23.3.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL72/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No540/79
of22March1979
fixingminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesontheimporta ^
tionofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(n)theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2751/78of
23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesfor
fixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(12)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeach
oftheproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesitua­
tionontheworldorGreekmarketsandtheCommu­
nitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(l),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1562/78(2),andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2749/78of23November1978ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece(3),andin
particularArticle5(2)thereof,
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(4),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2761/78(5),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMorocco(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisia(7),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(8),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2766/78(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrules
fortheimportationofoliveoilfromLebanon(10),Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson19and20March
1979leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexItothisRegulation;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithin
subheadings 07.01NIIand07.03AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings15.17BIand23.04AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffmustbecalculatedfromthe
minimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoilcontained
intheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevycharged
foroliveoilmaynotbelessthananamountequalto
8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplica­
tionoftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixed
asindicatedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(»)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1.
(')OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.1.
(«)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(5)OJNoL332,29.11.1978,p.13.
(<>)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(8)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(»)OJNoL332,29.11.1977,p.26.
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23March
1979.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
15.07AIa) 27-00(') 52-00(')
15.07AIb) 26-00(•) 49-00(!)
15.07AIc) 30-00(') 54-00(')
15.07AIIa) 33-00 61-00(2)
15.07AIIb) 46-00 86-00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Greece,SpainandLebanon :0-50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:18-50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;
however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20-SOu.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
thosecountries ,however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(;)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby,3.20u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyamitransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
2.56u.a./100kg.
(•')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
480u.a./100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(u.a./100i)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
07.01NII 5-72 10-78
07.03AII 5-72 10-78
15.17BIa) 13-00 24-50
15.17BIb) 20-80 39-20
23.04AII 2-40 4-32