NoL294/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2761/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of31October1974
fixingtheimportleviesonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(')of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle13(4)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/
66/EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andinparti­
cularArticles3(4)and9thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
443/72(4)of29February1972onthelevieson
refinedoliveoilandoncertainproductscontaining
oliveoilandoncertainproductscontainingoliveoil,
andinparticularArticle9thereof;Whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjecttoArticle13
ofRegulationNo136/66/EECandtoArticle9of
RegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyisequaltothe
differencebetweenthethresholdpriceandthecif
price;whereas,inthecaseofimportssubjectto
Article3ofRegulationNo162/66/EEC,thelevyis
equaltothedifferencebetweenthethresholdprice
andthefree-at-frontier price,lessastandardamount;
Whereasthethresholdpriceandthestandardamount
arefixedbytheCouncileveryyear;whereasthey
havebeenfixedforthe1974/75marketingyearby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1898/74(7)of15July
1974fixingthethresholdpriceforoliveoilforthe
1974/75marketingyear,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2518/74(8),andbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1899/74(9)of15July1974onthestandard
amountforunrefinedoliveoilproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity ;
WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifprice
andthefree-at-frontier priceinrelationtoaCommu­
nityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasthiscrossing
pointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EEC(10)of27October1966onpricemeasuresto
beappliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketing
year;
Whereasthosepricesmustbeestablishedonthebasis
ofthemostfavourableactualpurchasingopportuni­
ties;whereastheCommission must,theoretically ,
takeintoaccountalloffersforoliveoilofthetypes
listedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/
66/EECmadeontheworldmarketandontheGreek
market;whereas,iftherearenosuchoffersorifsuch
offersarenotrepresentative ,theCommissionmust
takeaccountofalloffersmadeonthe.wholesale
marketsintheCommunitywhicharerepresentative
fortheimportation (fromtheworldmarketandthe
Greekmarket)oftheseoils;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommission Regulation
(EEC)No1004/71(")of14May1971,amendedby
Regulation (EEC)No486/73(12),onthefixingof
leviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,that
theCommissionmustdisregardoffersforproductsofHavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1912/74(5)of22July1974onimportsofoliveoil
fromTunisia,andinparticularArticle5thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
303/74(6)of4February1974onimportsofoliveoil
fromMorocco,andinparticularArticle5thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
andArticle3ofRegulationNo162/66/EECrequires
theCommissiontofixalevyonunrefinedoliveoil
importedintotheCommunity ;
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.(7)OJNoL201,23.7.1974,p.3.
(8)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
(9OJNoL201,23.7.1974,p.4. P)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(10)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66. (<)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.
(»)OJNoL202,24.7.1974,p.6.b)OJNoL34,7.2.1974,p.4.(")OJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.17.
(12)OJNoL48,21.2.1973,p.10.

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mediocrequality,long-datedoffers,andoffersfor
smalllotsandlotspresentedinsmallcontainers ;
whereasofferswhichareconsiderednottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketandthoseto
whichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
appliesmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbe
considered,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarkets
ofthemainoil-producing andoil-exportingthird
countriesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetaken
intoaccountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
priceandthefree-at-frontier price;whereasinsuch
casesthosepricesshouldbeincreasedbymarketing,
loading,transportandinsurancecosts;
Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,cand
foffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71,beincreasedby1%;whereascif
offersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthantheone
referredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfortransportand
insurancecosts;whereasoffersfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreasedbytransportandinsur­
ancecostsfromthepointofshipmentorloadingto
theabovementioned frontiercrossingpointand,in
thecaseoffasoffers,byloadingcosts;Commission RegulationNo172/66/EEC(')of5
November1966fixingcoefficientsofequivalencefor
thedifferenttypesandqualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No992/72(2);
whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,differentor
derivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybeappliedfor
alimitedperiod;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformationthus
obtainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemost
favourableoffersonboththeworldmarketandonthe
Greekmarket;
Whereas,ifnooffercanbeconsideredforthepurpose
ofdeterminingthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontier
price,thepricepreviouslytakenintoaccountshould
bemaintained ;
Whereas,whentheleviesonrefined(olive)oil,on
olivesfallingwithinsubheadings07.01NIIand07.03
AIIandontheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)of
RegulationNo136/66/EECarebeingcalculated,the
adjustmentprovidedforinArticles2,3,5(1)and
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72shouldbe
appliedtotheleviespreviouslydefinedand,inthe
caseofthosesameproductsproducedentirelyin
Greeceandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity ,theadjustmentsprovidedforin
Article4(1)ofRegulationNo162/66/EECand
Articles4,5(2)and7ofRegulation (EEC)No
443/72;
Whereasthefixedcomponentofthelevydetermined
pursuanttoArticle14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
isnotchargedonimportsofrefinedoliveoil
producedentirelyinTunisiaorMoroccoandtrans­
porteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintotheCommu­
nity;
WhereasArticle5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No443/72
providesthatthelevyonolivesfallingwithinsubhead­
ings07.01NIIand07.03AIIshouldbereducedby
theamountresultingfromtheapplicationofthe
customsdutytothevalueoftheimportedproduct;
whereasthatamountwasfixedatastandardrateby
CommissiionRegulation (EEC)No617/72(3)ondeter­
miningtheincidenceofcustomsdutyonimportsof
certainolives;
Whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilfallingwithin
subheading15.07AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,producedentirelyinSpain,TunisiaorMorocco
andtransporteddirectlyfromthosecountriesintothe
CommunityisdefinedinCouncilRegulation (EEC)Whereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbe
reducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate ,by
forwardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstageforwhichthe
offersweremade:
Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheofferstaken
intoconsideration ,theCommission shouldtake
accountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknowledgeare
thelowest;
Whereasthecifpriceandthefree-at-frontier price
shouldbedeterminedfortheproductpresentedin
bulk;whereas,ifoilispresentedotherwisethanin
bulk,theconsequentincreaseinvalueshouldbe
deductedfromtheoffersforunfilteredoil,whether
virgin,extrafineorordinary,andshouldbeincreased
byanamountwhichallowforfilteringcosts;
Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethreshold
pricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductoraddtothe
offersconsidered,accordingtothetypeandqualityin
question,thevaluesresultingfromtheprovisionsofC)OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.
(2)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
3)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.3.

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No2164/70(')of27October1970onimportsof
oliveoilfromSpain,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2277/71(2)andbyRegulations (EEC)No1912/74
and(EEC)No303/74;whereasthelevytobecharged
onproductsotherthanthosedefinedintheabove­
mentionedRegulations iscalculatedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle42(a)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesshouldbefixedasfrequentlyasis
necessarytoensurestabilityoftheCommunity
marketandinsuchawayastoensurethattheycan
beappliedatleastonceaweek;whereasthelevies
previouslyfixedshouldberetainedwherevariationsin
thefactorsusedtocalculatethelevywouldleadtoan
increaseorreductionoflessthan0-50unitofaccount
insuchlevies;
Whereas,however,leviescannotbefixedinaccor­
dancewiththisperiodicityinthecaseoftheapplica­
tionoftheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18of
RegulationNo136/66/EECandduringthewholeof
theperiodinwhichtheseexportleviesapply;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
providesthatwherefreequotationsontheworld
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
andwherethispriceislowerthanworldmarket
prices,apricedeterminedonthebasisoftheoffer
priceshallbesubstitutedforthecifpriceinrespectof
theseimportsandtheseimportsonly;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2*25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
totheofferpricesknowntotheCommissionthatthe
leviesshouldbefixedasshownintheTableannexed
tothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,Article3ofRegulationNo162/
66/EEC,Article9ofRegulation (EEC)No443/72,
Article5ofRegulation(EEC)No1912/74andArticle
5ofRegulation(EEC)No303/74areherebyfixedas
shownintheTableannexedtothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL238,29.10.1970,p.3.
(2)OJNoL241,27.10.1971,p.2.

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ANNEX
Leviesonimportsfrom1November1974inu.a./100kg
CCT
heading
NoProductsentirelyobtainedinoneofthese
countriesandtransporteddirectlyfromoneofthesecountriestotheCommunityProducts
inGreece
fromthatnotentirelyobtained
ornottransported
countrytotheCom­
munityThird
countries
Greece Morocco Tunisia
07.01NII 0 0 0 0 0
07.03AII 0 0 0 0 0
15.07AIa) 0 0 0 3-200 3-200
15.07AIb) 0 0 0 6-000 6-000
15.07AII 0 00)o(*) 0 0ñ
15.17AI 0 0 0 0 0
15.17AII- 0 0 0 0 0
23.04A 0 0 0 0 0
(')ThelevytobechargedonimportsofthisproductisdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No1912/74and(EEC)No303/74andin
CommissionRegulations (EEC)No2495/71and(EEC)No2697/71.
(')Thelevytobechargedonimportsofoliveoilotherthanrefined,entirelyobtainedinSpainorinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfrom
oneofthesecountriestotheCommunity,isdefinedinCouncilRegulations (EEC)No2164/70and(EEC)No306/74.