23.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL293/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2578/76
of22October1976
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
minationofoffersofoliveoilontheworldmarket
andtheGreekmarket(10),laysdownthecriteriafor
fixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
Whereasthatratemustbefixedforeachofthe
productsconcernedonthebasisofanexaminationof
theworldorGreekmarketsandoftheCommunity
market,andalsoofthelevyratesindicatedbythe
tenderers ;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakenoftheoilcontentof
productsotherthanoliveoil;whereas,however,no
leviesareappliedtoimportsofoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentof
notmorethan3%;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakeninapplyingthelevy
oftheprovisionsoftheagreementsbetweenthe
Community andcertainnon-member countries;
whereas,inparticular,thelevymustbecalculatedon
thebasisofthelevytobecollectedonimportsfrom
non-member countries ;
WhereasCommisionRegulation (EEC)No2526/76of
18October1976("),hasforeseenaspecialtendering
procedureforfixingthelevyonoliveoil;
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytenderersbetween16
and21October1976resultsinthefixingofthe
minimumleviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(3),
HavingregardtoCouncilReguation(EEC)No601/76
of15March1976layingdownspecialmeasuresin
particularforthedetermination oftheoffersofolive
oilontheworldmarket(4),andinparticularArticle2
(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
602/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(9),theCommissiondecidedtousethetendering
proceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1046/76of4May1976ondetailedrulesforthe
implementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthedeter­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66. AttiiIt20OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23October
1976.(4)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.1.
(5)OJNoL72,18.3.1976,p.3.
(b)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(8)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
9)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.(I0)OJNoL119,6.5.1976,p.7.
(")OJNoL287,19.10.1976,p.5.

NoL293/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.10.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22October1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(n.J./100kg>)
c:cr
heading
NoGreece Non-member countries
07.01NII 8-000 15-000
07.03All 8-000 ¡44-000
15.07AIa) 45-000 62-000(')
15.07AIb) 61000 112-000(-)
15.07AIIa) 42-500(J) 52-000(3)
15.07AIIb) 42-500(3) 71-000(})
15.17AI 20-000 35000
15.17AII 32-000 57-000
23.04A 3-000 5-000(*)
(')ForimportsofoilhillingwithintinstariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbvV20u.a./100kg.
(-')ForimportsotoiltailingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedbv6u.a./100kg.
()Forimportsotoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneotthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0-50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey :0.50u.a./100kg,inaddition,andprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbv
Turkey,thelevyisreducedbv4.5u.a/100kg,
(c)Algeria.Morocco,Tunisia :2050u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bvthosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountotthetaxinforce.
(;)PursuanttoArticle\otRegulations (EEC)No601/76and(FTC)No602/"b,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading2104AottheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.