CELEX: 31980R2589
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2589/80 of 9 October 1980 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

10 . 10 . 80                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 267/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2589/80
                                                      of 9 October 1980
              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
                                                                   fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
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
1917/80 (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 6 and 7 October
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1980 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­           cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
nating in Morocco (6), as last amended by 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),
(i ) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 186, 19. 7. 1980, p. 1 .                                                          Article 1
(}) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .
b) 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
(') 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 .
(») OJ No L 332, 29 . 11 . 1978 , p. 26 .                          (") OJ No L 370, 30 . 12. 1978 , p. 60 .
(10) 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 3
The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil        This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October
sector products are fixed in Annex II .                     1980 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 9 October 1980 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                             Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                       (ECU / 100 kg)
                                    CCT heading No                               Greece         Non-member countries
             15.07 A I a)                                                        23 00 (■)           36-00 (•)
             15.07 A I b)                                                        15-00 (')           32-00 (')
             15.07 A I c)                                                        15-00 (')           33-00 (')
             15.07 A II a)                                                       16-50               30-00 (2)
             15.07 A II b)                                                       2000                62-00 (3)
             (J) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the coun­
                 tries 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)
                                                                      i n
                                     CCT heading No                              Greece         Non-member countries
             07.01 N 11                                                           3-30                  7-04
             07.03 A II                                                           3-30                  7-04
              15.17 B I a)                                                        7-50                 16-00
              15.17 B I b)                                                       12-00                25-60
             23.04 A II                                                           1 20                  2-64