CELEX: 31988R1300
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1300/88 of 11 May 1988 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

No L 122/44                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   12. 5. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1300/88
                                                       of 11 May 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
 Economic Community,                                               fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of
                                                                   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,
 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 (2), 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               Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­
 798/87 (4), and in particular Article 5 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 1521 /76            accordance with the agreements between the Community
                                                                  and these third countries :
 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in
Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 799/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76             levy rates indicated by tenderers on 9 and 10 May 1988
of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in            leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in
Tunisia (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               Annex I to this Regulation ;
413/86 (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23
of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of                   July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (9), as       on the Common Customs Tariff (H), as last amended by
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/87 (10), and in           Regulation (EEC) No 1058/88 (1S), introduces from 1
particular Article 10 (2) thereof,                                January 1988 a new combined nomenclature meeting the
                                                                  requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and
                                                                  the Community's statistics of foreign trade and replacing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77              the previous nomenclature ;
of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­
tation of olive oil from Lebanon (u) ;
                                                                  Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhead­
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (12) the                  ings 0709 90 39 and 0711 20 90 and on products falling
Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to              within subheadings 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and
fix levies on olive oil :                                         2306 90 19 of the combined nomenclature must be calcu­
                                                                  lated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive oil
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           contained in these products ; whereas, however, the levy
0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 30.                              charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount
(3) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 24.                              equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such
0 OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 11 .
0 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.                              of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­
o OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9.                                cated in Annex II to this Regulation,                '
(■) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10.
(10) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 13.                             O OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 6.
(") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4.                             H OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60.                               (15) OJ No L 104, 23. 4. 1988, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                      Article 2
                                                           The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector
                                                           products are fixed in Annex II.
                    Article 1
                                                                                   Article 3
The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in
Annex I.                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 1988 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 11 May 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 0)
                                         1509 90 00                                                  73,00 (2)
                                         1510 00 10                                                  62,00 (')
                                         1510 00 90                                                 100,00 (3)
            (') 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-Q 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 ; 1 2,69 ECU/1 00 kg f) 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.
            (2) 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.
            (3) 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
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