CELEX: 31979R0081
Language: en
Date: 1979-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 81/79 of 18 January 1979 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

19 . 1 . 79                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 13 / 5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 81 /79
                                                         of 18 January 1979
                fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importa
                                              tion of other olive oil sector products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        December 1978 ( u ) the Commission decided to use
                                                                      the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                       23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
 common organization of the market in oils and                        fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender ( 12) speci­
 fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
  1 562/78 (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,             of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
                                                                      tion on the world or Greek markets and the Commu­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         nity market and of the levy rates indicated by
 2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and                     tenderers ;
 fats between the Community and Greece (3), and in
 particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­              Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
 nating in Algeria (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
 No 2761 /78 (5), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
                                                                      in particular the levy applicable for those countries
                                                                      must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
  1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­             tries ;
 nating in Morocco (6), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2761 /78 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1508 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­             Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
 nating in Tunisia (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                levy rates indicated by tenderers on 15 and 16 January
 No 2761 /78 , and in particular Article 5 thereof,                   1979 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
                                                                      cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­
 nity of certain agricultural products originating in
Turkey (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2766/78 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,              Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
                                                                      subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
                                                                      Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules                   Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
 for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon ( 10),                minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
                                                                     in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 .                          for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
(2 ) OJ No L 185, 7. 7 . 1978 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 1 .                            8 % of the value of the imported product, such
  4 ) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24 .                             amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas applica­
(5 ) OJ No L 332, 29 . 11 . 1978 , p . 13 .                          tion of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed
(o) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 43 .
( 7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .                               as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation,
(8) OJ No L 142, 9 . 6 . 1977, p . 10 .
O OJ No L 332, 29 . 11 . 1977, p . 26 .                              (") OJ No L 370 , 30 . 12. 1978 , p. 60 .
( 10) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                              ( 12) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p . 6.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     Article 2
                                                           The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil
                                                           sector products are fixed in Annex II .
                     Article 1
                                                                                  Article 3
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 January
Annex I.                                                   1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 18 January 1979 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                                ANNEX I
                                                           Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                                               (,u,./100
                                                 CCT heading No                                              Grecce              Non-member countries
             15.07 A I a)                                                                                   29.00 (')                   54-00 (')
             15.07 A I b)                                                                                   28.00 (>)                    53-00 (')
             15.07 A I c)                                                                                   32.00 (!)                    56.00 (!)
             15.07 A II a)                                                                                  35.00                       63-00 (2)
             15.07 A II b)                                                                                  48.00                        88.00 (3)
            (') Tor imports ot oil tailing within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and transported
                 directly from any ot those countries to the Community , the levv to be collected is reduced by :
                 ( a ) Greece . Spam and Lebanon : OM ) u.a./ l ()() kg ;
                 ( b ) Turkey : IS - So u.a./ 100 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof ot having paid the export tax applied by that country ;
                       however, the repayment may not - exceed the amount ot the tax in force ;
                 ( 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 .
            (-') For imports ot oil falling within this tariff subheading :
                 ( a ) produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community , the
                       levv to be collected is reduced by 3.20 u.a./ 100 kg ;
                 ( b ) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community , the levy to be collected is reduced by
                       2.56 u .a ./ 1 Ot ) kg .
            (') l:or imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading :
                 (a ) produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community , the
                       levy to be collected is reduced by 6 u.a. / HM ) kg ;
                 ( b ) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                       480 u.a./ 100 kg.
                                                                               ANNEX II
                                                  Import levies on other olive oil sector products
                                                                                                                                                      00 L: .)
                                                 CCT heading No                                              Greece              N on - member countries
            07.01 N II                                                                                        6-00                        11-00
            07.03. A II                                                                                       600                         11-00
             15.17 B I a)                                                                                    14-00                        27-00
             15.17 B I b)                                                                                    22-00                        42-00
            23.04 A II                                                                                        3.00                          4-00