16.12.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL354/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3554/83
of15December 1983
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
fixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(")speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeach
oftheproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituation
ontheworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketand
ofthelevyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;
Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghreb
countries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbe
withoutprejudicetotheadditionalamounttobe
determinedinaccordancewiththeagreements
betweentheCommunityandthesethirdcountries;
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledaboveto5the
levyratesindicatedbytendererson12and13
December1983leadstotheminimumleviesbeing
fixedasindicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithin
subheadings 07.01NIIand07.03AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings15.17BIand23.04AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffmustbecalculatedfromthe
minimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoilcontainedin
theseproducts;whereas,however,thelevychargedfor
oliveoilmaynotbelessthananamountequalto8%
ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,suchamountto
befixedatastandardrate;whereasapplicationof
theseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1413/82(2),
andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3488/82(4),andinparticularArticle5
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMorocco(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3488/82,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisia(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3488/82,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3489/82(8),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theimportationofoliveoilfromLebanonf),
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December 1978(1°)theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No2751/78of
23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesforHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL162,12.6.1982,p.6.
P)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(«)OJNoL372,30.12.1982,p.13.
(sOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.(6)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(7OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(8)OJNoL372,30.12.1982,p.14.
(')OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
HOJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60. (")OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

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Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16December
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Non-member countries
15.07A1a) 60,50(')
15.07Alb) 54,00(')
15.07AIc) 54,00(')
15.07AIIa) 63,00(2)
15.07AIIb) 87,00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecoun­
trieslistedbelowandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevy
tobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)SpainandLebanon:0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthe
taxinforce;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:12,69ECU/100kgf)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofof
havingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythosecountries;however,therepaymentmaynotexceed
theamountofthetaxinforce.
(*)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunity
andthethirdcountriesinquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthose
countriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthose
countriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Non-member countries
07.01N11 11,88
07.03AII 11,88
15.17BIa) 27,00
15.17BIb) 43,20
23.04AII 4,32