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REGULATION ( EEC) No 3256/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
of 30 November 1973
fixing the export levies on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas this price must be established on the basis COMMUNITIES , of the most favourable actual purchasing opportuni ties ; whereas the Commission must, theoretically , take into account all known offers for olive oil of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro pean Economic Community ; the types listed in 1 and 4 of the Annex to Regula tion No 136/66/EEC made on the world market ; whereas, if there are no such offers or if such offers Having regard to Council Regulation No 136 / 66 / are not , representative, the Commission must take EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment account of all offers made on the wholesale markets of a common organization of the market in oils and in the Community which are representative for the fats, as last amended bv Regulation ( EEC ) No 1707/ importation of these oils ; 73 n ■
Whereas Article 2 ( 2 ) of Commission Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ 66 / ( EEC ) No 1004/71 ( 8 ) of 14 May 1971 on the fixing EEC ( 3 ) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats of levies on unrefined olive oil provides, however, between the Community and Greece ; that the Commission must disregard offers for prod ucts of mediocre-quality, long-dated offers, and Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 / 67 / offers for small lots and lots presented in small EEC ( 4 ) of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and le containers ; whereas offers which are considered not vies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation to be representative of the real trend of the market ( EEC ) No 2429 / 72 ( 5 ), and in particular Article 10 and those to which Article 13 ( 3 ) of Regulation No ( 3 ) thereof ; 136 / 66 / EEC applies must also be disregarded ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Whereas , if no offers of the type mentioned above Committee ; have been made or if the offers made cannot be con sidered , the prices ruling on the domestic markets of Whereas, pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation No the main oil-producing and oil-exporting third coun tries and on the Greek market should be taken into 136/66/EEC, a levy equal at most to the difference between prices on the world market and prices account for the purpose of determining the cif within the Community may be charged on exports price ; whereas in such cases those prices should be of olive oil where the former are higher than the lat increased by marketing, loading, transport and insur
ter ; whereas the levy on unrefined olive oil is equal ance costs ; to the difference between the cif price and the mar ket target price ; Whereas , of the offers taken into consideration , c and f offers should , pursuant to Article 4 of Regula tion ( EEC ) No 1775 ' 69 , be increased by 1 ° / o ; where Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3206 73 (") as cif offers for frontier crossing points other than of 27 November 1973 fixed the market target price the one referred to above should be adjusted for and the intervention price for olive oil for the transport and insurance costs ; whereas offers for 1973 /74 marketing year ; delivery fas , fob or otherwise should be increased by transport and insurance costs from the point of ship Whereas the Commission determines the cif price ment or loading to the abovementioned frontier for a Community frontier crossing point ; whereas crossing point and , in the case of fas offers , by load this point was fixed by Council Regulation No 165 / ing costs ; 66/EEC ( 7 ) of 27 October 1966 on price measures to be applied to olive oil for the 1966/67 marketing Whereas , if the offers taken into consideration are year ; offers on the Community market, they should be re duced by unloading or disembarkation costs , import duties and levies and , where appropriate , by for (M OJ No 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 302.5 /66 . warding or other costs incurred from the cif or free (2 ) OJ No L 175 , 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 . at-frontier stage to the marketing stage for which ( 3) OJ No 197, 29. 10. 1966 , p . 3393/66 . the offers were made ; (4 ) OJ No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600/67 . (5) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p . 1 . (fl ) OJ No L 327, 28 . 11 . 1973 , p . 12 . (7) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966 , p . 3399 /66 . f H ) Of No L 109 , 1.5 . .5 . 1971 , p . 17 .
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Whereas, for the purpose of adjusting the offers immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding taken into consideration , the Commission should 5 kg, are granted an exemption from the levy take account only of the costs which to its know amounting to seven units of account per 100 kg of ledge are the lowest ; oil exported ;
Whereas no export levies are fixed for olive oil fall "Whereas the cif price should be determined for the ing within subheading No 15.07 A of the Common product presented in bulk ; whereas, if oil is pre Customs Tariff, in immediate packings of a net ca sented otherwise than in bulk, the consequent in pacity of more than 5 kg, unless the difference re crease in value should be deducted from the offers ferred to in the first subparagraph of Article 10 (2) and the additional cost to the importer added to of Regulation No 171 /67/BBC is 2-5 units of ac them ; whereas offers for unfiltered oil , whether vir count or more ; whereas no export levy is fixed for gin, extra, fine or ordinary, should be increased by olive oil falling within subheadings Nos 15.07 A I an amount which allows for filtering costs ; and 15.07 A II ( a ), in immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 5 kg, unless exports of this oil are likely to cause disturbances on the Commu Whereas, in order to obtain comparable information nity market or the world market ; whereas the levies on oil of the type and quality for which the thres are fixed as frequently as is necessary to ensure sta hold price was fixed, it is necessary to deduct from or bility of the Community market and in such a way add to the offers considered , according to the type as to ensure that they can be applied at least once a and quality in question, the values resulting from week ; the provisions of Commission Regulation No 172/66/ EEC (*) fixing coefficients of equivalence for the dif ferent types and qualities of unrefined olive oil, as Whereas the levies previously fixed should be re last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 992/72 ( 2 ) ; tained where variations in the factors used to calcu whereas, in exceptional circumstances, different or late the levy would lead to an increase or reduction derived coefficients of equivalence may be applied Tariff and subheading No 15.07 II ( a ) referred to in for a limited period ; of less than 0-50 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes
in such levies ;
Whereas a comparison of the information thus ob tained makes it possible to determine the most favour Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, able offers on the world market ; whereas , if no of levies should be calculated on the following basis :
fer can be considered for the purpose of determining — in the case of currencies which are maintained in the cif price, the price previously taken into account relation to each other, at any given moment, should be maintained ; within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ;
Whereas the export levy on refined olive oil is equal — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the to the difference between the cif price and the mar arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each ket target price, this difference being adjusted as pro of these currencies recorded for a given period, in vided for in Articles 2 or 3 , as the case may be , of relation to the Community currencies referred to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 443 /72 ( 3 ) of 29 Febru in the previous subparagraph ; ary 1972 on the levies on refined olive oil and on cer tain products containing olive oil ;
Whereas it follows from applying all these provi sions to the offer prices known to the Commission Whereas , pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Regu that the levies should be fixed as shown in the Table lation ( EEC ) No 616 /72 ( 4 ) of 27 March 1972 on de annexed to this Regulation , tailed rules for the application of export refunds and levies on olive oil , as amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 2563 /72 ( 5 ), exports of olive oil falling within subheading No 15.07 A I of the Common Customs HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Tariff and subheading No 15.07 A II a ) referred to in the first indent of Article 2 of that Regulation , in
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( l ) OJ No 202 , 7 . 11 . 1966, p . 3482/ 66 . (*) OJ No L 115 , 17. 5 . 1972 , p . 7 . The export levies referred to in Article 18 of Regula ( 3 ) OJ No L 54 , 3 . 3 . 1972 , p . 3 . tion No 136/ 66/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in ( 4 ) OJ No L 78 , 31 . 3 . 1972 , p . 1 . (5) OJ No L 274 , 7 . 12 . 1972 , p . 1 I. the Table annexed to this Regulation .
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The levies shall apply to products falling within sub Article 2 heading No 15.07 A in immediate packings of a net This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Decem' capacity exceeding 5 kg. ber 1973 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 30 November 1973 .
For the Commission
P.J. LARDINOIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Levies on olive oil to third countries and Greece
CCT heading No Amounts in u.a. / 100 kg
ex 15.07 Ala ) 16-458
ex 15.07 A lb ) ; 22-092
ex 15.07 A II ! 14-827