31987R3881

No L 365/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 12. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3881/87 of 23 December 1987 fixing the minimum levies on the importation of olive oil and levies on the importation of other olive oil sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the world market and the Community market and of the levy rates indicated by tenderers ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas in the collection of the levy, account should be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the Portugal, Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­ cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common imports from the other third countries ; organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2), and in Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­ particular Article 16 (2) thereof, tries, the provisions of this Regulation should be without prejudice to the additional amount to be determined in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 accordance with the agreements between the Community of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in and these third countries ; Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 798/87 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1521 /76 levy rates indicated by tenderers on 21 and 22 December of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in 1987 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as Morocco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No indicated in Annex I to this Regulation ; 799/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhead­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76 ings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the Common Customs of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in Tariff and on products falling within subheadings 15.17 B Tunisia Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No I and 23.04 A II of the Common Customs Tariff must be 413/86 (8), and in particular Article 5 thereof, calculated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 oil contained in these products ; whereas, however, the of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of levy charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (9), as equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/87 (10), and in amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application particular Article 10 (2) thereof, of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­ cated in Annex II to this Regulation, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77 of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­ tation of olive oil from Lebanon (n) ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (12) the Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to fix levies on olive oil ; Article 1 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (13) speci­ Annex I. fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of the products concerned on the basis of the situation on

Article 2 ') OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. *) OJ No L 183, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 7. 3) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24. The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector 4) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 11 . Ó OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 43. products are fixed in Annex II. «) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 12. 7) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 . 8) OJ No L 48 , 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 . ^ OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10. Article 3 10) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 13 . ") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4. This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 December ,2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978 , p. 60. 1987. ,3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 6.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

No L 365/ 12 24 . 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX I

Minimum import levies on olive oil

(ECU/100 kg)

CCT heading No Non-member countries

15.07 Ala) 62,00 (') 15.07 A I b) 62,00 (') 15.07 A I c) 62,00 (■) 15.07 A II a) 73,00 (2) 15.07 A II b) 100,00 o

(') For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading and produced entirely in one of the countries listed below and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by : (a) Lebanon : 0,60 ECU/ 100 kg ; (b) Turkey : 11,48 ECU/ 100 kgf) provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied by that country ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax in force ; (c) Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco ; 12,69 ECU/ 100 kgf) provided that the operator furnishes proof of having paid the export tax applied by that country ; however, the repayment may not exceed the amount of the tax in force . ' (*) These amounts may be increased by an additional amount to be determined by the Community and the third countries in question . (J) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading : (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 3,86 ECU/ 100 kg ; (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 3,09 ECU/ 100 kg. (3) For imports of oil falling within this tariff subheading : (a) produced entirely in Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia and transported directly from any of those countries to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 7,25 ECU/ 100 kg ; (b) produced entirely in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy to be collected is reduced by 5,80 ECU/ 100 kg.

ANNEX II

Import levies on other olive oil sector products

(ECU/100 kg) CCT heading No Non-member countries

07.01 N II 13,64 07.03 A II 13,64 15.17 B I a) 31,00 15.17 B I b) 49,60 23.04 A II 4,96