CELEX: 31973R3273
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-05
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3273/73 of the Commission of 4 December 1973 fixing the special import levy on olive oil

5. 12. 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 334/ 11
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3273/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 4 December 1973
                                           fixing the special import levy on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Economic Community ;                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                           within a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                                on their effective parity ;
66/EEC (!) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­
ment of a common organization of the market in oils                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 1 707/73 (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof ;                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/                                in the previous subparagraph ;
66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
cular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ;                                   provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3255/73
                                                                       to the offer prices known to the Commission that the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         special levy at present in force should be altered as
443/72 (4) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on                        shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ;
 refined olive oil and on certain products containing
 olive oil, and in particular Article 9 thereof ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2165/70 (5) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive oil
 from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 1
 2277/71 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          The special levy referred to in Article 13 (3) of Regula­
 463/71 (7) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil                    tion No 136/66/ EEC, and fixed in Annex II of Regula­
 from Morocco, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       tion (EEC) No 3255/73, is hereby altered as shown in
 2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                       the Table annexed to this Regulation .
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
  Committee ;                                                                                  Article 2
 Whereas the levies .on olive oil were fixed by Commis­                This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
  sion Regulation (EEC) No 3255/73 (8) ;                                1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
  (>) OJ No   172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
  (2) OJ No   L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.
  0   OJ No   197, 29 . 10. 1966, p. 3393/66.
  («) OJ No   L 54, 3. 3. 1972, p. 3.
  (5) OJ No   L 238 , 29 . 10 . 1970 , p . 4.
  (6) OJ No   L 241 , 27 . 10 . 1971 , p . 2.
  (7) OJ No   L 53, 5. 3. 1971 , p. 9 .
  (8) OJ No   L 331 , 1 . 12. 1973, p. 51 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                     Special levy applicable to imports effected from 5 December 1973
                                                                                                                             Amount in
     CCT heading No                                             Description of goods                                         u.a. / 100 kg
ex 15.07 A II                     Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                  less originating or coming from Spain                                                      16·276 (!)
 (') The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0·50 u.a. /100 kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.