10.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL316/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2620/78
of9November 1978
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3188/76of23December1976ondetailedrules
fortheimplementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthe
determination ofoffersofoliveoilontheworld
marketandtheGreekmarket(14),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2413/77(15),laysdownthe
criteriaforfixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
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;
Whereasthe1977/78oliveoilmarketingyearhas
beenextendeduntil31December1978byRegulation
(EEC)No2580/78(");
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytendererson6and7
November1978resultsinthefixingoftheminimum
leviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1562/78(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2843/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheworldmarket(4),asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2361/77(5),andinparticular
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2844/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(6),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2361/77,andinparticular
Article2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(7),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2388/77(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(9),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2388/77,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(10),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2388/77,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(n),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2387/77(12),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(u),theCommission decidedtousethe
tenderingproceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex. (»)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(*)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1.
(»)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.4.
(*)OJNoL277,29.10.1977,p.2.
(*)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.6.V)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10
November1978.(8)OJNoL278,29.10.1977,p.14.
C)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(10)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(»)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.HOJNoL278,29.10.1977,p.13.
(»)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.HOJNoL359,30.12.1976,p.26.
(15)OJNoL279,1.11.1977,p.55.
(")OJNoL309,1.11.1978,p.13.

NoL316/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.11.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9November1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof9November1978fixingtheminimumimportlevieson
oliveoil
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 600 10-00
07.03AII 600 10-00
15.07AIa) 32-00(}) 57-00(3)
15.07Alb) 30.00(3) 55.00(3)
15.07Ale) 32.00(J) 56.00(3)
15.07AIIa) 35-00 63.00(!)
15.07Alib) 48.00 88-00(2)
15.17B1a) 14.00 25.00
15.17Bib) 22-00 40-00
23.04A 2.00(4) 4-00C)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3.20u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
2.56u.a./100kg.
(J)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby6u^./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
4.80u-a/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0.50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:18.50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;
however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20.50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
thosecountries;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(*)PursuantinArticle3ofRegulations(EEC)No2843/76and(EEC)No2844/76,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandother
residuesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.
\