CELEX: 31981R0642
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 642/81 of 12 March 1981 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

13 . 3 . 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 68 /9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 642/81
                                                         of 12 March 1981
                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 Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                         23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
                                                                     fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender ( n ) speci­
                                                                     fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
Economic Community,                                                  tion on the world market and the 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                        Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
fats ( j ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
3454/80 (2), 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 amended by Regulation ( EEC)              tries ;
No 3539/80 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­              levy rates indicated by tenderers on 9 and 10 March
nating in Morocco (5 ), as last amended by Regulation                1981 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
(EEC) No 3539/80, and in particular Article 5 thereof,               cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1508 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­              Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
nating in Tunisia (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
No 3539/80 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
                                                                     within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
1180/77 of 17 Ivlay 1977 on imports into the Commu­                  in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
nity of certain agricultural products originating in                 for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
Turkey (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        8 % of the value of the imported product, such
3540/80 (8), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,               amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas applica­
                                                                     tion of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed
                                                                     as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules
for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (9),
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
December 1978 ( 10) the Commission decided to use
the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
(!) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                                                     Article 1
(2) OJ No L 360 , 31 . 12. 1980 , p . 16.
 3 OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 24 .
(4) OJ No L 370 , 31 . 12. 1980 , p. 81 .
(5) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 43 .
(<>) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 9 .                            The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
  7 OJ No L 142, 9 . 6 . 1977, p . 10 .                              Annex I.
(8) OJ No L 370 , 31 . 12. 1980 , p . 82 .
H OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p . 4.
( 10) OJ No L 370 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , p . 60 .                        (") 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 13 March
sector products are fixed in Annex II .                     1981 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 12 March 1981 .
                                                                    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 Ala)                                                                    32-00 (!)
            15.07 A I b)                                                                   27-00 (')
             15.07 A I c)                                                                  33-00 (>)
             15.07 A II a)                                                                 34-00 (2 )
            15.07 A II b)                                                                  56-00 (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 : 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                                 Non-member countries
            07.01 N II                                                                        5-94
            07.03 A II                                                                        5-94
             15.17 B I a)                                                                    13-50
             15.17 B I b)                                                                    21-60
            23.04 A II                                                                        2-64