CELEX: 31977R2258
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-14
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2258/77 of 13 October 1977 fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil

No L 261 / 10                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            14. 10 . 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2258/77
                                                   of 13 October 1977
                                   fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   No 3188 /76 of 23 December 1976 on detailed rules
                                                               for the implementation of the special measures for the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         determination of offers of olive oil on the world
 Economic Community,                                           market and the Greek market ( n), as last amended by
                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 983/77 (12), lays down the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC             criteria for fixing the rate of the minimum levy ;
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and
                                                               Whereas that rate must be fixed for each of the
 fats ( J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1707/73 (2),                                                  products concerned on the basis of an examination of
                                                               the world or Greek markets and of the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC             market, and also of the levy rates indicated by the
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between           tenderers ;
the Community and Greece (3),
                                                               Whereas account should be taken of the oil content of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  products other than olive oil ; whereas, however, no
2843/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special                levies are applied to imports of oil-cake and other resi­
 measures in particular for the determination of the           dues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the
offers of olive oil on the world market (4), and in parti­     Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of
cular Article 2 (3) thereof,                                   not more than 3 % ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2844/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special               Whereas account should be taken in applying the levy
 measures in particular for the determination of the           of the provisions of the agreements between the
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (5), and in parti­     Community and certain non-member countries ;
cular Article 2 (3) thereof,                                   whereas, in particular, the levy must be calculated on
                                                               the basis of the levy to be collected on imports from
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  non-member countries ;
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Algeria (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                               Whereas the application of the rules described above
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  to the levy rates submitted by tenderers on 10 and 11
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from         October 1977 results in the fixing of the minimum
Morocco (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof,              levies as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Tunisia (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­
 nity of certain agricultural products originating in
                                                                                           Article 1
Turkey (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1362/76 of 14 June             The minimum levies on imports of olive oil shall be
 1976 ( 10), the Commission decided to use the                 as shown in the Annex.
tendering procedure to fix the levies on olive oil ;
(») OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.                                                        Article 2
P) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
(4) OJ No L 327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 4.
(5) OJ No L 327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 6.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October
(<) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                           1977 .
(7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
(») OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.
O OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                              (") OJ No L 359, 30 . 12. 1976, p. 26.
  ! °) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 13 .                       ( 12) OJ No L 118 , 11 . 5 . 1977, p. 7.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 October 1977.
                                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 13 October 1977 fixing the minimum import levies on
                                                                              olive oil
                                                                                                                                          (u.a. / 100 kg)
                                          CCT
                                         heading                                          Greece                        Non-member countries
                                           No
            07.01 N II                                                                     7-00                                    9-00
            07.03 A II                                                                     700                                     8-00
             1 5.07 A I a)                                                               36-00 (3>                                58-00 (3)
             1 5.07 A I b)                                                               37-00 (3)                                59-00 (3)
             1 5.07 A I c)                                                               38-00 (3)                                60Ό0 (3)
             1 5.07 A II a)                                                              41-00                                    67-00 (!)
             1 5.07 A II b)                                                              56-00                                  1 10-50 (2)
             15.17 A I                                                                    16-00                                   21-00
             15.17 A II                                                                  26-00                                    34-00
            23.04 A                                                                        3-00 (4)                                3-00 (4)
            (') 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 3-20 u.a./ 100 kg ;
                 (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                     2-50 u.a./ 100 kg.
            (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 6 u.a./ 1 00 kg ;
                 (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                     4-80 u.a./ 1 00 kg.
            (}) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and transported
                 directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by :
                 (a) Greece and Spain : 0-50 u.a./ 100 kg ;
                 (b) Turkey : 18-50 u.a./ 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 : 20-50 u.a./ 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 .
            (4) Pursuant in Article 3 of Regulations (EEC) No 2843/76 and (EEC) No 2844/76, no import levy is collected on oil-cake and other
                  residues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of not more than 3 % .