CELEX: 31976R2991
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2991/76 of 9 December 1976 fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil

No L 341 /20                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             10 . 12. 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2991 /76
                                                    of 9 December 1976
                                     fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     No 1046/76 of 4 May 1976 on detailed rules for the
                                                                  implementation of the special measures for the deter­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            mination of offers of olive oil on the world market
 Economic Community,                                              and the Greek market (n ), as amended by Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 2803/76 (12), lays down the criteria for
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                fixing the rate of the minimum levy ;
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and                     Whereas that rate must be fixed for each of the
 fats (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 products concerned on the basis of an examination of
 1707/73 (2),                                                     the world or Greek markets and of the Community
                                                                  market, and also of the levy rates indicated by the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                tenderers ;
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between
the Community and Greece (3),                                     Whereas account should be taken of the oil content of
                                                                  products other than olive oil ; whereas, however, no
Having regard to Council Reguation (EEC) No 601 /76               levies are applied to imports of oil-cake and other resi­
of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures in                  dues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the
particular for the determination of the offers of olive           Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of
oil on the world market (4), as amended by Regulation             not more than 3 % ;
(EEC) No 2600/76 (5), and in particular Article 2 (3)
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas account should be taken in applying the levy
                                                                  of the provisions of the agreements between the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Community and certain non-member countries ;
602/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                      whereas, in particular, the levy must be calculated on
measures in particular for the determination of the              the basis of the levy to be collected on imports from
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (6), as amended           non-member countries ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 2600/76, and in particular
Article 2 (3) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the application of the rules described above
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     to the levy rates submitted by tenderers on 6 and 7
1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from             December 1976 results in the fixing of the minimum
Algeria (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                levies as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Morocco (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Tunisia (9), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                                         Article 1
Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1362/76 of 14 June               The minimum levies on imports of olive oil shall be
1976 (10), the Commission decided to use the                     as shown in the Annex .
tendering procedure to fix the levies on olive oil ;
(M OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.                                                       Article 2
 3) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393/66.
(«) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 297, 28 . 10 . 1976, p. 4.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on               10
(6) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p . 3 .                           December 1976 .
(' OJ No L 169, 28 . 6 . 1976, p. 24.
(8) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6 . 1976, p. 43 .
(') OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .                            (") OJ No L 119, 6. 5 . 1976, p. 7.
0°) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 13 .                            (I2) OJ No L 320, 20. 11 . 1976, p. 21 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
                                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                                A NNEX
                                                                                                                                             (u.a. / 100 kg)
                                            CCT
                                          heading                                            Greece                        Non-member countries
                                             No
            07.01 N II                                                                         7-00                                   9-00
            07.03 A II                                                                         7-00                                   8-00
             1 5.07 A     I a)                                                              36-00                                   50-00 (')
             1 5.07 A     I b)                                                              56-00                                  103-00 (2 )
             1 5.07 A     II a)                                                             32-50                                   43-00 (3)
             1 5.07 A     II b)                                                             37-50                                   65-00 (3 )
             15.17 A I                                                                       1 6-00                                 21-00
             15.17 A II                                                                     26-00                                   34-00
            23.04 A                                                                            3-00                                   3-00 (4)
            (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly
                  from those countries to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by V20 u.a . / 100 kg .
            ( ! ) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly
                  from those countries to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by 6 u.a . / 100 kg .
            (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and transported
                  directly from those countries to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by :
                  (a) Greece and Spain : 0-50 u.a . / 100 kg ;
                  (b) Turkey : 0-50 u.a . / 100 kg ; in addition , and provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied by
                      Turkey , the levy is reduced by 4 -5 u.a . / 100 kg ;
                  (c) Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia : 20-50 u.a . / 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 .
            (4 ) Pursuant to Article i of Regulations ( EEC) No 601 / 76 and ( EEC ) No 602/ 76, no import levy is collected On oil-cake and other resi­
                  dues falling within subheading 2104 A of the Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of not more than ? % .