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COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)87 final
Brussels ,30January 1973
Proposai ^fora
REGULATION (EEC)OF.TMCOUNCIL .
on^import ofolive ^_oil^from Tunisia
(Submitted "bytheCouncil totheCommission )
COM(73)87final

Proposalfora
REGULATION'(EEC)'OFTHECOUNCIL
onimportsofoliveoilfromTunisia -
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMIUITITIES' ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof?
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ?
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ?
WhereasArticle5ofAnnexItotheAgreementestablishing anAssociation
"betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheTunisianRepublic,aslast
amended "bytheagreement ,signedinBrusselson andArticle
6ofthesameAnnexmakeprovisionforaspecialtreatmentto"beaccordedto
importsofoliveoilfallingwithinsubheadingNo.15.07oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,obtainedentirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfromthatcoun­
trytotheCommunity?whereas,"beforethattreatmentcan"beaccorded,rules
"foritsapplication' mtistbeadopted,in1particularwith'respacttooilfal­
lingwithinsubheadingNo.15-07"AII?'
WhereasinthecaseofoilfallingwithinsubheadingNo.15.07AII,oncon­
ditionthatTunisiaimposesaspecialexportcharge,thespecialtreatment
aforesaidinvolves -astandardrebateof0,50unitsofaccountper100Kilo­
grammesonthelevychargedonsuchoil,andareductionofthelevybythe
amountofthespecialtax,uptoamaximumof5unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammes ? ,':;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensurethat,inaccordancewiththeAgreement,
thespecialexportchargeistheeffectofincreasingthepriceofoilon
importationintotheCommunity ?whereas,toensurethatthetreatmentinquestion
iscorrectlyapplied,thenecessarystepsmustbetakentoensurethatthe
specialexportchargehasbeenpaidwhentheoilisimported?
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :•-•:<•t;rr;r

Article1
WhereTunisiaimposesthespecialexportchargeonoliveoilotherthanre­
finedoliveoilfallingwithinsubheadingNo.15«07AIIoftheCommon
SustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddirectlyfrom
thatcountryintotheCommunity,thelevyonimportsofsuchoilintothe
CommunityshallbethelevyCalculatedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRe­
gulationHo.136/66/EECless:
.0.50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,and
»anamountequaltothespecialexportchargeimposedontheoilin
Tunisia,uptoamaximumof5unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article2
Thearrangements providedforinArticle1shallbeappliedtoallimports
inrespectofwhichtheimportercanprovethatthespecialexportcharge
referredtointhatArticleisdulyreflectedintheimportprice.
Article3
WhereTunisiadoesnotimposethespecialexportcharge,thelevyoniiaports
intotheCommunityofoilasdefinedinArticle1shallbethelevycalcu­
latedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulationNo.136/66/EECless0.50
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article4
Withoutprejudicetothechargingofthevariablecomponentinthelevyde­
terminedinaccordancewithArticle14ofRegulationNo.136/66/EEC,the
fixedcomponentofthatlevyshallnotbecharged,onimportationintothe
Community,ofrefinedoliveoilfallingwithinsubheadingNo.1507AIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyinTunisiaandtransporteddi­
rectlyfromthatcountrytotheCommunity.
Article5
ThelevyreferredtoinArticle4shallbefixedbytheCommission.
Article6
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationandofArticle2xn
particular,shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article33ofRegulationNo.136/66/EEC.

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Article 7
Council Regulation (EEC)NO.2165/70(l)of27October 1970 onimports of
olive oilfrom Tunisia isrepeated .
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall he "binding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels ,.......... FortheCouncil
The President
(l)O.J.No.L238.29.lO.i97O ,p.4