CELEX: 31972R0617
Language: en
Date: 1972-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 617/72 of the Commission of 27 March 1972 determining the incidence of the customs duty on imports of certain olives

248                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
31.3.72                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 78 /3
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 617/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 27 March 1972
                       determining the incidence of the customs duty on imports of certain olives
THE     COMMISSION        OF . THE      EUROPEAN     COM­        Whereas since there are no quotations for these
MUNITIES ,                                                       products on the world market that amount must be
                                                                 fixed on the basis of the value of olive oil on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     world market, account being taken of the processing
European Economic Community ;                                    costs ; whereas, however, in accordance with the
                                                                 second subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Having      regard     to Council Regulation No                  No 162/66/EEC, a nil amount should be applied
136/ 66/EEC 1 of       22 September 1966 on the                  when calculating the levy on products imported
establishment of      a common organization of the               direct from Greece to the Community which are not
market in oils       and fats, as last amended by                entirely obtained in that country or which are not
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 2 ;                                  transported direct from that country to the Com­
                                                                 munity, since such imports are not subject to customs
                                                                 duty ;
Having      regard     to    Council      Regulation   No
162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
fats between the Community and Greece ;                          are    in  accordance     with   the  Opinion   of  the
                                                                 Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
443/724 of 29 February 1972 on the levies applicable
to refined olive oil and to certain products containing                                   Article 1
olive oil, and in particular Article 8 thereof;
                                                                 With regard to the olives referred to in Article 15 ( 1 )
Whereas, for olives falling within subheadings Nos '
                                                                 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC the amount by which
                                                                 the levy is reduced shall be :
07.01 N II and 07.03 A II, the import levy on
products coming from third countries               and on        ( a) 0-000 units of , account per 100 kg for imports of
products which are not entirely obtained in Greece or                 olives which are not entirely obtained in Greece
which are not transported direct from that country to                 or which are not transported directly from that
the Community is calculated on the basis of the levy                  country to the Community ;
on unrefined olive oil ; whereas that levy is reduced            (b) 0-700 units of account per 100 kg for other
by the amount resulting from application of the                       imports of olives falling within subheading No
customs duty to the value of the imported product ;                   07.01 N II of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC ) No 443 /72                 (c) 0-800 units of account per 100 kg for other
provides that that amount should be fixed at a                        imports of olives falling within subheading No
                                                                      07.03 A II of the Common Customs Tariff.
standard rate on the basis of the value of those
products on the world market or, in the absence of                                        Article 2
quotations, of the value of olive oil on the world
market, account being taken, in the latter case, of the          This Regulation shall enter into force- on 1 April
cost of processing the olives into oil ;                         1972 .
                                                                 Commission Regulation No 175 /66/EEC5 of 7
                                                                 November 1966 determining the incidence of the
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66 .                             customs duty on imports of certain olives is hereby
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p . 8 .                              repealed.
3 OJ No 197, 29.10.1966 , p. 3393/ 66 .
 4 OJ No L 54, 3.3.1972, p . 3 .                                 5 OJ No 202, 7.11.1966, p. 3487/66.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 27 March 1972.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    The President
                                                                  S. L. MANSHOLT