CELEX: 31985R3258
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3258/85 of 21 November 1985 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

22 . 11 . 85                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 311 /7
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3258/85
                                                           of 21 November 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                                           the products concerned on the basis of the situation on
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            the world market and the Community market and of the
                                                                         levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                     Whereas in the collection of the levy account should be
                                                                         taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                    Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                      cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed
organization of the market in oils and fats (l), as last                 taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /85 (2), and in parti­                imports from the other third countries ;
cular Article 16 (2) thereof,
                                                                         Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76                    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
Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      accordance with the agreements between the Community
 1201 /85 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                      and these third countries ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76                   Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                   levy rates indicated by tenderers on 18 and 19 November
Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      1985 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as
436/85 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                         indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76                     Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhea­
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in                   dings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the Common Customs
Tunisia Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        Tariff and on products falling within subheadings 15.17 B
436/85, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                             I and 23.04 A II of the Common Customs Tariff must be
                                                                         calculated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77                    oil contained in these products ; whereas, however, the
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                          levy charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (8), as              equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 435/85 (9), and in                   amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                       of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
                                                                         cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
 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) ;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 of 28
 December 1978 (") the Commission decided to use the
tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ;                                                   Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules                   Annex I.
for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12) speci­
fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of
                                                                                                   Article 2
(')  OJ  No   172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2)  OJ  No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.
(3)  OJ  No  L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p . 24.                                The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
0    OJ  No  L 124, 9 . 5. 1985, p. 1 .                                  products are fixed in Annex II .
0    OJ  No  L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43 .
(*)  OJ  No  L 52, 22. 2. 1985, p . 2.
O OJ     No  L 169, 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 9 .
(8) OJ   No  L 142, 9 . 6. 1977, p. 10 .                                                           Article 3
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 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 November
H OJ      No   L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p . 6.                            1985 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 November 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)                                                               75,00 (■)
             15.07   A  I b)                                                              72,00 (')
             15.07   A  I c)                                                               60,00 (')
             15.07   A  II a)                                                              82,00 (2)
             15.07   A  II b)                                                              95,00 0
            (') 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 : 11,48 ECU/ 100 kgf) 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 : 12,69 ECU/ 100 kgf) 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.
            (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                                                                      15,84
            07.03 A II                                                                      15,84
            15.17 B I a)                                                                    36,00
            15.17 Bib)                                                                      57,60
            23.04 A 11                                                                       4,80