CELEX: 31970R0521
Language: en
Date: 1970-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 of the Council of 17 March 1970 on exceptional measures in respect of imports into the French overseas departments of certain agricultural products originating in the Associated African States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territories

16                                      Official Journal of the European Communities
  No L 65 /8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              21.3.70
                                      REGULATION (EEC) No 521 /70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 17 March 1970
               on exceptional measures in respect of imports into the French overseas departments of
               certain agricultural products originating in the Associated African States and Madagas­
                                        car or in the Overseas Countries and Territories
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            and, veal originating in the Associated African States
                                                                     and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                " Territories exempts these products from customs
 pean Economic Community, and in particular Ar­                      duties;
 ticle 43 thereof;
                                                                     Whereas Council Regulation No 404/67/EEC6 of 25
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                  July 1967 on the treatment to be accorded to rice
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­                   and broken ricc originating in the Associated Afri­
 liament1 ;                                                          can States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Coun­
                                                                     tries and Territories, as last extended by Regula­
 Whereas the Convention of Association between the                   tion (EEC) No 989/697, provides for a reduction in
 European Economic Community and the Associated                      the levy on imports of husked rice, paddy rice and
 African States and Madagascar signed on 29 . July                   broken rice originating in the AASM and the OCT
  1969 provides that, for those agricultural products                and, in the case of imports of milled rice originating
covered by a common organization of the market                       in the AASM and the OCT, for a reduction in the
 which the Associated States have an economic in­                    levy corresponding to the reduction applicable to
 terest in exporting, the Community shall determine                  husked rice and a further reduction equal to the
 the treatment to be accorded to imports of products                 amount of protection provided for Community in­
originating in these States, this treament to be more                dustry;
favourable than the general treatment applied to like
                                                                     Whereas there have always been trade flows between
products originating in third countries;                             the associated States, countries and territories and
Whereas the Decision to be adopted by the Council                    the French overseas departments and whereas, pur­
on the Association of the Overseas Countries and                     suant to Article 57 of the Convention, Title I of the
Territories with the European Economic Commu­                        Convention applies to these trade flows;
nity must make identical provision for agricultural                  Whereas the treatment to be accorded to beef and
products originating in these Countries and Territo­                veal and to rice and broken rice under the above­
ries;
                                                                     mentioned Regulations may therefore be supplemen­
Whereas Regulation No 359/67/EEC2, as last amen­                     ted by exempting these products from levies when
ded by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/693, introduced                      they originate in the Associated African States and
a system of levies on imports of rice into the Com­                  Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Terri­
munity; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 805/684, as                      tories and are imported into the French overseas de­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, in­                   partments ;
troduced a trade system for third countries, in re­
spect of beef and veal which involves the charging                   Whereas it must be possible to apply those measures
of customs duties and levies on imports;                             until 31 January 1975 , the date on which the Con­
                                                                     vention of 29 July 1969 will expire if it enters into
Whereas Council Regulation No 517/705 of 17                          force not later than 1 January 1971 ;
March 1970 on the treatment to be accorded to beef                  Whereas the Associated States have been consulted,
1  OJ No C 139 , 28.10.1969, p. 51 .                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2  OJ No 174, 31.7.1967 , p . 1 .
3  OJ No L 312 , 12.12.1969, p . 3 .
4  OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24 .                               6 OJ No 183 , 5.8.1967, p. 1 .
5  OJ No L 65 , 21.3.1970, p . 1 .                                  7 OJ No L 130, 31.5.1969, p. 2.
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                         Article 1                                                        Article 2
Levies shall not be applied to the products listed be­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
low when they originate in the Associated African                 1970 .
States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries
and Territories and are imported into the French
overseas departments:                                             It shall apply until 31 December 1970.
  CCT heading No                Description of goods             It shall, however, continue to apply until 31 January
                                                                 1975 to products originating in the Associated Afri­
01.02 A II          Live animals of the domestic bovine          can States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Coun­
                    species, other than pure-bred breed­         tries and Territories if the Convention of Associa­
                    ing animals                                   tion signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969 and the
02.01 A 11(a)        Meat of domestic bovine animals,            Decision to be substituted for Council Decision of
                     fresh, chilled or frozen                    25 February 19641 on the Association of the Over­
10.06                Rice                                        seas Countries and Territories with the Community
                                                                  enter into force not later than 1 January 1971 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 17 March 1970.
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                         Ch. HEGER
                                                                 1 OJ No 93, 11.6.1964, p. 1472/64.