CELEX: 31971R0463
Language: en
Date: 1971-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 463/71 of the Council of 1 March 1971 on imports of olive oil from Morocco

104                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
5.3.71                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 53 / 9
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 463/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   . of 1 March 1971
                                          on imports of olive oil from Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                          Article 1
Having     regard   to    the   Treaty  establishing   the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                              The levy on imports into the Community of olive oil
                                                                 other than refined olive oil falling within sub-heading
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              No 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                 obtained entirely in Morocco and transported direct
                                                                 from that country into the Community, shall be the
Having regard to the Opinion ,of the European                    levy calculated in' accordance with the provisions of
Parliament1 ;                                                    Article 13 of Council' Regulation No 136/66/EEC2 of
                                                                 22   September     1966    on     the establishment  of    a
Whereas Article 5 of Annex I to the Agreement                    common organisation of the market in oils and fats,
establishing an Association between the European                 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70,3
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco,                   applicable at the time of importation , less 0-50 units
as amended by the Agreement signed in Brussels on                of account per 100 kilogrammes .
15 December 1970, and Article 6 of the same Annex
make provision for special treatment to be accorded
to imports of olive oil falling within sub-heading No                                     Article 2
 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff obtained
entirely in Morocco and transported direct from that
country to the Community ; whereas, before that                  The levy charged on imports into the Community of
treatment can be accorded, rules for its application             the product specified in Article 1 shall be the levy
must be adopted ;                                                calculated in accordance with the provisions of that
                                                                 Article less an amount equal to the special charge
                                                                 imposed by Morocco on exports to the Community
 Whereas this special treatment involves a standard              of the olive oil referred to in Article 1 , up to a
 rebate of 0-50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes              maximum of 5 units of account per 100- kilogrammes .
 on the levy charged on such oil on importation into
 the Community ; whereas, on condition that Morocco
 imposes a special charge on exports, this treatment
                                                                                          Article 3
 also involves a reduction in the levy corresponding to
 the amount of that special charge up to a maximum
 of 5 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ;                      The treatment provided for in Article 2 shall be
                                                                  applied to all imports in respect of which the special
 Whereas, in accordance with the terms of the                     export charge has been paid up to an amount which
 Agreement, the special export charge should have the             does not exceed either the amount of the levy
 effect of increasing the price of oil on importation             calculated in accordance with the provisions of
 into the Community ; whereas, to ensure that the                 Article 1 and applicable when the oil is imported into
 treatment in question is correctly applied, the special          the Community or 5 units of account per 100
 export charge should have been paid when the oil is              kilogrammes .
 imported ;
                                                                  2 OJ No 172 , 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
  1 OJ No C 19, 1.3.1971 , p. 37.                                 3 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970 , p. 1 .
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                        Article 4                             accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
                                                              38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
Without prejudice to the charging of the variable
component of the levy determined in accordance with
Article 14 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the fixed                                      Article 7
component of that levy shall not be . charged, on
importation into the Community, in respect of
refined olive oil falling within sub-heading No 15.07         Council Regulation (EEC) No 1466/69 1 of 23 July
A I of the Common Customs Tariff obtained entirely            1969 on imports of olive oil from Morocco is hereby
in Morocco and transported direct from that country           repealed.
to the Community.
                        Article 5                                                      Article S
The levy referred to in Article 4 shall be fixed by the
Commission.                                                   The treatment provided for in this Regulation shall
                                                              apply from 1 April 1971 to 31 October 1971 .
                        Article 6
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,        day following its publication in the Official Journal
and of Article 3 in particular, shall be adopted in           of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 1 March 1971 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                   M. SCHUMANN
                                                              1 OJ No L 197, 8.8.1968 , p. 93 .
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