31973R3273

5 . 12. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 334/ 11

REGULATION (EEC) No 3273/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 4 December 1973

fixing the special import levy on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, COMMUNITIES, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ on their effective parity ; 66/EEC (!) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the ment of a common organization of the market in oils arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No of these currencies recorded for a given period, in 1 707/73 (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof ; relation to the Community currencies referred to Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ in the previous subparagraph ; 66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­ Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other cular Articles 3 (4) and 9 thereof ; provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3255/73 to the offer prices known to the Commission that the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No special levy at present in force should be altered as 443/72 (4) of 29 February 1972 on the levies on shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ; refined olive oil and on certain products containing olive oil, and in particular Article 9 thereof ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2165/70 (5) of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive oil from Tunisia, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 2277/71 (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof ; The special levy referred to in Article 13 (3) of Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 463/71 (7) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil tion No 136/66/ EEC, and fixed in Annex II of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3255/73 , is hereby altered as shown in from Morocco, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No the Table annexed to this Regulation . 2277/71 , and in particular Article 5 thereof ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Article 2 Committee ;

Whereas the levies .on olive oil were fixed by Commis­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December sion Regulation (EEC) No 3255/73 (8) ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 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. 0 OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66. («) OJ No L 54, 3 . 3 . 1972, p . 3 . (5) OJ No L 238 , 29 . 10 . 1970 , p . 4. (6) OJ No L 241 , 27 . 10 . 1971 , p . 2. (7) OJ No L 53 , 5 . 3 . 1971 , p. 9 . (8) OJ No L 331 , 1 . 12. 1973 , p. 51 .

No L 334/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

Special levy applicable to imports effected from 5 December 1973

Amount in CCT heading No Description of goods u.a. / 100 kg

ex 15.07 A II Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or less originating or coming from Spain 16·276 (!)

(') The levy charged for this product shall be reduced by 0·50 u.a. / 100 kg in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2164/70.