CELEX: 31971R1234
Language: en
Date: 1971-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1234/71 of the Council of 7 June 1971 on imports of certain cereals from Turkey

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  371
 16.5.71                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 130/53
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1234/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 7 June 1971
                                      on imports of certain cereals from Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       "Whereas implementation of this system requires the
                                                                adoption of rules of application ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament1 ;                                                  The levies applied to Community imports of durum
                                                               wheat flour and canary seed flour, produced in
Whereas Article 12 of Annex 5 to the Interim                   Turkey and shipped from there to the Community,
Agreement between the European Economic                        which fall within sub-headings 10.01 B and 10.07 ex
 Community and Turkey and Article 12 of Annex 6 to             D of the Common Customs Tariff respectively, shall
the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing          be those calculated in accordance with Article 13 of
an Association between the European Economic                   Regulation No 120/67/EEC each, minus 0-50 units of
Community and Turkey provides that the levy on                 account per metric ton;
imports of durum wheat flour and canary seed flour
produced in Turkey and shipped direct from there to                                   Article 2
the Community shall be the levy calculated in
accordance with Article 13 of Council Regulation No            The levy on imports of rye falling within heading No
120/67/EEC2 of 13 June 1967 on the common                       10.02 of the Common Customs Tariff which is
organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended         produced in Turkey and shipped direct from there to
by Regulation (EEC) No 2434/70,3 minus 0-50 units              the Community, shall be that calculated in
of account per metric ton;                                     accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No
                                                               120/67/EEC, minus an amount equal to the special
Whereas Article 13 of the above-mentioned Annexes
                                                               tax charged by Turkey on imports into the
provides that, on condition that Turkey charges a              Community of the said product but not exceeding 8
special tax on rye exports to the Community, the               units of account per metric ton .
levy on imports of this product into the Community,
calculated in accordance with Article 13 of
Regulation No 120/70/EEC, is reduced by an amount                                     Article 3
equal to the tax charged but not exceeding 8 units of
account per metric ton;                                        The provisions of Article 2 shall apply to all imports
                                                               in respect of which the importer supplies proof of
Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of the Interim             payment by the exporter of the special export tax, in
Agreement and of the Additional Protocol, the special          an amount exceeding neither the levy fixed in
tax mentioned above will be reflected in the price of          accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No
rye imported into the Community; whereas, in order             120/67/EEC on exports of rye into the Community
to ensure the correct application of the system, it is         nor 8 units of account per metric ton.
necessary to adopt measures so that, when importing
rye, the importer supplies proof that the special                                     Article 4
export tax has been paid by the exporter;
                                                               Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,
1 OJ No C 45, 10*5.1971, p. 34.                                and in particular Article 3 thereof, shall be adopted
2 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                            in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation No
3 OJ No L 262, 3.12.1970, p. 1 .                               120/67/EEC.
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                    Article 5                                                     Article 6
The system laid down by this Regulation shall apply         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
from the date of entry into force of the Interim            day following its publication in the Official Journal
Agreement.                                                  of the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 7 June 1971 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                M. SCHUMANN