NoL18/922.1.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No157/88
of21January1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotherthirdcountries;
Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghrebcoun­
tries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbewithout
prejudicetotheadditionalamounttobedeterminedin
accordancewiththeagreementsbetweentheCommunity
andthesethirdcountries;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishmentofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3994/87(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onImportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
798/87(4),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Morocco(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
799/87(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(");
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson18and19January
1988leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclatureand
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(H)introducesfrom1
January1988anewcombinednomenclaturemeetingthe
requirementsofboththeCommonCustomsTariffand
theCommunity'sstatisticsofforeigntradeandreplacing
thepreviousnomenclature ;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings 15220031,15220039and
23069019ofthecombinednomenclaturemustbecalcu­
latedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoil
containedintheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevy
chargedforoliveoilmaynotbelessthananamount
equalto8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplication
oftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2OJNoL377,31.12.1987.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.nOJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
6OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(«)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.
(9)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(10)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(»)OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
(12)OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.(>3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.MOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

NoL18/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.1.88
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22January
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ,
DoneatBrussels,21January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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