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Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Interim Agreement on the advance implementation of certain provisions of the Cooperation Agreement were signed on 18 January 1977; Whereas Article 20 of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 13 of the Interim Agreement provide that, subject to the condition that the Arab Republic of Egypt levies a special export charge on bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals falling within subheading 23.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff, the variable component of the import levy is to be reduced by an amount equal 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; Whereas this special export charge 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 whereby the importer is required, at the time when the bran, sharps and other residues are imported, to furnish proof that the special export charge has been levied by the Arab Republic of Egypt; Whereas, pursuant inter alia to the exchange of letters relating to Article 20 of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 13 of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning the import into the Community of bran and sharps originating in the Arab Republic of Egypt, these Agreements require detailed rules for their implementation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: