CELEX: 31979R0916
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 916/79 of 10 May 1979 fixing minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 116/ 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              11 . 5 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 916/79
                                                        of 10 May 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
                                                                  23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12) speci­
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     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 (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   tion on the world or Greek markets and the Commu­
590/79 (2), and in particular Article 16 (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
                                                                  Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
                                                                   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 7 and 8 May 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 (n) 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 10 (2) thereof,             subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
                                                                   Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
                                                                   Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules
for the importation of olive oil from Lebanon ( 10),               minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained
                                                                   in these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            for olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to
(2) OJ No L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979 , p. 1 .                            8 % of the value of the imported product, such
(3) 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
(5) OJ No L 332, 29 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                          as indicated in Annex II to this Regulation,
(0) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
(7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .
(8) OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                                (") OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
(9) OJ No L 332, 29. 11 . 1977, p. 26.                             ( 12) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 6.
( 10) OJ 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
                                                           sector products are fixed in Annex II.
                     Article 1
                                                                                  Article 3
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 May
Annex I.                                                   1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 10 May 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)                                                                             4.00                       38 00 (2)
            15.07 A II b)                                                                           2000                         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 ;
               (h) 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.
           (3) 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 kg)
                                          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