CELEX: 31977R2453
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-09
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2453/77 of 8 November 1977 altering the amount of the levies applicable to olive oil

No L 285/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            9 . 11 . 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2453/77
                                                       of 8 November 1977
                                 altering the amount of the levies applicable to olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      common agricultural policy (7), the levy indicated on
COMMUNITIES,                                                        licences issued on the basis of applications made
                                                                    before 1 November 1977 in respect of imports to be
                                                                    effected after that date should be altered on the basis
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of the difference between the threshold price valid at
Economic Community,                                                 the end of the 1976/77 oil year and that valid at the
                                                                    beginning of the following year taking into account
                                                                    the particular monetary situation in the most impor­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   tant importing Member States ;
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and
fats (! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas imports of certain quantities are not subject
 1707/73 (2),                                                       to the levy tendering procedure, but are subject to the
              *
                                                                    last minimum levy in force ; whereas, for the sake of
                                                                    impartiality, imports of such quantities between 1 and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC                   4 November 1977 should also benefit from the above­
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                mentioned alteration of the levy ;
the Community and Greece (3),
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
2843/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special
measures in particular for the determination of the
offers of olive oil on the world market (4), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2361 /77 (5), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2844/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special
measures in particular for the determination of the                                            Article 1
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (6), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2361 /77, and in particular
Article 5 thereof,                                                  Without prejudice to Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68,
                                                                    the levy to be paid in respect of products subject to
                                                                    the minimum levy system, imported on or after 1
Whereas the market target price and the threshold                   November 1977 under licences applied for before that
price of olive oil valid at the beginning of the 1977/78            date, shall be the levy indicated on the licence, less
oil year are substantially lower than those valid at the            4-22 units of account per 100 kilograms.
end of the previous oil year ; whereas, accordingly, the
 levy awarded at the end of the 1976/77 oil year and
valid at the beginning of the 1977/78 oil year is no                This reduction shall also apply to products imported
longer in line with the market situation and with the               during the period 1 to 4 November 1977, under
level of protection required with effect from 1                     licences for quantities not exceeding 10 000 kilo­
November 1977, the date on which the 1977/78 oil                    grams .
year began ; whereas, therefore, without prejudice to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July
 1968 laying down rules for the implementation of
Regulation (EEC) No 653 /68 on conditions for altera­                                          Article 2
tions to the value of the unit of account used for the
(!) OJ    No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(2) OJ    No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5.                           publication in the Official Journal of the European
(*) OJ    No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393/66.                        Communities.
(4) OJ    No L 327, 26 . 11 . 1976, p. 4 .
(5) OJ    No L 277, 29 . 10 . 1977, p. 2.
(') OJ    No L 327, 26 . 11 . 1976, p. 6 .                          (7) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 8 November 1977.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President