CELEX: 31995R0783
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 783/95 of 6 April 1995 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

7. 4. 95               EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 79/ 1
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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 783/95
                                                           of 6 April 1995
                   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 COMMUNITIES,                           Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77
                                                                      of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­
                                                                      tation of olive oil from Lebanon (10),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                            Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 ("), as
                                                                      amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, the Commis­
                                                                      sion decided to use the tendering procedure to fix levies
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                  on olive oil ;
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and               Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
Sweden, and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                     No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
                                                                      rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12)
                                                                      specifies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for
                                                                      each of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76                  tion on the world market and the Community market and
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
Algeria (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1900/92 (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas, in the collection of the levy, account should be
                                                                      taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76                 Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                cular the levy applicable for those countries must be
Morocco (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                      fixed, taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be
No 1901 /92 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                 collected on imports from the other third countries ;
                                                                      Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76                  tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in
Tunisia (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                      accordance with the agreements between the Community
No 413/86 0, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                     and these third countries ;
                                                                      Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77                  91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                       overseas countries and territories with the European
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (8), as            Economic Community (u), no levies shall apply on
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 0, and in                 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                    and territories ;
(') OJ No   172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No   L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                               Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
(3) OJ No   L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               levy rates indicated by tenderers on 3 and 4 April 1995
(4) OJ No   L 169 , 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
0   OJ No   L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 2.
(«) OJ No   L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 .                               H   OJ   No L  181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
0   OJ No   L 48 , 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .                                (") OJ   No L  370,  30.  12. 1978, p. 60 .
(8) OJ No   L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                                 H   OJ   No L  331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 6.
O   OJ No   L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p . 3.                               H   OJ   No L  263,  19 . 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .
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leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Annex I to this Regulation ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas the import levy on olives falling within CN             The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
codes 0709 90 39 and 0711 20 90 and on products falling         Annex I.
within CN codes 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 19
must be calculated from the minimum levy applicable on                                  Article 2
the olive oil contained in these products ; whereas,
however, the levy charged for olive oil may not be less         The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
than an amount equal to 8 % of the value of the                 products are fixed in Annex II.
imported product, such amount to be fixed at a standard
rate ; whereas application of these provisions leads to the                             Article 3
levies being fixed as indicated in Annex II to this Regula­
tion,                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 6 April 1995.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX I
                                             Minimum import levies on olive oil (')
                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                                          CN code                                            Non-member countries
                                        1509 10 10                                                   59,00 (2)
                                        1509 10 90                                                   59,00 (2)
                                        1509 90 00                                                   70,00 (3)
                                        1510 00 10                                                   72,00 (2)
                                        1510 00 90                                                 1 1 6,00 0
           (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/ EEC.
           (2) For imports of oil falling within this CN code 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) Lebanon : ECU 0,7245 per 1 00 kg ;
               (b) Turkey : ECU 1 3,8645 (*) per 1 00 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, Tunisia and Morocco : ECU 15,3245 f) per 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.
               (*) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community and the third
                   countries in question.
           (') For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
               (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 ECU 4,661 per 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                    collected is reduced by ECU 3,731 per 100 kg.
           (4) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
               (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 ECU 8,754 per 100 kg ;
               (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                    collected is reduced by ECU 7,004 per 100 kg.
                                                                ANNEX II
                                      Import levies on other olive oil sector products (')
                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                                          CN code                                            Non-member countries
                                        0709 90 39                                                    12,98
                                        0711 20 90                                                    12,98
                                        1522 00 31                                                    29,50
                                        1522 00 39                                                    47,20
                                        2306 90 19                                                      5,76
           (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.