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29.10.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL238/4
REGULATION (EEC)No2165/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of27October1970
onimportsofoliveoilfromTunisia
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThelevyonimportsintotheCommunityofoliveoil
otherthanrefinedoliveoilfallingwithinsub-heading
No15.07AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
obtainedentirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddirect
fromtliatcountryintotheCommunity,shallbethe
levycalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article13ofCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC2of
22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganisationofthemarketinoilsandfats,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,3
applicableatthetimeofimportation,less0-50units
ofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article2HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
WhereasArticle5ofAnnexItotheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia,
asamendedbytheAgreementsignedinBrusselson
11September1970,andArticle6ofthesameAnnex
makeprovisionforspecialtreatmenttobeaccorded
toimportsofoliveoilfallingwithinsub-headingNo
15.07AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffobtained
entirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddirectfromthat
countrytotheCommunity ;whereas,beforethat
treatmentcanbeaccorded,rulesforitsapplication
mustbeadopted;
Whereasthisspecialtreatmentinvolvesastandard
rebateof.0-50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes
onthelevychargedonsuchoilonimportationinto
theCommunity ;whereas,onconditionthatTunisia
imposesaspecialchargeonexports,thistreatment
alsoinvolvesareductioninthelevycorresponding to
theamountofthatspecialchargeuptoamaximum
of5unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththetermsofthe
Agreement,thespecialexportchargeshouldhavethe
effectofincreasingthepriceofoilonimportation
intotheCommunity ;whereas,toensurethatthe
treatmentinquestioniscorrectlyapplied,thespecial
exportchargeshouldhavebeenpaidwhentheoilis
imported;ThelevychargedonimportsintotheCommunityfor
theproductspecifiedinArticle1shallbethelevy
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthat
Articlelessanamountequaltothespecialcharge
imposedbyTunisiaon»exportstotheCommunityof
theoliveoilreferredtoinArticle1,uptoa
maximumof5unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article3
ThetreatmentprovidedforinArticle2shallbe
appliedtoallimportsinrespectofwhichthespecial
exportchargehasbeenpaiduptoanamountwhich
doesnotexceedeithertheamountofthelevy
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article1andapplicablewhentheoilisimportedinto
theCommunityor5unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammes .
2OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
1OJNoC129,26.10.1970,p.31. 3OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.

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Article4 Article6
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation,
andofArticle3inparticular,shallbeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC.Withoutprejudicetothechargingofthevariable
componentofthelevydeterminedinaccordancewith
Article14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,thefixed
componentofthatlevyshallnotbecharged,on
importationintothe-Community ,inrespectof
refinedoliveoilfallingwithinsub-headingNo
15.07AIoftheCommonCustomsTariffobtained
entirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddirectfromthat
countrytotheCommunity .Article7
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1471/691of23July
1969onimportsofoliveoilfromTunisiaishereby
repealed.
Article8
Article5ThetreatmentprovidedforinthisRegulationshall
applyfrom1November1970to31October1971.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .ThelevyreferredtoinArticle4shallbefixedbythe
Commission .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,27October1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL
1OJNoL198,8.8.1969,p.93.