31.8.79 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities No L221/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC )No 1903/79
of30August 1979
fixing minimum levies ontheimportation ofolive oiland levies ontheimporta­
tion ofother olive oilsector products
Whereas byRegulation (EEC )No 3131/78of28
December 1978 (u)theCommission decided touse
thetendering procedure tofixlevies onolive oil;
Whereas Article 3ofRegulation (EEC )No2751/78of
23November 1978 laying down general rules for
fixing theimport levy onolive oilbytender (12)speci­
fiesthattheminimum levy rateshall befixed foreach
oftheproducts concerned onthebasis ofthesitua­
tion ontheworld orGreek markets and theCommu­
nity market and ofthe levy rates indicated by
tenderers :
Whereas inthecollection ofthelevy account should
betaken oftheprovisions intheAgreements between
theCommunity and certain third countries ;whereas
inparticular thelevy applicable forthose countries
must befixed taking asabasis forcalculation thelevy
tobecollected onimports from theother third coun­
tries :THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No136/66/EEC
of22September 1966 onthe establishment ofa
common organization ofthe market inoils and
fats(*),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC )No
590/79(2),and inparticular Article 16(2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
2749 /78of23November 1978 ontrade inoils and
fatsbetween theCommunity and Greece (3),and in
particular Article 5(2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
1514/76of24June 1976 onimports ofolive oilorigi­
nating inAlgeria (4),asamended byRegulation (EEC )
No 2761/78(5),and inparticular Article 5thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
1521/76of24June 1976 pnimports ofolive oilorigi­
nating inMorocco (6),aslastamended byRegulation
(EEC )No2761/78,andinparticular Article 5thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
1508/76of24June 1976 onimports ofolive oilorigi­
nating inTunisia (7),asamended byRegulation (EEC )
No2761/78,and inparticular Article 5thereof ,
 
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
1180/77of17May 1977 onimports into theCommu­
nity ofcertain agricultural products originating in
Turkey (8),asamended byRegulation (EEC )No
2766/78(9),and inparticular Article 10(2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
1620/77of18July 1977 laying down detailed rules
fortheimportation ofolive oilfrom Lebanon (10),Whereas application oftherules recalled above tothe
levy rates indicated bytenderers on27and 28August
1979 leads totheminimum levies being fixed asindi­
cated inAnnex Itothis Regulation ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC )No652/79of29
March 1979 (u)laid down the coefficient for
expressing amounts ,fixed inunits ofaccount ,in
ECU ;
Whereas the import levy onolives falling within
subheadings 07.01 NIIand 07.03 AIIofthe
Common Customs Tariff and onproducts falling
within subheadings 15.17 BIand 23.04 AIIofthe
Common Customs Tariff must becalculated from the
minimum levy applicable ontheolive oilcontained
inthese products ;whereas ,however ,thelevy charged
forolive oilmay notbelessthan anamount equal to
8%ofthe value ofthe imported product ,such
amount tobefixed atastandard rate ;whereas applica­
tion ofthese provisions leads tothelevies being fixed
asindicated inAnnex IItothis Regulation ,»)OJNo172,30.9.1966 ,p.3025/66.
*)OJNo L78,30.3.1979 ,p.1.
3)OJNo L331,28.11.1978 ,p.1.
♦)OJNo L169,28.6.1976 ,p.24.
5)OJNo L332,29.11.1978 ,p.13.
6)OJNoL169,28.6.1976 ,p.43.
7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976 ,p.9.
8)OJNo L142,9.6.1977 ,p.10.
')OJNoL332,29.11.1978 ,p.26.
io)OJNo L181,21.7.1977 ,p.4.(»)OJNo L370,30.12.1978 ,p.60.
(12)OJNo L331 ,28.11.1978 ,p.6.
(13)OJNo L84,4.4.1979 ,p.1.

No L221/6 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities 31.8.79
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The minimum levies onolive oilimports arefixed in
Annex I.Article 2
The levies applicable onimports ofother olive oil
sector products arefixed inAnnex II.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on31August
1979 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,30August 1979 .
For the Commission
Finn GUNDELACH
Vice-President

31.8.79 Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities No L221/7
ANNEX I
Minimum import levies onolive oil
(ECU/100kg)
CCT heading No Greece Non-member countries
15.07 Ala ) 600(!) 36.00 (i)
15.07 AIb) 3.00 ((1) 25.00 (!)
15.07 AIc) 12.00 (') 4100 (1)
15.07 AIIa) 500 38-00 (2)
15.07 AIIb) 2000 68-00 (3)
(')Forimports ofoilfalling within thistariff subheading andproduced entirely inoneofthecountries listed below andtransported
directly from anyofthose countries totheCommunity ,thelevy tobecollected isreduced by:
(a)Greece ,Spain and Lebanon :0.60 ECU /100kg;
(b)Turkey :22.36 ECU/100kgprovided thattheoperator furnishes proof ofhaving paid theexport taxapplied bythatcountry ;
however ,therepayment may notexceed theamount ofthetaxinforce ;
(c)Algeria ,Morocco ,Tunisia :24.78 ECU /100kgprovided thattheoperator furnishes proof ofhaving paid theexport taxapplied
bythose countries ;however ,therepayment may notexceed theamount ofthetaxinforce .
(2)Forimports ofoilfalling within this tariff subheading :
(a)produced entirely inAlgeria ,Morocco orTunisia andtransported directly from anyofthose countries totheCommunity ,the
levy tobecollected isreduced by3.86 ECU/100kg;
(b)produced entirely inTurkey andtransported directly from thatcountry totheCommunity ,thelevy tobecollected isreduced by
3.09 ECU/100 kg.
(')Forimports ofoilfalling within this tariff subheading :
(a)produced entirely inAlgeria ,Morocco orTunisia andtransported directly from anyofthose countries totheCommunity ,the
levy tobecollected isreduced by7.25 ECU /100kg;
(b)produced entirely inTurkey andtransported directly from thatcountry totheCommunity ,thelevy tobecollected isreduced by
5.80 ECU/100 kg.
ANNEX II
Import levies onother olive oilsector products
(ECU/100 kg)
CCT heading No Greece Non-member countries
07.01 NII 0.66 5.50
07.03 AII 0.66 5-50
15.17 BIa) 1.50 12-50
15.17 BIb) 2-40 20-00
23.04 AII 0.96 3-28