CELEX: 31970R0522
Language: en
Date: 1970-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 522/70 of the Council of 17 March 1970 on the treatment to be accorded to products processed from cereals and rice originating in the Associated African States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territories

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                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 522/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 17 March 1970
               on the treatment to be accorded to products processed from cereals and rice originating
               in the Associated African States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and
                                                         Territories
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         filled, in the case of imports of those products cover­
                                                                  ed by the Regulations referred to above which ori­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               ginate in these states, countries and territories, by
 pean Economic Community, and in particular Article               reducing the levy by an amount equal to the protec­
 43 thereof;                                                      tion granted to the Community processing industry
                                                                  and, in the case of imports of manioc roots and
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;               products manufactured therefrom, by reducing the
                                                                  levy by a further amount ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­
liament1;                                                         Whereas it must be possible to apply those measures
                                                                  until 31 January 1975, the date on which the Con­
Whereas the Convention of Association between the                 vention of 29 July 1969 will expire if it enters into
European Economic Community and the Associated                    force not later than 1 January 1971 ;
African States and Madagascar signed on 29 July
 1969 provides that, for those agricultural products              Whereas the Associated States have been consulted ,
covered by a common organization of the market
which the Associated States have an economic inter­
est in exporting, the Community shall determine the
treatment to be accorded to imports of products ori­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ginating in these States, this treatment to be more
favourable than the general treatment applied to like                                     Article 1
products originating in third countries;
                                                                   1 . The levy on imports of products listed in Annex
Whereas the Decision to be adopted by the Council                 A to Regulation No 120/67/EEC and products listed
on the Association of the Overseas Countries and                  in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC
Territories with the European Economic Community                  which originate in the Associated African States and
must make identical provision for agricultural pro­               Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Terri­
ducts originating in these Countries and Territories;             tories shall be reduced by the fixed component for
                                                                  each of these products.
Whereas Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC2 of 13
June 1967 on the common organization of the market                2. In addition the variable component of the levy
in cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                shall be reduced :
2463 /693, and Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC4                   (a) by 0-12 unit of account per 100 kg for pro­
of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the                       ducts falling within subheading No 07.06 B of
market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                     the Common Customs Tariff;                      x
No 2463/69, introduced a system of levies on imports
into the Community;                                                (b) by 01 8 unit of account per 100 kg for products
                                                                        falling within heading No 11.06 of the Common
                                                                        Customs Tariff;
Whereas the Community's obligation towards the
associated states, countries and territories may be ful­          (c) by 50% for products falling within subheading
                                                                        No 11.08 A V of the Common Customs Tariff.
                                                                        This percentage may be revised every 12 months
   OJ No C 139, 28.10.1969, p . 51 .                                    by the Council acting in accordance with the
   OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67 .
   OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p . 3 .                                     voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of
   OJ No 174,31.7.1967, p . 1 .                                         the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission.
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                       Article 2                             It shall apply until 31 December 1970.
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 800/681 of 27 June
 1968 on the treatment to be accorded to products            It shall, however, continue to apply until 31 January
 processed from cereals and rice originating in the          1975 to products originating in the Associated Afri­
 Associated African States and Madagascar or in the          can States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Coun­
                                                             tries and Territories if the Convention of Association
 Overseas Countries and Territories, as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 989/692, is hereby repealed.         signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969 and the Decision
                                                            to be substituted for the Council Decision of 25
                        Article 3
                                                             February 19643 on the Association of the Overseas
                                                             Countries and Territories with the Community enter
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April           into force not later than 1 January 1971 .
 1970.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Dpne at Brussels, 17 March 1970.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                    Ch . HEGER
1 OJ No L 149, 29.6.1968, p. 2.
1 OJ No L 130, 31.5.1969, p. 2.                             5 OJ No 93, 11.6.1964, p. 1472/64.