CELEX: 31976R1589
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/76 of 30 June 1976 fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil

No L 174/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 7. 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1589/76
                                                          of 30 June 1976
                                          fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1362/76 of 14
COMMUNITIES,                                                         June 1976 (9), the Commission decided to use the
                                                                     tendering procedure to fix the levies on olive oil ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                         Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
European Economic Community,                                         No 1046/76 of 4 May 1976 on detailed rules for the
                                                                     implementation of the special measures for the
Having regard to Council Regulation                         No       determination of offers of olive oil on the world
136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on                          the      market and the Greek market ( 10), lays down the
establishment of a confmon organization of                  the      criteria for fixing the rate of the minimum levy;
market in oils and fats (*), as last amended                 by
Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2),                                     Whereas that rate must be fixed for each of the
                                                                     products concerned on the basis of an examination of
Having      regard       to    Council       Regulation     No       the world or Greek markets and of the Community
162/ 66/ EEC of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and                 market, and also of the levy rates indicated by the
fats between the Community and Greece (3),                           tenderers ;
                                                                     Whereas account should be taken of the oil content
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         of products other than olive oil ; whereas, however,
601 /76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                          no levies are applied to imports of oil-cake and other
measures in particular for the determination of the                   residues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the
offers of olive oil ' on the world market (4 ), and in                Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content
particular Article 2 (3 ) thereof,                                    of not more than 3 % ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas account should be taken in applying the
 602/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                          levy of the provisions of the agreements between the
 measures in particular for the determination of the                  Community and certain non-member countries ;
 offers of olive oil on the Greek market (5), and in                  whereas, in particular, the levy must be calculated on
particular Article 2 (3 ) thereof,                                    the basis of the levy to be collected on imports from
                                                                      non-member countries ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the application of the rules described above
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from                 to the levy rates submitted by tenderers between 16
 Algeria (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    and 23 June results in the fixing of the minimum
                                                                      levies as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Morocco (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Article 1
 1508 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
 Tunisia (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    For the period from 1 to 15 July 1976, the minimum
                                                                       levies on imports of olive oil shall be as shown in the
                                                                      Annex.
  H    OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
  (2)  OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p. 5 .                                                       Article 2
  (3)  OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
  (4)  OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.
  (5)  OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 3 .
  (6)  OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.
  (7)  OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43 .                                (9) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 13 .
   (8) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.                                (10) OJ No L 119, 6. 5 . 1976, p. 7.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                                                                       (u.a. /100 kg)
                                       CCT
                                                                                                            Non-member
                                      Heading                                 Greece                         countries
                                        No
            07.01 Nil                                                          8-000                           15-000
            07.03 A II                                                         8-000                           14-000
            15.07 A I a)                                                     45-000                           82-000 H
            15.07 A I b)                                                     61-000                          112-000 (2)
            15.07 A II a)                                                    40-000                           71-000 (3)
            15.07 A II b)                                                    40-000                           71-000 (3)
            15.17 A I                                                        20-000                            35-000
            15.17 All                                                        32-000                            57-000
            23.04 A                                                            3-000                            5-000 (4)
             (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia
                 and transported directly from those countries to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by
                 3-20 u.a. / 100 kg .
             (2) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia
                 and transported directly from those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                 6 u.a./100 kg.
             (3) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed
                 below and transported directly from those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by :
                 (a) Spain : 0*50 u.a./ 100 kg ;
                 (b) Turkey : 0-50 u.a./ 100 kg ; in addition , and provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the
                      export tax applied by Turkey, the levy is reduced by 4-5 u.a./ 100 kg ;
                 (c) Algeria , Morocco, Tunisia : 20-50 u.a./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 .
             (4) Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 601/76 and (EEC) No 602/76, no import levy is collected on
                 oil-cake and other residues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff and having an oil
                 content of not more than 3 % .