4.1.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL3/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No18/85
of3January1985
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
rulesforfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilby
tender(l2)specifiesthattheminimumlevyrateshall
befixedforeachoftheproductsconcernedonthe
basisofthesituationontheworldmarketandthe
Communitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;
Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghreb
countries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbe
withoutprejudicetotheadditionalamounttobe
determinedinaccordancewiththeagreements
betweentheCommunityandthesethirdcountries;
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson31December1984
and1January1985leadstotheminimumlevies
beingfixedasindicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
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)No2260/84(2),
andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No663/84(4),andinparticularArticle5
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMoroccoQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No663/84andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisia(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1112/84Q,andinparticularArticle5
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
664/84(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theimportationofoliveoilfromLebanon(l0);
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(")theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneral
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL208,3.8.1984,p.1.
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL73,16.3.1984,p.10.
OOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(o)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
OOJNoL108,25.4.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.0OJNoL73,16.3.1984,p.11.
HOJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
(")OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60. (n)OJNoL331j28.11.1978,p.6.

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Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.,Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4January
1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3January1985.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Non-member countries
15.07AIa) 56,00(')
15.07AIb) 62,00(')
15.07AIc) 60,00(')
15.07AIIa) 70,00(2)
15.07AIIb) 95,00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecoun­
trieslistedbelowandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevy
tobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)SpainandLebanon :0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthe
taxinforce;
(c)AlgeriaandMorocco:12,69ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofof
havingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythosecountries;however,therepaymentmaynotexceed
theamountofthetaxinforce.
(d)Tunisia:12,69ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidthe
exporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthe
taxinforce.
(*)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunity
andthethirdcountries ,inquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthose
countriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthose
countriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Non-member countries
07.01NII 13,64
07.03AII 13,64
15.17BIa) 31,00
15.17BIb) 49,60
23.04AII 4,80