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Date: 1977-03-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) No 1599/75 and No 706/76 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                            COM(77)86 final.
                                            Brussels , 18 March 1977 *
                      Proposal for a
                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
     amending Regulations (EEC ) No 1599/75 and No 706/"]6
     on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
     products and certain goods resulting from the
     processing of agricultural products originating in
     the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
     overseas countries and territories
      (presented by the Commission to the Council )
     COM (77 ) 86 final .
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                          EXPLANATORY M3lORANT:DUM
1 . The regulations concerning prior and definitive application of the
    import regime regarding agricultural products and certain goods re­
    sulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in
    the African , Caribbean and Pacific States ( ACP ) or in the " overseas
    countries and territories" ( OCT ) lay down the measures to avoid de­
    flection of trade of products subject to the application of levies
    or variable components during the time when accession monetary com­
    pensatory amounts are applied for trade in these products between
    the Community as originally constituted and the new Member States .
    The perception of accession compensatory amounts upon the products
    in question originating in the ACP or OCT is , as a rule , likely to
    create deflection of trade .      Nonetheless , for rice , it has been no­
    ted that the condition for the levy advantage granted , which concerns
    the respect of a certain level of C.I.F. price for obtaining a re­
    duced levy , which together come towards the threshold price , ensures
    that the importers are subject to normal competition , irrespective
    of the importing Member State , when account is taken of the acces­
    sion' cbmpensatory amounts .
    Under- these conditions the Commission proposes to exclude rice from
    the said provisions , to be effective retroactively , for the first
    period of application during which these provisions were effectively
    in operation .
2 . Financial implication
    From a financial point of view the proposed regulation does not in­
    volve sums other than those already noted in the proposed regula­
    tions concerning the regime applicable to agricultural products and
    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
    originating in the ACP and OCT ( Doc . COM ( 76 ) 174 final , page III
    ar.d Doc . CCM ( 76 ) 31 final ).
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                                     . proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No       hi
                        OF
           amending        Regulations ( EEC ) Nosl599 /75 and    706/76 on
                   the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
      and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
     products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
               or in the    overseas countries and territories
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CCKMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communi­
  ty , and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 706/76 of 30 March 1976 on the ar­
  rangements applicable to agricultural products and            certain goodr. re­
  sulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the
  African , Caribbean ana Pacific States or in the         overseas countries and
  territories     (l ) provides in particular for the reduction of import le­
  vies for certain agricultural products ;
  Whereas some of these products are subject to the system of accession
  compensatory amounts in trade between the Community as originally cons­
  t itut ed and the new Member States ; whereas the application of such
  amounts to products benefiting        from the regime provided for by Regu­
  lation (EEC ) No 7O6/76 is in principle likely to lead to deflection of
  trade ; whereas Article 21 , second paragraph, of that Regulation provides
 that measures may be taken to prevent such deflection ;
. Whereas no risk of trade deflection can exist for the products listed in
  Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 106/j6 ; whereas this is due to the
provision        in Article 9 of that Regulation, whereby the cif export price ,
    ) O.J. I7o L 85 , 31.3.1976 , p. 2
                                                                           /
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                                     l -
 increased "by the amount of the reduced levy , must be equal to
 or greater than the threshold price , adjusted if necessary for the pro­
duct in question , reduced "by a certain amount ; whereas the effect is
that importers are subject to normal competition irrespective of the
 importing Member State , account being taken of accession compensatory
amounts ;
Whereas the § econd paragraph of Article 21 of Regulation
 7O6/76 . is thus not relevant as regards the products listed in Article 8 of
that Regulation ; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the provision in
question ;
Whereas the considerations just outlined are also applicable during
 the period of application of the regime laid down by Council Regu] a-
tion ( EEC ) Ho 1599/75 of 24 June 1975 on +< he arrangements applicable
to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
 sing of agricultural products originating in the African , Caribbean
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ( 2 ),
 as last am®nded by Regulation ( EEC ) No 405/76 ( 2 ) ; whereas, fesaraver ,
the regime resulting from the above mentioned Rc dilation need be
modified retrospectively only for the period when specific measures to
avoid trade deflections were in operation ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
                    The second paragraph of Article 21 of Regulation
(EEC ) NO 706/76 is amended to read as follows :
     "However , during the period of application of accession compensa­
   tory amounts in trade between the Community as originally oonstitutod
   and the nev/ Member States , . measures to prevent - deflections of trade
   for     • products other than thoue specified in Article 8 shall be taken
                                                                       /.
;) O.J. No L 166 , 28.6.1975 , p . 67
    O.J. ITo L 50 , 26.2.1976 , p . 1
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in accordance with "the procedure laid down in Article 22 , if this proves
necessary".
                              Article 2
            At the request of those concerned , the provisions of the
second subparagraph of Article 22(l)of Regulation (SEC ) No 1599/75 in
force during the period 1 July 1975 to 31 December 1975 shall not apply
to the products specified in Article 8 of that Regulation .
                              Article 3
               This Regulation ehall enter into force on the tnird day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Com­
munities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and di­
rectly applicable in all Member States .
Done <lc                                 For the Council ,
                                         The President