CELEX: 31976R2244
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2244/76 of 15 September 1976 fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil

16. 9 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 252/ 19
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2244/76
                                                     of 15 September 1976
                                       fixing the minimum import levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     implementation of the special measures for the deter­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       mination of offers of olive oil on the world market
                                                                   and the Greek market ( 10), lays down the criteria for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixing the rate of the minimum levy ;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas that rate must be fixed for each of the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  products concerned on the basis of an examination of
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     the world or Greek markets and of the Community
common organization of the market in oils and                      market, and also of the levy rates indicated by the
fats (! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  tenderers ;
 1707/73 (2),
                                                                   Whereas account should be taken of the oil content of
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC
of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between               products other than olive oil ; whereas, however, no
the Community and Greece (3),                                      levies are applied to imports of oil-cake and other resi­
                                                                   dues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the
 Having regard to Council Reguation (EEC) No 601 /76               Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of
                                                                   not more than 3 % ;
of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures in
 particular for the determination of the offers of olive
oil on the world market (4), and in particular Article 2           Whereas account should be taken in applying the levy
(3) thereof,                                                       of the provisions of the agreements between the
                                                                   Community and certain non-member countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       whereas, in particular, the levy must be calculated on
602/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                        the basis of the levy to be collected on imports from
measures in particular for the determination of the                non-member countries ;
offers of olive oil on the Greek market (5), and in parti­
 cular Article 2 (3) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the application of the rules described above
                                                                   to the levy rates submitted by tenderers between 1 and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from              7 September 1976 results in the fixing of the
                                                                   minimum levies as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
Algeria (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                  lation ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil from
 Morocco (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED 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,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1362/76 of 14 June
 1976 (9), the Commission decided to use the tendering
 procedure to fix the levies on olive oil ;                        For the period from 16 to 30 September 1976, the
                                                                   minimum levies on imports of olive oil shall be as
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                   shown in the Annex .
 No 1046/76 of 4 May 1976 on detailed rules for the
(•)  OJ   No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 .
(2)  OJ   No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.                                                     Article 2
(>)  OJ   No 197, 29 . 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
(«)  OJ   No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .
(')  OJ   No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 3 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on              16
(')  OJ   No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                           September 1976 .
( 7) OJ   No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
(8)  OJ   No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .
C)   OJ   No L 154, 15 . 6. 1976, p . 13 .                         H OJ No L 119 , 6. 5 . 1976, p. 7.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 15 September 1976.
                                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                             ANNEX
                                                                                                                                         (u.a. / 100 kg)
                                        CCT
                                                                                         Greece                         Non-member countries
                                      heading
                                         No
          07.01 N II                                                                      8000                                  15-000
          07.03 A II                                                                      8 000                                 14-000
           1 5.07 A I a)                                                                45000                                   82-000 (')
           15.07 Alb)                                                                   61 000                                 112-000 (2 )
           15.07 Alia)                                                                  42-500 (3 )                             71-000 (3)
           1 5.07 A II b)                                                               42-500 (3)                              71-000 (3 )
           15.17 AI                                                                     20-000                                  35-000
           15.17 A II                                                                   32-000                                  57-000
           23.04 A                                                                        3-000                                   5-000 (4)
           (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly
                from those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 3-20 u.a./ 100 kg.
           (2 ) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in Algeria , Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly
                from those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 6 u.a . / 100 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 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 : 0-50 u.a. / 100 kg ; in addition , and provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied by
                    Turkey, the levy is reduced by 4-5 u.a . / 100 kg ;
                (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 to Article 3 of Regulations ( EEC) No 601 /76 and ( EEC) No 602/76 , no import levy is collected on oil-cake and other resi­
                dues falling within subheading 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff and having an oil content of not more than 3 % .