CELEX: 51978PC0485
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down general rules for the fixing of the import levy on olive oil by tender (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (78) 485
Vol. 1978/0181
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                                                  COM(78)485 final.
                                                  Brussels . 29 September 1978
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL " REGULATION ( EEC ?
      laying down general rules for the fixing of the import levy on
                             olive oil by tender
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
  C0M(78 ) 485 final .                                            '
 ---pagebreak---                    EXPLANATORY NOTE
This proposal is aimed at providing general rules for fixing the import levy
for olive oil by tender .
For the most part , these rules are those which are already in application /
and relieves olives and olive oil by-products because of their little economic
consequence , from being subjected to the import levy tendering procedure .
 ---pagebreak---                                          : Proposal TOP
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   laying down general rules for the fixing of the import levy on olive oil by tender
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,,
     /
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC of 22 September 1966 on the
  establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats , as last
                                              2
  amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1562/ 78 , and in particular Article 16 ( 5 ) thereof ,
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No ..../ 78 of                      on trade
  in oils and fats between the Community and Greece3 , and in particular Article 5(5 )
  thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC and Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC )
  No ..../ 78 provide , under certain circumstances , for the fixing of import levies
  on olive oi I by tender ;
  Whereas , so that such a system can be applied , tenderers should submit an application
  for import licences , indicating , among other things , the levy which they undertake
  to pay upon importation ; whereas , to guarantee that the obligations arising from
' the submission of applications are observed , the provision of a special security
  should be required ;
  Whereas, to ensure that the minimum levy is fixed at a level which 1s as close as
  possible to that resulting from actual market trends , the factors to be taken into
  consideration in fixing the levy should be listed ;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  ( 1 ) OJ No 172 , 30.9.1966 , p. 302S / 66
  ( 2 ) OJ No L 185 , 7.7.1978 , p. 1
  ( 3 ) OJ No i
 ---pagebreak---                                         Article 1
 1 . As soon as the conditions laid down in Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC
     and Article, 5(,1)i ,of Regulation ( EEC ) No ..../ 78 are met , the Commission shall
     decide to have recourse to the tendering procedures referred to in the said
     Articles in respect of olive oil falling within subheadings 15.07 A I and 15.07
     A II of the Common Customs Tariff .
     The Commission 's decision shall be published forthwith in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities .
2 . When the Commission decides to apply Article 16(4 ) of Regulation No          136/ 66/ EEC
     and Article 5(4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No ..../ 78 , it shall publish its decision
     in the Official Journal of the European Communities forthwith .
                                          Article 2
At regular intervals tenderers shall submit an application for an import licence
to the competent bodies in the Member States and at the same time shall provide
a special security in an amount to be determined .
The application for an import licence shall be accompanied by a statement of :
( a ) the quantity of the product to which the application relates and , where appro­
      priate , the presentation covered by the application ;
( b ) the gross rate of levy per 100 kilograms of the product which the applicant
      undertakes to pay upon importation .
                                           Article 3
The Commission shall fix the minimum levy in units of account per 100 kilograms
for each of the products concerned ,        having regard to the situation
- on the world market or the Greek market as appropriate , and
- on the Community market
and to the rates of levy indicated by tenderers .
                                           Article 4
This Regulat-ion shall enter into force on 1 November 1978 .
This Regulation shall be binding In Its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at                                                For the Counci l