No L 169/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.6.76 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1513/76 of 24 June 1976 concerning imports of bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals originating in Tunisia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, and in particular Ar- ticles 43 and 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (1), Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia and the Interim Agreement (*) on the advance implementation of certain provisions of the Cooperation Agreement were signed on 25 April 1976; Whereas, under Article 22 of the Cooperation Agree- ment and Article 15 of the Interim Agreement, pro- vided that Tunisia levies a special charge on exports of bran, sharps and residues derived from sifting, milling or other working of cereals, other than of maize or rice, falling within subheading 23.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, the variable component of the import levy shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to 60% of the average of the variable components of the levies on the product in question for the three months preceding the month in which such an amount is fixed and the fixed component shall not be imposed; Whereas this special charge on exports must be reflected in the import price of these products in the Community; Whereas, in order to ensure that these Agreements are correctly applied, measures should be adopted requiring the importer, at the time when the bran, (*) Opinion delivered on 18 June 1976 and not yet pub- lished in the Official Journal. (%) OJ No L 141, 28. 5. 1976, p. 195. sharps and other residues are imported, to furnish proof that the special charge on exports has been collected by Tunisia; Whereas, pursuant inter alia to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to Article 22 of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 15 of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning the import into the Community of bran and sharps originating in Tunisia (), these Agreements require detailed rules for their application, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The variable component of the levy on imports into the Community of bran, sharps and other residues ‘derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals, other than of maize or rice, falling within subheading 23.02 A II of the Common <Customs Tariff originating in Tunisia shall be that calculated in accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export for products processed from cereals and from rice (4), less an amount equivalent to 60% of the average of the variable components of the levies on the product in question for the three months preceding the month in which such an amount is fixed. Article 2 Article 1 shall apply to all imports in respect of which the importer can furnish proof that the special charge on exports has been collected by Tunisia in (®) See page 20 of this Official Journal. (%) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 65.