CELEX: 31985R1136
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1136/85 of 2 May 1985 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

3 . 5. 85                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 119/5
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1136/85
                                                    of 2 May 1985
              fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the
                                  importation of other olive oil sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tender (12) specifies that the minimum levy rate shall
                                                              be fixed for each of the products concerned on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         basis of the situation on the world market and the
Economic Community,                                           Community market and of the levy rates indicated by
                                                              tenderers ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),       Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 683/85 (2),            be taken of the provisions in the Agreements between
and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                     the Community and certain third countries ; whereas
                                                              in particular the levy applicable for those countries
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  must be fixed taking as a basis for calculation the levy
1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­        to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
nating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation          tries ;
(EEC) No 663/84 (4), and in particular Article 5
thereof,                                                      Whereas, with regard to Algeria, the provisions of this
                                                              Regulation should be without prejudice to the addi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  tional amount to be determined in accordance with
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­       the agreements between the Community and this third
nating in Morocco (5), as last amended by Regulation          country ;
(EEC) No 436/85 (*), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
                                                              Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  levy rates indicated by tenderers on 29 and 30 April
1508/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­        1985 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
nating in Tunisia Q, as last amended by Regulation            cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
(EEC) No 436/85, and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                              Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the
1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­             Common Customs Tariff and on products falling
nity of certain agricultural products originating in          within subheadings 15.17 B I and 23.04 A II of the
Turkey (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No            Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
435/85 (9), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,         minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
                                                              these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to 8 %
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for       of the value of the imported product, such amount to
the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (10) ;              be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application of
                                                              these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28                 cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
December 1978 (u) the Commission decided to use
the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
0 OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 75, 16. 3. 1985, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.                                                   Article 1
(4) OJ No L 73, 16. 3. 1984, p. 10.
0 OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43.
(«) OJ No L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p. 2.                            The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
f) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.
(8) OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                           Annex I.
0 OJ No L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p. 1 .
(10) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
(") OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.                          (12) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.
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                      Article 2                                                   Article 3
The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 1985.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 2 May 1985.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX I
                                           Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                  CCT heading No                                 Non-member countries
           15.07   A  I a)                                                               63,00 (')
           15.07   A  I b)                                                               65,00 (')
           15.07   A  I c)                                                               60,00 (■)
           15.07   A  II a)                                                              77,00 (2)
           15.07   A  II b)                                                              95,00 (3)
          (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the coun­
              tries listed below and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy
               to be collected is reduced by :
              (a) 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 : 12,69 ECU/ 100 kgf) provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the
                   export tax applied by that county ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the
                   tax in force.
              (d) Tunisia and Morocco : 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 .
              (*) This amount may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community
                  and the third country in question.
          (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.
          (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/ 1 00 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                                 Non-member countries
          07.01 N II                                                                       14,30
          07.03 A II                                                                       14,30
          15.17 B I a)                                                                    32,50
          15.17 Bib)                                                                       52,00
          23.04 A II                                                                        4,80