CELEX: 31985R2636
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2636/85 of 19 September 1985 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

20 . 9 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 251 /9
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2636/85
                                                    of 19 September 1985
              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                                    Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
COMMUNITIES,                                                      December 1978 (") 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                               2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
                                                                  rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by
                                                                  tender (12) specifies that the minimum levy rate, shall
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 be fixed for each of the products concerned on the
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                    basis of the situation on the world market and the
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           Community market and of the levy rates indicated by
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /85 (2),               tenderers ;
and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­            the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
nating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation              in particular the levy applicable for those countries
(EEC) No 1201 /85 (4), and in particular Article 5                must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
thereof,                                                          to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
                                                                  tries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­           levy rates indicated by tenderers on 16 and 17
nating in Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation              September 1985 leads to the minimum levies being
(EEC) No 436/85 (6), and in particular Article 5                  fixed as indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
                                                                  subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­            within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
nating in Tunisia (*), as last amended by Regulation              Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
(EEC) No 436/85, and in particular Article 5 thereof,             minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
                                                                  these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged for
                                                                  olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to 8 %
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of the value of the imported product, such amount to
1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­                 be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application of
nity of certain agricultural products originating in              these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
Turkey (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
435/85 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (l0) ;
(')  OJ  No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                                                 Article 1
 2)  OJ  No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.
 3)  OJ  No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.
 4)  OJ  No L 124, 9 . 5. 1985, p. 1 .                            The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
 >) OJ   No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
 ^ OJ No L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p. 2.                                 Annex I.
 ^ OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.
 8) OJ No L 142, 9 . 6. 1977, p. 10 .
 ') OJ No L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p. 1 .                               (") OJ No L 370 , 30 . 12. 1978 , p. 60 .
 ,0) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                            (I2 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        This Regulation shall enter into force on 20
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     September 1985.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 19 September 1985.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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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)                                                                  70,00 (')
             15.07 Alb)                                                                   76,00 (')
             15.07 A I c)                                                                  60,00 (>)
             15.07 A II a)                                                                 87,00 (2)
             15.07 A II b)                                                                95,00 (3)
            (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the coun­
                tries listed below and transported directly 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, Tunisia and Morocco : 24,78 ECU/ 100 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof of
                    having paid the export tax applied by that county ; 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 directly 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 directly 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 directly 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 directly 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                                                                      16,72
            07.03 A II                                                                      16,72
            15.17 B I a)                                                                    38,80
            15.17 Bib)                                                                      60,80
            23.04 A II                                                                       4,80