NoL184/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.7.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1657/77
of22July1977
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3188/76of23December1976ondetailedrules
fortheimplementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthe
determination ofoffersofoliveoilontheworld
marketandtheGreekmarket(u),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No983/77(u),laysdownthe
criteriaforfixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
Whereasthatratemustbefixedforeachofthe
productsconcernedonthebasisofanexaminationof
theworldorGreekmarketsandoftheCommunity
market,andalsoofthelevyratesindicatedbythe
tenderers;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakenoftheoilcontentof
productsotherthanoliveoil;whereas,however,no
leviesareappliedtoimportsofoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentof
notmorethan3%;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakeninapplyingthelevy
oftheprovisionsoftheagreementsbetweenthe
Community andcertainnon-member countries;
whereas,inparticular,thelevymustbecalculatedon
thebasisofthelevytobecollectedonimportsfrom
non-member countries;
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytendererson18and19
July1977resultsinthefixingoftheminimumlevies
asshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2843/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheworldmarket(4),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2844/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation(EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(10),theCommission decidedtousethe
tenderingproceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex.
(■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5. Article2
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.4.
(5)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.6.
(6)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23July
1977.
(8)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
HOJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.HOJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.(")OJNoL359,30.12.1976,p.26.
(12)OJNoL118,11.5.1977,p.7.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22July1977fixingtheminimumimportleviesonolive
oil
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 700 900
07.03AII 700 800
15.07AIa) 2600(3) 51-50(3)
15.07AIb) 26-00(3) 54-50(3)
15.07AIc) 3500(3) 59-00(3)
15.07AIIa) 3500 64-00(·)
15.07AIIb) 5400 110-50(2)
15.17AI 1600 21-00
15.17All 2600 34-00
23.04A 300(4) 3-00(♦)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3-20u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
2-50u.a./100kg.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
4-80u.a./100kg.
(')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%.