CELEX: 51983PC0466
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down certain measures for acid oils from refining of by-products of olive oil or olive-residue oil (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                            C0M(83> 466 f i n a l
                                                           Br us s el s , 8 September 1983
                                               Proposal f or a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     layi ng down c e r t a i n measures for aci d oi^ls from r e f i n i n g of by-products
                           : • .                                <i
                                 of o l i v e o i l or o t i v e - r e s i d u e oi l
                        (submi tt ed t o ..the Council by the Commission)
  C0MC83) 466 f i n a l
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Community measures hav/e been Laid down for by-product s from r e f i n i n g of o l i v e
o i l and o l i v e - r e s i d u e o i l f a l l i n g within subheading 15.17 B of t he Common
Customs T a r i f f produced in t he Community, in Order t o prevent e s t e r i f i e d o i l s
deri ved from t hes e by- pr oduct s b e n e f i t i n g f r a u d u l e n t l y from consumption ai d.
Since e s t e r i f i e d o i l s can al s o be obt ai ned from acid o i l s from r e f i n i n g
f a l l i n g wi t hi n subheading 15.10 C of t he Common Customs T a r i f f , a l egal b a s i s
should be e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t would enable t he same measures t o be t aken in r es pect
of t h e s e acid o i I s .
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                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
Laying down c e r t a i n measures for acid o i l s from r e f i n i n g of by- pr oduct s of o l i v e
o i l . o r o l i v e - r e s i d u e oiL
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard t o the Treat y e s t a b l i s h i n g t he European Economic Community, and
in p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 235 t h e r e o f ,
Having regard t o t he proposal from the Commission,
Having r egard t o the opi nion of t he European Pa r l i a me nt ,
Whereas 'Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3172/80 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 823/83 ( 2 ) , pr ovi des t h a t for t he purposes of Cont r ol l i ng t he q u a l i t y of
o i l packaged by approved p l a n t s , by-product s of t he r e f i n i n g of o l i v e o i l and
o l i v e - r e s i d u e o i l produced in t he Community should have added t o them a defi ned
q u a n t i t y of c e r t a i n non- ol i ve pr oduct s;
Whereas t h e s e checks are not appl i cabl e at pr esent t o aci d o i l s from r e f i n i n g
deri ved from by-product s of o l i v e o i l and o l i v e - r e s i d u e o i l ;
Whereas t h e r e i s always the r i s k t h a t e s t e r i f i e d o i l s showing t he c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
of o l i v e oi l, produced from t hes e acid o i l s from r e f i n i n g , may be fraudulently employed
 as olive oils for human consumption and thus benefit from consumption aid; whereas in
order t o prevent such a r i s k , acid o i l s from r e f i n i n g should be t r e a t e d in t he
same way as by- product s from r e f i n i n g ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 (1) 0J No L 331, 9. 12. 1980, p. 27
 (2) 0J No L 91, 9 . 4 . 1 9 8 3 , p. 5
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                                               Article 1
Acid o i l s from r e f i n i n g of by-product s of o l i v e oiL or o t i v e - r e s i d u e o i t
f a l l i n g wi t hi n subheading 15.10 C of the Common Customs T a r i f f can be s ubj ect
to the same t reat ment as by-product s from r e f i n i n g of o l i v e oi l or o l i v e -
r esi due oi l f a l l i n g wi t hi n subheading 15.17 B of the Common Customs T a r i f f .
                                               Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                 Por the Council