CELEX: 31973R3524
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3524/73 of the Commission of 28 December 1973 fixing the special import levy on olive oil

No L 360 /40                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 12 . 73
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3524/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 December 1973
                                            fixing the special import levy on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Economic Community ;                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                          within a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                               on their effective parity ;
66/ EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­
ment of a common organization of the market in oils                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
1707/73 (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof ;                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                               in the previous subparagraph ;
66/ EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
cular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ;                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3255/73
                                                                      as amended, to the offer prices known to the Commis­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         sion that the special levy at present in force should be
443/72 (4 ) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on                      altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regula­
refined olive oil and on certain products containing                  tion ;
olive oil , and in particular Article 9 thereof ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2165/70 (5) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive oil                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
2277/71 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                                            Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
463/71 (7) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil                    The special levy referred to in Article 13 (3) of Regula­
from Morocco, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       tion No 136/66/ EEC, and fixed in Annex II of Regula­
2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                       tion (EEC) No 3255/73 , is hereby altered as shown in
                                                                      the Table annexed to this Regulation .
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the levies on olive oil were fixed by Commis­
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 3255/73 (8) and subsequent                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
amending Regulations ;                                                 1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 28 December 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Com mission
                                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             /Member of tin■ Commission
(')  OJ No   172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66 .
(-') OJ No   L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .
p)   OJ No   197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393 / 66 .
H    OJ No   L 54, 3 . 3 . 1972, p. 3 .
(5)  OJ No   L 238 , 29 . 10 . 1970 , p. 4 .
(6)  OJ No   L 241 , 27 . 10 . 1971 , p. 2 .
( 7) OJ No   L S3 , S. 3 . 1971 , p. 9 .
(s)  OJ No   L 331 , 1.12 . 1973 , p. 51 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                     Special levy applicable to imports effected from 1 January 1974
                                                                                                                            Amount in
     CCT heading No                                            Description of goods                                         u. a. / 100 kg
cx 1S.07 A II                    Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                 less originating or coming from Spain                                                      15-877 (»)
(») The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0-50 u. a./100 kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.