31973R2453

No L 252/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 9 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2453 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 September 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 based on their effective parity ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the pean Economic Community ; arithmetic mean of the spof market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ relation to the Community currencies referred to 66/EEC (') of 22 September 1966 on the estab­ in the previous subparagraph ; lishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation Whereas it follows from applying the rules and ( EEC ) No 1707/73 ( 2 ), other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2581 /72 to the offer prices known to the Commis­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ sion that the export levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Table annexed to this 66/EEC ( 3 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece ; Regulation ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 / 67/EEC (4) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and levies on olive oil , as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2429/72 (5), and in particular Article Article 1 10 (3 ) thereof ; The export levies referred to in Article 18 of Regula­ tion No 136/66/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary the Table annexed to this Regulation . 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 (G) and all subsequent amending Regulations ; Article 2

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally , This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 Sep­ levies should be calculated on the following basis : tember 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 September 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

') OJ No 172 , 30. 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66. ■) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 . •) 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 L 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) 23-626 ex 15.07 A I b ) 31-715 ex 15.07 A II 21-285