Council Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 of 29 July 1999 on the import of bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals originating in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt and the import of durum wheat originating in Morocco
Date: 1999-07-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, cereal product, cereals, import policy

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1722/1999

of 29 July 1999

on the import of bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other working of certain
cereals originating in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt and the import of durum wheat originating in
Morocco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the Cooperation Agreements and the Interim Agree-
ments concluded in 1976 and 1977 between, on the
one hand, the European Economic Community and, on
the other hand, the People’s Democratic Republic of
Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kingdom of
Morocco on the import into the Community of bran,
sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other
working of cereals provide for preferential arrangements
based on reductions in, or exemptions from, variable
levies;

the Cooperation Agreement and the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Kingdom of Morocco on special arrangements for the
import of durum wheat grant a reduction in the variable
levy;

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1519/76 of 24 June 1976
concerning imports of bran, sharps and other residues
derived from the sifting, milling or other working of
certain cereals originating in Algeria (1), Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1526/76 of 24 June 1976 concerning
imports of bran, sharps and other residues derived from
the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals
originating in Morocco (2), Council Regulation (EEC) No
1251/77 of 17 May 1977 concerning imports of bran,
sharps and other residues derived from the sifting,
milling or other working of cereals originating in the
Arab Republic of Egypt (3) and Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1520/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of durum
wheat originating in Morocco (4) lay down implementing
rules for the arrangements concerned;

(4)

Euro-Mediterranean
are
Association
currently being negotiated or concluded with the
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Kingdom of

Agreements

Morocco and the Arab Republic of Egypt; in the mean-
time, the cooperation agreements referred to in Regula-
tions (EEC) No 1519/76, (EEC) No 1520/76, (EEC) No
1526/76 and (EEC) No 1251/77 apply;

under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations the
Community agreed to fix the rate of variable levies and
to replace them by customs duties from 1 July 1995;
this could make the special arrangements based on vari-
able levies
inoperable, and therefore, pending the
conclusion of new agreements with Algeria, Morocco
and Egypt,
temporary derogations, which leave the
essence of each of those arrangements unaffected, have
had to be introduced from Regulations (EEC) No 1519/
76, (EEC) No 1520/76, (EEC) No 1526/76 and (EEC) No
1251/77; rules on the temporary adjustment of those
Regulations are laid down in Regulations (EC) No 1710/
95 (5) and (EC) No 1711/95 (6) until 30 June 1999 on
the basis of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (7);

under

granted

advantages

the Agreements
the
concerning the import of bran, sharps and other resi-
dues of the sifting, milling or other working of certain
cereals have thus been replaced in terms of customs
duties by, for Algeria and Morocco, a flat-rate reduction
of EUR 7,25 per tonne in the common customs tariff
duties in replacement of the fixed component conces-
sion plus a 60 % reduction of that reduced duty in
replacement of the variable component concession and,
for Egypt, by a 60 % reduction of the customs duty;

pending the termination of the current negotiations or
the conclusion of the agreements, measures are required
to ensure the continuity of trade with the Community
by extending the transitional arrangements in force;

if new agreements are concluded with the third coun-
tries in question this Regulation will have to be adjusted;
it should be laid down that the Commission may adopt
these amendments in accordance with the procedure
provided for in Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organ-
isation of the market in cereals (8),

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(5) OJ L 163, 14.7.1995, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2622/98 (OJ L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 16).

(6) OJ L 163, 14.7.1995, p. 3. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1616/98 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 31).

(1) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 40.
(2) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 56.
(3) OJ L 146, 14.6.1977, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 42.

(7) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. Regulation last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1340/98 (OJ L 184, 27.6.1998, p. 1).

(8) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2547/98 (OJ L 318, 27.11.1998, p. 41).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 4

Article 1

This Regulation lays down provisions applicable to the special
arrangements for the import of bran, sharps and other residues
of the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals origin-
ating in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt and provisions applicable
to the special arrangements for the import of durum wheat
originating in Morocco.

Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community
of bran, sharps and other residues of sifting, milling or other
working of certain cereals falling within CN codes 2302 30 10
to 2302 40 90 and originating in Algeria and Morocco shall be
40 % of the amount laid down in the common customs tariff
subsequently reduced by EUR 7,25 per tonne.

Article 3

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community
of bran, sharps and other residues of sifting, milling or other
working of certain cereals falling within CN codes 2302 10 10
to 2302 10 90, 2302 20 10, 2302 20 90 and 2302 30 10 to
2302 40 90 originating in Egypt shall be 40 % of the amount
laid down in the common customs tariff.

Articles 2 and 3 shall apply to all
imports for which the
importer can furnish proof that the export charge was levied
by Algeria, Morocco or Egypt as appropriate in accordance
with Article 21 of the Cooperation Agreement with Algeria,
Article 23 of the Cooperation Agreement with Morocco and
Article 20 of the Cooperation Agreement with Egypt.

Article 5

The duty applicable to imports into the Community of durum
wheat
falling within CN code 1001 10 00 originating in
Morocco and transported directly from that country to the
Community shall be that fixed pursuant to Article 10(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,

less EUR 0,73 per tonne.

Article 6

Where new agreements are concluded with the third countries
referred to in this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt the
necessary amendments to this Regulation arising from those
new agreements in accordance with the procedure provided for
in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. HASSI