19.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL13/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No81/79
of18January1979
fixingminimumleviesontheimportationofoliveoilandleviesontheimporta
tionofotheroliveoilsectorproducts
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No3131/78of28
December1978(u)theCommissiondecidedtouse
thetenderingproceduretofixleviesonoliveoil;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No2751/78of
23November1978layingdowngeneralrulesfor
fixingtheimportlevyonoliveoilbytender(12)speci­
fiesthattheminimumlevyrateshallbefixedforeach
oftheproductsconcernedonthebasisofthesitua­
tionontheworldorGreekmarketsandtheCommu­
nitymarketandofthelevyratesindicatedby
tenderers;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1562/78(2),andinparticularArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2749/78of23November1978ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece(3),andin
particularArticle5(2)thereof,
Whereasinthecollectionofthelevyaccountshould
betakenoftheprovisionsintheAgreementsbetween
theCommunityandcertainthirdcountries;whereas
inparticularthelevyapplicableforthosecountries
mustbefixedtakingasabasisforcalculationthelevy
tobecollectedonimportsfromtheotherthirdcoun­
tries;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1514/76of24June1976onimportsofoliveoilorigi­
natinginAlgeria(4),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2761/78(5),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
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),Whereasapplicationoftherulesrecalledabovetothe
levyratesindicatedbytendererson15and16January
1979leadstotheminimumleviesbeingfixedasindi­
catedinAnnexItothisRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonolivesfallingwithin
subheadings 07.01NIIand07.03AIIofthe
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.
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.1.
4)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.24.
(5)OJNoL332,29.11.1978,p.13.
(o)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.43.
(7)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.9.
(8)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.
OOJNoL332,29.11.1977,p.26.
(10)OJNoL181,21.7.1977,p.4.(")OJNoL370,30.12.1978,p.60.
(12)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.6.

NoL13/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.1.79
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theminimumleviesonoliveoilimportsarefixedin
AnnexI.Article2
Theleviesapplicableonimportsofotheroliveoil
sectorproductsarefixedinAnnexII.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18January1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEXI
Minimumimportleviesonoliveoil
(,u,./100
CCTheadingNo Grecce Non-member countries
15.07AIa) 29.00(') 54-00(')
15.07AIb) 28.00(>) 53-00(')
15.07AIc) 32.00(!) 56.00(!)
15.07AIIa) 35.00 63-00(2)
15.07AIIb) 48.00 88.00(3)
(')Torimportsotoiltailingwithinthistariffsubheadingandproducedentirelyinoneofthecountrieslistedbelowandtransported
directlyfromanyotthosecountriestotheCommunity ,thelevvtobecollectedisreducedby:
(a)Greece.SpamandLebanon :OM)u.a./l()()kg;
(b)Turkey:IS-Sou.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofothavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedbythatcountry;
however,therepaymentmaynot-exceedtheamountotthetaxinforce;
(c)Algeria.Morocco,Tunisia :20.50u.a./100kgprovidedthattheoperatorfurnishesproofofhavingpaidtheexporttaxappliedby
thosecountries ;however,therepaymentmaynotexceedtheamountofthetaxinforce.
(-')Forimportsotoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levvtobecollectedisreducedby3.20u.a./100kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
2.56u.a./1Ot)kg.
(')l:orimportsofoilfallingwithinthistariffsubheading :
(a)producedentirelyinAlgeria,MoroccoorTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromanyofthosecountriestotheCommunity ,the
levytobecollectedisreducedby6u.a./HM)kg;
(b)producedentirelyinTurkeyandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,thelevytobecollectedisreducedby
480u.a./100kg.
ANNEXII
Importleviesonotheroliveoilsectorproducts
00L:.)
CCTheadingNo Greece Non-membercountries
07.01NII 6-00 11-00
07.03.AII 600 11-00
15.17BIa) 14-00 27-00
15.17BIb) 22-00 42-00
23.04AII 3.00 4-00