COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2818/81 of 29 September 1981 on the implementation of the economic and control rules of the International Cocoa Agreement 1980

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, by virtue of the Council Decision of 30 June 1981, the Community is to apply provisionally the International Cocoa Agreement 1980, with effect from 1 August 1981, the date on which that Agreement provisionally entered into force;

Whereas on 7 August 1981 the International Cocoa Council adopted the economic and control rules of that Agreement;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 12 (4) of the International Cocoa Agreement 1980, appropriate measures must be taken to implement those rules within the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purposes of implementing the International Cocoa Agreement 1980, the economic and control rules of that Agreement adopted by the International Cocoa Council on 7 August 1981 and set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be applied in accordance with the following Articles.

Article 2

1. Importation into the Community of products falling within heading Nos 18.01, 18.03, 18.04 and 18.05 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to production at the customs office where the import formalities are completed of the certificate prescribed for this purpose by the rules referred to in Article 1.

2. Products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be regarded as imported into the Community within the meaning of paragraph 1 when they are:

(a) entered for free circulation;

(b) entered for inward processing.

Article 3

Exportation from the Community of products falling within heading Nos 18.01, 18.03, 18.04 and 18.05 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to production at the customs office where the export formalities are completed of the certificate prescribed for this purpose by the rules referred to in Article 1.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 1981.

For the Council

The President

P. WALKER