CELEX: 51973PC0087
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Date: 1973-01-30
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on import of olive oil from Tunisia (Submitted by the Council to the Commission)

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                                                COM(73)87 final
                                                Brussels , 30 January 1973
                                Proposai^ for a
                        REGULATION (EEC) OF .TMCOUNCIL.
                    on^ import of olive ^ _oil ^ from Tunisia
               ( Submitted "by the Council to the Commission)
 COM (73) 87 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                       REGULATION' (EEC)' OF THE COUNCIL
  on imports of olive oil from Tunisia -
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMIUITITIES',
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and 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 Tunisian Republic , 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 Tunisia and transported directly from that coun­
 try to the Community? whereas , "before that treatment can "be accorded, rules
"for its application' mtist be adopted , in1 particular with'respact to oil fal­
  ling within sub heading No . 15 - 07 "A II?                '
 Whereas in the case of oil falling within sub heading No . 15.07 A II , on con­
  dition that Tunisia imposes a special export charge , the special treatment
 aforesaid involves - a standard rebate of 0,50 units of account per 100 Kilo­
  grammes on the levy charged on such oil , and a reduction of the levy by the
  amount of the special tax, 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?
                                     . . ' 1- .   '  .
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : • -•            :<•        t   ; rr ;r
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Where Tunisia imposes the special export charge on olive oil other than re­
fined olive oil falling within sub heading No . 15«07 A II of the Common
Sustoms Tariff , obtained entirely in Tunisia and transported directly from
that country into the Community , the levy on imports of such oil into the
Community shall be the levy Calculated in accordance with Article 13 of Re­
gulation Ho . 136/66 /EEC less :
   . 0.50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes , and
  » an amount equal to the special export charge imposed on the oil in
     Tunisia , 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 .
                                   Article 3
Where Tunisia does not impose the special export charge , the levy on iiaports
into the Community of oil as defined in Article 1 shall be the levy calcu­
lated in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No . 136/66/EEC less 0.50
units of account per 100 kilogrammes .
                                   Article 4
Without prejudice to the charging of the variable component in the levy de­
termined in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation No . 136/66/EEC , the
fixed component of that levy shall not be charged , on importation into the
Community , of refined olive oil falling within sub heading No . 1507 A I of
the Common Customs Tariff , obtained entirely in Tunisia and transported di­
rectly from that country to the Community .
                                   Article 5
The levy referred to in Article 4 shall be fixed by the Commission .
                                   Article 6
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and of Article 2 xn
particular , shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 33 of Regulation No . 136/66 /EEC .
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                                      Article 7
Council Regulation (EEC) NO . 2165/70 ( l ) of 27 October 1970 on imports of
olive oil from Tunisia is repeated.
                                      Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall he "binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels , ..........                       For the Council
                                                       The President
(l ) O.J. No. L 238. 29 . lO . i97O, p. 4