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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No601/76
of15March1976
layingdownspecialmeasuresinparticularforthedetermination oftheoffersof
oliveoilontheworldmarket
shouldbealteredbyprovidingforthedetermination
ofthelevyunderatenderingprocedure;
Whereascertainby-productsaresubjecttoanimport
levyderivedfromthatapplicabletooliveoil;whereas
experiencehasshownthatinpracticethereareno
importsofby-productswithaverylowoilcontentto
beusedforextractionofsuchoil;whereastherefore
noimportlevyshouldbeimposedonsuch
by-products ;
WhereastheperiodofapplicabilityofthisRegulation
shouldbelimitedtoaperiodsufficienttoassessits
efficacy,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle36thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereastheprovisionscurrentlyinforceprovidefor
asinglelevyforthedifferentqualitiesofunrefined
oliveoil;whereastheofferstakenintoconsideration
forthefixingofthesaidlevymay,incertaincases,be
unrepresentative oftherealtrendofoffersforoneor
moresuchqualities;whereas,intheseconditions,it
appearsnecessarytoprovideforthepossibilityof
replacingthecifpricebyapricedeterminedin
respectoftherealofferpriceforthesequalities;
Whereastheworldmarketinoliveoilislimitedand
lackstransparency ,therebysometimespreventingthe
precisestudyofitstruetendencyandthereforethe
correctfixingofimportlevies;whereasaconsequence
ofthissituationisthatincertaincasesoliveoilcanbe
importedintotheCommunityatotherthanthe
thresholdpricelevelwhichcaninsomecasescause
disturbanceoftheCommunitymarket;
Whereasallthemeasuresforcommonorganizationof
themarketinoliveoilarebeingreviewedwithaview
toanoverallrevisionofthesystem;
Whereasinordertoputrighttheabovedifficulties,
pendingtheresultofthisrevision,thetradingsystemHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Wherefreequotationsontheworldmarketarenota
determiningfactorfortheofferpriceforoneormore
qualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,apricedeterminedon
thebasisoftheofferpriceshallbesubstitutedforthe
cifpricereferredtoinArticle13ofRegulationNo
136/66/EECforonlythosequalitiesconcerned.
Article2
1.Whenoffersofunrefinedoliveoilontheworld
marketdonotcorrespondtorealpurchasingpossibili­
tiesinquantitieswhicharerepresentative ofthe
market,theimportlevyreferredtoinArticles13,14
and15ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbefixed
bytenderingprocedure .(!)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.

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Article3
Notwithstanding Article15ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECnolevyshallbeimposedonimportsofolive­
oilcakesandotherresiduesfallingwithinsubheading
23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffwhichhave
anoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.2.Atregularintervalsthepersonsconcernedshall
submitanapplicationforanimportlicencetothe
competentbodiesintheMemberStatesandatthe
sametimeshallputupaspecialguaranteeforan
amounttobedecided.
Theapplicationforanimportlicenceshallbeaccom­
paniedbyastatementof:
(a)thequantityoftheproductcoveredbytheapplica­
tion;
(b)therateoflevyper100kilogrammesofoilwhich
theapplicantundertakestopayatthetimeof
import.
3.TheCommission shalldeterminetheminimum
rateofthelevyinunitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofoil.
4.Licencesshallbeissuedforapplicationsstatinga
rateoflevygreaterthanorequaltotheminimumrate
determinedbytheCommission .Inthiseventthe
applicantshallbeboundtoimportthequantityofoil
statedinhisapplicationattherateoflevystated
therein.Article4
Thedetailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthis
Regulationshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedureprovidedforinArticle38ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1976.
Itshallbeapplicableuntil31October1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VOUEL