CELEX: 31976R2844
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-23
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2844/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special measures in particular for the determination of the offers of olive oil on the Greek market

No L 327/ 6                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             26. 11 . 76
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2844/76
                                                    of 23 November 1976
              laying down special measures in particular for the determination of the offers of
                                               olive oil on the Greek market
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the qualities concerned, at levels which take account
COMMUNITIES,                                                      of the actual offer prices for those qualities.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                                           Article 2
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                1.     When offers of unrefined olive oil on the Greek
                                                                  market do not correspond to real purchasing possibili­
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­              ties in quantities which are representative of the
ment ('),                                                         market, the import levy referred to in Articles 3, 4 and
                                                                  5 of Regulation No 162/66/ EEC shall be fixed by
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 602/76 of 15                  tendering procedure.
March 1976 laying down special measures in parti­
cular for the determination of the offers of olive oil on
the Greek market (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC)              2. At regular intervals the persons concerned shall
No 2600/76 (3), is applicable until 31 December                   submit an application for an import licence to the
1976 ; whereas it was adopted in accordance with the              competent bodies in the Member States and at the
procedure provided for in Article 10 of Council Regu­             same time shall provide a special security for an
                                                                  amount to be decided .
lation No 162/ 66/ EEC of 27 October 1966 on trade
in oils and fats between the Community and
Greece (4), because of the urgency of the measures .              The application for an import licence shall be accom­
envisaged and pending the general revision of the                 panied by a statement of :
rules concerning the olive oil sector ;
                                                                  (a) the quantity of the product covered by the applica­
Whereas the difficulties of assessing the true market                  tion ;
situation, which were the reason for the adoption of
Regulation (EEC) No 602/76, still prevail ; whereas
                                                                  (b) the rate of levy per 100 kilogrammes of the
                                                                       product which the applicant undertakes to pay at
furthermore, it is not expected that the general revi­
                                                                       the time of import.
sion of the provisions for the common organization of
the market in this sector can be completed in a short
time ; whereas in these circumstances the special                 3.     The Commission shall determine the minimum
 measures laid down by the aforementioned Regulation               rate of the levy in units of account per 100 kilo­
should be maintained for a period sufficient for the              grammes of the product.
completion of the general revision of the rules
 relating to olive oil,                                            4. Licences shall be issued for applications stating a
                                                                   rate of levy greater than or equal to the minimum rate
                                                                   determined by the Commission . In this event the
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     applicant shall be bound to import the quantity of the
                                                                   product stated in his application at the rate of levy
                                                                   stated therein .
                          A rticle 1
                                                                   5.    The   Commission     shall  inform   the  Member
Where free quotations on the Greek market are not a                States of the implementation of this Article.
 determining factor for the offer price for one or more
 qualities of unrefined olive oil falling within
 subheading 15.07 A II a) of the Common Customs
 Tariff, the levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation                                   Article 3
 No 162/66/ EEC or the minimum levy referred to in
 Article 2 of this Regulation may be fixed, solely for             By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation No
                                                                   162/66/ EEC no levy shall be imposed on imports of
 (') Opinion delivered on 16 November 1976 (not yet                olive oil cakes and other residues falling within
     published in the Official Journal).
 (2) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 3 .                             subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff
 (3) OJ No L 297, 28 . 10 . 1976, p. 4.                            which have an olive oil content of not more than
 (4) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.                          3 %.
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                           Article 4                              procedure provided for in Article 38 of Regulation No
                                                                  136/66/ EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establish­
Imports of the products referred to in Article 9 of               ment of a common organization of the market in oils
Regulation No 162/66/ EEC shall be subject to                    and fats (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2843/76 of 23                         1 707/73 (3).
November 1976 laying down special measures in parti­
cular for the determination of the offers of olive oil on
the world market (').                                                                        Article 6
                           Article 5                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                  1977 .
The detailed rules for the implementation of this
Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the                It shall be applicable until 31 October 1977.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                          A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
                                                                 ( 2 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 / 66 .
( ! ) See page 4 of this Official Journal .                        3 OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . .5 .