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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
V
COM(78)423 final
Brussels .13September 1978
■i. - Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontrade inoils andfats between theCommunity andGreece
(submitted totheCouncil toytheCommission )
C0M(78 )423final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ι *
Thepurposeofthisdraft .porposalforaRegulation *'i;to'^daptthesystem
oftradebetweentheCommunityandGreecetothe.situatIon/.?suttinc'fromthe
neworganisationofthemarketirrolive-oilirvtrxciuceJbyCouncilPeculation' •
(EEC)No1562/78amendingRegulation No136/66/EECes^^uuhirg acommonorga­
nisationofthemarketinoiIsandfats.. .'...
'' -'''' *" '•** ''.
The'newsystemoftradebetween'theEcCandGreeceonlydiffersfromtheprevious
systemonthefollowingpoints: *• ;
-introduction onapermanentbasisofthepossibiIity'ofusingIrhesystemof
tenderingfortheimportlevyforoliveoil;
-inthecaseoftheapplicationoftnetenderingsystem,thefixingforolives
andoliveoilcakesofalevywhichtakesaccountoftheminimumlevy-applicabl
tothequantityofoilcontainedinthoseproducts. .■*
Theotheramendmentsarepurelyinthewording. ,>

Proposal for a
COUNCIL RE6ULATI0N (EÉC )'No ... b/78
ontrade inoils andfats between the Community and Greece
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and inpai–
ticular Article 43thererf ,
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheOpinion ofthe European Parliament ,
Whereas Council Regulation No136/66/EEC of22September 1966 onthe establishment of
(1)acommon organisation ofthemarket inoils and fats ,aslast amended byRegulation
(EEC )No1562 /78 ,itupacommon trading system foroils and fats with third countries
whereas this system provides forimport levies onolive oil ,olives intended ,forthe
production ofoil,certain olive oil cakes aridother residues and for theapplication
oftheCommon Customs Tariff toother products ;
Whereas thecustoms duties which the Member States apply with regard toGreece arefixed
bytheAgreement establishing anAssociation between theEuropean Economic Community
and Greece ; " '
Whereas Protocol No12 inexed tothat Agreement stipulates that ,iflevies areintroduced
forolive oilandolives ,Greece will benefit inanticipation ofthe harmoni sat ionof
theagricultural policies oftheCommunity andGreece from the .system which theMcmcer
States apply among themselves ; , '
Whereas thesystem ofprices introduced byRegulation No136/66/EECdoes notextend to
Greece ;whereas differences maytherefore occur between theprice ontheGreek market
andthepries ontheCommunity market ;whereas these differences should bemade good ,in
accordance with theprinciples ofthelevy system ,byalevy calculated according tothe
rules which were generally applied tinder thecommon agricultural policy to
trade between theMember States before thefixing ofcommon prices ;
Whereas ,since Greece isnotobliged toapply toolive oilandolives fromthird countrie
thelevyByB+emintroduced hytheCommunity ,theapplic'ation -of.thespecial levyin ■
question ,toexports fromGreece to"theCommunity ofproducts notproduced entirely in
Greece could lead toconsiderable distortions intrade ;whereas theapplication ofthe
special levyshould therefore belimited toproducts produced entirely inGreece ;
(1)OJNo172,30.9.1966 ,p.3025 /66
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978 ,p.1

Whereas Council .Regulation (EFC )No2844 /76of23 f>'cv'emb "1970 •.ying down special .
< ■
measures inparticular forthedetermination ofoffers ^f'■ ontheOre *./.market
(4)
iisamended byRegulation (EEC)No2361 /77 ,madu ane«sn;''ontv.ti,earrangements for'
thofixing ofthespecial import levy forGreece byproviding :or -i;efixing ,ofthelavy
byatendering procedure ;
Whereas there is .arisk that th£difficulties inassessing the-K.ci .ial.situation onthe :
Greek market which ledtotheadoption ofthis special system will occur ,inthefuture ;
whereaB inthese circumstances provision should bemade toenable recourse tobehad to
this system again ,after suspension oftheoriginal -system forfixing thelevy ;
Whereas trade with Greece inolives andolive oil cakes ana other residues isonly small
compared with thetrade inolive oil;whereas ,tosimplify administrative procedures ,
application ofthesystem oftendering fortheimport levy should belimited toolive
oil ;whereas ,forthesame purpose ,,provision should bemade toexcerpt from -this system
iaports ofolive oilwhich have noeffect onthedevelopment oftrade inthis product ;
Whereas thesystem provided forinthis Regulation forimports andexports ofolive oil
andolives could insome circumstances lead toadistarbance onthe Community market ;
whereas ,therefore ,measures should beprovided toenable such asituation tobe
remedied ;
Whereas theintroduction ofthesystem referrrecj toabove should enable allother obsta­
cles totrade between theCommunity andGreece tobeeliminated ;
Whereas ,subject totheobligations resulting from theAssociation Agi'eement ,certain
provisions ofRegulation No136/66/EECmaybeapplied totrade between theCommunity
andGreece ;
Whereas Council Regulation No162/66/EECof 27October 1966 ontrade inoils and fats
between theCommunity andGreece should berepealed^' ,
·»χ
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(3)OJNoL327,26.11.1976 ,p.6
(4)OJNoL277,28.10.1977 ,p.2
(5)OJNo197,29.10.1966 ,p.3393 /66

-3-
Article 1
TradebetweentheCommunityandGreeceintheproductsreferredtoinArticle 1(2)
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,hereinafterreferredtoas"thebasicRegulation",shall
begovernedbythefollowingprovisions.
•Article2
Asregardstheproductsreferredtoinpointsa);b)andd)ofArticle1(2)ofthe
basicRegulation,withtheexceptionofthosefallingwithinsubheadings .07.01NIIand
07.03AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,andproductsfallingwithinsubheading
23.04AI,theMemberStatesshallapply,intradebetweentheCommunityandGreece,
thecustomsdutiesresultingfromtheapplicationoftheAgreementestablishing an
Assocition.betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandGreece,hereinafterreferredto
as"theAgreement'*.
Article3
1.Wereshallbechargedonimportsofuntreatedoliveoilfallingwithinsubheading
15.07AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,entirelyproducedinGreeceandtransported
directlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,alevy.theamountofwhichshallbeequal
tothedifferencebetweenthethresholdpricefixedinaccordancewithArticles4,9
and10ofthebasicRegulationandafree-at-frontierprice,minusafixedamount.
2.Thefree-at-frontierpricecalculatedfortheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointin
accordancewithArticle9ofthebasicRegulationshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunitiesontheGreekmarket;suchpricesshall
beadjustedinaccordancewithanydifferencesinthedescriptionbrqualityin
relationtothoseforwhichthethresholdpricehasbeenfixed.
«
3.ThefixedamountshallbedeterminedforeachmarketingyearbytheCouncil,a(ting'
byaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromtheCommission,andGreeceshallbe
consultedinadvanceonthelevelofthisamount.
ThelevyshallbefixedbytheCommission.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
ArticleshallbeadoptedaccordingtotheprocedureprovidedforinArticle38of
thebasicRegulation.
if
Article4
1.Thereshallbechargedonimportsofoliveoilfallingwithinsubheading15.07AII
eCommonCustomsTariff,entirelyproducedinGreeceandtransporteddirectly
atcountrytotheCommunity,alevycorrespondingtothatapplicabletothe
qWity,vhichmaybefixedonaflat-ratebksis,ofoliveoilrequiredforthe
productionoftheoliveoilInquestion.

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2,Detailed rules fortheapplication ofthiB Article shall "bev\opt<?A inaccordance
with theprocedure provided forinArticle 38oftheb^si .;R-r/Jtation *
Article 5
1.Where theoffers ontheGreek market ,foruntreated olive o;lc'oro'renable tne
price trend of "themarket tobedetermined .,the iiup^rt levy for theproducts referred
toinArticles 3and 4shall befixed bytender *
2.Atregular intervals theCommission shall fixtheminimum rate ofthe levy taking
Into account inter alia therates oflevy indicated bythetenderers .Any
tenderer who has indicated alevy equal toorabove theminimum rate shall bedecla­
redsuccessful andshall beobliged toimport thequantity given in
hisapplication atthe rate oflevy which hehasindicated .
3.However ,imports ofquantities which have noinfluence onthe market situation shall
notbesubject tothis tendering procedure .Inthat case the levy
charged shall bethe last minimum levy fixed before importation .
A.Iftrends ontheGreek market differ according tothepresentation ofuntreated olive
oil ,different minimum levies maybefibced forthevarious presentations inquestion .
5.TheCouncil ,acting byaqualified majority onaproposal from theCommission shall
adopt general rules fortheapplication forthiB Article .
6.Detailed rules for *eapplication ofthis Article shall beadopted according tothe
procedure provided forinArticle 38ofthebasic Regulation .
*
Article è
1.There shall becharged onimports ofolives falling within subheadings 07.01 NII
and07.03 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff,harvested inGreece andtransported
directly from that country totheCommunity ,alevy calculated ,onthebasis ofthe
oilcontent oftheproduct imported ,from that applicable toolive oilunder
Article 3«
2.There shall becharged onimports of products falling within subheadings 23.04 AII
and15.17 0IoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,entirely-produced inGreece andtranspor­
teddirectly ,fromthat country totheCommunity ,alevycalculated ,onthebasis of
theoilcontent oftheproduct imported ,from that applicable toolive oilunder
Article 3» '
3.WhenArticle 5isapplied ,there shall becharged onimports oftheproducts referred
toinparagraphs 1and2alevywhich takes account oftheminimum levyapplicable to
thequantity ofoliva oilcontained inthose products .

4.Theleviesreferred ,tointhisArticleshallbefixedbythoCommissionat
regularintervals. .
5.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle,andinparticularthose
* •concerningthadetermination oftheoilcontentwhichKeybe-fixedasastandard'
rate,shallbeadoptedaccordingtotheprocedureprovidedforinArticle38of
the-basicsKegulation.
Article7-
1.Where,intheCommunity,themarketinoliveoilisseriouslydisturbedorin
dangerofbeingseriouslydisturbedby:
–importsoftheproductsreferredtoinpointsc),d)ande)ofArticle1(2)
ofthebasicRegulation ,entirelyproducedinGreeceandtransporteddirectly
fromthatcountrytotheCommunity ,andinparticular wheretheintervention
agencies,becauseoftheseimports,buyinsubstantial amountsofoliveoil
inapplicationofArticle12(l)ofthebasicRegulation ,or
~exportsofolivediltoC-reece,andinparticular where,becauseofsuch
axporta,themarketpriceofoliveoilisindangerofexceedingorconsiderably
exceedcthelevelofthemarkettargetprice,oradecisionhasbeenmadeto
sellthebufferstock, "" *
appropriatemeasuresmaybeapplieduntilthedisturbanceordangerthereofhas
disappeared .
2«GreeceehallbeInformedofanydecisiontakeninaccordancewithparagraph 1..
3.Thenatureofthameasureswhichmaybeadoptedajidtheconditionsforthe
applicationofthiaArticleshallbedetermined,afterconsultationwithGrsece,
bytheCouncilactingbyaqualifiedmajorityon-aproposalfromtheCommission.
Article8
SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticles7,9and10,thsfollowingshallbe
incompatible ,intradewithGreece,withtheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthis
Regulation t
-thelevyingofanycustomsdutyorchargehavingesimilareffectotherthanthose
providedforbythisRegulation; ,
••theapplicationofanyquantitativerestrictionorameasurehavinganequivalent
effect;
-recoursetoArticle41oftheAgreementinrespectoftheproductsreferredtoin
pointso)d)ande)ofArticle1(2)ofth8basicRegulation,withthaexception
ofVnoe®fallingwithinBubheadinga07.02Aandex07.04BoftheCoinmonCustoms
Tariff.■

Arti :'')
Subject asprovided inthaAg,semen *,thefo .;-o Art10.1.90 ofoneL-asic
Regulation andthemeasiues td!<en inimplemcn \~r.othereof snail -"->P-y
Article 18;Article .19}Article 20;Article 2r(3;(-)'and (3)?Article 2-3;
Article 35?Article 41(l)= -.
Artide 10
Where theproducts imported into theCommunity were notent ^rely 'produced in
Greece orhave notbeen transported directly fiow C'reecC *in>;otheCommunity ,
Articles 14,15,16,17 and20bofthebasic Regulation shall apply toproducts
coming within their termB ,subject asprovided intheAgreement .
Article 11
TheCouncil ,acting onaproposal from theCommission andmaccordance with
thevoting procedure provided forinArticle 43(2)oftheTreaty ,may ,after
consultation with Greece ,amend the list ofproducts towhich this Regulation
shall apply ormaytake anyexceptional measures inorder totake account of
special ^conditions which mayoccur with regard tothese products ,,
Article 12
Regulation No162/66/EfiC ishereby repealed®
Article 13
This Regulation Bhall "enter into force on 1November 1978 *
*
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
/
Done atBrussels
For the Council