CELEX: 31973R1760
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-30
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1760/73 of the Commission of 29 June 1973 fixing the special import levy on olive oil

30. 6. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 176/ 83
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1760/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 29 June 1973
                                         ' . fixing the special import levy on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                           within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange
                                                                           based on their effective parity ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
136/66/EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the esta­                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
blishment of a common organization of the market                           the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
in oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2)                           each of these currencies recorded for a given
annexed to the Treaty (s) on the Accession of new                          period, in relation to the Community currencies
Member States to the European Economic Commu­                              referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
nity and the European Atomic Energy Community,
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­                   Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee
cular Article 13 (4) thereof ;                                         was requested ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
 162/66/EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils                   other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
and fats between the Community and Greece, and                          1523/73 to the offer prices known to the Commis­
 in particular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ;                         sion ithat the special levy at present in force should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/                     altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regu­
                                                                       lation :
 72 (®) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on refined
 olive oil and on certain products containing olive
 oil, and in particular Article 9 thereof ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2165/70 (®) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive
                                                                                                Article 1
 oil from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2277/71 (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                 The special levy referred to in Article 13 (3 ) of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 463/                     Regulation No 136/66/EEC, and fixed in Annex II
 71 (8) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil from                   of Regulation ( EEC) No 1523/73 , is hereby aJtered
 Morocco, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                            as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation .
 2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 2
 Whereas the levies on olive oil were fixed by Com­
  mission Regulation (EEC) No 1523 /73 (9) and sub­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
 sequent amending Regulations ;                                         1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 June 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
  (*) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025 /66.
  (») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
  (•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
  (<) OT No J 97, 29. 10. 1966, p . 3393/66
  («) OJ  No  L 54, 3. 3 . 1972, p. 3.
  (•) OJ  No  L 238, 29.   10. 1970, p. 4.
  C)  OJ  No  L 241 , 27.  10. 1971 , p. 2.
  (8) OJ  No  L 53, 5. 3.  1971 , p. 9.
  {») OJ No L 152, 8. 6. 1973, p . 30.
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                                                                      ANNEX
                                      Special levy applicable to imports effected from 1 July 1973
                                                                                                                           Amount in
    CCT heading No                                            Description of goods                                         u.a ./100 kg
ex 15.07 A II                   Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                less originating or coming from Spain                                                      19-860 (*)
P) The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0-50 u.a./ 100 kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.