CELEX: 31972R0991
Language: en
Date: 1972-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 991/72 of the Commission of 15 May 1972 on certain detailed rules for applying levies on exports of olive oil

432                                Official Journal of the European Communities
   17.5.72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 115 /5
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 991/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 15 May 1972
                            on certain detailed rules for applying levies on exports of olive oil
  THE    COMMISSION        OF  THE    EUROPEAN       COM­          Whereas the date to be taken into account in
  MUNITIES,                                                        determining the rate of the export levy should be
                                                                   stated ; whereas that date must be the date of
                                                                   completion of the customs formalities referred to in
  Having regard to the Treaty            establishing the          Article 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  European Economic Community ;                                    1373/706 of 10 July 1970 on common detailed rules
                                                                  for the application of the system of import and
  Having regard to Council Regulation No                          export licences and advance fixing certificates for
  136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the                         agricultural products subject to a single price system,
  establishment of a common organization of the                    as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2849/71 7 ;
  market in oils and fats, as last amended by
  Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,2 and in particular                Whereas, if the products concerned leave Community
  Article 18 (3 ) thereof;                                        territory in the course of transport from one point to
                                                                  another . within the Community, appropriate
  Having     regard     to   Council    Regulation      No        provisions should be laid down for the purpose of
  162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and             recovering the levy concerned if these products are
  fats between the Community and Greece ;                         not reimported into the Community ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation No
                                                                  Whereas, as regards the other detailed rules for
  171 /67/EEC4 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and             applying the export levy, recourse should be had to
                                                                 the provisions laid down in Commission Regulation
 levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1279/718 of 17 June 1971 on the use of
  (EEC) No 444/72,5 and in particular Article 11
 thereof;                                                        Community transit documents for the purpose of
                                                                 applying certain measures on the exportation of
                                                                 certain goods, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas, if the export levies on olive oil referred to          2766/719;
 in Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC are to be
 effective, certain detailed rules should be laid down           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 for their collection ;                                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                 Management Committee for Oils and Fats ;
 Whereas the scope of the provision concerned
should be defined ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas export licences may have been applied for
or issued before the date of application of the export                                      Article 1
levy ; whereas it is reasonable to lay down that these
applications for a licence may be withdrawn by the               1 . The levy referred to in Article 18 of Regulation
person concerned and the deposit released;                      No 136/66/EEC shall be charged only on exports of
                                                                olive oil falling within subheading No 15.07 A of the
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p . 3025/66.
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p . 8 .                              0   OJ No   L 158, 20.7.1970, p. 1 .
3 OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.                            7   OJ No   L 286, 30.12.1971 , p. 24.
4 OJ No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2600/67.                             8   OJ No   L 133, 19.6.1971, p . 32.
5 OJ No L 54, 3.3.1972, p. 6.                                   »   OJ No   L 283 , 24.12.1971, p. 33 .
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Common Customs Tariff and satisfying the                        2. The export levy shall be payable not later than
conditions laid down in Articles 9 (2) and 10 ( 1 ) of          the time of completion of the customs formalities
the Treaty.                                                     referred to in paragraph 1 .
2. The levy shall also be charged on exports of the
olive oil referred to in paragraph 1 which, on account
of the customs regulations regarding its packaging or                                    Article 4
the fact of its incorporation in or addition to other
olive oil, is not in free circulation in the Community          Where the customs document indicates that an olive
and therefore does not satisfy the conditions laid              oil subject to the export levy and moving between
down in Articles 9 (2) and 10 ( 1 ) of the Treaty.              two points in the Community will, in the course of
                                                                transport, leave Community territory otherwise than
                         Article 2                              by air, the sender must deposit a guarantee of an
                                                                 amount equal to the levy which would be collected if
Where an export levy is fixed for olive oil, all persons         the oil were exported from the Community.
concerned may request the cancellation :
— of applications for export licences for that                                           Article 5
    product made prior to the application of that levy
    where the relevant licences have not already been
    issued ;                                                    Olive oil subject to the export levy shall be moved
— of export licences issued for that product prior to            within the Community under the conditions fixed
    the application of that levy.                               by Regulation (EEC) No 1279/71 .
In such cases the deposit concerned shall be released           In the cases referred to in Article 5 a of that
immediately.
                                                                Regulation, the day on which the formalities relating
                                                                to the despatch of products are completed shall be
                         Article 3                              regarded as being the day on which the customs
                                                                formalities referred to in Article 3 are completed.
 1 . The day to be taken into account when the
export levy is being determined shall be the day on
which the customs formalities referred to in the
                                                                                         Article 6
second subparagraph of Article 8 (2) (b) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 are completed. The
export levy shall be collected by the competent body            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 of the Member State on whose territory these                    day following its publication in the Official Journal
 formalities are completed.                                      of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1972.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                      S. L. MANSHOLT