NoL249/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.10.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2151/79
of2October1979
fixingtheamountbywhichthevariablecomponentofthelevyapplicableto
branandsharpsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiamustbereduced
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1512/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingto
Article22oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle
15oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia
andconcerningtheimportintotheCommunityof
branandsharpsoriginatinginTunisia('),andinparti­
cularthesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph3ofthe
exchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1518/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingto
Article21oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle
14oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofAlgeriaandconcerningtheimportinto
theCommunityofbranandsharpsoriginatingin
Algeria(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofparagraph3oftheexchangeofletters,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1525/76of24June1976concludingtheAgreement
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingto
Article23oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle
16oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco
andconcerningtheimportintotheCommunityof
branandsharpsoriginatinginMorocco(3),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofparagraph3of
theexchangeofletters,
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchange
oflettersannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No1512/76,(EEC)No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76provides
thatthevariablecomponentofthelevycalculatedin
accordancewithArticle2ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2744/75of29October1975ontheimport
andexportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcereals
andfromrice(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2245/78(5),istobereducedbyanamountfixed
bytheCommission eachquarter;whereasthis
amountmustbeequalto60%oftheaverageofthe
variablecomponentsoftheleviesinforceduringthe
threemonthsprecedingthemonthduringwhichthe
amountisfixed;
Whereasthevariablecomponentsapplicabletothe
productsfallingwithinsubheading23.02AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduringJuly,Augustand
September1979havebeentakenintoconsideration ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountreferredtointhesecondsubparagraphof
paragraph3oftheexchangeoflettersformingthe
AgreementannexedtoRegulations (EEC)No
1512/76,(EEC)No1518/76and(EEC)No1525/76to
bedeductedfromthevariablecomponentapplicable
tobranandsharpsoriginatinginTunisia,Algeriaand
Moroccorespectively ,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65. (')OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.19.
(2)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.37.
(3)OJNoL169,28.6.1976,p.53.(5)OJNoL273,29.9.1978,p.1.
*OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ANNEX
CCTheadingNo ECU/tonne
23.02AIIa) 1114
23.02AIIb) 44-57