CELEX: 31970R2165
Language: en
Date: 1967-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2165/70 of the Council of 27 October 1970 on imports of olive oil from Tunisia

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2165/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 27 October 1970
                                        on imports of olive oil from Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                           Article 1
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 Tunisia and transported direct
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                  from tliat country into the Community, shall be the
Parliament1 ;                                                 levy calculated in accordance with the provisions of
                                                              Article 13 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC2 of
Whereas Article 5 of Annex I to the Agreement                 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
establishing an Association between the European               common organisation of the market in oils and fats,
Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia,               as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70,3
as amended by the Agreement signed in Brussels on              applicable at the time of importation, less 0-50 units
11 September 1970, and Article 6 of the same Annex             of account per 100 kilogrammes.
make provision for special treatment to be accorded
to imports of olive oil falling within sub-heading No
15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff obtained                                       Article 2
entirely in Tunisia and transported direct from that
country to the Community; whereas, before that
treatment can be accorded, rules for its application          The levy charged on imports into the Community for
must be adopted ;                                             the product specified in Article 1 shall be the levy
                                                              calculated in accordance with the provisions of that
                                                              Article less an amount equal to the special charge
Whereas this special treatment involves a standard            imposed by Tunisia on» exports to the Community of
rebate of .0-50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes          the olive oil referred to in Article 1 , up to a
on the levy charged on such oil on importation into           maximum of 5 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
the Community ; whereas, on condition that Tunisia
imposes a special charge on exports, this treatment
also involves a reduction in the levy corresponding to
the amount of that special charge up to a maximum                                      Article 3
of 5 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ;
                                                              The treatment provided for in Article 2 shall be
Whereas, in accordance with the terms of the                   applied to all imports in respect of which the special
Agreement, the special export charge should have the          export charge has been paid up to an amount which
effect of increasing the price of oil on importation          does not exceed either the amount of the levy
into the Community ; whereas, to ensure that the              calculated in accordance with the provisions of
treatment in question is correctly applied, the special       Article 1 and applicable when the oil is imported into
export charge should have been paid when the oil is           the Community or 5 units of account per 100
imported ;                                                    kilogrammes .
                                                              2 OJ No 172 , 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
1 OJ No C 129, 26.10.1970, p. 31 .                            3 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970, p. 1 .
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                       Article 4                                                      Article 6
                                                              Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,
Without prejudice to the charging of the variable             and of Article 3 in particular, shall be adopted in
component of the levy determined in accordance with           accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
Article 14 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the fixed             38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
component of that levy shall not be charged, on
importation into the- Community, in respect of                                        Article 7
refined olive oil falling within sub-heading No
15.07 A I of the Common Customs Tariff obtained               Council Regulation (EEC) No 1471 /691 of 23 July
entirely in Tunisia and transported direct from that          1969 on imports of olive oil from Tunisia is hereby
country to the Community.                                     repealed.
                                                                                      Article 8
                                                              The treatment provided for in this Regulation shall
                        Article 5                             apply from 1 November 1970 to 31 October 1971 .
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 The levy referred to in Article 4 shall be fixed by the      day following its publication in the Official Journal
Commission.                                                   of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 27 October 1970.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                      W. SCHEEL
                                                              1 OJ No L 198 , 8.8.1969, p. 93 .