31973R2317

No L 237/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 8 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2317/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 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 °/o, a rate of exchange Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ based on their effective parity ; pean Economic Cpmmunity ; — 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 (s) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 2429/72 (fl), 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 27 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 , 24 August 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 . (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 . (T) OJ No L 275 . 8 . 12 . 1972 , p. 29.

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ANNEX Levies on olive oil exported to third countries and Greece

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

ex 15.07 A 1 1) 28·656

ex 15.07 Alb) 38·466

ex 15.07 A II 25·816