NoL288/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.10.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3228/88
of20October1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
THECOMMISSION .OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,whereasbyRegulation(EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,whereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2210/88(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
798/87(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotlierthirdcountries:
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
MoroccoQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
799/87(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghrebcoun­
tries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbewithout
prejudicetotheadditionalamounttobedeterminedin
accordancewiththeagreementsbetweentheCommunity
andthesethirdcountries : HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
TunisiaQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson17and18October
1988leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No800/87(10),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(u);WhereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinCN
codes07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinCNcodes15220031,15220039and23069019
mustbecalculatedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableon
theoliveoilcontainedintheseproducts;whereas,
however,thelevychargedforoliveoilmaynotbeless
thananamountequalto8%ofthevalueofthe
importedproduct,suchamounttobefixedatastandard
rate;whereasapplicationoftheseprovisionsleadstothe
leviesbeingfixedasindicatedinAnnexIItothisRegula­
tion,(■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.?025/66.0OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.0OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.0OJiNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(6)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.0OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.0OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(10)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.HOJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.
(13)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

21.10.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL288/17
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21October
1988,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20October1988.
> FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

NoL288/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.10.88
ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries'
15091010 67,00(')
15091090 67,00(')
15099000 78,00(2)
15100010 67,00(')
15100090
1108,00f)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowand
transporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon:0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/100kg(')providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,TunisiaandMorocco;12,69ECU/100kgQprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaid
theexporttaxappliedBythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxin
force.
(*)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthe
thirdcountriesinquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039 1,4,74
07112090 14,74
15220031 33,50
15220039 53,60
23069019 5,36