31.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No859/88
of30March1988
fixingtheminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesonthe
importationofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2751/78of23November1978layingdowngeneralrules
forfixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(13)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeachof
theproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesituationon
theworldmarketandtheCommunitymarketandofthe
levyratesindicatedbytenderers;
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevy,accountshouldbe
takenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainthirdcountries;whereasinparti­
cularthelevyapplicableforthosecountriesmustbefixed
takingasabasisforcalculationthelevytobecollectedon
importsfromtheotherthirdcountries;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966Ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3994/87(2),andin
particularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1514/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Algeria(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
798/87Jfl,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1521/76
of24June1976'onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Morocco^,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
799/87(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,Whereas,withregardtoTurkeyandtheMaghrebcoun­
tries,theprovisionsofthisRegulationshouldbewithout
prejudicetotheadditionalamounttobedeterminedin
accordancewiththeagreementsbetweentheCommunity
andthesethirdcountries:
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson28and29March
1988leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1508/76
of24June1976onimportsofoliveoiloriginatingin
Tunisia^,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
413/86(®),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1180/77
of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No800/87(10),andin
particularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1620/77
of18July1977layingdowndetailedrulesfortheimpor­
tationofoliveoilfromLebanon(");WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature and
OntheCommonCustomsTariff(M)introducesfrom1
January1988anewcombinednomenclaturemeetingthe
requirements ofboththeCommonCustomsTariffand
theCommunity'sstatisticsofforeigntradeandreplacing
thepreviousnomenclature ;
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings 15220031,15220039and
23069019ofthecombinednomenclature mustbecalcu­
latedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoil
containedintheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevy
chargedforoliveoilmaynotbelessthananamount
equalto8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplication
oftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.30.0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(4)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.
(,#)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13.
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
HOJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.HOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.
O4)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

NoL87/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.88
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3,
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. 1
DoneatBrussels,30March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIÈSSEN
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/100kg;
(b)Turkey:11,48ECU/100kgf)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,TunisiaandMorocco;12,69ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaid.
theexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxin
force.
(*)TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthethird
countriesinquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg; >
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthissubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039
07112090
15220031
15220039
2306901913,64
13,64
31,00
49,60
4,96