31988R0923

8 . 4. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 91 /5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 923/88 of 7 April 1988 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, Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2751 /78 of 23 November 1978 laying down general rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender (13) speci­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fies that the minimum levy rate shall be fixed for each of Economic Community, the products concerned on the basis of the situation on the world market and the Community market and of the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and levy rates indicated by tenderers ; Portugal, • I Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of Whereas in the collection of the levy, account should be 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common taken of the provisions in the Agreements between the organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last Community and certain third countries ; whereas in parti­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3994/87 0, and in cular the levy applicable for those countries must be fixed particular Article 16 (2) thereof, taking as a basis for calculation the levy to be collected on imports from the other third countries ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in Algeria (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 798/87 (4), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas, with regard to Turkey and the Maghreb coun­ 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 1521 /76 accordance with the agreements between the Community of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in and these third countries : Morocco Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 799/87 (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76 Whereas application of the rules recalled above to the of 24 June 1976 on imports of olive oil originating in levy rates indicated by tenderers on 4 and 5 April 1988 leads to the minimum levies being fixed as indicated in Tunisia (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 413/86 ("), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Annex I to this Regulation ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/77 of 17 May 1977 on imports into the Community of Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (9), as July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/87 (10), and in on the Common Customs Tariff (14) introduces from 1 particular Article 1 0 (2) thereof, January 1988 a new combined nomenclature meeting the requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics of foreign trade and replacing Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1620/77 the previous nomenclature ; of 18 July 1977 laying down detailed rules for the impor­ tation of olive oil from Lebanon (n) ;

Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3131 /78 (12) the Whereas the import levy on olives falling within subhead­ Commission decided to use the tendering procedure to ings 0709 90 39 and 0711 20 90 and on products falling fix levies on olive oil ; within subheadings 1522 00 31 , 1522 00 39 and 2306 90 1 9 of the combined nomenclature must be calcu­ lated from the minimum levy applicable on the olive oil (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 30. contained in these products ; whereas, however, the levy 0 OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 24. charged for olive oil may not be less than an amount O OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 11 . equal to 8 % of the value of the imported product, such (Ó OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 43. amount to be fixed at a standard rate ; whereas application («) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 12. f) OJ No L 169, 28 . 6. 1976, p. 9 . of these provisions leads to the levies being fixed as indi­ (8) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 1 . cated in Annex II to this Regulation, O OJ No L 142, 9. 6. 1977, p. 10. (10) OJ No L 79, 21 . 3. 1987, p. 13. (") OJ No L 181 , 21 . 7. 1977, p. 4. H OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 6. O 2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 60. O OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

The levies applicable on imports of other olive oil sector products are fixed in Annex II. Article 1 Article 3 The minimum levies on olive oil imports are fixed in Annex I. ! j This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1988. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX I

Minimum import levies on olive oil

(ECU/100 kg) CN code Non-member countries

1509 10 10 62,00 (') 1509 10 90 62,00 (') 1509 90 00 73,00 (2) 1510 00 10 62,00 (•) 1510 00 90 100,00 o

(') For imports of oil falling within this 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 kg (") 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. (*) For imports of oil falling within this 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. O For imports of oil falling within this 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) CN code Non-member countries

0709 90 39 13,64 071 1 20 90 13,64 1522 00 31 31,00 1522 00 39 49,60 2306 90 19 4,96