CELEX: 31995R0936
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 936/95 of 27 April 1995 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

28. 4. 95           I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 96/19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 936/95
                                                        of 27 April 1995
                  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,                        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),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 C 1), as
                                                                   amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, the Commis­
                                                                   sion decided to use the tendering procedure to fix levies
                                                                   on olive oil :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and            Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
Sweden, and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                  No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general
                                                                   rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (12)
                                                                   specifies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for
                                                                   each of the products concerned on the basis of the situa­
                                                                   tion on the world market and the Community market and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76               of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in
Algeria (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1900/92 (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, in the collection of the levy, account should be
                                                                   taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
                                                                   Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
                                                                   cular the levy applicable for those countries must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76              fixed, taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             collected on imports from the other third countries ;
Morocco (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1901 /92 (5), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
                                                                   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 1508/76               accordance with the agreements between the Community
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in             and these third countries :
Tunisia (% as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 413/86 P), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                   91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77               overseas countries and territories with the European
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                    Economic Community (13), no levies shall apply on
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (8), as        imports of products originating in the overseas countries
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1902/92 (9), and in            and territories :
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.                               Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
0 OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .                                levy rates indicated by tenderers on 24 and 25 April 1995
(4) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43.
M OJ No L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 2.
(6) OJ No   L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9.                              H OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.
0   OJ No   L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .                              ("j OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.
(8) OJ No   L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.                              (12) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.
0   OJ No   L 192, 11 . 7. 1992, p. 3.                             (13) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Annex I to this Regulation ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas the import levy on olives falling within CN             The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
codes 0709 90 39 and 071 1 20 90 and on products falling        Annex I.
within CN codes 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 19
must be calculated from the minimum levy applicable on                                  Article 2
the olive oil contained in these products ; whereas,
however, the levy charged for olive oil may not be less         The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
than an amount equal to 8 % of the value of the                 products are fixed in Annex II.
imported product, such amount to be fixed at a standard
rate ; whereas application of these provisions leads to the                             Article 3
levies being fixed as indicated in Annex II to this Regula­
tion,                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 April 1995.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX I
                                             Minimum import levies on olive oil (')
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                         CN code                                          Non-member countries
                                       1509 10 10                                                  59,00 (2)
                                       1509 10 90                                                  59,00 (2)
                                       1509 90 00                                                  70,00 (3)
                                       1510 00 10                                                  72,00 (2)
                                       1510 00 90                                                1 1 6,00 Π
          (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
          (2) For imports of oil falling within this CN code 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 : ECU 0,7245 per 100 kg ;
              (b) Turkey : ECU 13,8645 (*) per 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 : ECU 15,3245 (") per 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.
          (3) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
              (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported direcdy from any of those countries to the
                   Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by ECU 4,661 per 100 kg ;
              (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                   collected is reduced by ECU 3,731 per 100 kg.
          (4) For imports of oil falling within this CN code :
              (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported direcdy from any of those countries to the
                   Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by ECU 8,754 per 100 kg ;
              (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported direcdy from that country to the Community, the levy to be
                  collected is reduced by ECU 7,004 per 100 kg.
                                                              ANNEX II
                                     Import levies on other olive oil sector products (')
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                        CN code                                           Non-member countries
                                       0709 90 39                                                   12,98
                                       071 1 20 90                                                  12,98
                                       1522 00 31                                                   29,50
                                       1522 00 39                                                  47,20
                                       2306 90 19                                                    5,76
          (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.