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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1215/85
of8May1985
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
rulesforfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilby
tender(,2)specifiesthattheminimumlevyrateshall
befixedforeachoftheproductsconcernedonthe
basisofthesituationontheworldmarketandthe
Communitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;
Whereas,withregardtoAlgeria,theprovisionsofthis
Regulationshouldbewithoutprejudicetotheaddi­
tionalamounttobedeterminedinaccordancewith
theagreementsbetweentheCommunityandthisthird
country;
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson6and7May1985
leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindicated
inAnnexItothisRegulation ;
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)No683/85(2),
andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No663/84(4),andinparticularArticle5
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMorocco(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No436/85(*),andinparticularArticle5
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisiaQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No436/85,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
435/85(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theimportationofoliveoilfromLebanon(10);
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(u)theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.(2)OJNoL75,16.3.1985,p.7.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(*)OJNoL73,16.3.1984,p.10.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.(jOJNoL52,22.2.1985,p.2.
f)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(*)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
0OJNoL52,22.2.1985,p.1.
(10)OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
(")OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60. (>2)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

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Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9May1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8May1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Non-member countries
15.07AIa) 62,00(')
15.07AIb) 65,00(')
15.07Ale) 60,00(')
15.07AIIa) 77,00(2)
15.07AIIb) 95,00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecoun­
trieslistedbelowandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevy
tobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)SpainandLebanon:0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:22,36ECU/100,kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthe
taxinforce;
(c)Algeria:12,69ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcounty;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthe
taxinforce.
(d)TunisiaandMorocco:24,78ECU/100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhaving
paidtheexporttaxappliedbythosecountrieshowever,therepaymentmaynotexceedthe
amountofthetaxinforce.
(*)ThisamountmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunity
andthethirdcountryinquestion.
(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
07.01NII 14,30
07.03AII 14,30
15.17BIa) 32,50
15.17BIb) 52,00
23.04AII 4,80