CELEX: 31976R2843
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2843/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special measures in particular for the determination of the offers of olive oil on the world market

No L 327/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 11 . 76
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2843/76
                                                      of 23 November 1976
                laying down special measures in particular for the determination of the offers of
                                                 olive oil on the world market
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         No 136/66/EEC or the minimum levy referred to in
COMMUNITIES,                                                        Article 2 of this Regulation may be fixed, solely for
                                                                    the qualities concerned, at levels which take account
Having regard to the Treaty establishing . the European             of the actual offer prices for those qualities.
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                                             Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                1.      When offers of unrefined olive oil on the world
ment ('),                                                           market do not correspond to real purchasing possibli­
                                                                    ties in quantities which are representative of the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 601 /76 of 15                   market, the import levy referred to in Articles 13, 14
March 1976 laying down special measures in parti­                   and 15 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be fixed
cular for the determination of the offers of olive oil on           by tendering procedure.
the world market (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2600/76 (3), is applicable until 31 December
 1976 ; whereas it was adopted in accordance with the               2. At regular intervals the persons concerned shall
                                                                    submit an application for an import licence to the
procedure provided for in Article 36 of Council
                                                                    competent bodies in the Member States and at the
Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on                    same time shall provide a special security for an
the establishment of a common organization of the                   amount to be decided .
market in oils and fats (4), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1707/73 (5), because of the urgency of
 the measures envisaged and pending the general revi­               The application for an import licence shall be accom­
sion of the rules concerning the olive oil sector ;                  panied by a statement of :
Whereas the difficulties of assessing the true market                (a) the quantity of the product covered by the applica­
 situation, which was the reason for the adoption of                      tion ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 601 /76, still prevail ; whereas,               (b) the rate of levy per 100 kilogrammes of the
 furthermore, it is not expected that the general revi­                   product which the applicant undertakes to pay at
 sion of the provisions for the common organization of                    the time of import.
 the market in this sector can be completed in a short
 time ; whereas in these circumstances the special
                                                                     3.     The Commission shall determine the minimum
 measures laid down by the aformentioned Regulation
 should be maintained for a period sufficient for the                rate of the levy in units of account per 100 kilo­
 completion of the general revision of the rules                     grammes of the product.
 relating to olive oil,
                                                                     4. Licences shall be issued for applications stating a
                                                                     rate of levy greater than or equal to the minimum rate
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     determined by the Commission . In this event the
                                                                      applicant shall be bound to import the quantity of the
                                                                      product stated in his application at the rate of levy
                            Article 1                                 stated therein .
 Where free quotations on the world market are not a                  5.     The  Commission     shall   inform the    Member
  determining factor for the offer price for one or more              States of the implementation of this Article .
  qualities of unrefined olive oil falling within
  subheading 15.07 A II a) of the Common Customs
 Tariff, the levy referred to in Article 13 of Regulation
                                                                                              A rticle 3
  (') Opinion delivered on 16 November 1976 (not yet
       published in the Official Journal).                            By way of derogation from Article 15 of Regulation
  (2 ) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ No L 297, 28 . 10 . 1976, p. 4.                              No 136/ 66/ EEC no levy shall be imposed on imports
  (") OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                           of olive oil cakes and other residues falling within
  (5 ) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .                            subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff
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which have an olive oil content of not more than                                      Article 5
3 %.
                      Article 4                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                            1977 .
The detailed rules for the implementation of this
Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the
procedure provided for in Article 38 of Regulation No
136/66/ EEC.                                                It shall be applicable until 31 October 1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                   A. P. L. M .M. van der STEE