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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1870/83

of 7 July 1983

authorizing the Hellenic Republic to suspend in 1983 the customs duties applicable on import of certain oil seeds and oleaginous fruits

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 64 (4) thereof,

Whereas, for certain products within heading Nos 12.01, 15.07 and 15.12 of the Common Customs Tariff, the basic duties are fixed in Article 64 (3) of the Act of Accession; whereas this very high level may jeopardize the regular supply of raw materials for Greek processing industries; whereas Greece has applied for authorization, under Article 64 (4) (a) of the Act of Accession, to suspend customs duties on certain quantities of the products in question;

Whereas importers must be guaranteed free access to the quotas laid down for the products in question;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3471/82 of the Commission (2) authorized the Hellenic Republic to suspend, for the first six months of 1983, customs duties for certain quantities;

Whereas during the above period the quantities fixed by the above Regulation have not been fully used; whereas the Hellenic Republic should be given the possibility, for the second six months of 1983, to suspend customs duties for a quantity equal to that laid down for the first six months, supplemented by the remainder of the quantities fixed for the latter period; whereas for reasons of administrative simplification, a quantity should be fixed for the whole of 1983, while repealing the aforementioned Regulation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Hellenic Republic is hereby authorized to suspend the customs duties applicable on import from the Community of Nine or from non-member countries of the products given in the Annex hereto for the quantities there given, at the level given against each.

This authorization shall be valid from 1 January to 31 December 1983.

Article 2

Greece shall ensure that importers of the products in question have free access to the quantities given in the Annex.

With regard to products within subheading 15.12 B of the Common Customs Tariff, Greece shall communicate to the Commission the measures taken to ensure distribution of the said quantities amongst the operators in question.

Article 3

Greece shall inform the Commission at the beginning of each quarter of importers entered during the previous quarter against the quantities given in the Annex.

Article 4

Regulation (EEC) No 3471/82 is hereby repealed.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1983.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 291, 19. 11. 1979, p. 9.

(2) OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1982, p. 27.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4,5 // // // // // // // // Customs duty rate // 1.2.3.4.5 // CCT heading No // Description // Quantity (tonnes) // Third countries // Community of Nine // // // // // // 12.01 // Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken: // // // // // ex B. Other, excluding linseed and castorseed // 35 000 (1) // Exemption // Exemption // 15.07 // Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified // // // // // D. Other oils: // // // // // ex I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption, excluding flax oils // Unlimited // 8 // 0 // // ex II. b) 2 bb) - for oiling dried grapes (2) // 4 000 // 15 // 0 // // - intended for packaging for retail sale for therapeutic or prophylactic use (2) // 1 500 // // // 15.12 // Animal and vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partially hydrogenated, or solidified and hardened by any other process, whether or not refined, but not further prepared // // // // // B. Other // 18 000 // 31 // 13 // // // // //

(1) Weight in oil equivalent, determined in conformity with Regulation (EEC) No 54/81.

(2) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.