31.1.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL26/5
REGULATION (EEC)No241/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of30January1975
extendingthetreatmentapplicabletocertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
AssociatedAfricanStates,MadagascarandMauritius,intheoverseascountriesand
territories,andintheUnitedRepublicofTanzania,theRepublicofUgandaandthe
RepublicofKenya
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No517/70(4)of
17March1970and(EEC)No625/71(5)of
30March1971onthetreatmentapplicabletobeef
andvealoriginatingintheAssociatedAfrican
StatesandMadagascar (AASM)ortheoverseas
countriesandterritories (OCT),andinthe
UnitedRepublicofTanzania,theRepublicof
Ugandaandth^RepublicofKenya;
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No522/70(6)of
17March1970and(EEC)No653/71(7)of
30March1971onthetreatmentapplicableto
processedcerealandriceproductsoriginatingin
theAASMortheOCTandintheUnited
RepublicofTanzania,theRepublicofUganda
andtheRepublicofKenya,aslastamendedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1036/72(8)of
18May1972;
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No519/70(9)of
17March1970and(EEC)No654/71(10)of
30March1971onthetreatmentapplicableto
processedfruitandvegetableproducts
originatingintheAASMortheOCTandinthe
UnitedRepublicofTanzania,theRepublicof
UgandaandtheRepublicofKenya;
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No244/71(n)of
1February1971and(EEC)No655/71(12)of
30March1971onthetreatmentapplicableto
unmanufactured tobaccooriginatinginthe
AASMortheOCTandintheUnitedRepublic
ofTanzania,theRepublicofUgandaandthe
RepublicofKenya;
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No2738/73(13)of
8October1973,amendingCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No859/72(14)of25April1972,and(EEC)
No2739/73(15)of8October1973,amending
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No860/72(16)of
25April1972onthetreatmentapplicableto
certainfruitandvegetablesoriginatingintheTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereastheConventionofAssociation (*)between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAfrican
StatesandMadagascar associatedwiththat
CommunitysignedatYaoundeon29July1969
providesthatforsuchagriculturalproductsascome
underacommonorganizationofthemarketand
wheretheAssociatedStateshaveaneconomic
interestinexportingsuchproducts,theCommunity
shalllaydownimportarrangementsfortheproducts
originatinginthoseStateswhichshallbemore
favourablethanthegeneraltreatmentappliedto
identicalproductsoriginatinginthirdcountries;
Whereas,pursuanttotheAssociationAgreementon
theaccessionofMauritiustotheYaounde
Convention,sighedon12May1972,theYaounde
ConventionappliestoMauritius;
WhereasCouncilDecisionNo70/549/EEC(2)of29
September1970ontheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Communitylaysdownidenticalprovisionsinrespect
ofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthose
countriesandterritories;
WhereastheAgreement (3)establishing an
associationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheUnitedRepublicofTanzania,
theRepublicofUgandaandtheRepublicofKenya,
signedatArushaon24September1969,laysdown
likeprovisionsinrespectofagriculturalproducts
originatinginthoseStates;
WhereasthefollowingRegulationshavebeen
adoptedpursuanttotheundertakingsenteredinto
bytheCommunity :(4)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.1.
(5)OJNoL76,31.3.1971,p.1.
(«)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.10.
(7)OJNoL76,31.3.1971,p.2.
(8)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.18.
(9)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p,4.
(10)OJNoL76,31.3.1971,p.3.
(")OJNoL29,5.2.1971,p.1.
(12)OJNoL76,31.3.1971,p.5.
(13)OJNoL282,9.10.1973,p.15.
(w)OJNoL101,28.4.1972,p.5.
(")OJNoL282,9.10.1973,p.16.
(16)OJNoL101,28.4.1972,p.7.HOJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.83.
(3)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.54.

NoL26/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.1.75
AASMortheOCTandintheUnitedRepublicof
Tanzania,theRepublicofUgandaandthe
RepublicofKenya;
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No656/71(x)of
30March1971,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1446/72(2)of10July1972onthetreatment
applicabletomaizeoriginatingintheUnited
RepublicofTanzania,theRepublicofUganda
andtheRepublicofKenya;
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1316/71(3)of
21June1971onthetreatmentapplicabletofish
productsoriginatingintheAASMortheOCT;
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No518/70(4)of
17March1970onthetreatmentapplicableto
oleaginousproductsoriginatingintheAASMor
theOCT;
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No540/70(5)of
20March1970onthetreatmentapplicabletorice
andbrokenriceoriginatingintheAASMorthe
OCT;
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No520/70(6)of
17March1970layingdownspecialprovisionsfor
theimportofgoodscoveredbyRegulation (EEC)
No1059/69originatingintheAASMorthe
OCT;
—CouncilRegulations (EEC)No521/70(7)of
1March1970and(EEC)No245/71(8)of
1February1971providingforspecialderogations
inrespectofimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofcertainagriculturalproducts
originatingintheAASMortheOCT;
"Whereas,followingtheDecisionsoftheAssociation
CounciloftheYaoundeConvention andthe
AssociationCounciloftheArushaAgreementon
transitionalmeasurestobeappliedafter31January
1975,theundertakings enteredintobythe
CommunityinrespectoftheAssociatedAfrican
StatesandMadagascarandtheUnitedRepublicof
Tanzania,theRepublicofUgandaandtheRepublic
ofKenyahavebeenextendeduntiltheentryinto
forceofthenewprovisionsrelatingtothesame
fieldsoruntil31July1975,whicheveristheearlier;Whereas,byCouncilDecisionNo75/89/EECof30
January1975ontransitionalmeasurestobeapplied
after31January1975inrelationwiththeoverseas
countriesandterritories,theundertakingsinrespect
ofthosecountriesandterritorieshavebeenextended
untiltheentryintoforceofthenewprovisions
relatingtothesamefieldsoruntil31July1975,
whicheveristheearlier;
Whereasthereasonsforaccordingsuchatreatment
arestillvalid;whereassuchatreatmentshouldbe
maintainedthroughouttheperiodduringwhichthe
undertakingsenteredintobytheCommunityin
respectofthoseassociatedstates,countriesand
territoriesarevalid,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thesecondandthirdparagraphs
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No517/70,
—ofArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No518/70,
—ofArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No519/70,
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No520/70,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No521/70,
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No522/70,
—ofArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No540/70
andthesecondparagraph
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No244/71,
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No245/71,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1316/71,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No652/71,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No653/71,
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No654/71,
—ofArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No655/71,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No656/71,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No859/72,
—ofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No860/72
shallbereplacedbythefollowingparagraph:
'Itshallbeapplicable:
—inrespectofproductsoriginatinginthe
AssociatedAfricanStatesandMadagascar
andintheUnitedRepublicofTanzania,the
RepublicofUgandaandtheRepublicof
Kenya,untiltheentryintoforceofthenew
provisionsrelatingtothesamefields,oruntil
31July'1975,whicheveristheearlier;HOJNoL76,31.3.1971,p.6.
(2)OJNoL156,12.7.1972,p.8.
(3)OJNoL139,25.6.1971,p.4.
(4)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.2.
(5)OJNoL68,25.3.1970,p.1.—inrespectofproductsoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritoriesassociated
withtheCommunity,untiltheentryinto
forceoftheprovisionswhicharetoreplace
theCouncilDecisionof29September1970(6)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.6.
(7)OJNoL65,21.3.1970,p.8.
(8)OJNoL29,5.2.1971,p.3.

31.1.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL26/7
ontheassociationoftheoverseascountries
andterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Communityoruntil31July1975,whichever
istheearlier.'Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD