1.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL86/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No751/76
of31March1976
fixingtheimportleviesonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(J),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle13(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),andinparticularArti­
cles3(4)and9thereof,Whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjecttoArticle13
ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandtoArticle9of
RegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyisequaltothe
differencebetweenthethresholdpriceandthecif
price;whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjectto
Article3ofRegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyis
equaltothedifferencebetweenthethresholdprice
andthefree-at-frontier price,lessastandardamount;
Whereasthethresholdpriceandthestandardamount
arefixedbytheCouncileveryyear;whereasthe
standardamounthasbeenfixedforthe1975/76
marketingyearbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2999/75of17November 1975onthestandard
amountforunrefinedoliveoilproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity (7);whereasthethresholdpriceto
applyisfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1597/75of24June1975fixingthethresholdprice
foroliveoilforthe1975/76marketingyearapplicable
from27June1975(8);
WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifprice
andthefree-at-frontier priceinrelationtoaCommu­
nityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasthiscrossing
pointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EECof27October1966onpricemeasurestobe
appliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketingyear(9);
Whereasthosepricesmustbeestablishedonthebasis
ofthemostfavourableactualpurchasingopportuni­
ties;whereastheCommissionmust,theoretically ,
takeintoaccountalloffersforoliveoilofthetypes
listedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/
66/EECmadeontheworldmarketandontheGreek
market;whereas,iftherearenosuchoffersorifsuch
offersarenotrepresentative ,theCommissionmust
takeaccountofalloffersmadeonthewholesale
marketsintheCommunitywhicharerepresentative
fortheimportation (fromtheworldmarketandthe
Greekmarket)oftheseoils;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71of14May1971(10),amendedby
Regulation (EEC)No486/73(n),onthefixingof
leviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,that
theCommissionmustdisregardoffersforproductsof
mediocrequality,long-datedoffers,andoffersfor
smalllotsandlotspresentedinsmallcontainers;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
443/72of29February1972ontheleviesonrefined
oliveoilandoncertainproductscontainingolive
oil(4),andinparticularArticle9thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1912/74of22July1974onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(5),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
303/74of4February1974onimportsofoliveoil
fromMorocco(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
andArticle3ofRegulationNo162/66/EECrequires
theCommissiontofixalevyonunrefinedoliveoil
importedintotheCommunity ;
(»)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.OOJNoL299,19.11.1975,p.3.
(8)OJNoL163,26.6.1975,p.24.
(4)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.
(5)OJNoL202,24.7.1974,p.6.
(6)OJNoL34,7.2.1974,p.4.OOJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66.
(10)OJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.17.
(")OJNoL48,21.2.1973,p.10.

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992/72(2);whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,
differentorderivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybe
appliedforalimitedperiod;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformationthus
obtainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemost
favourableoffersonboththeworldmarketandonthe
Greekmarket;
Whereas,ifnooffercanbeconsideredforthepurpose
ofdeterminingthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontier
price,thepricepreviouslytakenintoaccountshould
bemaintained ;
Whereas,whentheleviesonrefined(olive)oil,on
olivesfallingwithinsubheadings07.01NIIand07.03
AIIandontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)of
RegulationNo136/66/EECarebeingcalculated,the
adjustmentprovidedforinArticles2,3,5(1)and
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72shouldbe
appliedtotheleviespreviouslydefinedand,inthe
caseofthosesameproductsproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity ,theadjustmentsprovidedforin
Article4(1)ofRegulationNo162/66/EECand
Articles4,5(2)and7ofRegulation (EEC)No
443/72;
WhereasArticle3ineachofRegulations (EEC)No
601/76(3)and(EEC)No602/76(4)providesthatno
levyshallbeimposedonimportsofoliveoilcakes
andotherresiduesfallingwithinsubheading23.04A
oftheCommonCustomsTariffwhichhaveanoil
contentofnotmorethan3%;
Whereasthefixedcomponentofthelevydetermined
pursuanttoArticle14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
isnotchargedonimportsofrefinedoliveoil
producedentirelyinTunisiaorMoroccoandtrans­
porteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintotheCommu­
nity;
WhereasArticle5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72
providesthatthelevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07.01NIIand07.03AIIshouldbereducedby
theamountresultingfromtheapplicationofthe
customsdutytothevalueoftheimportedproduct;
whereasthatamountwasfixedatastandardrateby
CommissiionRegulation(EEC)No617/72(5)ondeter­
miningtheincidenceofcustomsdutyonimportsof
certainolives;
Whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilfallingwithin
subheading 15.07AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,producedentirelyinSpain,TunisiaorMorocco
andtransporteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintothe
CommunityisdefinedinCouncilRegulation(EEC)whereasofferswhichareconsiderednottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendof"themarketandthoseto
whichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
appliesmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbe
considered,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarkets
ofthemainoil-producing andoil-exportingthird
countriesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetaken
intoaccountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
priceandthefree-at-frontier price;whereasinsuch
casesthosepricesshouldbeincreasedbymarketing,
loading,transportandinsurancecosts;
Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,cand
foffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71,beincreasedby1%;whereascif
offersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthantheone
referredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfortransportand
insurancecosts;whereasoffersfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreasedbytransportandinsur­
ancecostsfromthepointofshipmentorloadingto
theabovementioned frontiercrossingpointand,in
thecaseoffasoffers,byloadingcosts;
Whereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbe
reducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate ,by
forwardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstageforwhichthe
offersweremade;
Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheofferstaken
intoconsideration ,theCommission shouldtake
accountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknowledgeare
thelowest;
Whereasthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontier priqe
shouldbedeterminedfortheproductpresentedin
bulk;whereas,ifoilispresentedotherwisethanin
bulk,theconsequentincreaseinvalueshouldbe
deductedfromtheoffersforunfilteredoil,whether
virgin,extrafineorordinary,andshouldbeincreased
byanamountwhichallowforfilteringcosts;
Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethreshold
pricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductoraddtothe
offersconsidered,accordingtothetypeandqualityin
question,thevaluesresultingfromtheprovisionsof
Commission RegulationNo172/66/EECof5
November1966fixingcoefficientsofequivalencefor
thedifferenttypesandqualitiesofunrefinedolive
oil(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No(2)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
(3)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.1.
(4)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.
(5)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.3. (')OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.

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determinedonthebasisoftheofferpriceshallbe
substitutedrespectivelyforthecifpricereferredtoin
Article13ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandforthe
free-at-frontier pricereferredtoinArticle3ofRegula­
tionNo162/66/EECforonlythosequalities
concerned ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
totheofferpricesknowntotheCommissionthatthe
leviesshouldbefixedasshowninthetableannexed
tothisRegulation,No2164/70of27October1970onimportsofolive
oilfromSpain(!),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2277/71(2)andbyRegulations(EEC)No1912/74
and(EEC)No303/74;whereasthelevytobecharged
onproductsotherthanthosedefinedintheabove­
mentionedRegulationsiscalculatedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle42(a)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesshouldbefixedasfrequentlyasis
necessarytoensurestabilityoftheCommunity
marketandinsuchawayastoensurethattheycan
beappliedatleastonceaweek;whereasthelevies
previouslyfixedshouldberetainedwherevariationsin
thefactorsusedtocalculatethelevywouldleadtoan
increaseorreductionoflessthan0-50unitofaccount
insuchlevies;
Whereas,however,leviescannotbefixedinaccor­
dancewiththisperiodicityinthecaseoftheapplica­
tionoftheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18of
RegulationNo136/66/EECandduringthewholeof
theperiodinwhichtheseexportleviesapply;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatwherefreequotationsontheworld
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
vandwherethispriceislowerthanworldmarket
prices,apricedeterminedonthebasisoftheoffer
priceshallbesubstitutedforthecifpriceinrespectof
theseimportsandtheseimportsonly;
WhereasArticle1ineachofRegulations (EEC)No
601/76and(EEC)No602/76providesthatwherefree
quotationsontheworldmarketorontheGreek
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
foroneormorequalitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,apriceHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,Article3ofRegulationNo162/
66/EEC,Article9ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72,
Article5ofRegulation (EEC)No1912/74andArticle
5ofRegulation (EEC)No303/74areherebyfixedas
showninthetableannexedtothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(•)OJNoL238,29.10.1970,p.3.
(2OJNoL241,27.10.1971,p.2.

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ANNEX
Leviesonimportsfrom1April1976inu.a./lOOkg
ProductsentirelyobtainedinoneoftheseProductsnotentirelyobtained
CCT countriesandtransporteddirectlyfromoneinGreeceornottransported Third
heading ofthesecountriestotheCommunity fromthatcountrytotheCom­ countries
No munity
Greece Morocco Tunisia
07.01NII 8-377 14-377 14-377 1.5-077 14-377
07.03AII 8-377 14-277 14-277 15-077 14-277
15.07Ala) .42-820 76-068 76-068 79-268 79-268
15.07AIb) 57-480 102-110 102-110 108-110 108-110
15.07AIIa) 38-077 68-030H(3)68-030(!)(3) 68-530(3) 68-530(2)(3)
15.07AIIb) 38-077 68-030('M3)68-030(*)(3) 68-530(3) 68-530(2)(3)
15.17AI 19-039 34-265 34-265 34-265 34-265
15.17AII 30-462 54-824 54-824 54-824 54-824
23.04A(4) 3-046 5-482 5-482 5-482 5-482
(')ThelevytobechargedonimportsofthisproductisdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No303/74and(EEC)No1912/74andCoin­
missionRegulations (EEC)No1936/75and(EEC)No1937/75.
(')Thelevytobechargedonimportsofoliveoilotherthanrefined,entirelyobtainedinSpainorinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfrom
oneofthesecountriestotheCommunity ,isdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No2164/70and(EEC)No306/74andCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1938/75.
(')TheproductsfallingwithinthissubheadingaredefinedinCommission Regulations (EEC)No618/72and(EEC)No3366/75,at
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No86/76.
(4)PursuanttoArticle3ofRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(EEC)No602/76noimportlevyshallbeappliedtooliveoilcakesandother
residuesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffwhichhaveanoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.