Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/94 of 18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1994

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1799/94 of 18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1994
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under Council Regulation (EC) No 532/94 of 7 March 1994 extending the measures taken under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 (1),  the Community undertook, in respect of the year 1994, to open a quota for imports into Spain of two million tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum, minus the quantities of certain grain substitutes imported into that country during the same year;  whereas the quantities of maize and sorghum imported must be used or processed in Spain; whereas the Community has sole competence for the said Agreement;
Whereas, to ensure that the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America is implemented, the extended arrangements provide for direct purchase on the world market or application of an import levy reduction system;  whereas, however, imports into Spain effected on preferential terms may create difficulties for the Community market; whereas, to overcome that difficulty, provision should be made for the possibility of applying a countervailing duty to processed  products exported either to third countries or to the rest of the Community;
Whereas the combination of the advantages provided for under the arrangements established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 (2), applicable to imports into the Community of sorghum and maize originating in the African, Caribbean and  Pacific (ACP) States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) and under this Regulation is liable to create disturbances on the Spanish market in cereals; whereas that difficulty can be overcome by setting a special reduction of the levy on  maize and sorghum imported under this Regulation;
Whereas provisions are required to cover the operations arising from this Regulation according to the mechanisms laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3), and by Council  Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (4),