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5.3.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/9
REGULATION (EEC)No463/71OFTHECOUNCIL
.of1March1971
onimportsofoliveoilfromMorocco
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof; ThelevyonimportsintotheCommunityofoliveoil
otherthanrefinedoliveoilfallingwithinsub-heading
No15.07AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
obtainedentirelyinMoroccoandtransporteddirect
fromthatcountryintotheCommunity,shallbethe
levycalculatedin'accordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article13ofCouncil'RegulationNo136/66/EEC2of
22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganisationofthemarketinoilsandfats,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,3
applicableatthetimeofimportation ,less0-50units
ofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article2HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinion ,oftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
WhereasArticle5ofAnnexItotheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco,
asamendedbytheAgreementsignedinBrusselson
15December1970,andArticle6ofthesameAnnex
makeprovisionforspecialtreatmenttobeaccorded
toimportsofoliveoilfallingwithinsub-headingNo
15.07AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffobtained
entirelyinMoroccoandtransporteddirectfromthat
countrytotheCommunity ;whereas,beforethat
treatmentcanbeaccorded,rulesforitsapplication
mustbeadopted;
Whereasthisspecialtreatmentinvolvesastandard
rebateof0-50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes
onthelevychargedonsuchoilonimportationinto
theCommunity ;whereas,onconditionthatMorocco
imposesaspecialchargeonexports,thistreatment
alsoinvolvesareductioninthelevycorresponding to
theamountofthatspecialchargeuptoamaximum
of5unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththetermsofthe
Agreement,thespecialexportchargeshouldhavethe
effectofincreasingthepriceofoilonimportation
intotheCommunity ;whereas,toensurethatthe
treatmentinquestioniscorrectlyapplied,thespecial
exportchargeshouldhavebeenpaidwhentheoilis
imported;ThelevychargedonimportsintotheCommunityof
theproductspecifiedinArticle1shallbethelevy
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthat
Articlelessanamountequaltothespecialcharge
imposedbyMoroccoonexportstotheCommunity
oftheoliveoilreferredtoinArticle1,uptoa
maximumof5unitsofaccountper100-kilogrammes .
Article3
ThetreatmentprovidedforinArticle2shallbe
appliedtoallimportsinrespectofwhichthespecial
exportchargehasbeenpaiduptoanamountwhich
doesnotexceedeithertheamountofthelevy
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article1andapplicablewhentheoilisimportedinto
theCommunityor5unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammes .
2OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
1OJNoC19,1.3.1971,p.37. 3OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.

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Article4 accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC.
Article7Withoutprejudicetothechargingofthevariable
componentofthelevydeterminedinaccordancewith
Article14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,thefixed
componentofthatlevyshallnotbe.charged,on
importationintotheCommunity ,inrespectof
refinedoliveoilfallingwithinsub-headingNo15.07
AIoftheCommonCustomsTariffobtainedentirely
inMoroccoandtransporteddirectfromthatcountry
totheCommunity .CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1466/691of23July
1969onimportsofoliveoilfromMoroccoishereby
repealed.
Article5 ArticleS
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle4shallbefixedbythe
Commission .
Article6ThetreatmentprovidedforinthisRegulationshall
applyfrom1April1971to31October1971.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation,
andofArticle3inparticular,shallbeadoptedin
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1March1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.SCHUMANN
1OJNoL197,8.8.1968,p.93.
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