Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2000 of 23 March 2000 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 as regards the import of durum wheat and residues of certain cereals originating in Morocco
Date: 2000-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Morocco, cereal product, durum wheat, import, originating product

L 75/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 620/2000

of 23 March 2000

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 as regards the import of durum wheat and
residues of certain cereals originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 origin-
ating in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt and the import of durum
wheat originating in Morocco (1), and in particular Article 6
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘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 originating in Algeria and Egypt.’

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The advantages granted under the Cooperation Agree-
ment between the European Community and Morocco,
in force since 1978, concerning the import of bran,
sharps and durum wheat were implemented by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1722/1999.

That Cooperation Agreement is replaced, from 1 March
2000, by the new Euro-Mediterranean Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Communi-
ties and their Member States (2), of the one part, and the
Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. The advantages
deriving from the earlier Cooperation Agreement expire
on that date.

to imports

customs duties

into the
applicable
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
shall be 40 % of the amount laid down in the Common
Customs Tariff subsequently reduced by EUR 7,25 per
tonne.’

3. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

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

that

Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 should therefore be
amended so as to remove any reference to products
originating in Morocco.

4. Article 5 is deleted.

Article 2

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

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, 23 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.