29.7.88OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL204/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2342/88
of28July1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No<2210/88(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
798/87(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotherthirdcountries:
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Morocco(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
799/87(*),andinparticularArticle5thereof,Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghrebcoun­
tries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbewithout
prejudicetotheadditionalamounttobedeterminedin
accordancewiththeagreementsbetweentheCommunity
andthesethirdcountries; HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24.June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
TunisiaQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No800/87(10),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson25and26July1988
leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindicatedin
AnnexItothisRegulation;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(u);Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07C99039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings 15220031,15220039and
23069019ofthecombinednomenclature mustbecalcu­
latedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoil
containedintheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevy
chargedforoliveoilmaynotbelessthananamount
equalto8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplication
oftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL197,26.7.1988.
0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(<)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(«)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(*)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.0OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
HOJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.(12)OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.HOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

NoL204/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.7.88
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29July1988.Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28July1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010
15091090
15099000
15100010
1510009062,00(')
62,00(')
73,00(2)
62,00(■)
100,00(3)
()Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowand
transporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon:0,60ECU/lOOkg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/lOOkgf)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,TunisiaandMorocco;12,69ECU/lOOkgf)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaid
theexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxin
force.
(")These'amountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthethird
countriesinquestion.
(*)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/lOOkg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/lOOkg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/lOOkg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039
07112090
15220031
15220039
2306901913,64
13,64
31,00
49,60
4,96