Commission Regulation (EEC) No 759/85 of 25 March 1985 authorizing the Hellenic Republic to suspend in 1985 the customs duties applicable on import of certain oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
Date: 1985-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, fats, oleaginous plant, suspension of customs duties













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31985R0759

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 759/85 of 25 March 1985 authorizing the Hellenic Republic to suspend in 1985 the customs duties applicable on import of certain oil seeds and oleaginous fruits  


Official Journal L 084 , 26/03/1985 P. 0005 - 0006 





*****COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 759/85  of 25 March 1985  authorizing the Hellenic Republic to suspend in 1985 the customs duties applicable on import of certain oil seeds and oleaginous fruits  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 64 (4) thereof,  Whereas, for certain products falling within heading Nos 12.01, 15.07 and 15.12 of the Common Customs Tariff, the basic duties are fixed in Article 64 (3) of the Act of Accession; whereas this very high level may jeopardize the regular supply of raw materials for Greek processing industries; whereas Article 64 (4) (a) of the Act of Accession, provides the possibility to grant the Hellenic Republic the authorization to suspend customs duties on certain quantities of the products in question;  Whereas importers must be guaranteed free access to the quotas laid down for the products in question;  Whereas for reasons of administrative simplification, a quantity should be fixed for the whole of 1985;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  The Hellenic Republic is hereby authorized to suspend the customs duties applicable on import from the Community of Nine or from non-member countries of the products given in Annex I hereto for the quantities there given, at the level given against each.  This authorization shall be valid from 1 January to 31 December 1985.  Article 2  Greece shall ensure that importers of the products in question have free access to the quantities given in Annex I.  With regard to the products listed in Annex I, Greece shall communicate to the Commission the measures taken to ensure distribution of the said quantities amongst the operators in question.  Article 3  Greece shall inform the Commission at the beginning of each quarter of imports entered during the previous quarter against the quantities given in Annex I.  Article 4  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1985.  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 25 March 1985.  For the Commission  Frans ANDRIESSEN  Vice-President  (1) OJ No L 291, 19. 11. 1979, p. 9.  ANNEX  I  1.2.3.4,5 //   //   //   //   //   //   //   // Customs duty rate  //  1.2.3.4.5 // CCT heading No  // Description  // Quantity (tonnes)  // Third countries  // Community of Nine  //   //   //   //   //   // 12.01  // Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken:  //   //   //   //   // ex B. Other, excluding linseed and castorseed  // 20 000 (1)  // Exemption  // Exemption  // 15.07  // Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified  //   //   //   //   // D. Other oils:  //   //   //   //   // ex I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption, excluding flax oils  // Unlimited  // 8  // 0  //   // ex II. b) 2 bb) - for oiling dried grapes (2)  // 4 500  // 15  // 0  //   // - intended for packaging for retail sale for therapeutic or prophylactic use (2)  // 1 500  // 15  // 0  // 15.12  // Animal and vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partially hydrogenated, or solidified and hardened by any other process, whether or not refined, but not further prepared  //   //   //   //   // B. Other  // 18 000  // 24  // 6,5  //   //   //   //   //  (1) Weight in oil equivalent, determined in conformity with Annex II below.  (2) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.  ANNEX II  Oil yield of oilseeds and oleaginous fruit  1.2 //   //   // Oilseeds and oleaginous fruit  // Oil yield (%)  //   //   // Colza  // 39  // Cotton  // 15  // Palm nuts and kernels  // 46  // Soya  // 17,5  // Sunflower  // 40  //  //  If necessary, oil yields for other oilseeds and oleaginous fruit shall be fixed by Greece. These yields must be representative of those obtained in Community mills.