CELEX: 31987R0504
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 504/87 of 19 February 1987 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

20 . 2. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 51 / 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 504/87
                                                      of 19 February 1987
                 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,                        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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
Portugal,                                                          Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
                                                                   cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of               taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                 imports from the other third countries ;
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), and in                 Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                                 tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without
                                                                   prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76               accordance with the agreements between the Community
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             and these third countries ;
Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
414/86 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                   Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76              levy rates indicated by tenderers on 16 and 17 February
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in              1987 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as
Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ;
413/86 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhead­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76               ings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the Common Customs
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             Tariff and on products falling within subheadings 15.17 B
Tunisia Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  I and 23.04 A II of the Common Customs Tariff must be
413/86, and in particular Article 5 thereof,                       calculated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive
                                                                   oil contained in these products ; whereas, however, the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77               levy charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                    equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (8), as        amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 41 5/86 (9), and in            of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                 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 (u) the
Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to
fix levies on olive oil ;                                                                    Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules             The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12) speci­      Annex I.
fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of
the products concerned on the basis of the situation on
                                                                                             Article 2
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 8 .                              The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
(3) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.
(4) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 2.                                  products are fixed in Annex II.
0 OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43.
(«) OJ No L 48 , 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.                                                            Article 3
(8) OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
(») OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 3.
 ,0) OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February
(") OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.                               1987 .
(12) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 6.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 February 1987.
                                                                    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)                                                                       52,00 (■)
            15.07    A   I b)                                                                       54,00 (')
            15.07    A   I c)                                                                       52,00 (')
            15.07    A   II a)                                                                      64,00 (2)
            15.07    A   II b)                                                                      82,00 (3)
           (') For imports of oil falling within this tariff 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 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 .
               Q 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                                                                                 11 ,88
           07.03 A II                                                                                 11 ,88
            15.17 B I a)                                                                              27,00
            15.17 B I b)                                                                              43,20
           23.04 A II                                                                                  4,16