CELEX: 31988R3908
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3908/88 of 15 December 1988 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 347/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16. 12. 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3908/88
                                                      of 15 December 1988
                  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,                         Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (,2) the
                                                                    Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to
                                                                    fix levies on olive oil ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules
Portugal,                                                           for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (,3) speci­
                                                                    fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of
                                                                    the products concerned on the basis of the situation on
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                the world market and the Community market and of the
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in
particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas in the collection of the levy, account should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76                taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in              Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed
798/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on
                                                                    imports from the other third countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in
Morocco ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
799/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without
                                                                    prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in
                                                                    accordance with the agreements between the Community
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76               and these third countries ;
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in
Tunisia Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
413/86 (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77                levy rates indicated by tenderers on 12 and 13 December
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                      1988 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (®), as         indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/87 (10), and in
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the import levy on olives falling within CN
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77                codes 0709 90 39 and 071 1 20 90 and on products falling
of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­           within - CN codes 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 19
tation of olive oil from Lebanon (n) ;                              must be calculated from the minimum levy applicable on
                                                                    the olive oil contained in these products ; whereas,
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                             however, the levy charged for olive oil may not be less
I1) OJ  No  L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .                              than an amount equal to 8 % of the value of the
0 OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                                 imported product, such amount to be fixed at a standard
{*) OJ  No  L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 11 .                             rate ; whereas application of these provisions leads to the
0   OJ No   L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43.
(6) OJ No   L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 12.                              levies being fixed as indicated in Annex II to this Regula­
f) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.                                  tion,
(*) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
(,0) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 13.                               (12) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
(") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                               (,3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 6.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                      Article 2
                                                           The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
                                                           products are fixed in Annex II.
                    Article 1
                                                                                   Article 3
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in       This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December
Annex I.                                                   1988 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 15 December 1988.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX I
                                                Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                           CN code                                           Non-member countries
                                         1509 10 10                                                   75,00 (')
                                         1509 10 90                                                   75,00 (')
                                         1509 90 00                                                   87,00 (2)
                                         1510 00 10                                                   75,00 (')
                                         1510 00 90                                                 1 19,00 (3)
            (') For imports of oil falling within this subheading 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 : 0,60 ECU/ 100 kg ;
                (b) Turkey : 11,48 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, Tunisia and Morocco ; 12,69 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.
                    (*) 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 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 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)
                                          CN code                                            Non-member countries
                                         0709 90 39                                                    16,50
                                         0711 20 90                                                    16,50
                                         1522 00 31                                                    37,50
                                         1522 00 39                                                    60,00
                                         2306 90 19                                                     6,00