EUR-Lex - 31999R1722

31999R1722

Council Regulation (EC) No 1722/1999 of 29 July 1999 on the = import of=20 bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other working = of=20 certain cereals originating in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt and the import = of=20 durum wheat originating in Morocco

Official Journal = L 203 ,=20 03/08/1999 P. 0016 - 0017

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1722/1999

of 29 July 1999

on the import of bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, = milling or=20 other working of certain cereals originating in Algeria, Morocco and = Egypt and=20 the import of durum wheat originating in Morocco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and = in=20 particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) the Cooperation Agreements and the Interim Agreements concluded = in 1976=20 and 1977 between, on the one hand, the European Economic Community and, = on the=20 other hand, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Arab = Republic of=20 Egypt and the Kingdom of Morocco on the import into the Community of = bran,=20 sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other working of = cereals=20 provide for preferential arrangements based on reductions in, or = exemptions=20 from, variable levies;

(2) the Cooperation Agreement and the Interim Agreement between the = European=20 Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on special arrangements = for the=20 import of durum wheat grant a reduction in the variable levy;

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1519/76 of 24 June 1976 concerning = imports of=20 bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or = other=20 working of certain cereals originating in Algeria(1), Council Regulation = (EEC)=20 No 1526/76 of 24 June 1976 concerning imports of bran, sharps and other = residues=20 derived from the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals=20 originating in Morocco(2), Council Regulation (EEC) No 1251/77 of 17 May = 1977=20 concerning imports of bran, sharps and other residues derived from the = sifting,=20 milling or other working of cereals originating in the Arab Republic of = Egypt(3)=20 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1520/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports of = durum=20 wheat originating in Morocco(4) lay down implementing rules for the = arrangements=20 concerned;

(4) Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements are currently being = negotiated=20 or concluded with the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the = Kingdom of=20 Morocco and the Arab Republic of Egypt; in the meantime, the cooperation = agreements referred to in Regulations (EEC) No 1519/76, (EEC) No = 1520/76, (EEC)=20 No 1526/76 and (EEC) No 1251/77 apply;

(5) under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the Uruguay Round = of=20 multilateral trade negotiations the Community agreed to fix the rate of = variable=20 levies and to replace them by customs duties from 1 July 1995; this = could make=20 the special arrangements based on variable levies inoperable, and = therefore,=20 pending the conclusion of new agreements with Algeria, Morocco and = Egypt,=20 temporary derogations, which leave the essence of each of those = arrangements=20 unaffected, have had to be introduced from Regulations (EEC) No 1519/76, = (EEC)=20 No 1520/76, (EEC) No 1526/76 and (EEC) No 1251/77; rules on the = temporary=20 adjustment of those Regulations are laid down in Regulations (EC) No = 1710/95(5)=20 and (EC) No 1711/95(6) until 30 June 1999 on the basis of Article 3 of=20 Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(7);

(6) the advantages granted under the Agreements concerning the import = of=20 bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or other working = of=20 certain cereals have thus been replaced in terms of customs duties by, = for=20 Algeria and Morocco, a flat-rate reduction of EUR 7,25 per tonne in the = common=20 customs tariff duties in replacement of the fixed component concession = plus a 60=20 % reduction of that reduced duty in replacement of the variable = component=20 concession and, for Egypt, by a 60 % reduction of the customs duty;

(7) pending the termination of the current negotiations or the = conclusion of=20 the agreements, measures are required to ensure the continuity of trade = with the=20 Community by extending the transitional arrangements in force;

(8) if new agreements are concluded with the third countries in = question this=20 Regulation will have to be adjusted; it should be laid down that the = Commission=20 may adopt these amendments in accordance with the procedure provided for = in=20 Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the = common=20 organisation of the market in cereals(8),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation lays down provisions applicable to the special = arrangements=20 for the import of bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, = milling or=20 other working of certain cereals originating in Algeria, Morocco and = Egypt and=20 provisions applicable to the special arrangements for the import of = durum wheat=20 originating in Morocco.

Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of bran, = sharps=20 and other residues of sifting, milling or other working of certain = cereals=20 falling within CN codes 2302 30 10 to 2302 40 90 and originating in = Algeria and=20 Morocco shall be 40 % of the amount laid down in the common customs = tariff=20 subsequently reduced by EUR 7,25 per tonne.

Article 3

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of bran, = sharps=20 and other residues of sifting, milling or other working of certain = cereals=20 falling within CN codes 2302 10 10 to 2302 10 90, 2302 20 10, 2302 20 90 = and=20 2302 30 10 to 2302 40 90 originating in Egypt shall be 40 % of the = amount laid=20 down in the common customs tariff.

Article 4

Articles 2 and 3 shall apply to all imports for which the importer = can=20 furnish proof that the export charge was levied by Algeria, Morocco or = Egypt as=20 appropriate in accordance with Article 21 of the Cooperation Agreement = with=20 Algeria, Article 23 of the Cooperation Agreement with Morocco and = Article 20 of=20 the Cooperation Agreement with Egypt.

Article 5

The duty applicable to imports into the Community of durum wheat = falling=20 within CN code 1001 10 00 originating in Morocco and transported = directly from=20 that country to the Community shall be that fixed pursuant to Article = 10(2) of=20 Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, less EUR 0,73 per tonne.

Article 6

Where new agreements are concluded with the third countries referred = to in=20 this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt the necessary amendments to = this=20 Regulation arising from those new agreements in accordance with the = procedure=20 provided for in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication = in the=20 Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly = applicable in=20 all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. HASSI

(1) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 40.

(2) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 56.

(3) OJ L 146, 14.6.1977, p. 11.

(4) OJ L 169, 28.6.1976, p. 42.

(5) OJ L 163, 14.7.1995, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation = (EC) No=20 2622/98 (OJ L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 16).

(6) OJ L 163, 14.7.1995, p. 3. Regulation last amended by Regulation = (EC) No=20 1616/98 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 31).

(7) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. Regulation last amended by = Regulation (EC)=20 No 1340/98 (OJ L 184, 27.6.1998, p. 1).

(8) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation last amended by Regulation = (EC) No=20 2547/98 (OJ L 318, 27.11.1998, p. 41).