CELEX: 31966R0162
Language: en
Date: 1966-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 162/66/EEC of the Council of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece

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                                 REGULATION No 162/66/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 27 October 1966
                              on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece
THE COUNCIL         OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                     rules for determining prices, ensure that, subject to
COMMUNITY,                                                       differences due to natural conditions of price forma­
                                                                 tion, the price level for olive oil .and olives will be the
                                                                 same in all Member States ; whereas it is therefore
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               possible, in accordance with the principles of the levy
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article               system, to dispense with levies in trade between
43 thereof ;                                                     Member States ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              Whereas the rules for determining prices introduced
                                                                 by Regulation No 136/66/EEC do not extend ' to
                                                                 Greece ; whereas differences may therefore arise be­
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­             tween the price on the Greek market and that on the
ment ;
                                                                 Community market ; whereas such differences must, in
                                                                 accordance with the principles of the levy system, be
Whereas Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC1 on the                 compensated by a levy calculated on the basis of the
establishment of a common organisation of the market             rules generally applied, within the framework of the
in oils and fats establishes a common system of trade            common agricultural policy, to trade between Member
in oils and fats ; whereas this system provides for the          States ;
application of customs duties for most products, but
for olive oil, olives , olive residues and other residues
it provides for a system of levies ;                             Whereas , since Greece is not obliged to apply the
                                                                 system of levies established by the Community to
                                                                 olive oil and olives imported from third countries,
Whereas the customs duties applied by Member States              the application of the special levy in question to
to Greece are laid down in the Agreement establishing            exports from Greece to the Community which do not
an Association between the European Economic                     consist of products obtained entirely in Greece might
Community and Greece ; whereas Member States                     lead to substantial deflections of trade ; whereas the
should not charge customs duties on imports of olives            application of the special levy must consequently be
falling within tariff sub-heading No 07.01 N or 07.03 A          restricted to products obtained entirely in Greece ;
for the purposes other than the production of oil ;
Whereas Protocol No 12 to that Agreement stipulates              Whereas the system laid down in this Regulation for
that, should levies be fixed for olive oil and olives ,          imports and exports of olive oil and olives might in
                                                                 certain circumstances lead to disturbances on the
Greece shall, in anticipation of the harmonisation of
the agricultural policies of the Community and                   Community market ; whereas provision should there­
Greece, be accorded the same treatment as that applied           fore be made for dealing with such a situation ;
by the Member States between themselves ;
                                                                 Whereas the introduction of the system mentioned
Whereas Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides, in                    above makes it possible to eliminate all other
respect of olive oil, for a single production target             obstacles to trade between the Community and
price, a single market target price, a single threshold          Greece ;
price and a single intervention price ; whereas these
                                                                 Whereas, in compliance with commitments arising
                                                                 from the Association Agreement, certain provisions of
                                                                 Regulation No 136/66/EEC may be applied to trade,
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.                              between the Community and Greece ;
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  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 4. The levy shall be fixed by the Commission.
                                                                Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall
                          Article 1                             be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                down in Article 38 of the basic Regulation.
  Trade between the Community and Greece in products
  listed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC,                                   Article 4
  hereinafter called the 'basic Regulation', shall be
  governed by the following provisions .
                                                                1 . On imports of refined olive oil produced entirely
                                                                in Greece transported direct from that country to
                          Article 2                             the Community, a levy shall be charged made up of
                                                                a variable component and a fixed component, deter­
  1 . As regards the products listed in Article 1 (2) (a),      mined as follows :
   (b) and (d) of the basic Regulation, Member States
  shall, in trade between the Community and Greece,             The variable component shall be equal to the differ­
  apply the customs duties applicable under the Agree­          ence between the threshold price and the free-at­
  ment establishing an Association between the Euro­            frontier price applicable to the quantity, which may be
  pean Economic Community and Greece, hereinafter              fixed at a standard rate, of olive oil needed for the
  called the 'Agreement'.                                       production of the imported product.                       .
  2. In order to eliminate difficulties which might             The fixed component applicable for the 1966/67 market­
  arise on the Community market by reason of dispar­            ing year shall be equal to 40% of the fixed compo­
  ities in the duties applicable under Article 37 (3) of        nent determined in accordance with Article 14 of the
  the Agreement, the Council, acting in accordance with         basic Regulation. This percentage shall be reduced to
  the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of          30% for the 1967/68 marketing year and to 15% for
  the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission, shall,          the 1968/69 marketing year. The fixed component
  not later than 30 June 1967, adopt the necessary              shall be abolished from 1 November 1969 .
  measures to be applied within the Community.
                                                                2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
                                                               shall be adopted by the Council, acting in accord­
                          Article 3
                                                                ance with the voting procedure laid down in
                                                                Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the
  1 . On imports of unrefined olive oil produced                Commission .
  entirely in Greece and transported direct from that
■ country into the Community, a levy shall be charged
  equal to the difference between the threshold price,                                   Article 5
  fixed in accordance with Articles 4, 8 and 9 of the
  basic Regulation, and the free-at-frontier price, less        On imports of olives falling within sub-heading No
  a standard amount.                                           07.01 N or 07.03 A harvested in Greece and trans­
                                                                ported direct from that country into the Community,
  2. The free-at-frontier price, calculated for the Com­        excluding those for purposes other than the pro­
  munity frontier crossing point fixed in accordance            duction of oil, a levy shall be charged calculated on the
  with Article 13 (2) of the basic Regulation, shall be         amount of the levy applicable under Article 3 to
  determined on the basis of the most favourable                olive oil, by reference to the oil content of the impor­
  purchasing oppurtunities on the Greek market ; prices        ted product, the relevant customs duties not being
  shall be adjusted to allow for any deviations from the       charged. '
  description or quality for which the threshold price
  was fixed .                                                   On imports from Greece into the Community of olives
                                                               falling within tariff sub-heading No 07.01 N or 07.03 A,
  3 . . The standard amount for the 1966/67 marketing          for purposes other than the production of oil, Member
  year is fixed at 0-5 units of account per 100 kilo­          States shall not charge customs duties. The same
  grammes of imported product.                                 shall apply to olives falling within tariff sub-heading
                                                               No 07.01 N or 07.03 A not harvested in Greece but
  For subsequent marketing years , the method of calcu­        transported direct from that country into the Com­
  lation and the level of the standard amount shall be         munity for the production of oil.
  determined each year by the Council, acting in accord­
  ance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43       2.     On imports of the products listed in Article 1
  (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the Com­                 (2) (e) of the basic Regulation which are produced
  mission, after prior consultation with Greece on the          entirely in Greece and transported direct from that
  level of the standard amount.                                 country into the Community, a levy, shall be charged
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calculated on the amount of the levy applicable to              — the charging of any customs duty, or charge having
the olive oil referred to in Article 3 ( 1), by reference            equivalent effect, other than those provided for
to the oil content of the imported product.                          in this Regulation ;
                                                                — the application of any quantitative restriction or
The levy may, however, be charged only in accord­                    measure having equivalent effect ;
ance with the provisons of Article 37 (3) (a) of the
Agreement.
                                                                — recourse to Article 41 of the Agreement in respect
                                                                     of the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c), (d) and
                                                                     (e), excluding those falling within headings Nos ex
3 . Detailed rules for the application of this Article,              07.02 and ex 07.04 B of the basic Regulation.
and in particular those regarding the determination of
the oil content, which may be fixed at a standard
rate, shall be adopted by the Council, acting in                                          Article 8
accordance with the voting procedure laid down in
Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the             Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, both the
Commission.                                                     following Articles of the basic Regulation and the
                                                                measures adopted for their application shall apply :
                                                                Article 3 (3) and (5); the second sentence of Article
                          Article 6                             10 (2); Article 16 ; Article 17 ; Article 18 ; Article 19 ;
                                                                Article 27 (3) (c) and (5); Article 28 ; Article 35 ;
1.      Should the Community market in olive oil ex­            Article 41 ( 1) and the third paragraph of Article 43 .
perience or be threatened with serious disturbances by
reason of :                                                                               Article 9
— imports of the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c),          When the products imported into the Community are
     (d) and (e) of the basic Regulation produced               not produced entirely in Greece or are not trans­
     entirely in Greece and transported direct from that        ported direct from that country into the Community,
     country into the Community, in particular when             Articles 13 , 14, 15 and 20 of the basic Regulation
     the intervention agencies might, because of such           shall apply to the products covered by those Articles,
     imports, be induced to buy in substantial quan­            subject to the provisions of the Agreement.
     tities of olive oil pursuant to Article 11 ( 1) of the
     basic Regulation, or
                                                                                         Article 10
— exports of olive oil to Greece, in particular when
     by reason of those exports, the market price of            The Council, acting in accordance with the voting
     olive oil might appreciably exceed or threaten to          procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on
     exceed the level of the market target price or when ,      a proposal from the Commission, may after consul­
     by reason of those exports, a decision has been            tation with Greece amend . the list of products to
     taken to dispose of the buffer stock,                      which this Regulation applies, or adopt any measure
                                                                in derogation therefrom, in order to take account of
appropriate measures may be applied until such disturb­         any special conditions affecting such products .
ance or threat of disturbance has ceased.
                                                                                         Article 11
2.      All decisions taken under paragraph 1 shall be
communicated to Greece.
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follow­
3.      The nature of the measures which may be adopted         ing its publication in the Official Journal of the
and the conditions for applying this Article shall ,            European Communities .
after consultation with Greece, be laid down by the
 Council acting in accordance with the voting pro­              It shall apply to the products listed in Article 1 (2)
cedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a            (c), (d) and (e) of the basic Regulation from the date
proposal from the Commission.                                   of entry into force of that Regulation in respect of
                                                                those products, and from 1 July 1967 in respect of
                                                                the other products listed in Article 1 of that Regu­
                                                                lation.
                          Article 7
                                                                This Regulation shall Jbe applicable until the decicion
Subject to the provisions of Article 6, 8 , and 9 the           of the Association Council provided for in Article 35
following shall, in trade with Greece, be incompatible          of the Agreement is taken or until the periods of two
 with the application of the provisions of this Regu­           years and one year provided for respectively in Article
 lation :                                                       36 (1) and (2) of the Agreement have expired.
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States .             . ,                                                   •
    Done at Brussels, 27 October 1966.
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                     L. DE BLOCK