NoL303/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.11.75
REGULATION (EEC)No3046/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of21November 1975
fixingtheimportleviesonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(1)of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle13(4)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/
66/EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andinparti­
cularArticles3(4)and9thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
443/72(4)of29February1972onthelevieson
refinedoliveoilandoncertainproductscontaining
oliveoilandoncertainproductscontainingoliveoil,
andinparticularArticle9thereof;Whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjecttoArticle13
ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandtoArticle9of
RegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyisequaltothe
differencebetweenthethresholdpriceandthecif
price;whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjectto
Article3ofRegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyis
equaltothedifferencebetweenthethresholdprice
andthefree-at-frontier price,lessastandardamount;
Whereasthethresholdpriceandthestandardamount
arefixedbytheCouncileveryyear;whereasthe
standardamounthasbeenfixedforthe1975/1976
marketingyearbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2999/75(7)of17November1975onthestandard
amountforunrefinedoliveoilproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity ;whereasthethresholdpricetoapply
isfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1597/75of
24June1975fixingthethresholdpriceforoliveoil
forthe1975/1976marketingyearapplicablefrom27
June1975(8);
WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifprice
andthefree-at-frontier priceinrelationtoaCommu­
nityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasthiscrossing
pointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EEC(9)of27October1966onpricemeasuresto
beappliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketing
year;
Whereasthosepricesmustbeestablishedonthebasis
ofthemostfavourableactualpurchasingopportuni­
ties;whereastheCommissionmust,theoretically ,
takeintoaccountalloffersforoliveoilofthetypes
listedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/
66/EECmadeontheworldmarketandontheGreek
market;whereas,iftherearenosuchoffersorifsuch
offersarenotrepresentative ,theCommissionmust
takeaccountofalloffersmadeonthewholesale
marketsintheCommunitywhicharerepresentative
fortheimportation (fromtheworldmarketandthe
Greekmarket)oftheseoils;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71(10)of14May1971,amendedby
Regulation (EEC)No486/73(u),onthefixingof
leviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,that
theCommissionmustdisregardoffersforproductsofHavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1912/74(5)of22July1974onimportsofoliveoil
fromTunisia,andinparticularArticle5thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
303/74(6)of4February1974onimportsofoliveoil
fromMorocco,andinparticularArticle5thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
andArticle3ofRegulationNo162/66/EECrequires
theCommissiontofixalevyonunrefinedoliveoil
importedintotheCommunity ;
')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
*)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
4)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.
»)OJNoL202,24.7.1974,p.6.
<)OJNoL34,7.2.1974,p.4.OOJNoL299,19.11.1975,p.3.
(8)OJNoL163,26.6.1975,p.24.
(')OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66.
(10)OJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.17.
(»)OJNoL48,21.2.1973,p.10.

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mediocrequality,long-datedoffers,andoffersfor
smalllotsandlotspresentedinsmallcontainers;
whereasofferswhichareconsiderednottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketandthoseto
whichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
appliesmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbe
considered,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarkets
ofthemainoil-producing andoil-exportingthird
countriesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetaken
intoaccountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
priceandthefree-at-frontier price;whereasinsuch
casesthosepricesshouldbeincreasedbymarketing,
loading,transportandinsurancecosts;
Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,cand
foffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71,beincreasedby1%;whereascif
offersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthantheone
referredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfortransportand
insurancecosts;whereasoffersfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreasedbytransportandinsur­
ancecostsfromthepointofshipmentorloadingto
theabovementioned frontiercrossingpointand,in
thecaseoffasoffers,byloadingcosts;CommissionRegulationNo172/66/EEC(1)ofJ
November1966fixingcoefficientsofequivalencefoi
thedifferenttypesandqualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No992/72(2)
whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,differentoi
derivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybeappliedfoi
alimitedperiod;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformation thus
obtainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemosl
favourableoffersonboththeworldmarketandonthe
Greekmarket;,
Whereas,ifnooffercanbeconsideredforthepurpose
ofdeterminingthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontiei
price,thepricepreviouslytakenintoaccountshould
bemaintained ;
Whereas,whentheleviesonrefined(olive)oil,on
olivesfallingwithinsubheadings07.01NIIand07.03
AIIandontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)ol
RegulationNo136/66/EECarebeingcalculated,the
adjustmentprovidedforinArticles2,3,5(1)and
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72shouldbe
appliedtotheleviespreviouslydefinedand,inthe
caseofthosesameproductsproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountryintc
theCommunity,theadjustmentsprovidedforin
Article4(1)ofRegulationNo162/66/EECand
Articles4,5(2)and7ofRegulation(EEC)Nc
443/72;
Whereasthefixedcomponentofthelevydeterminec
pursuanttoArticle14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
isnotchargedonimportsofrefinedoliveoil
producedentirelyinTunisiaorMoroccoandtrans­
porteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintotheCommu­
nity;
WhereasArticle5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72
providesthatthelevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07.01NIIand07.03AIIshouldbereducedb)
theamountresultingfromtheapplicationofthe
customsdutytothevalueoftheimportedproduct
whereasthatamountwasfixedatastandardrateby
CommissiionRegulation(EEC)No617/72(3)ondeter­
miningtheincidenceofcustomsdutyonimportsol
certainolives;
Whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilfallingwithin
subheading15.07AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,producedentirelyinSpain,TunisiaorMoroccc
andtransporteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintothe
CommunityisdefinedinCouncilRegulation (EECWhereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbe
reducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate,by
forwardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstageforwhichthe
offersweremade:
Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheofferstaken
intoconsideration ,theCommission shouldtake
accountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknowledgeare
thelowest:
Whereasthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontier price
shouldbedeterminedfortheproductpresentedin
bulk;whereas,ifoilispresentedotherwisethanin
bulk,theconsequentincreaseinvalueshouldbe
deductedfromtheoffersforunfilteredoil,whether
virgin,extrafineorordinary,andshouldbeincreased
byanamountwhichallowforfilteringcosts;
Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethreshold
pricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductoraddtothe
offersconsidered,accordingtothetypeandqualityin
question,thevaluesresultingfromtheprovisionsof(')OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.
(2)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
(3)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.3.

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No2164/70(*)of27October1970onimportsof
oliveoilfromSpain,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2277/71(2)andbyRegulations(EEC)No1912/74
and(EEC)No303/74;whereasthelevytobecharged
onproductsotherthanthosedefinedintheabove­
mentionedRegulationsiscalculatedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle42(a)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesshouldbefixedasfrequentlyasis
necessarytoensurestabilityoftheCommunity
marketandinsuchawayastoensurethattheycan
beappliedatleastonceaweek;whereasthelevies
previouslyfixedshouldberetainedwherevariationsin
thefactorsusedtocalculatethelevywouldleadtoan
increaseorreductionoflessthan0-50unitofaccount
insuchlevies;
Whereas,however,leviescannotbefixedinaccor­
dancewiththisperiodicityinthecaseoftheapplica­
tionoftheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18of
RegulationNo136/66/EECandduringthewholeof
theperiodinwhichtheseexportleviesapply;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatwherefreequotationsontheworld
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
andwherethispriceislowerthanworldmarket
prices,apricedeterminedonthebasisoftheoffer
priceshallbesubstitutedforthecifpriceinrespectof
theseimportsandtheseimportsonly;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25.%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
totheofferpricesknowntotheCommissionthatthe
leviesshouldbefixedasshownintheTableannexed
tothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,Article3ofRegulationNo162/
66/EEC,Article9ofRegulation (EEC)No443/72,
Article5ofRegulation(EEC)No1912/74andArticle
5of.Regulation(EEC)No303/74areherebyfixedas
shownintheTableannexedtothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24
November1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21November1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL238,29.10.1970,p.3.
(2)OJNoL241,27.10.1971,p.2.

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ANNEX
Leviesonimportsfrom24November1975inu.a./100kg
CCT
heading
NoProductsentirelyobtainedinoneofthese
countriesandtransporteddirectlyfromoneofthesecountriestotheCommunityProductsnotentirelyobtained
inGreeceornottransported
fromthatcountrytotheCom­
munityThird
countries
Greece Morocco Tunisia
07.01NII 2-413 7-627 7-627 8-327 7-627
07.03AII 2-413 7-527 7-527 8-327 7-527
15.07AIa) 12-729 42-015 42-015 45-215 45-215
15.07AIb) 17-087 56-398 56-398 62-398 62-398
15.07AII 10-968 37-351(»)37-351(*) 37-'851 37-851(2)
15.17AI 5-484 18-926 18-926 18-926 18-926
15.17AII 8-774 30-281 30-281 30-281 30-281
23.04A 0-877 3-028 3-028 3-028 3-028
(')ThelevytobechargedonimportsofthisproductisdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No303/74and(EEC)No1912/74andCom
missionRegulations (EEC)No1936/75and(EEC)No1937/75.
(•)Thelevytobechargedonimportsofoliveoilotherthanrefined,entirelyobtainedinSpainorinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfrom
oneofthesecountriestotheCommunity,isdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No2164/70and(EEC)No306/74andCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1938/75.