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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)256 final
Brussels ,21February 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
onimports ofolive oilfrom theLebanon
(Submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73 )256final

EXPLANATORY KD3TORAMD0M
1./article8ofAnnexIof"theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofLemanonmakesprovisionforspecial
treatmentofimportsofvirginoliveoilsfromthatcountryinto
theCommunity.
2.ThotreatmentisthesameasthatlaiddownforTunisiaandMarocco.
Thegeneralrulesofapplicationare,consequently ,thesame
(seewrittenprocedureNo421/73)•
Financialeffects
InviewofthenegligiblevolumeofimportsofLemaneseoliveoils
fromtheCommunity,thefinancialeffectsofthepresentproposalcan
beregardedasnegligible.

Proposalfoya
REGULATION (SEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
onimportsofoliveoilfromtheLebanon
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
WhereasArticle8ofAnnexItotheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheLebanonmakesprovisionforspecialtreatmenttobe•
accordedtoiirportsofoliveoilfallingwithinsubheading No15*07AII
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyintheLebanonand
transporteddirectfromthatcountrytotheCommunity ;whereas,beforethat
treatmentcanboaccorded,rulesforitsapplication mustbeadopted;
Whereas,onconditiontheLebanonimposesaspecialchargeonexports,this
specialtreatmentinvolvesastandardrebateof0.50unitsofaccountper
100kilgrammesonthelevychargedonsuchoilandalsoareductionof
thatsamelevycorresponding totheamountofthespecialcharge|uptoa
maximumof4unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereasitisnecessarytolaydownthat,inaccordancewiththeprovisions
oftheAgreement,thespecialexportchargeshouldhavetheeffectof
increasingthepriceoftheoilonimportationintotheCommunity;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :

!2 Vl/702/73
Article 1
WheretheLebanonimposesthespecialchargeonexportsofoliveoil
otherthanrefinedoliveoilfallingwithinsubheading No15«07AIIIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,obtainedentirelyintheLebanonandtransported
directfromthatcountrytotheCommunity,thelevyonimportsuponthe
importationofsuchoilintotheCommunityshallbethelevycalculated
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle13'ofRegulationNo1I6/66/EEC,
less:
-0.50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,and
-anamountequaltothespecialchargeimposedbytheLebanononexports
ofthatoil,uptoamaximumof4unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes.
Article2
ThetreatmentprovidedforinArticle1shallbeappliedtoall
importsinrespectofwhichtheimporterprovidesproofthatthespecial
exportchargereferredtointhesaidArticleisreflectedintheimport
price.
Article3
WheretheLebanondoesnotimposethespecialexportcharge,thelevy
onimportsintotheCommunityoftheoilreferredtoinArticle1shall
bethelevycalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle13of
RegulationNo136/66/EEC,less0.50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes.
Article4
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation,andof
Article2inparticular,shallbeadoptedinaccordanoewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle33ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitt>entiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19FortheCouncil
ThePresident