CELEX: 31977R0217
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 217/77 of 1 February 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2938/76 adjusting the amount of the levies applicable to olive oil

2 . 2. 77                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 30 / 5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 217 /77
                                                          of 1 February 1977
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2938 /76 adjusting the amount of the levies appli­
                                                           cable to olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         time the difference between the threshold price
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          obtaining at the end of the 1975/76 oil year and that
                                                                       obtaining at the beginning of the present oil year ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    Whereas the importation of quantities not exceeding
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                     1 000 kilograms is not subject to the system of levies
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                         fixed by tendering procedure ; whereas consequently
common organization of the market in oils and                          imports of such quantities effected between 1 and 9
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                      November 1976 did not qualify for the reduced levy
1707/73 (2),                                                           provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2938 /76 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC                    Whereas for the sake of fairness these provisions
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between                   should be extended to such imports of oil ;
the Community and Greece (3 ),                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
601 /76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                           ment Committee for Oils and Fats ,
measures in particular for the determination of the
offers of olive oil on the world market (4), as amended
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 2600/76 (5), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                                    Article 1
602/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special
measures in particular for the determination of the                    The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 1
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (6), as amended                of Regulation ( EEC) No 2938 /76 :
by Regulation (EEC) No 2600/76, and in particular                          'This reduction shall apply equally to quantities of
Article 5 thereof,                                                         olive oil not exceeding 1 000 kilograms which
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2938 /76                            were imported during the period 1 to 9 November
                                                                            1976 .'
of 2 December 1 976 ( 7) provided for a reduction in
the levies applicable to olive oil imported on or after 1
November 1976 under licences applied for before that                                             Article 2
date ;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas the minimum levy which came into force on                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
 10 November 1976 took into account for the first                       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 February 1977 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                       Vice-President
(')  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 L 72 , 1 8 . 3 . 1 976, p. 1 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 297, 28 . 10 . 1976, p. 4 .
(<•) OJ  No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976 , p. 3 .
( 7) OJ  No L 334 , 3 . 12 . 1976 , p. 23 .