CELEX: 31973R2046
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2046/73 of the Commission of 27 July 1973 fixing the special import levy on olive oil

No L 207/40                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 7 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2046/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 27 July 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 Euro­                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
pean Economic Community ;                                                    relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                             within a band of 2'25 %>, a rate of exchange
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                       based on their effective parity ;
136/66/EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the esta­
blishment of a common organization of the market                        — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
in oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2)                             the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Accession of new                           each of these currencies recorded for a given
Member States to the European Economic Commu­                                period, in relation to the Community currencies
nity and the European Atomic Energy Community,                               referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­
cular Article 13 (4) thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
Having      regard          to     Council      Regulation     No       other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
162/66/EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils                       1523 /73 to the offer prices known to the Commis­
and fats between the Community and Greece, and                          sion that the special levy at present in force should be
in particular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ;                            altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regu­
                                                                        lation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/
72 (5 ) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on refined
olive oil and on certain products containing olive
oil, and in particular Article 9 thereof ;                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
2165/70 (6) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive
oil from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                                                 Article 1
No 2277/71 ( 7), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 463 /                    The special levy referred to in Article 13 (3 ) of
71 (8) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil from                     Regulation No 136/66/EEC, and fixed in Annex II
Morocco, as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                            of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1523 /73 , is hereby altered
2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                         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 Com­
mission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1523 /73 (9 ) and sub­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July
sequent amending Regulations ;                                          1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 27 July 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Cotnmission
(')  OJ No 172 , .30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025/66.
(*)  OJ No 1. 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(s)  OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
(4)  OJ No 197,29 . 10 . 1966 , p . 3393/66 .
(s)  OJ No L 54 , 3 . 3 . 1972 . p . 3 .
(«)  O J No L 238 , 29 . 10 . 1970 , p . 4 .
( 7) OJ No L 241 , 27 . 10 . 1971 , p . 2 .
(N)  O J No 1 . S3 . 5 . 3 . 1971 , p . 9 .
(»)  O J No L 152 , 8 . 6 . 1973 , p . 30.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                                     Special levy applicable to imports effected from 30 July 1973
     CCT heading No J                                         Description of goods
                                                                                                                          Amount in
                                                                                                                          u.a. / 100 kg
ex 15.07 A II           !       Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                less originating or coming from Spain                                                     22-404 i 1 )
                        !
P) The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0-50 u.a./lOO kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.