CELEX: 31984R1008
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1008/84 of 12 April 1984 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

13 . 4. 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 101 /9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1008/84
                                                      of 12 April 1984
               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 Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                      23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
                                                                  fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (,2) speci­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
Economic Community,                                              of the products concerned on the basis of the situation
                                                                 on the world market and the Community market and
                                                                 of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),               be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                         the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
                                                                  in particular the levy applicable for those countries
                                                                  must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­           tries ;
nating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 663/84 (4), and in particular Article 5
 thereof,                                                         Whereas, with regard to Tunisia, the provisions of this
                                                                  Regulation should be without prejudice to the addi­
                                                                  tional amount to be determined in accordance with
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­          the agreement between the Community and that third
                                                                  country ;
 nating in Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 663/84 and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     levy rates indicated by tenderers on 9 and 10 April
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­           1984 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
 nating in Tunisia (6), as last amended by Regulation             cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
 (EEC) No 3488/82 f), 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­                within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
 nity of certain agricultural products originating in
 Turkey (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
 664/84 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) 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
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for           these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
.the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (,0)                   cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
 December 1978 (") the Commission decided to use
 the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 (')   OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
 (2)   OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6.
  3)  OJ  No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.
  4)  OJ  No L 73, 16 . 3 . 1984, p. 10 .                                                Article 1
  *) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p. 43 .
  ^ OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p. 9 .
  0 OJ No L 372, 30. 12. 1982, p. 13 .                            The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
  8) OJ No L 142, 9 . 6. 1977, p. 10 .                            Annex I.
  ') OJ No L 73 , 16 . 3 . 1984, p. 11 .
   10) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7 . 1977, p. 4.
   ") OJ No L 370 , 30 . 12. 1978 , p. 60 .                       H 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 13 April
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     1984 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 12 April 1984.
                                                                   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)                                                              61,00 (■)
            15.07   A   I b)                                                               60,50 (»)
            15.07   A   I c)                                                               57,00 (')
            15.07   A   II a)                                                             69,00 (2)
            15.07   A   II b)                                                             92,00 (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 and Morocco : 24,78 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 .
               (d) Tunisia : 12,69 ECU/ 100 kgf), 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 .
               (*) This amount may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community
                    and the third country in question.
           (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                                                                       13,31
           07.03 A II                                                                       13,31
           15.17 B I a)                                                                     30,25
           15.17 B I b)                                                                     48,40
           23.04 A II                                                                        4,56