CELEX: 31979R1398
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1398/79 of 5 July 1979 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

6 . 7 . 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 168 / 5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1398/79
                                                           of 5 July 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 ( n) the Commission decided to use
                                                                     the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
                                                                     fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (,2) speci­
                                                                     fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
 common organization of the market in oils and
                                                                     of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
 fats (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    tion on the world or Greek markets and the Commu­
 590/79 (2), and in particular Article 1 6 (2) thereof,
                                                                     nity market and of the levy rates indicated by
                                                                     tenderers ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2749/78 of 23 November 1978 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece (3), and in
particular Article 5 (2) thereof,                                    Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
                                                                     be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
                                                                     the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        in particular the levy applicable for those countries
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­              must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
nating in Algeria (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
 No 2761 /78 (5), and in particular Article 5 thereof,               tries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­             Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
nating in Morocco (6), as last amended by Regulation                 levy rates indicated by tenderers on 2 and 3 July 1979
(EEC) No 2761 /78, and in particular Article 5 thereof,              leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated
                                                                     in Annex I to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­
nating in Tunisia (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
No 2761 /78, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    March 1979 (13) laid down the coefficient for
                                                                     expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                     ECU ;
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                        Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
2766/78 (9), and in particular Article 1 0 (2) thereof,              subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
                                                                     within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules
                                                                     minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (10),                  in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
                                                                     for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
(»)  OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ   No L 78, 30. 3. 1979, p. 1 .                               8 % of the value of the imported product, such
(J)  OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 1 .                          amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas applica­
(*)  OJ   No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                             tion of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed
(»)  OJ   No L 332, 29. 11 . 1978, p. 13.                            as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation,
(*) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43.
O OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.
(») OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                                  (») OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
(') OJ No L 332, 29. 11 . 1977, p. 26.                               I 12) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.
      OI No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                              (13) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     Article 2
                                                           The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil
                     Article 1                             sector products are fixed in Annex II.
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in                              Article 3
Annex I.                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 5 July 1979.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                       ANNEX I
                                                    Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                                  (ECU / 100 kg)
                                         CCT heading No                                           Greece               Non-member countries
         15.07 A I a)                                                                              6.00 (')                    36.00 (»)
         15.07 A I b)                                                                              3.00 (!)                    31.00 (')
          15.07 A I c)                                                                            12-00 (')                    41-00 (')
          15.07 A II a)                                                                             5.00                       38-00 (2)
          15.07 A II b)                                                                           20.00                        68.00 (3)
         (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading 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) Greece, Spain and Lebanon : 0.60 ECU / 100 kg ;
              (b) Turkey : 22.36 ECU/ 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, Morocco, Tunisia : 24.78 ECU/ 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 .
         (2 ) For 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 3.86 ECU/ 100 kg ;
              (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                   3.09 ECU/ 100 kg .
         (J ) For 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 7.25 ECU / 100 kg ;
              (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                  5.80 ECU/ 100 kg .
                                                                       ANNEX II
                                           Import levies on other olive oil sector products
                                                                                                                                  (ECU / 100 kv)
                                         CCT heading No                                           Greece               Non-member countries
         07.01 N II                                                                                0.66                          6.82
         07.03 A II                                                                                0.66                          6-82
          15.17 B I a)                                                                             1.50                         15-50
          15.17 B I b)                                                                             2-40                        24-80
          23.04 A II                                                                               0.96                          3-28