CELEX: 31974R2447
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-27
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2447/74 of the Commission of 27 September 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the application of the systems of import and export licences in the olive oil sector

No L 262/ 16                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 9 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2447 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 27 September 1974
               amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the application of the
                              systems of import and export licences in the olive oil sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         be required for the purposes of operations relating to
COMMUNITIES,                                                           quantities such that the security for the corresponding
                                                                       licence would be less than two units of account ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  whereas the application of this provision in the olive
Economic Community ;                                                   oil sector would entail the exemption of operations
                                                                       relating to relatively large quantities ; whereas it is
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                           thus desirable, for the purposes of operations in this
66/ EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                     sector, to fix the exemption at a lower level ;
ment of a common organization of the market in oils
and fats, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                      Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2637/ 70 should there­
 1 707/73 (2), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof ;               fore be amended accordingly ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
66/ EEC (3 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and                   ment Committee for Oils and Fats ,
fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­
cular Article 8 thereof ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation ( EEC)
 No 1 373 /70 (4) of 10 July 1970 on common detailed                                             Article 1
 rules for the application of the system of import and
                                                                       There is inserted in Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/ 70 an
export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­              Article 2a as follows :
cultural products subject to a single price system , as
 last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 211 1 /74 (5 ),                       ' Article 2d
 fixed a certain margin of tolerance with regard to the                     In the case of products falling within subheading
quantity of products imported or exported as                                23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff the obliga­
cornpared with that shown in the licence ; whereas in                       tion to import or to export shall be considered to
view of normal international commercial practice in                         have been fulfilled where the quantity imported or
 respect of products in the olive oil sector, the margin                    exported varies by not more than 7 % in either
of tolerance to be applied where the quantities                             direction from that specified in the licence .'
 imported or exported are greater or less than those
specified in the licence should in the case of products                                          Article 2
 falling within subheading 23.04 A of the Common
 Customs Tariff be increased ;                                         The text of Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2637 / 70
                                                                       is replaced by the following :
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation ( EEC)                           ' In the case of products as specified in Article 1 ( 2)
 No 2637/ 70 (6) of 23 December 1970 on special                             (c) of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC , and without
detailed rules for the application of the system of                         prejudice to the application of the provisions of
 import and export licences and advance fixing certifi­                     Article 20 of the said Regulation and ot Article 6
cates for agricultural products, as last amended by                         of Regulation No 162/ 66/ EEC, the licence shall
 Regulation ( EEC) No 21 86/ 74 ( 7), specifies a waiting                   be issued on the fourth working day following that
 period for the issue of licences for products in the                       on which the application is lodged .'
olive oil sector ; whereas in view of normal interna­
tional commercial practice in respect of certain of                                              Article 3
 these products, this period should continue to apply
only in respect of operations concerning olive oil                     There is inserted in Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/ 70 an
 itself ;                                                              Article 8a as follows :
                                                                            ' Article 8<. i
Whereas the third indent of Article 4 (3) of Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 1373/70 provides that no licence shall                       No licence shall be required for the purposes of
                                                                            operations relating to quantities not exceeding 100
(')  OJ   No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66 .                              kilogrammes .'
n    OJ   No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 .
P)   OJ   No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966 , p . 3393 / 66 .
(4)  OJ   No L 158 , 20 . 7 . 1970 , p. 1 .                                                      Article 4
(5)  OJ   No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 5 .
(*>) OJ   No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970 , p. 15 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on I October
  7  OJ   No L 231 , 22 . 8 . 1974, p. 9 .                              1 974 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 September 1974.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI