CELEX: 51973PC0121
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Date: 1973-02-06
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on imports of olive oil from Morocco (Submitted by the Council to the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION              OP    THE     EUROPEAN             COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(73 ) 121 final
                                                  Brussels , 6 February 1973
                                Proposal_
                       REGULATION        OP THE .COUNCIL
                     on imports of olive oil from Morocco
               ( Submitted by the Council to the Commission)
COM (73 ) 121 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                        REGULATION (SBC ) OF TH3 COUITCIL
 on imports of olive oil' from Morocco
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES f
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
an in particular Article 43 thereof ;
Having regard to the . proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas Article 5 of Annex I to the Agreement establishing an Association
"between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco , as last
amended by the agreement signed in Brussels on                    and Article
 6 of the same Annex make provision for a special treatment to be accorded to
 imports of olive oil falling within sub heading No . 15*07  of the Common
 Customs Tariff , obtained entirely in Morocco and transported directly from
that country to the Community ; whereas , before that treatment con be accorded ,
rules for its application must be adopted , in particular with respect to oil
 falling within sub heading Ho . 15.07 A II ;
Whereas in the case of oil falling within sub heading Ho . 15^07 A II , on
 condition that Morocco imposes a special charge on exports , the special treat­
ment aforesaid involves a standard rebate of 0.50 units of account per 100
kilogrammes on the levy charged on such oil , and a reduction of the levy by
the amount of the special charge , up to a maximum of 5 units of account per
 100 kilogrammes ;
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that , in accordance with the Agreement ,
 the special export charge is the effect of increasing the price of oil on
 importation into the Community; whereas , to ensure that the treatment in
 question is correctly applied , the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that
 the special export charge has been paid when the oil is imported;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ---pagebreak---                                        Article 1 .
"liors I'-orcnco imposes the special ixport charge on olive oil other than re­
fined olive oil falling within sub heading No . 15 . 07 A II of the Common
Customs Tariff, obtained entirely in Morocco and transported directly from
that country into the Community, the levy on imports "of suoh oil into the
Community shall be the levy calculated in accordance with Article 13 of Re­
gulation No . 136/66/3SC less :                                 ,
    . 0.50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes , and
    . an amount equal to the special export charge imposed on the oil in .
      Morocco , up to a maximum of 5 units of account per 100 kilogrammes .
                                    Article 2
The arrangements provided for in Article 1 shall be applied to all imports
in respect of which the importer can prove that the special export charge
referred to in that Article is duly reflected in the import price .
Where Morocco does not impose the special export charge , the levy on imports
into the Community of oil as defined in Article 1 shall be the levy calcu­
lated in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No . 136/S6/EEC less O . 5O
units of account per 100 kilogrammes .
                                    Article 4
                                    ■U--iU.JIM.tiJ» HiM
Without prejudice to the charging of the variable component oJ^he levy deter­
mined in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation No. 136/66/SEC , the fixed
component of that levy shall not be charged , on importation into the Commu­
nity:. in respect of refined olive oil falling within sub heading No . 15«07 A I
of the Common Customs Trvriff , obtained entirely in Morocco and transported
directly from that country to the Community .
                                    Artic3_ei j
                                                                              j
The levy referred to in Article 4 hhall be fixed by the Commission.
                                  ; Article 6
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, and of Article 2 in
particular , shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 33 of Regulation No . 13C/66/EEC .
 ---pagebreak--- Council Regulation (EEC) N O . 463/71 ( l ) of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive
oil from Morocco is repeated .
                                       Article 0
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall "bo "binding is its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council
                                                        The President
( l ) O.J. No . L 53 , 5 . March 1971 , p. 55