CELEX: 31975R1937
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1937/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 laying down detailed rules for the importation of olive oil from Morocco

No L 198 /28                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 7 . 75
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1937/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 25 July 1975
                  laying down detailed rules for the importation of olive oil from Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   subject to production by the importer of proof that he
COMMUNITIES,                                                     has refunded to the exporter, subject to the maximum
                                                                 specified in the second indent of that Article, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            special export charge deductible at the time of impor­
Economic Community ;                                             tation into the Community.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
303/74 ( l) of 4 February 1974 on imports of olive oil           2.     For the purposes of this Regulation, 'the
from Morocco, and in particular Article 6 thereof ;              exporter' means the person indicated on certificate
                                                                 AMA 1 .
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 303/74, the
Council adopted rules for the application of the                 3 . The proof referred to in paragraph 1 may be
special treatment of imports of olive oil from Morocco           supplied only by submission of a receipt issued by a
provided for in the Agreement between the European               bank approved for the purpose into which the sum
Economic Community and Morocco ; whereas                         referred to in paragraph 1 has been paid by way of
detailed procedures must be adopted for the applica­             refund of the charge ; such receipt must contain at
tion of those rules ;                                            least the following :
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 303/74                  — particulars of the exporter,
provides that when Morocco applies a special export
charge on olive oil other than that having undergone             — the number of the document AMA 1 relating to
                                                                      the transaction ,
a refining process the levy applicable shall be reduced
by (i) 0-50 u.a./ 100 kg and (ii) an amount equal to that        — particulars of the amount paid.
of the special charge levied, subject to a maximum of
5 u.a./ lOO kg ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, in pursuance of Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 303/74, the arrangements for reducing the               The bodies responsible in the Member States for
levy are to be applied to all imports in respect of              collecting the import levy shall issue to the importer a
which it can be proved that the special charge is                document containing the following information :
reflected in the import price ; whereas, for the
purposes of applying the above arrangements, it                  (a) details of the export document as given under the
should be laid down that the importer supply proof of                 heading 'Customs endorsement' on the certificate
having refunded the charge in question to the                         AMA 1 relating to the product in question , or the
exporter ;                                                            number of that certificate ;
Whereas, if the arrangements are to function correctly,          (b) the net weight of the olive oil as recorded by the
the importer must be able to inform the exporter of                   relevant authorities when custom import formali­
the amount both of the levy and of the charge appli­                  ties are completed ;
cable to the imported product ;                                  (c) the rate of the levy applicable to the product in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                question, calculated in accordance with the provi­
2697/71 (2) of 17 December 1971 on rules for imports                  sions of Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC,
of olive oil from Morocco should be repealed ;                        less 0-50 unit of account/ 100 kg ;
                                                                 (d) the amount refunded by the importer to the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                  exporter.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                                          Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2697/71 is hereby repealed .
                          Article 1
 1 . Application of the arrangements provided for in                                      Article 4
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 303/74 shall be
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(') OJ No L 34, 7. 2. 1974, p. 4.                                following its publication in the Official Journal of
(2 ) OJ No L 278 , 18 . 12. 1971 , p. 27.                         the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission