NoL34/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.2.74
REGULATION (EEC)No303/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
onimportsofoliveoilfromMorocco
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereasArticles5and6ofAnnex1totheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco,aslastamendedbytheAgreementsignedin
Brusselson20July1973,makeprovisionforspecial
treatmenttobeaccordedtoimportsofoliveoilfalling
withinsubheadingNo15.07AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyinMoroccoand
transporteddirectlyfromthatcountryintothe
Community ;whereas,beforethattreatmentcanbe
accorded,rulesforitsapplicationmustbeadopted,in
particularwithrespecttooilfallingwithinsubheading
No15.07AII;
Whereas,inthecaseofoilfallingwithinsubheading
No15.07AII,onconditionthatMoroccoimposesa
specialchargeonexports,thespecialtreatment
providesforastandardrebateof0-50unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesonthelevychargedonsuchoil,
andareductionofthelevybytheamountofthe
specialcharge,upto5unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes ;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensurethat,inaccordance
withtheAgreement ,thespecialexportchargehasthe
effectofincreasingthepriceofoilonimportation
intotheCommunity ;whereas,toensurethatthetreat­
mentinquestioniscorrectlyapplied,thenecessary
stepsmustbetakentoensurethatthespecialexport
chargehasbeenpaidwhentheoilisimported,directlyfromthatcountryintotheCommunity ,the
levyonimportsofsuchoilintotheCommunityshall
bethelevycalculatedinaccordancewithArticle13of
CouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC(2)of22
September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organization ofthemarketinoilsandfats,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1707/73(3),less:
—0-50unitofaccountper100kilogrammes ,and
—anamountequaltothespecialexportcharge
leviedontheoilinMorocco,upto5unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes .
Article2
Thearrangements providedforinArticle1shallbe
appliedtoallimportsinrespectofwhichthe
importercanprovethatthespecialexportcharge
referredtointhatArticleisdulyreflectedinthe
importprice.
Article3
WhereMoroccodoesnotimposethespecialexport
charge,thelevyonimportsintotheCommunityof
oilasdefinedinArticle1shallbethelevycalculated
inaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulationNo136/
66/EEC,less0-50unitofaccountper100kilo­
grammes .
Article4
Withoutprejudicetothechargingofthevariable
componentofthelevydeterminedinaccordancewith
Article14ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,thefixed
componentofthatlevyshallnotbechargedonimpor­
tationintotheCommunityofrefinedoliveoilfalling
withinsubheadingNo15.07AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyinMoroccoand
transporteddirectlyfromthatcountryintothe
Community .
Article5
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle4shallbefixedbythe
Commission .
Article6
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation,
andofArticle2inparticular,shallbeadoptedinHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
WhereMoroccoimposesthespecialexportchargeon
oliveoilotherthanrefinedoliveoilfallingwithin
subheadingNo15.07AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,obtainedentirelyinMoroccoandtransported
(')OJNoC2,9.1.1974,p.72.(2)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(J)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.

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accordancewiththeprpcedurelaiddowninArticle38
ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC.
Article7
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No463/71(])of1March
1971onimportsofoliveoilfromMoroccois
repealed.Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
theentryintoforceoftheAgreementintheformof
anexchangeofletterssignedon20July1973
amendingArticle5ofAnnex1totheAgreement(2)
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FurtheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL
(2)ThedateoftheentryintoforceofthisAgreementwillbe
publishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities . (■)OJNoL53,5.3.1971,p.9.