CELEX: 31979R0879
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 879/79 of 3 May 1979 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

4 . 5 . 79                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 111 / 5
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 879/79
                                                                of 3 May 1979
                  fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importa­
                                                  tion of other olive oil sector products
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
   COMMUNITIES,                                                            December 1978 ( u ) the Commission decided to use
                                                                           the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Economic Community,
                                                                           Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
   Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                       23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
                                                                           fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender ( 12) speci­
   of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                          fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
   common organization of the market in oils and                           of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
   fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        tion on the world or Greek markets and the Commu­
   590/79 (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                   nity market and of the levy rates indicated by
                                                                           tenderers ;
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
   2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and
   fats between the Community and Greece (3), and in
                                                                          Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
  particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
                                                                          be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
                                                                           the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            in particular the levy applicable for those countries
   1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­                  must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
  nating in Algeria (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                   to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
  No 2761 /78 (5), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                   tries ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
   1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­                Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
  nating in Morocco (6), as last amended by Regulation                    levy rates indicated by tenderers on 30 April and 1
  (EEC) No 2761 /78, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                 May 1979 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as
                                                                          indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
   1508 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­
  nating in Tunisia (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
  No 2761 /78 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,                      March 1979 ( 13) laid down the coefficient for
                                                                          expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                          ECU ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
   1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­
  nity of certain agricultural products originating in
  Turkey (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
  2766/78 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                  subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
                                                                          Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
                                                                          within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
   1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules                     minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
1 for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon ( 10),                    in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
                                                                          for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
  (■) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66.
  (^) OJ No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979, p. 1 .                                  8 % of the value of the imported product, such
  h) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 1 1 . 1978, p. 1 .                                amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas applica­
  (4 ) Ol No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 19 / 6 , p . 24 .                           tion of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed
  (5) Oj No L 332, 29 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                               as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation ,
  (*) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
  (7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .
  (8) OJ No L 142, 9 . 6 . 1977, p . 10 .                                 (") OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978 , p. 60 .
  (9) OJ No L 332, 29. 11 . 1977, p. 26.                                  (") OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 6.
    > °) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                                ( 13 OJ No L 84, 4 . 4. 1979 , p . 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     Article 2
                                                           The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil
                     Article 1                             sector products are fixed in Annex II .
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in                              Article 3
Annex I.                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 1979.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 3 May 1979 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                           ANNEX I
                                                       Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                                      (F.cr icc ku)
                                           CCT heading No                                              Greece              Non-member countries
           15.07 A I a)                                                                                  6-00 (>)                  36-00 (')
           15.07 A I b)                                                                                  3-00 (»)                  31-00 (')
           15.07 A I c)                                                                                12-00 0 )                   41-00 (')
           15.07 A 11 a)                                                                                 4-00                      38-00 (2)
           15.07 A II b)                                                                               2000                        68-00 (3)
          (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and transported
               directly from any of those countries to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by :
               (a ) Greece , Spain and Lebanon : 060 ECU / 100 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : 22 -. ECU / 100 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied by that country ;
                    however , the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax in force ;
               (c ) Algeria , Morocco, Tunisia : 24-78 ECU / 1 00 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied
                    by those countries ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax in force.
          (-') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading :
               (a ) produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the
                    levy to be collected is reduced by .1X6 ECU / 1 00 kg ;
               ( b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by
                     104 ECU / 1 00 kg .
          (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading :
               (a) produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the
                    levy to be collected is reduced by 7-2 ^ ECU / 1 00 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                    TXO ECU / 1 00 kg .
                                                                          ANNEX II
                                             Import levies on other olive oil sector products
                                                                                                                                      III I   ICC L ")
                                           CCT heading No                                              Greece              Non - member countries
          07.01 N II                                                                                    0-66                         6-82
          07.03 A II                                                                                    0-66                         6-82
           15.17 B I a)                                                                                 1-50                        15-50
           15.17 B I b)                                                                                 2-40                       24-80
          23.04 A II                                                                                    0-96                         3-28