CELEX: 31971R2445
Language: en
Date: 1971-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2445/71 of the Commission of 12 November 1971 amending Regulation No 172/66/EEC fixing coefficients of equivalence for olive oil

952                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
13.11.71#                 '           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 252/11
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2445/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 12 November 1971
                 amending Regulation No 172/66/EEC fixing coefficients of equivalence for olive oil
THE    COMMISSION          OF  THE    EUROPEAN      COM- >       was fixed; whereas, in order to ensure proper
MUNITIES,                                                        application of the levy system, the Annex to the
                                                                 above-mentioned Regulation should be replaced and
                                                                 suitable coefficients fixed for the olive oil which is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     the subject of these offers;
European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the
establishment of a common organisation of the                    Management Committee for Oils and Fats;
market in oils and fats,, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2554/70,2 and in particular
Article 13 (4) thereof;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having      regard     to    Council    Regulation     No
162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece, and in
particular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof;                                                 Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation No 172/66/EEC4 of                  The Annex to this Regulation shall' be substituted for
5 November 1966, as last amended by Regulation                   the Annex to Regulation No 172/66/EEC.
(EEC) No 2274/69,5 fixed coefficients of equivalence
for the different varieties and qualities of unrefined
olive oil; whereas experience has shown that, because                                    Article 2
of special characteristics, the level of offer prices
recorded on the world market for certain qualities of
olive oil from Spain, Tunisia and Morocco does not               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
correspond to that taken into account when the                   day following its publication in the Official journal
coefficient for the quality to which these offers refer          of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 12 November 1971 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                    Franco M. MALFATTI
 1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
 2 OJ No L 275, 10.12.1970, p. 5.
3  OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.
 4 O ] No 202, 7.11.1966, p. 3481/66.
 5 OJ No L 287, 15.11.1969, p. 26.
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                                                     ANNEX
         Coefficients of equivalence for the different types and qualities of unrefined olive oil
                                                                                Coefficient of equivalence
  Description of qualities (the degree of acidity represents the
   free fatty acid content expressed as grammes of oleic acid    Amount  to    be  deducted Amount to be added       to
                     per 100 grammes of oil)                         from the price                   the price
                                                                      (u.a. / 100 kg)               (u. a. /100 kg)
 Virgin oil, extra, with a maximum degree of acidity
 of 07°                                                                  11-000
 Virgin oil, extra, with a degree of acidity of more
 than 07° but not more than 1°                                           10-000
 Virgin oil originating in and coming from Tunisia,
 described as 'super extra'                                              10-000
 Virgin oil originating in and coming from Tunisia,
 described as 'extra'                                                     4-000
 Virgin oil, fine                                                         4-000
 Virgin oil, fine, originating in and coming from
 Morocco and Tunisia                                                        _                            1-000
 Virgin oil, other than lampante, originating in and
 coming from Andalusia (Spain)                                            1-000
 Virgin oil, ordinary                                                      —                              —
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of
 1° or base 1°                                                                                           4-600
 Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of
 15°                                                                                                    5-100
 Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 2°                                                   5-600
 Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 3°
or base 3°                                                                                              6-600
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 4°                                                    7-600
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 5°
or base 5°                                                                                               8-600
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 6°                                                    9-600
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 7°                                                  10-600
Virgin oil, lampante, with a degree of acidity of 7°                                                  11-600       -
Virgin oil, lampante, originating in and coming
from Tunisia and Morocco : the coefficients listed
above for virgin oil, lampante, shall be increased
by 2-00 u.a .
Olive-residue oil with a degree of acidity of 5° or
base 5°                                                                                               43-000
Other olive-residue oil : the coefficient of equiv­
alence applicable to olive-residue oil with a degree
of acidity of 5° or base 5°, to be increased or
decreased by 0-80 u.a. per degree of acidity less or
more