CELEX: 31983R0607
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 607/83 of 17 March 1983 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

18 . 3. 83                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 72/9
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 607/83
                                                 of 17 March 1983
              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                               Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
COMMUNITIES,                                                 December 1978 (10) the Commission decided to use
                                                             the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of
Economic Community,                                          23 November 1978 laying down general rules for
                                                             fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (") speci­
                                                             fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC            of the products concerned on the basis of the situation
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a               on the world market and the Community market and
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),      of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),
and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                    Whereas in the collection of the levy account should
                                                             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 (3), as last amended by Regulation         to be collected on imports from the other third coun­
(EEC) No 3488/82 (4), and in particular Article 5            tries ;
thereof,
                                                             Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
                                                             levy rates indicated by tenderers on 14 and 15 March
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 1983 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indi­
1521 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­      cated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
nating in Morocco (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3488/82, and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                             Whereas the import levy on olives falling within
                                                             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
1508 /76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil origi­      Common Customs Tariff must be calculated from the
nating in Tunisia (6), as last amended by Regulation         minimum levy applicable on the olive oil contained in
(EEC) No 3488/82, and in particular Article 5 thereof,       these products ; whereas, however, the levy charged for
                                                             olive oil may not be less than an amount equal to 8 %
                                                             of the value of the imported product, such amount to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application of
1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Commu­            these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
nity of certain agricultural products originating in         cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
Turkey (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3489/82 (8), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for
the importation of olive oil from Lebanon (9),
                                                                                      Article 1
(>) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6.
(J) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.
(4) OJ No L 372, 30. 12. 1982, p. 13.                        The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
(j OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43.                          Annex I.
(6) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 142, 9 . 6. 1977, p . 10 .
(8) OJ No L 372, 30 . 12. 1982, p. 14.                       (10) OJ No L 370 , 30 . 12. 1978 , p. 60 .
O OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p . 4.                         (") 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        This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March
sector products are fixed in Annex II.                     1983 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 March 1983 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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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)                                                               29,00 (')
             15.07  A   I b)                                                               30,50 (>)
             15.07  A   I c)                                                               33,00 (')
             15.07  A   II a)                                                              38,00 (2)
             15.07  A   II b)                                                              56,00 (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, 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 ;
                (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/ 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                                  Non-member countries
            07.01 N II                                                                       6,71
            07.03 A II                                                                       6,71
            15.17 B I a)                                                                    15,25
            15.17 B I b)                                                                    24,40
            23.04 A II                                                                       2,64