CELEX: 31988R0923
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 923/88 of 7 April 1988 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

8 . 4. 88                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 91 /5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 923/88
                                                         of 7 April 1988
                  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,                         Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (13) speci­
                                                                    fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of
Economic Community,                                                 the products concerned on the basis of the situation on
                                                                    the world market and the Community market and of the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  levy rates indicated by tenderers ;
Portugal, •
                                                              I
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                Whereas in the collection of the levy, account should be
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last            Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3994/87 0, and in                    cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed
particular Article 16 (2) thereof,                                  taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on
                                                                    imports from the other third countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in
Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
798/87 (4), 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 1521 /76               accordance with the agreements between the Community
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in              and these third countries :
Morocco Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
799/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76                Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in              levy rates indicated by tenderers on 4 and 5 April 1988
Tunisia (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in
413/86 ("), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                    Annex I to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (9), as         July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/87 (10), and in             on the Common Customs Tariff (14) introduces from 1
particular Article 1 0 (2) thereof,                                 January 1988 a new combined nomenclature meeting the
                                                                    requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77                the Community's statistics of foreign trade and replacing
of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­           the previous nomenclature ;
tation of olive oil from Lebanon (n) ;
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (12) the                    Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhead­
Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to                ings 0709 90 39 and 0711 20 90 and on products falling
fix levies on olive oil ;                                           within subheadings 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and
                                                                    2306 90 1 9 of the combined nomenclature must be calcu­
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            lated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive oil
(2) OJ  No  L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 30.                            contained in these products ; whereas, however, the levy
0   OJ  No  L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24.                             charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount
O   OJ  No  L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 11 .                             equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such
(Ó OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43.                                 amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application
(«) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 12.
f) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.                                 of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
(8) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .                                  cated in Annex II to this Regulation,
O OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
(10) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 13.
(") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                               H OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6.
O 2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.                              O OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                       Article 2
                                                            The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
                     Article 1
                                                            products are fixed in Annex II.
                                                                                    Article 3
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
Annex I.   ! j                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1988.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 7 April 1988.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                              Minimum import levies on olive oil
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                        CN code                                           Non-member countries
                                       1509 10 10                                                 62,00 (')
                                       1509 10 90                                                 62,00 (')
                                       1509 90 00                                                 73,00 (2)
                                       1510 00 10                                                 62,00 (•)
                                       1510 00 90                                                100,00 o
          (') For imports of oil falling within this 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.
              (*) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community and the third
                  countries in question.
          (*) For imports of oil falling within this 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.
          O For imports of oil falling within this 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)
                                        CN code                                           Non-member countries
                                       0709 90 39                                                  13,64
                                       071 1 20 90                                                 13,64
                                       1522 00 31                                                  31,00
                                       1522 00 39                                                  49,60
                                       2306 90 19                                                    4,96