26.10.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL269/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2345/79
of25October1979
fixingminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesontheimporta­
tionofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(")theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No2751/78of
23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesfor
fixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(12)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeach
oftheproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesitua­
tionontheworldorGreekmarketsandtheCommu­
nitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
590/79(2),andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2749/78of23November1978ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece(3),andin
particularArticle5(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(4),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2761/78(5),andinparticularArticle5thereof,Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;'
Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson22and23
October1979leadstotheminimumleviesbeing
fixedasindicatedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79of29
March 1979(13)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginMorocco(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginTunisia(7),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2761/78,andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(8),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2766/78(9),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1620/77of18July1977layingdowndetailedrules
^fortheimportationofoliveoilfromLebanon(10),Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithin
subheadings 07.01NIIand,07.03AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandonproductsfalling
withinsubheadings15.17BIand23.04AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffmustbecalculatedfromthe
minimumlevyapplicableontheoliveoilcontained
intheseproducts;whereas,however,thelevycharged
foroliveoilmaynotbelessthananamountequalto
8%ofthevalueoftheimportedproduct,such
amounttobefixedatastandardrate;whereasapplica­
tionoftheseprovisionsleadstotheleviesbeingfixed
asindicatedinAnnexIItothisRegulation ,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(:)OJNoL78,30.3.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.1.
(4)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
5)O)NoL332,29.11.1978,p.13.
b)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
-")OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
s)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
")OJNoL332,29.11.1978,p.26.
10)0(NoL181,21.7,1977,p.4.(")OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.
('-)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.
(>3)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

NoL269/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.10.79
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26October
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(ECU/100k»)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
15.07AIa) 7.00(') 36.00(')
15.07AIb) 3.00(') 23.00(')
15.07AIc) 12.00(') 41.00(')
15.07AIIa) 5.00 38-00(2)
15.07AIIb) 2000 68.00(3)
(')Forimportsotoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Greece,SpainandLebanon :0.60ECU/100kg;
(b)Turkey:22.36ECU/100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;
however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia :24"7XECU/100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bythosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(-')Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby3.86ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
3.09ECU/100kg.
(J)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby7.25ECU/100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
5.80ECU/100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
(ECU/100k»)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-member countries
07.01NII 0.66 5-06
07.03AII 0.66 5.06
15.17BIa)1-50 11-50
15.17BIb) 2.40 18.40
23.04AII 0.96 3-28