Council Regulation (EC) No 2798/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down general rules for the import of olive oil originating in Tunisia for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 906/98
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Tunisia, import, olive oil, originating product

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2798/1999

of 17 December 1999

laying down general rules for the import of olive oil originating in Tunisia for the period 1 January
2000 to 31 December 2000 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 906/98

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agree-
ment establishing an association between the European
Community and their Member States, of the one part,
the other part (1),
and the Republic of Tunisia, of
provides for a customs duty of EUR 7,81 per 100 kg
on imports into the Community between 1 January
1996 and 31 December 1999 of up to 46 000 tonnes
per marketing year of untreated olive oil of CN code
1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in Tunisia
and transported directly from that country to the
Community;

Under the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters on the arrangements for the import into the
Community of olive oil originating in Tunisia between
the
and the Republic of
Tunisia (2), those arrangements have been extended to
cover the period 1 January to 31 December 2000;

European Community

Further to that Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters, the arrangements for the import of olive oil
originating in Tunisia into the Community should be
amended accordingly by adopting new general rules and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 906/98 (3), applicable until
the end of 1999 to the import of olive oil originating in
Tunisia;

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be adopted in accordance with
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (4),

(1) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 1.
(2) See p. 107 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

The Commission shall open and administer the quota, subject
to a customs duty of EUR 7,81 per 100 kg, of 46 000 tonnes
of untreated olive oil of CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90,
wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from that
country to the Community, which is provided for in the Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Republic of Tunisia on the
arrangements for the import into the Community of olive oil
originating in Tunisia.

Article 2

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats established by Article 37 of Regu-
lation No 136/66/EE (5).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/
468/EC shall be one month.

Article 3

The special arrangements laid down by this Regulation for the
import of olive oil originating in Tunisia shall apply from 1
January 2000 to 31 December 2000.

Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 906/98 is hereby repealed.

Article 5

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 January 2000.

(5) OJ L 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1368/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32).

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ