CELEX: 31979R2882
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2882/79 of 20 December 1979 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 325/ 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 12. 79
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2882/79
                                                    of 20 December 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
                                                                  23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                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
                                                                  tion on the world or Greek markets and the Commu­
 fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 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                Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
 fats between the Community and Greece (3), and in               be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
 particular Article 5 (2) thereof,                               the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
                                                                 in particular the levy applicable for those countries
                                                                 must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­          tries ;
 nating in Algeria (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2761 /78 (5), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
                                                                  levy rates indicated by tenderers on 17 and 18
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­          December 1979 leads to the minimum levies being
 nating in Morocco (6), as last amended by Regulation            fixed as indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
 (EEC) No 2761 /78, and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­          Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
 nating in Tunisia (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC)           within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
                                                                 Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
 No 2761 /78, and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                 minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
                                                                 in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­               8 % of the value of the imported product, such
 nity of certain agricultural products originating in            amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas applica­
Turkey (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    tion of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed
 2766/78 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,          as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules
 for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (10),
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 78, 30. 3. 1979, p. 1 .                                                       Article 1
(3) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.
(5) OJ No L 332, 29. 11 . 1978, p. 13.                           The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
(6) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43.                             Annex I.
(7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.
(8) OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
O OJ No L 332, 29. 11 . 1978, p. 26.                             (») OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
H OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                              (12) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.
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                       Article 2                                                 Article J
The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil        This Regulation shall enter into force on 21
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     December 1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 20 December 1979.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                                                     Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                                    (ECU / 100 kg)
                                          OCT heading No                                            Greece               Non-member countries
            15.07 A I a)                                                                             3.30 (i)                  27.40 (!)
            15.07 A I b)                                                                             3.00 O                    21-50 (1)
            15.07 A I c)                                                                             7.80 (»)                  31.90 (»)
            15.07 A II a)                                                                            4.50                      34-20 (2)
            15.07 A II b)                                                                           18.00                       61.20 (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 : 0.60 ECU/ 100 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : 22.36 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/ 100 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.
           (2) 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 3.86 ECU/ 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                   3.09 ECU/ 100 kg.
           (3) 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 7.25 ECU/ 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                   5.80 ECU/ 100 kg.
                                                                        ANNEX II
                                            Import levies on other olive oil sector products
                                                                                                                                    (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                          CCT heading No                                            Greece               Non-member countries
           07.01 N II                                                                               0.66                          4-73
           07.03 A II                                                                               0.66                          4.73
           15.17 B I a)                                                                             1.50                         10-75
           15.17 B I b)                                                                             2-40                         17.20
           23.04 A II                                                                               0.62                          2-55