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11 . 8 . 73 Official journal of the European Communities No L 223 /33

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2202/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 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 ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 / 67/EEC (5) 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 13 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, 10 August 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(») OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025 /6h . (») 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 . 3393/6( (•) O J No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600 /67. (•) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p . 1 . P) O T No I 275 . 8 . 12 . 1972 . D. 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 Alt) 10-746 ex 15.07 Alb ) 14-425

ex 15.07 A II 9-681