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REGULATION (EEC)No3256/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of30November1973
fixingtheexportleviesonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/
EEC(*)of22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats,aslastamendedbvRegulation (EEC)No1707/
73n■
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/
EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfats
betweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/67/
EEC(4)of27June1967onexportrefundsandle­
viesonoliveoil,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2429/72(5),andinparticularArticle10
(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle18ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,alevyequalatmosttothedifference
betweenpricesontheworldmarketandprices
withintheCommunitymaybechargedonexports
ofoliveoilwheretheformerarehigherthanthelat­
ter;whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthecifpriceandthemar­
kettargetprice;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No320673(")
of27November1973fixedthemarkettargetprice
andtheinterventionpriceforoliveoilforthe
1973/74marketingyear;
WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifprice
foraCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereas
thispointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EEC(7)of27October1966onpricemeasuresto
beappliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketing
year;Whereasthispricemustbeestablishedonthebasis
ofthemostfavourableactualpurchasingopportuni­
ties;whereastheCommissionmust,theoretically ,
takeintoaccountallknownoffersforoliveoilof
thetypeslistedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECmadeontheworldmarket;
whereas,iftherearenosuchoffersorifsuchoffers
arenot,representative ,theCommissionmusttake
accountofalloffersmadeonthewholesalemarkets
intheCommunitywhicharerepresentative forthe
importationoftheseoils;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71(8)of14May1971onthefixing
ofleviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,
thattheCommissionmustdisregardoffersforprod­
uctsofmediocre-quality ,long-datedoffers,and
offersforsmalllotsandlotspresentedinsmall
containers ;whereasofferswhichareconsiderednot
toberepresentative oftherealtrendofthemarket
andthosetowhichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECappliesmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbecon­
sidered,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarketsof
themainoil-producing andoil-exportingthirdcoun­
triesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetakeninto
accountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
price;whereasinsuchcasesthosepricesshouldbe
increasedbymarketing,loading,transportandinsur­
ancecosts;
Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,c
andfoffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1775'69,beincreasedby1°/o;where­
ascifoffersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthan
theonereferredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfor
transportandinsurancecosts;whereasoffersfor
deliveryfas,foborotherwiseshouldbeincreasedby
transportandinsurancecostsfromthepointofship­
mentorloadingtotheabovementioned frontier
crossingpointand,inthecaseoffasoffers,byload­
ingcosts;
Whereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbere­
ducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate ,byfor­
wardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstageforwhich
theoffersweremade;(MOJNo172,30.9.1966,p.302.5/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(5)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(fl)OJNoL327,28.11.1973,p.12.
(7)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66. fH)OfNoL109,1.5..5.1971,p.17.

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immediatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding
5kg,aregrantedanexemptionfromthelevy­
amountingtosevenunitsofaccountper100kgof
oilexported;
Whereasnoexportleviesarefixedforoliveoilfall­
ingwithinsubheadingNo15.07AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,inimmediatepackingsofanetca­
pacityofmorethan5kg,unlessthedifferencere­
ferredtointhefirstsubparagraph ofArticle10(2)
ofRegulationNo171/67/BBCis2-5unitsofac­
countormore;whereasnoexportlevyisfixedfor
oliveoilfallingwithinsubheadingsNos15.07AI
and15.07AII(a),inimmediatepackingsofanet
capacitynotexceeding5kg,unlessexportsofthis
oilarelikelytocausedisturbancesontheCommu­
nitymarketortheworldmarket;whereasthelevies
arefixedasfrequentlyasisnecessarytoensuresta­
bilityoftheCommunitymarketandinsuchaway
astoensurethattheycanbeappliedatleastoncea
week;
Whereastheleviespreviouslyfixedshouldbere­
tainedwherevariationsinthefactorsusedtocalcu­
latethelevywouldleadtoanincreaseorreduction
TariffandsubheadingNo15.07II(a)referredtoin
oflessthan0-50unitofaccountper100kilogrammes
insuchlevies;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovi­
sionstotheofferpricesknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesshouldbefixedasshownintheTable
annexedtothisRegulation ,Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheoffers
takenintoconsideration ,theCommission should
takeaccountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknow­
ledgearethelowest;
"Whereasthecifpriceshouldbedeterminedforthe
productpresentedinbulk;whereas,ifoilispre­
sentedotherwisethaninbulk,theconsequentin­
creaseinvalueshouldbedeductedfromtheoffers
andtheadditionalcosttotheimporteraddedto
them;whereasoffersforunfilteredoil,whethervir­
gin,extra,fineorordinary,shouldbeincreasedby
anamountwhichallowsforfilteringcosts;
Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethres­
holdpricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductfromor
addtotheoffersconsidered,accordingtothetype
andqualityinquestion,thevaluesresultingfrom
theprovisionsofCommissionRegulationNo172/66/
EEC(*)fixingcoefficientsofequivalenceforthedif­
ferenttypesandqualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No992/72(2);
whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,differentor
derivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybeapplied
foralimitedperiod;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformationthusob­
tainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemostfavour­
ableoffersontheworldmarket;whereas,ifnoof­
fercanbeconsideredforthepurposeofdetermining
thecifprice,thepricepreviouslytakenintoaccount
shouldbemaintained ;
Whereastheexportlevyonrefinedoliveoilisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthecifpriceandthemar­
kettargetprice,thisdifferencebeingadjustedaspro­
videdforinArticles2or3,asthecasemaybe,of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No443/72(3)of29Febru­
ary1972ontheleviesonrefinedoliveoilandoncer­
tainproductscontainingoliveoil;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No616/72(4)of27March1972onde­
tailedrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsand
leviesonoliveoil,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2563/72(5),exportsofoliveoilfallingwithin
subheadingNo15.07AIoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandsubheadingNo15.07AIIa)referredtoin
thefirstindentofArticle2ofthatRegulation,inHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
(l)OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.
(*)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
(3)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.
(4)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(5)OJNoL274,7.12.1972,p.1I.TheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECareherebyfixedasshownin
theTableannexedtothisRegulation .

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Article2 Theleviesshallapplytoproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingNo15.07Ainimmediatepackingsofanet
capacityexceeding5kg.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Decem'
ber1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30November1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
LeviesonoliveoiltothirdcountriesandGreece
CCTheadingNo Amountsinu.a./100kg
ex15.07Ala) 16-458
ex15.07Alb) ; 22-092
ex15.07AII ! 14-827