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18 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 72/3

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 602/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures in particular (or the determination of the offers of olive oil on the Greek market

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between Where free quotations on the Greek market are not a determining factor for the offer price for one or more the Community and Greece ( 1), and in particular Article 10 thereof, qualities of unrefined olive oil, a price determined on the basis of the offer price shall be substituted for the free-at-frontier price referred to in Article 3 of Regula­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, tion No 162/66/EEC for only those qualities concerned . Whereas the provisions currently in force provide for a single levy for the different qualities of unrefined olive oil ; whereas the offers taken into consideration for the fixing of the said levy may, in certain cases, be Article 2 unrepresentative of the real trend of offers for one or more such qualities ; whereas, in these conditions, it appears necessary to provide for the possibility of 1 . When offers of unrefined olive oil on the Greek replacing the free-at-frontier price by a price deter­ market do not correspond to real purchasing possibili­ mined in respect of the real offer price for these quali­ ties in quantities which are representative of the ties ; market, the import levy referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC shall be fixed by Whereas the Greek market in olive oil is limited and tendering procedure . lacks transparency, thereby sometimes preventing the precise study of its true tendency and therefore the correct fixing of import levies ; whereas a consequence 2. At regular intervals the persons concerned shall of this situation is that in certain cases olive oil can be submit an application for an import licence to the imported into the Community at other than the competent bodies in the Member States and at the threshold price level which can in some cases cause same time shall put up a special guarantee for an disturbance of the Community market ; amount to be decided .

Whereas all the measures for common organization of the market in olive oil are being reviewed with a view The application for an import licence shall be accom­ to an overall revision of the system ; panied by a statement of :

Whereas in order to put right the above difficulties, (a) the quantity of the product covered by the applica­ pending the result of this revision, the trading system tion ; should be altered by providing for the determination (b) the rate of levy per 100 kilogrammes of oil which of the levy under a tendering procedure ; the applicant undertakes to pay at the time of import. Whereas certain by-products are subject to an import levy derived from that applicable to olive oil ; whereas experience has shown that in practice there are no 3 . The Commission shall determine the minimum imports of by-products with a very low oil content to rate of the levy in units of account per 100 kilo­ be used for extraction of such oil ; whereas therefore grammes of oil . no import levy should be imposed on such by-products ; 4. Licences shall be issued for applications stating a Whereas the period of applicability of this Regulation rate of levy greater than or equal to the minimum rate should be limited to a period sufficient to assess its determined by the Commission . In this event the efficacy, applicant shall be bound to import the quantity of oil stated in his application at the rate of levy stated therein . (') OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p. 3393/66.

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Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation No 162/ The detailed rules for the implementation of this 66/EEC no levy shall be imposed on imports of olive­ Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the oil cakes and other residues falling within subheading procedure provided for in Article 38 of Council Regu­ 23.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff which have lation No 136/66/ EEC of 22 September 1966 on the an oil content of not more than 3 % . establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (2), as last amended by Regula­ Article 4 tion (EEC) No 1707/73 (3).

Imports of the products referred to in Article 9 of Article 6 Regulation No 162/66/EEC shall be subject to Council Regulation (EEC) No 601 /76 of 15 March This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1976 laying down special measures in particular for 1976 . the determination of the offers of olive oil on the world market ( !). It shall be applicable until 31 October 1976.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976 .

For the Council The President

R. VOUEL

(2 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66 . ( ! ) See page 1 of this Official Journal . (3 ) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973, p. 5 .