31974R0137

No L 16/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 1 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 137 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 January 1974 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 (') of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ in the previous subparagraph ; ment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other 1707/73 0 ; provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3256/73 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 3256/73 (6) and 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 21 January relation to each other, at any given moment, 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 1974 . Fur the Con ) mission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/ 66 . I2 ) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p. 5 . (3) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393 /66 . («) OJ No 130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2600/ 67 . (5) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . 6 OJ No L 331 , 1 . 12. 1973, p. 55 .

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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 ) 13-626 ex 15.07 A I b ) 18-291 ex 15.07 A II 12-276