Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2000 of 13 March 2000 suspending application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Morocco
Date: 2000-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Morocco, customs duties, customs regulations, import, olive oil, originating product

L 71/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.3.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2000

of 13 March 2000

suspending application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 laying down certain rules for the
application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 of 9
October 1997 laying down certain rules for the application of
the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in
Morocco (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

between

European

Articles 17 and 18 of, and Annex B to the Cooperation
Economic
the
Agreement
Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (2), provide
for special arrangements for imports of olive oil falling
within CN codes 1509 and 1510, wholly obtained in
Morocco and transported direct from that country to the
Community. Those arrangements were extended beyond
1 January 1994 by an agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters with the Kingdom of Morocco for
the duration of the Cooperation Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 establishes certain rules for
the application of the arrangements with the aim of
adapting them to the requirements of the Agreement on
agriculture concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations.

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 states that
where a new agreement is concluded the Commission
shall adopt the resultant adjustments in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No

136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establish-
ment of a common organisation of the market in oils
and fats (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2702/1999 (4). The special arrangements will no longer
be applicable once the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
the other part (5),
and the Kingdom of Morocco, of
enters into force on 1 March 2000. Pending the formal
repeal of Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 by an act of
Council, therefore, it is necessary to adapt it to the new
situation by suspending its application with effect from
the entry into force of the new agreement.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for oils and fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 is
suspended.

Article 2

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 March 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 284, 16.10.1997, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 264, 27.9.1978, p. 2.

(3) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(4) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000.