CELEX: 31973R2656
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2656/73 of the Commission of 28 September 1973 fixing the special import levy on olive oil

29 . 9 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 273 /67
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2656/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 September 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
1707/73 (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 1523/73
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         to the offer prices known to the Commission that the
443/72 (4) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on                       special levy at present in force should be altered as
refined olive oil and on certain products containing                  shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ;
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
2277/71 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                      The special levy referred to in Article 1 3 (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 1 523 /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
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 523/73 (8) and subsequent                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
amending Regulations ;                                                 1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P. [. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                        ANNEX
                                      Special levy applicable to imports effected from 1 October 1973
     CCT heading No                                                                                                          Amount in
                                                                Description of goods                                         u . a . / 100 kg
ex 15.07 A Ix                     Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                  less originating or coming from Spain                                                      17-031        (')
 (') The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0-50 u.a. /lOO kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.