NoL11/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.1.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No90/88
of14January1988
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
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
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(f),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
tationofoliveoilfromLebanonf11);
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78(12)the
Commissiondecidedtousethetenderingprocedureto
fixleviesonoliveoil;Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson11and12January
1988leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedas
indicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature and
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(14)introducesfrom1
January1988anewcombinednomenclaturemeetingthe
requirements ofboththeCommonCustomsTariffand
theCommunity'sstatisticsofforeigntradeandreplacing
thepresentnomenclature ;
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987.Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07099039and07112090andonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings 15220031,15220039and
23069019ofthecombinednomenclature mustbecalcu­
latedfromtheminimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoil
containedintheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevy
chargedforoliveoilmaynotbelessthananamount
equalto8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplication
oftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexIItothisRegulation,(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(4)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.11.
0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43
(«)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.12
oOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(8)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.1.
0OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
(10)OJNoL79,21.3.1987,p.13
(")OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.
HOJNoL370,30.12.1978.p.60(13)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.
HOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Artich1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoilsector
productsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15January
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,14January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
15091010 62,00(')
15091090 62,00(')
15099000 73,00(2)
15100010 62,00(')
15100090 100,00(3)
(')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelow
andtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Lebanon :0,60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey,i1,48ECU/100kg(')providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttax
appliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria.TunisiaandMorocco;12,69ECU/100kg(*)providedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaid
theexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxin
foro.
(')TheseamountsmaybeincreasedbyanadditionalamounttobedeterminedbytheCommunityandthethird
countriesinquestion.
(2)Forimportsofoiltailingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3,86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby3,09ECU/100kg.
(3)Forimportsofoiltailingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestothe
Community ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby7,25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevytobe
collectedisreducedby5,80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Non-member countries
07099039 13,64
07112090 13,64
152200,31 31,00
15220039 49,60
23069019 4,96