CELEX: 31995R0083
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 83/95 of 19 January 1995 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 14/2                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 20 . 1 . 95
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 83/95
                                                        of 19 January 1995
                   fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the
                                        importation of other olive oil sector products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, in the collection of the levy, account should be
                                                                    taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
 Community,
                                                                    cular the levy applicable for those countries must be
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of              fixed, taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                 collected on imports from the other third countries ;
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in parti­           Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
 cular Article 16 (2) thereof,                                      tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without
                                                                    prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76               accordance with the agreements between the Community
 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             and these third countries ;
 Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1900/92 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof,               Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                    91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76              overseas countries and territories with the European
 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             Economic Community (H), no levies shall apply on
 Morocco f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 No 1901 /92 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,              and territories ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76               Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             levy rates indicated by tenderers on 16 and 17 January
 Tunisia f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    1995 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as
 No 413/86 (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77               Whereas the import levy on olives falling within CN
 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                    codes 0709 90 39 and 071 1 20 90 and on products falling
 certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (9), as        within CN codes 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 19
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (10), and in           must be calculated from the minimum levy applicable on
 particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                 the olive oil contained in these products ; whereas,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77               however, the levy charged for olive oil may not be less
 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­          than an amount equal to 8 % of the value of the
 tation of olive oil from Lebanon (u),                              imported product, such amount to be fixed at a standard
                                                                    rate ; whereas application of these provisions leads to the
 Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (12), as                   levies being fixed as indicated in Annex II to this Regula­
 amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, the Commis­             tion,
 sion decided to use the tendering procedure to fix levies
 on olive oil ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
 No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
 rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (13)                                 Article 1
 specifies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for
each of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­           The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
tion on the world market and the Community market and               Annex I.
of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
                                                                                              Article 2
(■) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 285, 20. 11 . 1993, p. 9.                               The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
(3) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.
(4) OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               products are fixed in Annex II.
O OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43.
(6) OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 2.                                                          Article 3
o OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.
(8) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 January
(1#) OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 3.                               1995.
(") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
(12) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
(13) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.                            (H) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 19 January 1995.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX I
                                              Minimum import levies on olive oil (')
                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                                          CN code                                          Non-member countries
                                         1509 10 10                                                 69,00 (2)
                                         1509 10 90                                                 69,00 (2)
                                         1509 90 00                                                 80,00 (})
                                         1510 00 10                                                 72,00 (2)
                                         1510 00 90                                               1 14,00 (4)
          (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
          (2) For imports of oil falling within this CN code and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and
               transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by :
               (a) Lebanon : ECU 0,60 per 100 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : ECU 11,48 (*) per 100 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax
                    applied by that country ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax in force ;
               (c) Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco : ECU 12,69 (*) per 100 kg provided that the operator furnishes proof of having
                    paid the export tax applied by that country ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax
                    in force .
               (*) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community and the third
                   countries in question.
          (■') For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
               (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 ECU 3,86 per 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                    collected is reduced by ECU 3,09 per 100 kg.
          (4) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
               (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 ECU 7,25 per 1 00 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                   collected is reduced by ECU 5,80 per 100 kg.
                                                                ANNEX II
                                      Import levies on other olive oil sector products (')
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                          CN code                                          Non-member countries
                                        0709 90  39                                                 15,18
                                        0711 20  90                                                 15,18
                                        1522 00  31                                                 34,50
                                        1522 00  39                                                 55,20
                                        2306 90  19                                                  5,76
          (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.