OLIVE OIL AND OLIVES FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL LEVY IN QUESTION TO EXPORTS FROM GREECE TO THE COMMUNITY OF PRODUCTS NOT PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN GREECE COULD LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE DISTORTIONS IN TRADE ; WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL LEVY SHOULD THEREFORE BE LIMITED TO PRODUCTS PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN GREECE ;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2844/76 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1976 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN PARTICULAR FOR THE DETERMINATION OF OFFERS OF OLIVE OIL ON THE GREEK MARKET ( 5 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2361/77 ( 6 ), DEROGATED FROM THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIXING THE SPECIAL IMPORT LEVY FOR GREECE BY PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY TO BE FIXED BY TENDERING PROCEDURE ;
WHEREAS THERE IS A RISK THAT THE DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING THE REAL SITUATION ON THE GREEK MARKET WHICH LED TO THE ADOPTION OF THESE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL REOCCUR IN THE FUTURE ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE POSSIBLE FOR RECOURSE TO BE HAD TO THESE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIXING THE LEVY ;
WHEREAS TRADE WITH GREECE IN OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL CAKES AND OTHER RESIDUES IS ONLY SMALL COMPARED WITH TRADE IN OLIVE OIL ; WHEREAS , TO SIMPLIFY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES , APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF TENDERING FOR THE IMPORT LEVY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO OLIVE OIL ; WHEREAS , TO THE SAME END , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO EXEMPT FROM THIS SYSTEM OLIVE OIL IMPORTS WHICH HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE IN THAT PRODUCT ;
WHEREAS THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION FOR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF OLIVE OIL AND OLIVES COULD IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES LEAD TO DISTURBANCES ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , MEASURES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO ENABLE SUCH A SITUATION TO BE REMEDIED ;
WHEREAS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE SHOULD ENABLE ALL OTHER OBSTACLES TO TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GREECE TO BE REMOVED ;
WHEREAS SUBJECT TO THE OBLIGATIONS RESULTING FROM THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT , CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC MAY BE APPLIED TO TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GREECE ;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION NO 162/66/EEC OF 27 OCTOBER 1966 ON TRADE IN OILS AND FATS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GREECE ( 1 ) SHOULD BE REPEALED ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GREECE IN THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE BASIC REGULATION ' , SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS .
ARTICLE 2
IN TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GREECE IN THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( A ), ( B ) AND ( D ) OF THE BASIC REGULATION , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 07.01 N II AND 07.03 A II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , AND PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 23.04 A I , THE MEMBER STATES SHALL APPLY THE CUSTOMS