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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 39/81

OF 1 JANUARY 1981

AUTHORIZING THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO APPLY A TEMPORARY SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF IMPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND VEGETABLE OILS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 72 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 82 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION LAYS DOWN THAT GREECE MAY , UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1983 , APPLY THE SYSTEM OF IMPORT CONTROL OF OILSEEDS AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS THAT IT APPLIED ON 1 JANUARY 1979 , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS ;

WHEREAS , FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SAID CONTROL , GREECE SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO APPLY A SYSTEM OF IMPORT DOCUMENTS TOGETHER WITH PROVISION OF A SECURITY TO GUARANTEE THAT THE OPERATIONS FOR WHICH THE DOCUMENTS WERE APPLIED FOR ARE ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT ; WHEREAS THE MAXIMUM QUANTITIES BEYOND WHICH GREECE MAY SUSPEND THE ISSUE OF DOCUMENTS SHOULD ALSO BE FIXED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MAY APPLY , UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1983 , A SYSTEM OF IMPORT CONTROL FOR OILSEEDS AND VEGETABLE OILS , ACCORDING TO THE RULES LAID DOWN IN THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MAY MAKE THE RELEASE FOR CONSUMPTION ON ITS TERRITORY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO PRODUCTION OF AN IMPORT DOCUMENT :

CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*

12.01*OILSEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT , WHOLE OR BROKEN : *

*B . OTHER*

15.07*FIXED VEGETABLE OILS , FLUID OR SOLID , CRUDE , REFINED OR PURIFIED : *

*D . OTHER OILS*

ARTICLE 3

1 . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL ISSUE THE IMPORT DOCUMENT TO ANY INTERESTED PARTY WHO SO APPLIES , WHEREVER HE MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMUNITY .

2 . EACH APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SECURITY TO GUARANTEE FULFILMENT OF THE UNDERTAKING TO RELEASE THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FOR CONSUMPTION DURING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE DOCUMENT AND WHICH SHALL BE FORFEIT , IN WHOLE OR IN PART , IF THE OPERATION IS NOT CARRIED OUT WITHIN THAT PERIOD OR IS ONLY PARTLY CARRIED OUT .

3 . THE DOCUMENTS SHALL BE ISSUED FOR NOT MORE THAN THE QUANTITY STATED IN THE APPLICATIONS .

WHERE THE TOTAL QUANTITIES STATED IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR DOCUMENTS EXCEED THE CEILING REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MAY SUSPEND THE ISSUE OF DOCUMENTS .

ARTICLE 4

1 . APPLICATIONS FOR DOCUMENTS PUT FORWARD DURING 1981 SHALL BE GRANTED WITHIN AN OVERALL CEILING OF 25 000 TONNES OF OIL .

2 . FOR 1982 AND 1983 , THE CEILING FIGURES SHALL BE FIXED BY THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION .

THESE CEILINGS SHALL BE FIXED AT LEVELS WHICH WILL ALLOW A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE SYSTEM APPLICABLE AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1984 .

3 . THE OIL YIELD OF OILSEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING PARAGRAPH 1 . THIS YIELD MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE OF YIELDS OBTAINED IN COMMUNITY OIL MILLS .

ARTICLE 5

THE DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ( 1 ) .

ARTICLE 6

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . F . VAN DER MEI

( 1 ) OJ NO 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , P . 3025/66 .