CELEX: 31982R0769
Language: en
Date: 1982-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 769/82 of 1 April 1982 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

2. 4. 82                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 88/5
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 769/82
                                                    of 1 April 1982
              fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importa
                                        tion of other olive oil sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
COMMUNITIES,                                                   December 1978 (l0) the Commission decided to use
                                                               the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
Economic Community,                                            23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
                                                               fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (") speci­
                                                               fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC              of the products concerned on the basis of the situation
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                 on the world market and the Community market and
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),        of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3454/80 (2),
and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                      Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
                                                               be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
                                                               the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   in particular the levy applicable for those countries
1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­         must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
nating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation           to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
(EEC) No 3549/81 (4), and in particular Article 5              tries ;
thereof,
                                                               Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
                                                               levy rates indicated by tenderers on 29 and 30 March
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   1982 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­        cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
nating in Morocco ^, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3549/81 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                               Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
                                                               subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
                                                               Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­         Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
nating in Tunisia ^, as last amended by Regulation             minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
(EEC) No 3549/81 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,        these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged for
                                                               olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to 8 %
                                                               of the value of the imported product, such amount to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application of
 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­             these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
nity of certain agricultural products originating in           cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
Turkey      as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3550/81 ('), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1620/77 of 18 July 1 977 laying down detailed rules for
the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (9),
                                                                                       Article 1
(>) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
h OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 16.
(3) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.
o OJ No L 356, 11 . 12. 1981 , p. 13.                          The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
(*) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .                         Annex I.
Is) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
(8) OJ No L 356, 11 . 12. 1981 , p. 14.                        H OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
 » OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p . 4.                          (") OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 6.
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                      Article 2                                                   Article 3
The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1982.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 1 April 1982.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX I
                                         Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                 CCT heading No                                  Non-member countries
         15.07 A I a)                                                                   30-00 (')
         15.07 A I b)                                                                   30-00 (')
         15.07 A I c)                                                                   33-00 C)
         15.07 A II a)                                                                  32-50 (2)
         15.07 A II b)                                                                  56-00 0
         (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the coun­
             tries listed below and transported direcdy from any of those countries to the Community, the levy
             to be collected is reduced by :
             (a) Spain and Lebanon : 0-60 ECU/ 100 kg ;
             (b) Turkey : 22-36 ECU/ 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 : 2478 ECU/ 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 .
         (2) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading :
             (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported direcdy from any of those
                  countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 3-86 ECU/ 100 kg ;
             (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported direcdy from that country to the . Community, the
                  levy to be collected is reduced by 3-09 ECU/ 100 kg.
         (3) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading :
             (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported direcdy from any of those
                  countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 7-25 ECU/100 kg ;
             (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported direcdy from that country to the Community, the
                  levy to be collected is reduced by 5-80 ECU/ 100 kg.
                                                         ANNEX II
                                   Import levies on other olive oil sector products
                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                                 CCT heading No                                  Non-member countries
          07.01 N II                                                                       6-60
          07.03 A II                                                                       6-60
          15.17 B I a)                                                                    15-00
          15.17 B I b)                                                                    24-00
          23.04 A II                                                                       2-64