CELEX: 31971R0653
Language: en
Date: 1971-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 653/71 of the Council of 30 March 1971 on the treatment to be accorded to products processed from cereals and rice originating in the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya

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 No L 76/2                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               31.3.71
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 653/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 30 March 1971
              on the treatment to be accorded to products processed from cereals and rice originating
              in the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      to the Community processing industry, and by re­
                                                               ducing the import levy on manioc roots and pro­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         ducts manufactured therefrom by an additional
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43              amount;
 thereof;
                                                               Whereas the Partner States of the East African Com­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                 munity , by letter of 17 March 1971 from the Mission
 sion;                                                         of the East African States , renounced the right to be
                                                               consulted prior to the entry into force of this Re­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­             gulation,
 liament1 ;
 Whereas the Agreement2 establishing an Association            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
between the European Economic Community and
the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic cif                                      Article 1
 Uganda and the Republic of Kenya provides that,                1 . The levy applicable to imports of products listed
for those agricultural products covered by a common            in Annex A to Regulation Np 120/67/EEC and of
organization of the market which these States have             products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No
an economic interest in exporting, the Community               359/ 67 / EEC which originate in the United Repub­
shall determine the treatment to be accorded to im­
                                                               lic of Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda and the
ports of products originating in these States, this            Republic of Kenya shall be reduced by the fixed
 treatment to be more favourable than the general              component prescribed for each of these products.
treatment applied to like products originating in
 third countries;
                                                               2. In addition the variable component of the levy
                                                               shall be reduced :
Whereas Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC3 of
 13 June 1967 on the common organization of the                (a) by 0-12 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes
market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation                    for products falling within subheading No
 (EEC) No 2434/ 704, and Council Regulation No                      07.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff;
359/67 / EEC5 of 25 July 1967 on the common orga­              (b) by 0-18 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes
nization of the market in rice, as last amended by                  for products falling within heading. No 11.06 of
Regulation ( EEC) No 2434/ 70, introduced a system                  the Common Customs Tariff;
of levies on imports into the. Community;
                                                               (c) by 50% for products falling within subheading
                                                                    No 11.08 A V of the Common Customs Tariff.
Whereas the Community's obligation towards the
United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Ugan­                   This percentage may be revised every 12
da and the Republic of Kenya may be fulfilled by                    months by the Council acting in accordance
reducing the import levy on products covered by the                 with the voting procedure laid down in Article
Regulations referred to above originating in these                  43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the
                                                                    Commission.
States by an amount equal to the protection granted
                                                                                       Article 2
1 O J No C 129, 26.10.1970, p. 8.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
2 OJ No L 282, 28.12.1970, p. 55 .                             1971 .
3 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
4 OJ No L 262 , 3.12.1970, p. 1 .
5 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                 It shall apply until 31 January 1975 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 30 March 1971 .
                                                                 For the Council
                                                                  The President
                                                                  M. SCHUMANN