20. 1. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 17/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 134/84 ' of 19 January 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3136/78 laying down detailed rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender . THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, _Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (3, and in particular Article 16 (6) thereof, Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3136/78 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 22/81 (%), provides that where an applicant wishes to qualify for a special arrangement arising from agreements concluded between the Community and certain non-member countries he must indicate the non-member country concerned within 30 days of the entry into force of the minimum levy; whereas experience has shown that this provision, although necessary for surveillance purposes, may hinder the proper operation of the special arrangement and have unfair consequences for the operators concerned; whereas suitable changes should therefore be made in Lt Whereas Article 6 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the tendering procedure shall apply only to applications for import licences for quantities of more than 21 000 kilograms ; whereas for quantities of not more than 20 000 kilograms the levy to be applied is the minimum one in force on the day of importa- tion for each of the categories of olive oil concerned ; whereas experience has shown that there is a danger of this procedure being used to evade the normal system of fixing the import levy by tendering procedure ; Whereas the provisions in question should therefore be adjusted to reduce the maximum amount for which the simplified procedure is used; Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6. () OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1978, p. 72. () OJ No L 2, 1. 1. 1981, p. 14. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3136/78 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following: ~ 2. In order to permit implementation of the special arrangement arising from agreements concluded between the Community and certain non-member countries applicants must, within 30 days of the entry into force of the minimum levy, indicate the non-member country concerned, as specified in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2041/75. Where an applicant wishes to apply for one of the special arrangements mentioned above and the - import licence submitted when the import declara- tion is accepted does not show the name of the - non-member country concerned in sections 13 and 14 the levy shall not be reduced by 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms as provided for by the special arrangement. 2. In Article 6 (1) ‘21 000 kilograms’ is replaced by ‘5250 kilograms’. ! 3. In Article 6 (3) 20 000 kilograms’ is replaced iay‘ ‘5000 kilograms’. ' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Points 2 and 3 of Article 1 shall apply until 31 March 1984.