CELEX: 31974R0290
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-02
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 290/74 of the Commission of 1 February 1974 fixing the export levies on olive oil

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 290/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 1 February 1974
                                                 fixing the export levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
COMMUNITIES,                                                               on their effective parity ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Economic Community ;                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                           of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
66/EEC ( 1) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                         in the previous subparagraph ;
ment of a common organization of the market in oils
and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
1707/73 (2) ;                                                          provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3256/73
                                                                       to the offer prices known to the Commission that the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                            export levies at present in force should be altered as
66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and                     shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ;
fats between the Community and Greece ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
67/EEC (4) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and
levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation
                                                                                              Article 1
(EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular Article 10 (3)
thereof ;
                                                                       The export levies referred to in Article 18 of Regula­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           tion No 136/66/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
Committee ;                                                            Table annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas the export levies on olive oil were fixed by                   These levies are applicable to products falling within
Regulation (EEC) No 3256/73 (6) and subsequent                         subheading 15.07 A presented in immediate packings
amending Regulations ;                                                 of a net capacity exceeding 5 kg.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                                               Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                      1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 1 February 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(>)  OJ No   172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ No   L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .
(3)  OJ No   197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66.
 4)  OJ No   130, 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2600/67 .
(5)  OJ No   L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
(<>) OJ No   L 331 , 1 . 12. 1973, p. 55 .
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                                                    ANNEX
                               Levies on olive oil to third countries and Greece
                            CCT heading No                                 Amounts ip u. a. / 100 kg
           ex 15.07 A I a)                                                       50-442
           ex 15.07 A I b )                                                       67-710
           ex 15.07 A II                                                          45-443