NoL20/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.1.75
REGULATION (EEC)No185/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of24January1975
fixingtheexportleviesonoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereastheCommissiondeterminesthecifpricefor
aCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint;whereasthis
pointwasfixedbyCouncilRegulationNo165/
66/EEC(8)of27October1966onpricemeasuresto
beappliedtooliveoilforthe1966/67marketing
year;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(')of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2);Whereasthispricemustbeestablishedonthebasisof
themostfavourableactualpurchasingopportunities ;
whereastheCommissionmust,theoretically ,takeinto
accountallknownoffersforoliveoilofthetypes
listedin1and4oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/
66/EECmadeontheworldmarket;whereas,ifthere
arenosuchoffersorifsuchoffersarenotrepresenta­
tive,theCommission musttakeaccountofalloffers
madeonthewholesalemarketsintheCommunity
whicharerepresentative fortheimportationofthese
oils;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/
66/EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo171/
67/EEC(4)of27June1967onexportrefundsand
leviesonoliveoil,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2429/72(5),andinparticularArticle10(3)
thereof:WhereasArticle2(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1004/71(9)of14May1971onthefixingof
leviesonunrefinedoliveoilprovides,however,that
theCommissionmustdisregardoffersforproductsof
mediocrequality,long-datedoffers,andoffersfor
smalllotsandlotspresentedinsmallcontainers ;
whereasofferswhichareconsiderednottoberepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarketandthoseto
whichArticle13(3)ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC
appliesmustalsobedisregarded ;HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee :
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle18ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,alevyequalatmosttothedifference
betweenpricesontheworldmarketandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybechargedonexportsofolive
oilwheretheformerarehigherthanthelatter;
whereasthelevyonunrefinedoliveoilmaynot
exceedthedifferencebetweenthecifpriceandthe
markettargetprice;Whereas,ifnooffersofthetypementionedabove
havebeenmadeoriftheoffersmadecannotbe
considered ,thepricesrulingonthedomesticmarkets
ofthemainoil-producing andoil-exporting third
countriesandontheGreekmarketshouldbetaken
intoaccountforthepurposeofdeterminingthecif
price;whereasinsuchcasesthosepricesshouldbe
increasedbymarketing,loading,transportandinsur­
ancecosts; WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1121/74(6)of
29April1974,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2496/74(7),fixedthemarkettargetpriceandtheinter­
ventionpriceforoliveoilforthe1974/75marketing
year;
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.Whereas,oftheofferstakenintoconsideration ,Cand
Foffersshould,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No1775/69,beincreasedby1%;whereascif
offersforfrontiercrossingpointsotherthantheone
referredtoaboveshouldbeadjustedfortransportand(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
(4)OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2600/67.
(*)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1.
(6)OJNoL128,.5.10.1974,p.7.
(7)OJNoL268,3.10.1974,p.1.(8)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3399/66.
OOJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.17.

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Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No616/72(4)of27March1972on
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefunds
andleviesonoliveoil,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No142/75(5),theexportlevyonoliveoilshall
befixedwhenthedifferencebetweenthecifprice
andthepricerecordedontheCommunitymarketis
suchastoencourageexportationonascalelikelyto
disturbtheCommunityortheworldmarket;
Whereas,forthepurposesofdeterminingthepriceon
theCommunitymarket,accountshallbetakenof
quotationsandpricesonthemostrepresentative
marketsforproductionandexport;whereasthe
exportlevyshallbeadjustedinaccordancewithany
changesinthesituation;
Whereasexportsofoliveoilfallingwithinsubheading
15.07A,inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacitynot
exceeding5kg,arenotlikelytocausedisturbanceson
theCommunitymarketortheworldmarket;whereas
thereisthereforenoneedtofixexportleviesonsuch
products ;insurancecosts;whereasoffersfordeliveryfas,fobor
otherwiseshouldbeincreasedbytransportandinsur­
ancecostsfromthepointofshipmentorloadingto
theabovementioned frontiercrossingpointand,in
thecaseoffasoffers,byloadingcosts;
Whereas,iftheofferstakenintoconsideration are
offersontheCommunitymarket,theyshouldbe
reducedbyunloadingordisembarkation costs,import
dutiesandleviesand,whereappropriate ,by
forwardingorothercostsincurredfromtheciforfree­
at-frontierstagetothemarketingstageforwhichthe
offersweremade;
Whereas,forthepurposeofadjustingtheofferstaken
intoconsideration ,theCommission shouldtake
accountonlyofthecostswhichtoitsknowledgeare
thelowest;
Whereasthecifpriceshouldbedeterminedforthe
productpresentedinbulk.;whereas,ifoilispresented
otherwisethaninbulk,theconsequentincreasein
valueshouldbedeductedfromtheoffersandtheaddi­
tionalcosttotheimporteraddedtothem;whereas
offersforunfilteredoil,whethervirgin,extra,fineor
ordinary,shouldbeincreasedbyanamountwhich
allowsforfilteringcosts;
Whereas,inordertoobtaincomparableinformation
onoilofthetypeandqualityforwhichthethreshold
pricewasfixed,itisnecessarytodeductfromoradd
totheoffersconsidered ,accordingtothetypeand
qualityinquestion,thevaluesresultingfromtheprovi­
sionsofCommissionRegulationNo172/66/EEC(')
fixingcoefficientsofequivalenceforthedifferent
typesandqualitiesofunrefinedoliveoil,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No992/72(2);
whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,differentor
derivedcoefficientsofequivalencemaybeappliedfor
alimitedperiod;
Whereasacomparisonoftheinformationthus
obtainedmakesitpossibletodeterminethemost
favourableoffersontheworldmarket;whereas,ifno
offercanbeconsideredforthepurposeofdeter­
miningthecifprice,thepricepreviouslytakeninto
accountshouldbemaintained ;
Whereastheexportlevyonrefinedoliveoilmaynot
exceedthedifferencebetweenthecifpriceandthe
markettargetprice,thisdifferencebeingadjustedas
providedforinArticle2or3,asthecasemaybe,of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No443/72(3)of29
February1972ontheleviesonrefinedoliveoiland
oncertainproductscontainingoliveoil;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
totheofferpricesknowntotheCommissionthatthe
leviesshouldbefixedasshownintheTableannexed
tothisRegulation ,
(')OJNo202,7.11.1966,p.3482/66.
(2)OJNoL115,17.5.1972,p.7.
(>)OJNoL54,3.3.1972,p.3.(4)OJNoL78,31.3.1972,p.1.
(5)OJNoL17,22.1.1975,p.8.

NoL20/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.1.75
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportleviesreferredtoinArticle18ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECareherebyfixedasshowninthe
TableannexedtothisRegulation .Theleviesshallapplytoproductsfallingwithin
subheading15.07Ainimmediatepackingsofanet
capacityexceeding5kg.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24January1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
/MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
LeviesonoliveoiltothirdcountriesandGreece
CCTheadingNo Amountsinu.a./100kg
ex15.07Ala)11-100
ex15.07Alb) 14-900
ex15.07AII 10-000