CELEX: 31995R1176
Language: en
Date: 1995-05-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1176/95 of 24 May 1995 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 118/20          I EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                25 . 5. 95
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1176/95
                                                             of 24 May 1995
                   fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the
                                           importation of other olive oil sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             whereas, in the collection of the levy, account should be
                                                                       taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
Community,                                                             cular the levy applicable for those countries must be
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                   fixed, taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                     collected on imports from the other third countries ;
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last               Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and                tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without
Sweden, and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                      prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76                   accordance with the agreements between the Community
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                 and these third countries ;
Algeria (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1900/92 0, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                       91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76                  overseas countries and territories with the European
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                 Economic Community (n), no levies shall apply on
Morocco (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                       imports of products originating in the overseas countries
No 1901 /92 0, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    and territories ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76                   Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                 levy rates indicated by tenderers on 22 and 23 May 1995
Tunisia (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                       leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in
No 413/86 Q, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                      Annex I to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77                   Whereas the import levy on olives falling within CN
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                        codes 0709 90 39 and 0711 20 90 and on products falling
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (8), as            within CN codes 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 19
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (9), and in                must be calculated from the minimum levy applicable on
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                     the olive oil contained in these products ; whereas,
                                                                       however, the levy charged for olive oil may not be less
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77                   than an amount equal to 8 % of the value of the
of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­              imported product, such amount to be fixed at a standard
tation of olive oil from Lebanon (,0),                                 rate ; whereas application of these provisions leads to the
                                                                       levies being fixed as indicated in Annex II to this Regula­
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 ("), as                        tion,
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, the Commis­
sion decided to use the tendering procedure to fix levies
on olive oil ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas ' Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12)                                     Article 1
specifies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for
each of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­              The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
                                                                       Annex I.
tion on the world market and the Community market and
of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
 ■)  OJ No  172, 30. 9.   1966, p. 3025/66.
 2)  OJ No  L 169, 28.    6. 1976, p. 24.                              The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
 3)  OJ No  L 192, 11 .   7. 1992, p. 1 .                              products are fixed in Annex II.
 4)  OJ No  L 169, 28 .   6. 1976, p. 43.
 *)  OJ No  L 192, 11 .   7. 1992, p. 2.
 *)  OJ No  L 169, 28.   6. 1976,  p. 9.                                                         Article 3
 Ó OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
 8) OJ No L   142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
 ») OJ No L   192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 3.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 1995.
 I0) OJ No L   181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
 ») OJ No L    370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60 .
 ,2) OJ No L   331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.                              H OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 24 May 1995.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                    ANNEX I
                                                 Minimum import levies on olive oil (')
                                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                                             CN code                                          Non-member countries
                                            1509 10 10                                                59,00 (2)
                                            1509 10 90                                                59,00 (2)
                                            1509 90 00                                                70,00 (3)
                                            1510 00 10                                                72,00 (2)
                                            1510 00 90                                               11 6,00 (4)
              (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
             (2) For imports of oil falling within this CN code 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) Lebanon : ECU 0,7245 per 100 kg ;
                  (b) Turkey : ECU 13,8645 (*) per 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, Tunisia and Morocco : ECU 1 5,3245 (*) per 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 .
                  (*) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community and the third
                      countries in question.
             (3) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
                  (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 ECU 4,661 per 100 kg ;
                  (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                      collected is reduced by ECU 3,731 per 100 kg.
             (4) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
                  (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 ECU 8,754 per 100 kg ;
                  (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                      collected is reduced by ECU 7,004 per 100 kg.
                                                                  ANNEX II
                                          Import levies on other olive oil sector products (')
                                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                                             CN code                                          Non-member countries
                                           0709 90  39                                                 12,98
                                           0711 20  90                                                 12,98
                                           1522 00  31                                                 29,50
                                           1522 00  39                                                 47,20
                                           2306 90 19                                                    5,76
             (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.