoftheproductcoveredbytheapplica­
tion;
(b)therateoflevyper100kilogrammesofoilwhich
theapplicantundertakestopayatthetimeof
import.
3.TheCommission shalldeterminetheminimum
rateofthelevyinunitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofoil.
4.Licencesshallbeissuedforapplicationsstatinga
rateoflevygreaterthanorequaltotheminimumrate
determinedbytheCommission .Inthiseventthe
applicantshallbeboundtoimportthequantityofoil
statedinhisapplicationattherateoflevystated
therein. (')OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.

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Article3
Notwithstanding Article5ofRegulationNo162/
66/EECnolevyshallbeimposedonimportsofolive­
oilcakesandotherresiduesfallingwithinsubheading
23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffwhichhave
anoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.
Article4
ImportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle9of
RegulationNo162/66/EECshallbesubjectto
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No601/76of15March
1976layingdownspecialmeasuresinparticularfor
thedetermination oftheoffersofoliveoilonthe
worldmarket(!).Article5
Thedetailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthis
Regulationshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedureprovidedforinArticle38ofCouncilRegu­
lationNo136/66/EECof22September1966onthe
establishment ofacommonorganization ofthe
marketinoilsandfats(2),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1707/73(3).
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1976.
Itshallbeapplicableuntil31October1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VOUEL
(!)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.(2)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(3)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.