18.3.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL71/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No556/77
of17March1977
fixingtheminimumimportleviesonoliveoil
fortheimplementation ofthespecialmeasuresforthe
determination ofoffersofoliveoilontheworld
marketandtheGreekmarket(10),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No85/77(u),laysdownthecriteria
forfixingtherateoftheminimumlevy;
Whereasthatratemustbefixedforeachofthe
productsconcernedonthebasisofanexaminationof
theworldorGreekmarketsandoftheCommunity
market,andalsoofthelevyratesindicatedbythe
tenderers;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakenoftheoilcontentof
productsotherthanoliveoil;whereas,however,no
leviesareappliedtoimportsofoil-cakeandotherresi­
duesfallingwithinsubheading23.04Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentof
notmorethan3%;
Whereasaccountshouldbetakeninapplyingthelevy
oftheprovisionsoftheagreementsbetweenthe
Communityandcertainnon-member countries;
whereas,inparticular,thelevymustbecalculatedon
thebasisofthelevytobecollectedonimportsfrom
non-member countries;
Whereastheapplicationoftherulesdescribedabove
tothelevyratessubmittedbytendererson14and15
March1977resultsinthefixingoftheminimum
leviesasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetween
theCommunityandGreece(J),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2843/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheworldmarket(4),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2844/76of23November1976layingdownspecial
measuresinparticularforthedetermination ofthe
offersofoliveoilontheGreekmarket(5),andinparti­
cularArticle2(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Algeria(6),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1521/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Morocco(7),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1508/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilfrom
Tunisia(8),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
Whereas,inRegulation(EEC)No1362/76of14June
1976(9),theCommissiondecidedtousethetendering
proceduretofixtheleviesonoliveoil;
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3188/76of23December1976ondetailedrulesHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonimportsofoliveoilshallbe
asshownintheAnnex.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18March
1977.(4)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.4.
(5)OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.6.
(oOJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(0OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(8)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
OOJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.13.(10)OJNoL359,30.12.1976,p.26.
(")OJNoL15,18.1.1977,p.5.

NoL71/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.3.77
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17March1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof17March1977fixingtheminimumimportlevieson
oliveoil
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoGreece Non-membercountries
07.01NII 7.00 900
07.03AII 7-00 8.00
15.07AIa) 36.00 50.00(>)
15.07Alb) 5600 103.00(2)
15.07AIIa) 30.00(3) 4200(J)
15.07Alib) 38.00(3) 65.00(J)
15.17AI 16.00 2100
15.17AII 2600 34.00
23.04A 300 3.00(«)
(')ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby3.20u.a./100kg.
(2)ForimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectly
fromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./100kg.
(->)Forimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)GreeceandSpain:0.50u.a./100kg;
(b)Turkey:0.50u.a./100kg;inaddition,andprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
Turkey,thelevyisreducedby4.5u.a./100kg;
(c)Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia:20.50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxapplied
bythosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce
(4)PursuanttoArticle3ofRegulations (EEC)No2843/76and(EEC)No2844/76,noimportlevyiscollectedonoil-cakeandother
residuesfallingwithinsubheading23.04AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandhavinganoilcontentofnotmorethan3%.