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REGULATION (EEC)No522/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of17March1970
onthetreatmenttobeaccordedtoproductsprocessedfromcerealsandriceoriginating
intheAssociatedAfricanStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCountriesand
Territories
filled,inthecaseofimportsofthoseproductscover­
edbytheRegulationsreferredtoabovewhichori­
ginateinthesestates,countriesandterritories,by
reducingthelevybyanamountequaltotheprotec­
tiongrantedtotheCommunityprocessingindustry
and,inthecaseofimportsofmaniocrootsand
productsmanufactured therefrom,byreducingthe
levybyafurtheramount;
Whereasitmustbepossibletoapplythosemeasures
until31January1975,thedateonwhichtheCon­
ventionof29July1969willexpireifitentersinto
forcenotlaterthan1January1971;
WhereastheAssociatedStateshavebeenconsulted,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament1;
WhereastheConvention ofAssociation betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAssociated
AfricanStatesandMadagascarsignedon29July
1969providesthat,forthoseagriculturalproducts
coveredbyacommonorganizationofthemarket
whichtheAssociatedStateshaveaneconomicinter­
estinexporting,theCommunityshalldeterminethe
treatmenttobeaccordedtoimportsofproductsori­
ginatingintheseStates,thistreatmenttobemore
favourablethanthegeneraltreatmentappliedtolike
productsoriginatinginthirdcountries;
WhereastheDecisiontobeadoptedbytheCouncil
ontheAssociationoftheOverseasCountriesand
TerritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity
mustmakeidenticalprovisionforagriculturalpro­
ductsoriginatingintheseCountriesandTerritories;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo120/67/EEC2of13
June1967onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
incereals,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2463/693,andCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC4
of25July1967onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2463/69,introducedasystemofleviesonimports
intotheCommunity ;
WhereastheCommunity'sobligationtowardsthe
associatedstates,countriesandterritoriesmaybeful­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThelevyonimportsofproductslistedinAnnex
AtoRegulationNo120/67/EECandproductslisted
inArticle1(1)(c)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
whichoriginateintheAssociatedAfricanStatesand
MadagascarorintheOverseasCountriesandTerri­
toriesshallbereducedbythefixedcomponentfor
eachoftheseproducts.
2.Inadditionthevariablecomponentofthelevy
shallbereduced:
(a)by0-12unitofaccountper100kgforpro­
ductsfallingwithinsubheadingNo07.06Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff; x
(b)by018unitofaccountper100kgforproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo11.06oftheCommon
CustomsTariff;
(c)by50%forproductsfallingwithinsubheading
No11.08AVoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thispercentagemayberevisedevery12months
bytheCouncilactinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission .OJNoC139,28.10.1969,p.51.
OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.
OJNo174,31.7.1967 ,p.1.

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Article2 Itshallapplyuntil31December1970.
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No800/681of27June
1968onthetreatmenttobeaccordedtoproducts
processedfromcerealsandriceoriginatinginthe
AssociatedAfricanStatesandMadagascarorinthe
OverseasCountriesandTerritories,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No989/692,isherebyrepealed.Itshall,however,continuetoapplyuntil31January
1975toproductsoriginatingintheAssociatedAfri­
canStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCoun­
triesandTerritoriesiftheConventionofAssociation
signedatYaoundeon29July1969andtheDecision
tobesubstitutedfortheCouncilDecisionof25
February19643ontheAssociationoftheOverseas
CountriesandTerritorieswiththeCommunityenter
intoforcenotlaterthan1January1971.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DpneatBrussels,17March1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER
1OJNoL149,29.6.1968,p.2.
1OJNoL130,31.5.1969,p.2. 5OJNo93,11.6.1964,p.1472/64.