6.1.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL3/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No17/87
of5January1987
fixingtheamountbywhichthevariablecomponentofthelevyapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiamustbereduced
Morocco(3),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersannexedtoRegulations(EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76providesthatthe
variablecomponentofthelevycalculatedinaccordance
withArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75
of29October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1588/86(*),istobe
reducedbyanamountfixedbytheCommissioneach
quarter;whereasthisamountmustbeequalto60%of
theaverageofthevariablecomponentsoftheleviesin
forceduringthethreemonthsprecedingthemonth
duringwhichtheamountisfixed;
Whereasthevariablecomponentsapplicabletothe
productsfallingwithinsubheading23.02AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduringOctober,Novemberand
December1986havebeentakenintoconsideration ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1512/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle22ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle15oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofTunisiaandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Tunisia('),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
paragraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1518/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle21ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle14oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeriaand
concerningtheimportintotheCommunityofbranand
sharpsoriginatinginAlgeria(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofparagraph3oftheexchangeof
letters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1525/76
of24June1976concludingtheAgreementintheform
ofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle23ofthe
CooperationAgreementandArticle16oftheInterim
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofMoroccoandconcerningtheimport
intotheCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatinginHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountreferredtointhesecondsubparagraph of
paragraph3oftheexchangeoflettersformingtheAgree­
mentannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)
No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76tobedeductedfrom
thevariablecomponentapplicabletobranandsharps
originatinginTunisia,AlgeriaandMoroccorespectively,
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5January1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.19.
P)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.37.(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.53.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.0OJNoL139,24.5.1986,p.47.

NoL3/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.1.87
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof5January1987fixingtheamountbywhichthevariable
componentofthelevyapplicabletobranandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,Moroccoand
Tunisiamustbereduced
CCTheadingNo ECU/tonne
23.02AIIa) 47,55
23.02AIIb) 97,79