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NoL65/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.3.70
REGULATION (EEC)No521/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of17March1970
onexceptionalmeasuresinrespectofimportsintotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheAssociatedAfricanStatesandMadagas­
carorintheOverseasCountriesandTerritories
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularAr­
ticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament1;
WhereastheConventionofAssociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAssociated
AfricanStatesandMadagascarsignedon29.July
1969providesthat,forthoseagriculturalproducts
coveredbyacommonorganizationofthemarket
whichtheAssociatedStateshaveaneconomicin­
terestinexporting,theCommunityshalldetermine
thetreatmenttobeaccordedtoimportsofproducts
originatingintheseStates,thistreamenttobemore
favourablethanthegeneraltreatmentappliedtolike
productsoriginatinginthirdcountries;
WhereastheDecisiontobeadoptedbytheCouncil
ontheAssociationoftheOverseasCountriesand
TerritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nitymustmakeidenticalprovisionforagricultural
productsoriginatingintheseCountriesandTerrito­
ries;
WhereasRegulationNo359/67/EEC2,aslastamen­
dedbyRegulation(EEC)No2463/693,introduced
asystemofleviesonimportsofriceintotheCom­
munity;whereasRegulation(EEC)No805/684,as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2463/69,in­
troducedatradesystemforthirdcountries,inre­
spectofbeefandvealwhichinvolvesthecharging
ofcustomsdutiesandleviesonimports;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo517/705of17
March1970onthetreatmenttobeaccordedtobeefand,vealoriginatingintheAssociatedAfricanStates
andMadagascarorintheOverseasCountriesand
"Territoriesexemptstheseproductsfromcustoms
duties;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo404/67/EEC6of25
July1967onthetreatmenttobeaccordedtorice
andbrokenriccoriginatingintheAssociatedAfri­
canStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCoun­
triesandTerritories,aslastextendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No989/697,providesforareductionin
thelevyonimportsofhuskedrice,paddyriceand
brokenriceoriginatingintheAASMandtheOCT
and,inthecaseofimportsofmilledriceoriginating
intheAASMandtheOCT,forareductioninthe
levycorresponding tothereductionapplicableto
huskedriceandafurtherreductionequaltothe
amountofprotectionprovidedforCommunityin­
dustry;
Whereastherehavealwaysbeentradeflowsbetween
theassociatedStates,countriesandterritoriesand
theFrenchoverseasdepartmentsandwhereas,pur­
suanttoArticle57oftheConvention,TitleIofthe
Conventionappliestothesetradeflows;
Whereasthetreatmenttobeaccordedtobeefand
vealandtoriceandbrokenriceundertheabove­
mentionedRegulationsmaythereforebesupplemen­
tedbyexemptingtheseproductsfromlevieswhen
theyoriginateintheAssociatedAfricanStatesand
MadagascarorintheOverseasCountriesandTerri­
toriesandareimportedintotheFrenchoverseasde­
partments;
Whereasitmustbepossibletoapplythosemeasures
until31January1975,thedateonwhichtheCon­
ventionof29July1969willexpireifitentersinto
forcenotlaterthan1January1971;
WhereastheAssociatedStateshavebeenconsulted,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : 1OJNoC139,28.10.1969,p.51.
2OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
3OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.
4OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
5OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.1.6OJNo183,5.8.1967,p.1.
7OJNoL130,31.5.1969,p.2.

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Article1 Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1970.Leviesshallnotbeappliedtotheproductslistedbe­
lowwhentheyoriginateintheAssociatedAfrican
StatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCountries
andTerritoriesandareimportedintotheFrench
overseasdepartments :Itshallapplyuntil31December1970.
CCTheadingNo Descriptionofgoods
01.02AIILiveanimalsofthedomesticbovine
species,otherthanpure-bredbreed­
inganimals
02.01A11(a)Meatofdomesticbovineanimals,
fresh,chilledorfrozen
10.06 RiceItshall,however,continuetoapplyuntil31January
1975toproductsoriginatingintheAssociatedAfri­
canStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCoun­
triesandTerritoriesiftheConventionofAssocia­
tionsignedatYaoundeon29July1969andthe
DecisiontobesubstitutedforCouncilDecisionof
25February19641ontheAssociationoftheOver­
seasCountriesandTerritorieswiththeCommunity
enterintoforcenotlaterthan1January1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17March1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER
1OJNo93,11.6.1964,p.1472/64.