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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2222/81

of 31 July 1981

amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 55/81 authorizing the Hellenic Republic to suspend the customs duties applicable on import of certain oil seeds and oleaginous fruits

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 64 (4) thereof,

Whereas, for certain oils falling within subheading 15.07 D II of the Common Customs Tariff, the basic duties are fixed in Article 64 (3) of the Act of Accession; whereas this very high level is liable to prove an obstacle to the supply of raw materials for oiling dried grapes; whereas these oils are put to special uses and the customs duties on imports of these products should therefore be altered and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/81 (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1527/81 (2), amended in consequence;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/81 the entry relating to heading No 15.07 of the Common Customs Tariff is hereby replaced by the following:

1.2.3.4,5 // // // // // // // // Customs duty rate // 1.2.3.4.5 // CCT heading No // Description // Quantity (tonnes) // Third countries // Community of Nine // // // // // // 15.07 // Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified // // // // // D. Other oils // // // // // ex I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption, excluding palm, copra and flax oils // Unlimited // 15 // 3 // // ex II. b) 2 bb) For oiling dried grapes (1) // 4 000 // 15 // 0 // // // // //

(1) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1981.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1981.

For the Commission

The President

Gaston THORN

(1) OJ No L 4, 1. 1. 1981, p. 39.

(2) OJ No L 149, 6. 6. 1981, p. 22.