24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL22/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.1.69
REGULATION (EEC)No153/69OFTHECOMMISSION
of27January1969
ondetailedrulesconcerningtheadvancefixingoftheimportlevyonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNoArticle1136/66/EEC1of22September1966onthe
establishment ofacommonorganisation ofthe
marketinoilsandfats,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)'No2146/68,2andinparticular
Article16(2)thereof;1.TheamountofthedepositreferredtoinArticle
2ofRegulation (EEC)No19/69shallbe4unitsof
accountper100kilogrammesnetofoliVeoil.
2.Thedepositmaybelodgedincashorinthe
formofaguaranteeconformingtothecriterialaid
downbyeachMemberState.
Article2HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
162/66/EEC3of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andin
particularArticle8thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No19/694of20
December1968ontheadvancefixingofthelevyon
importsofoliveoillaiddowngeneralrulesforthe
advancefixingofthelevy;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No19/69
providesthatapplicationsfortheadvancefixingof
thelevymustbeaccompanied byadepositwhich,
exceptincaseofforcemajeure,isforfeitedinwhole
orinpartifimportationisnoteffectedwithinthe
periodspecifiedinthatRegulation ;whereastothis
endthedepositsystem—theamountofthedeposit
andtheconditionsunderwhichitmaybeforfeited
—shouldbedefined;
Whereas,inviewofnormalpracticeintheoliveoil
trade,provisionshouldbemadeforacertainmargin
betweenthequantityimportedandthequantityin
respectofwhichtheapplicationforadvancefixing
waslodged;1.Thewholedepositshallbeforfeitedifthe
quantityofoliveoilimportedduringtheperiodof
validityoftheadvancefixingdoesnotamounttoat
least5%ofthequantityshownontheimport
licence.
2.Partofthedepositshallbeforfeitedifthe
quantityofoliveoilimportedduringthatperiodof
validityis5%ormorebutlessthan95%ofthe
quantityshownontheimportlicence.Insuchcases
theproportionofthedeposittobeforfeitedshallbe
calculatedonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
quantityshownonthelicence,less5%,andthe
quantityimported.
Article3
1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.1.Ifimportationcannotbeeffectedduringthe
periodofvalidityoftheadvancefixingforreasonsof
forcemajeure,theMemberStateconcernedshall
decidethattheobligationtoimportisannulledand
thatthedepositshallnotbeforfeited.However,if
thepartyconcernedsorequests,theMemberState
mayextendtheperiodofvalidityoftheadvance2OJNoL314,31.12.1968,p.1.
3OJNo197,29.11.1966,p.3393/66.
4OJNoL3,7.1.1969,p.2.

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wasindicatedtothecompetentauthorityatleast
sevendaysbeforethecaseofforcemajeureoccurred.
3.MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionof
thecircumstances whichtheyconsidertoconstitute
casesofforcemajeure.fixingforaslongasisconsiderednecessaryinview
ofthecircumstances invoked.
Wheretheperiodofvalidityoftheadvancefixingis
extended,theamountofthelevyfixedinadvance
shallbecorrectedonthebasisofthethresholdpricc
inforceduringthemonthofimportation .
2.Ifacircumstance affectingtheexporting
countryisinvokedasacaseofforcemajeure,that
circumstancecannotberecognisedassuchunlessthe•
exportingcountrywasenteredonthecertificateorArticle4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10February
1969.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27January1969.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY