CELEX: 31974R0303
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 303/74 of the Council of 4 February 1974 on imports of olive oil from Morocco

No L 34/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              7 . 2 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 303/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 4 February 1974
                                        on imports of olive oil from Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     directly from that country into the Community, the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    levy on imports of such oil into the Community shall
                                                                be the levy calculated in accordance with Article 13 of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC (2) of 22
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                September 1966 on the establishment of a common
thereof ;                                                       organization of the market in oils and fats, as last
                                                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 707/73 (3 ), less :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                — 0-50 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes, and
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­            — an amount equal to the special export charge
ment (') ;                                                            levied on the oil in Morocco, up to 5 units of
                                                                      account per 100 kilogrammes.
Whereas Articles 5 and 6 of Annex 1 to the Agree­
ment establishing an Association between the Euro­                                         Article 2
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Morocco, as last amended by the Agreement signed in             The arrangements provided for in Article 1 shall be
Brussels on 20 July 1973 , make provision for special           applied to all imports in respect of which the
treatment to be accorded to imports of olive oil falling        importer can prove that the special export charge
within subheading No 15.07 A of the Common                      referred to in that Article is duly reflected in the
Customs Tariff, obtained entirely in Morocco and                import price.
transported directly from that country into the
Community ; whereas, before that treatment can be
accorded, rules for its application must be adopted, in                                    Article 3
particular with respect to oil falling within subheading
No 15.07 A II ;                                                 Where Morocco does not impose the special export
                                                                charge, the levy on imports into the Community of
Whereas, in the case of oil falling within subheading           oil as defined in Article 1 shall be the levy calculated
No 15.07 A II, on condition that Morocco imposes a              in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No 136/
special charge on exports, the special treatment                66/ EEC, less 0-50 unit of account per 100 kilo­
provides for a standard rebate of 0-50 unit of account          grammes .
per 100 kilogrammes on the levy charged on such oil ,
and a reduction of the levy by the amount of the                                           Article 4
special charge, up to 5 units of account per 100 kilo­
grammes ;                                                       Without prejudice to the charging of the variable
                                                                component of the levy determined in accordance with
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that, in accordance           Article 14 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, the fixed
with the Agreement, the special export charge has the           component of that levy shall not be charged on impor­
effect of increasing the price of oil on importation            tation into the Community of refined olive oil falling
into the Community ; whereas, to ensure that the treat­         within subheading No 15.07 A I of the Common
ment in question is correctly applied, the necessary            Customs Tariff, obtained entirely in Morocco and
steps must be taken to ensure that the special export           transported directly from that country into the
charge has been paid when the oil is imported ,                  Community.
                                                                                            Article 5
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                The levy referred to in Article 4 shall be fixed by the
                                                                 Commission .
                           Article 1
                                                                                            Article 6
Where Morocco imposes the special export charge on
olive oil other than refined olive oil falling within            Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,
subheading No 15.07 A II of the Common Customs                   and of Article 2 in particular, shall be adopted in
Tariff, obtained entirely in Morocco and transported
                                                                (2 ) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66 .
(') OJ No C 2, 9 . 1 . 1 974, p. 72.                             (J ) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6 . 1973 , p . 5 .
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accordance with the prpcedure laid down in Article 38                                       A rticle 8
of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC.
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                           Article 7                              the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of
                                                                 an exchange of letters signed on 20 July 1973
Council Regulation (EEC) No 463/71 ( ] ) of 1 March              amending Article 5 of Annex 1 to the Agreement (2)
1971 on imports of olive oil from Morocco is                     establishing an Association between the European
repealed .                                                        Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 4 February 1974.
                                                                               Fur the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 W. SCHEEL
                                                                  (2) The date of the entry into force of this Agreement will be
                                                                         published in the Official Journal of the European
(■) OJ No L 53 , 5 . 3 . 1971 , p. 9 .                                   Communities.