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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3540/80

OF 22 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1180/77 ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN TURKEY ( 1980/81 )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS ANNEX IV TO COUNCIL DECISION NO 1/77 OF THE EEC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON NEW CONCESSIONS FOR IMPORTS OF TURKISH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INTO THE COMMUNITY STIPULATES THAT THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IF ANY , TO BE DEDUCTED FROM THE LEVY ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF UNTREATED OLIVE OIL FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 15.07 A I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TURKEY , IS TO BE FIXED FOR EACH YEAR OF APPLICATION BY AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND TURKEY ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1180/77 ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2923/79 ( 3 ) , IMPLEMENTED THE ABOVEMENTIONED DECISION , IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS OLIVE OIL ;

WHEREAS THE CONTRACTING PARTIES HAVE AGREED , BY AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS , TO FIX THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION AT 10,88 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1980 TO 31 OCTOBER 1981 ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1180/77 SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE AMENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 9 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1180/77 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" ( B ) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE SPECIAL EXPORT CHARGE IMPOSED BY TURKEY ON SUCH OIL WITHIN A LIMIT OF 11 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS , THAT AMOUNT BEING INCREASED FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1980 TO 31 OCTOBER 1981 BY 10,88 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS . "

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER

( 1 ) OJ NO C 346 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 127 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 142 , 9 . 6 . 1977 , P . 10 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 333 , 27 . 12 . 1979 , P . 14 .