CELEX: 31984R3602
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3602/84 of 20 December 1984 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 333/20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 12. 84
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3602/84
                                                  of 20 December 1984
               fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the
                                    importation of other olive oil sector products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   tender (I2) specifies that the minimum levy rate shall
                                                                be fixed for each of the products concerned on the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          basis of the situation on the world market and the
 Economic Community,                                            Community market and of the levy rates indicated by
                                                                tenderers ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
 common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),        Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2),            be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
 and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                      the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
                                                                in particular the levy applicable for those countries
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­         to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
 nating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation           tries ;
 (EEC) No 663/84 (4), and in particular Article 5
 thereof,                                                       Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb
                                                                countries, the provisions of this Regulation should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   without prejudice to the additional amount to be
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­        determined in accordance with the agreements
 nating in Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation           between the Community and these third countries ;
(EEC) No 663/84 and in particular Article 5 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­         levy rates indicated by tenderers on 17 and 18
nating in Tunisia (*), as last amended by Regulation            December 1984 leads to the minimum levies being
(EEC) No 11 12/84 0, and in particular Article 5                fixed as indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
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
 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­              Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
nity of certain agricultural products originating in            within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
Turkey (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No              Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
664/84 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,           minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
                                                                these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to 8 %
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for         of the value of the imported product, such amount to
the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (l0) ;                be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application of
                                                                these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28                   cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
December 1978 (") the Commission decided to use
the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2  OJ  No  L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.                                                  Article 1
(4) OJ  No  L 73, 16. 3. 1984, p. 10.
O OJ    No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
(') OJ  No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.
f) OJ   No L 108, 25. 4. 1984, p. 4.                            The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
(8) OJ  No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                            Annex I.
0 OJ    No L 73, 16. 3. 1984, p. 11 .
H OJ     No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
(") OJ   No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.                         H 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 21 December
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     1984.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 20 December 1984.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX I
                                             Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                    CCT heading No                                  Non-member countries
            15.07    A I a)                                                                 56,00 (')
            15.07    Alb)                                                                   62,00 (')
           15.07     Ale)                                                                   60,00 (')
           15.07     A II a)                                                                70,00 (2)
           15.07     A II b)                                                                95,00 (3)
           (') 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) Spain and Lebanon : 0,60 ECU/ 100 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : 11,48 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 and Morocco : 12,69 ECU/ 100 kgf) 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.
               (d) Tunisia : 12,69 ECU/100 kgf) 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 .
               f) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community
                    and the third countries in question .
          (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                                 Non-member countries
          07.01 N II                                                                         13,64
          07.03 A II                                                                         13,64
          15.17 B I a)                                                                       31,00
          15.17 B I b)                                                                       49,60
          23.04 A II                                                                          4,80