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21 . 7 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 /33

REGULATION (EEC) No 1980/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 July 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 Euro­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in pean Economic Community ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2 25 °/o, a rate of exchange Having regard to Council Regulation No based on their effective parity ; 136/66/EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the esta­ blishment of a common organization of the market — for other currencies an exchange rate based on in oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2) the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new each of these currencies recorded for a given Member States to the European Economic Commu­ period, in relation to the Community currencies nity and the European Atomic Energy Community, referred to in the previous subparagraph ; signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ cular Article 13 (4) thereof ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules and Having regard to Council Regulation No other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 162/66/EEC (4) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils 1523/73 to the offer prices known to the Commis­ and fats between the Community and Greece, and sion ithait the special levy at present in force should be in particular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ; altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Regu­ lation ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/ 72 (5) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on refined olive oil and on certain products containing olive oil, and in particular Article 9 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2165/70 (6) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive oil from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation - (EEC) Article 1 No 2277/71 (7), and in particular Article 5 thereof ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 463/ The special 'levy referred to in Article 13 (3 ) of 71 (8) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil from Regulation No 136/66/EEC, and fixed in Annex II Morocco, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No of Regulation ( EEC) No 1523/73 , is hereby altered 2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ; as shown in 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 Com­ mission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1523/73 (9) and sub­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July sequent amending Regulations ; 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . '

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . (») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . («) Oj No 197, 29 . 10. 1966, p. 3393/66. (s) OJ No L .54 , 3 . 3 . 1972 , p. 3 . (8) Oj No L 238 , 29 . 10. 1970, p. 4. (') OJ No L 241 , 27. 10 . 1971 , p. 2 . ( 8) OI No L 53 , 5 . 3 . 1971 , p. 9. (#) OJ No L 152 , 8 . 6. 1973 , p. 30.

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ANNEX

Special levy applicable to imports effected from 23 July 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 21-220 H

(l) The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0-50 u . a . /100 kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.