Regulation (EEC) No 616/72 of the Commission of 27 March 1972 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds and levies on olive oil

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 616/72
• Articles: 6

Article 1

The export refund shall be granted only on olive oils with a free fatty acid content expressed as oleic acid of not more than 30 g per 100 g.

Article 2

For the purposes of granting the export refund, products falling within subheading No 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subdivided as follows: - 15.07 A II (a) : virgin olive oil;

- 15.07 A II (b) : other.

Article 3

The amounts of the export levies on olive oil shall be equal to the maximum amounts resulting from the application of Article 10 (2) of Regulation No 171/67/EEC. 1OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 2OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8. 3OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66. 4OJ No 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2600/67. 5OJ No L 54, 3.3.1972, p. 6.

However, exports of olive oil falling within subheading No 15.07 A I of the Common Customs Tariff and subheading No 15.07 A II (a) referred to in the first indent of Article 2, in immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 5 kg, shall be granted an exemption from the levy amounting to 7 units of account per 100 kg net of oil exported.

Article 4

1. The Commission shall fix export levies where the difference referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 10 (2) of Regulation No 171/67/EEC is 2 75 units of account or more per 100 kg. These levies shall be fixed as often as is necessary for the stability of the Community market and in such a way as to ensure that they are applied at least once a week.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1, the export levies previously fixed shall remain applicable where variations in the factors used to calculate the difference referred to in paragraph 1 would entail an increase or a reduction of less than 0 750 units of account per 100 kg in these levies.

3. The Commission shall notify Member States of the amount of the export levies to be charged per 100 kg of oil exported as soon as such levies have been fixed.

Article 5

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 154/69 1 of 27 January 1969 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds and levies on olive oil, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2219/70 2, is hereby repealed.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1972.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT 1OJ No L 22, 29.1.1969, p. 4. 2OJ No L 240, 31.12.1970, p. 72.