CELEX: 31977R2352
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2352/77 of 27 October 1977 fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil

28 . 10 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 276/5
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2352/77
                                                   of 27 October 1977
                                  fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                    No 3188 /76 of 23 December 1976 on detailed rules
                                                                for the implementation of the special measures for the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          determination of offers of olive oil on the world
Economic Community,                                             market and the Greek market (J !), as last amended by
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 983/77 (12), lays down the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC               criteria for fixing the rate of the minimum levy ;
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and
                                                                Whereas that rate must be fixed for each of the
fats (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1707/73 (2),                                                    products concerned on the basis of an examination of
                                                                the world or Greek markets and of the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC               market, and also of the levy rates indicated by the
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between            tenderers ;
the Community and Greece (3),
                                                                Whereas account should be taken of the oil content of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    products other than olive oil ; whereas, however, no
2843/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special                 levies are applied to imports of oil-cake and other resi­
measures in particular for the determination of the             dues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the
offers of olive oil on the world market (4), and in parti­      Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of
cular Article 2 (3) thereof,                                    not more than 3 % ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2844/76 of 23 November 1976 laying down special                 Whereas account should be taken in applying the levy
measures in particular for the determination of the             of the provisions of the agreements between the
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (5), and in parti­      Community and certain non-member countries ;
cular Article 2 (3) thereof,                                    whereas, in particular, the levy must be calculated on
                                                                the basis of the levy to be collected on imports from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    non-member countries ;
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Algeria (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                Whereas the application of the rules described above
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    to the levy rates submitted by tenderers on 24 and 25
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from          October 1977 results in the fixing of the minimum
Morocco (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof,               levies as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
Tunisia (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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
                                                                                         Article 1
Turkey (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1362/76 of 14 June              The minimum levies on imports of olive oil shall be
 1976 (10), the Commission decided to use the                   as shown in the Annex.
 tendering procedure to fix the levies on olive oil ;
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.                                                      Article 2
(3) OJ No 197, 29. 10 . 1966, p. 3393/66.
(<) OJ No L 327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 4.
(5) OJ No L 327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 6.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October
(6) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                            1977.
(7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43.
(«) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.
(9) OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                             (") OJ No L 359, 30. 12. 1976, p. 26.
(10) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 13.                           (12) OJ No L 118, 11 . 5. 1977, p. 7.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 27 October 1977.
                                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 October 1977 fixing the minimum import levies on
                                                                           olive oil
                                                                                                                                        (u.a. / 100 kg)
                                        CCT
                                       heading                                          Greece                        Non-member countries
                                         No
           07.01 Nil                                                                     7Ό0                                     9-00
           07.03 A II                                                                    700                                     8-00
            1 5.07 A I a)                                                              36-00 (3)                               58-00 (3)
            1 5.07 A I b)                                                              37-00 (J)                               60-00 (3)
            1 5.07 A I c)                                                              38-00 (3)                               60-00 (3)
            1 5.07 A II a)                                                             41-00                                   67-00 (!)
            1 5.07 A II b)                                                             56-00                                  110-50 (2)
            15.17 A I                                                                   16-00                                  21-00
            15.17 A II                                                                 26-00                                   34-00
           23.04 A                                                                       3-00 (4)                                3Ό0 (<)
           (') 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 3-20 u.a./ 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                    2-50 u.a./ 100 kg.
           (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 6 u.a./ 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by
                   4-80 u.a./ lOO kg.
           (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 and Spain : 0-50 u.a./ 100 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : 18-50 u.a./ 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 : 20-50 u.a./ 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.
           (4) Pursuant in Article 3 of Regulations (EEC) No 2843/76 and (EEC) No 2844/76, no import levy is collected on oil-cake and other
                residues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of not more than 3 % .