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17. 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 316/31

REGULATION (EEC) No 3123/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 November 1973 fixing the export levies on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based COMMUNITIES , on their effective parity ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Economic Community ; 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 ( 1) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ in the previous subparagraph ; ment of a common organization of the market in oils Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2581 /72 1707/73 (2) ; to the offer prices known to the Commission that the Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ export levies at present in force should be altered as 66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ; fats between the Community and Greece ;

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

Whereas the export levies on olive oil were fixed by These levies are applicable to products falling within Regulation (EEC) No 2581 /72 (6) and all subsequent subheading 15.07 A presented in immediate packings amending Regulations ; of a net capacity exceeding 5 kg.

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 2 levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 November 1973 . relation to each other, at any given moment,

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66 . (2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973, p. 5 . (3) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393/66 . (4) OJ No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p. 2600/67 . (5) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 . (b) OJ No L 275, 8 . 12. 1972, p. 29 .

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ANNEX Levies on olive oil to third countries and Greece

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

ex 15.07 A I a ) 26-115

ex 15.07 Alb ) 35-055

ex 15.07 A II 23-527