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9 . 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 221 / 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 2167/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 August 1973 fixing the export levies on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — in the case of currencies which are maintained in COMMUNITIES, relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 %>, a rate of exchange Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ based on their effective parity ; pean Economic Community ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ of these currencies recorded for a given period, in 66/EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the estab­ relation to the Community currencies referred to lishment of a common organization of the market in the previous subparagraph ; in oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Whereas it follows from applying the rules and Member States to the European Economic Commu­ other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No nity and the European Atomic Energy Community , 2581 /72 to the offer prices known to the Commis­ signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ; sion that the export levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ Regulation ; 66/EEC ( 4 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 / HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 67/EEC (6) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regula­ Article 1 tion ( EEC ) No 2429 /72 (6), and in particular Article The export levies referred to in Article 18 of Regula­ 10 ( 3 ) thereof ; tion No 136/66/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; These levies are applicable to products falling within subheading 15.07 A presented in immediate packings Whereas the export levies on olive oil were fixed by of a net capacity exceeding 5 kg. Regulation ( EEC ) No 2581 /72 ( 7) and all subsequent amending Regulations ; Article 2

Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally, This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August levies should be calculated on the following basis : 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 August 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

f 1 ) O J No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 . (•) O J No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 . (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . ( 4) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66 . (•) OJ No 130,-28.6 . 1967, p . 2600/67 . <•) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 . (*) OJ No I. 275 . 8 . 12 . 1972 , p. 29.

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ANNEX Levies on olive oil exported to third countries and Greece

CCT heading No Amounts in u.a. /100 kg

ex 15.07 A I a) 9-756 ex 15.07 A lb ) 13-096

ex 15.07 A II 8-789