Regulation (EEC) No 706/73 of the Council of 12 March 1973 concerning the Community arrangements applicable to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man for trade in agricultural products
1. Community rules applicable to the United Kingdom for trade in agricultural products covered by Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in goods covered by Regulation No 170/67/EEC and Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69, shall apply to the islands, with the exception of rules on refunds and on compensatory amounts granted on exports by the United Kingdom.
2. For the purpose of applying the rules referred to in paragraph 1, the United Kingdom and the islands shall be treated as a single Member State.
3. No refund or compensatory amount shall be granted in respect of the products referred to in paragraph 1, originating in or coming from these islands, in respect of which customs formalities are completed in a Member State.
4. Where the products referred to in paragraph 1 are exported to third countries, the islands may not grant aid in excess of the refunds or compensatory amounts which may be granted by the United Kingdom, in accordance with Community rules, on exports to third countries.
5. Where the products referred to in paragraph 1 are exported to Member States, the islands may not grant aid in excess of any amounts which may be granted by the United Kingdom, in accordance with Community rules, on exports to other Member States.
As far as aids other than those referred to in Article 1 are concerned, the provisions of Article 93 (1) and the first sentence of Article 93 (3) of the treaty establishing the European Economic Community shall apply.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall make the other provisions of Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty applicable insofar as this proves necessary.
As from 1 September 1973, the Community rules applicable in the matter of: - veterinary legislation,
- animal health legislation,
- plant health legislation,
- marketing of seeds and seedlings,
- food legislation,
- feedingstuffs legislation,
- quality and marketing standards,
shall apply under the same conditions as in the United Kingdom to the products referred to in Article 1 imported into the islands or exported from the islands to the Community, the veterinary legislation being applicable under the same conditions as in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
Detailed rules for the application of Article 1, in particular rules to prevent deflections of trade, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of the market in cereals as last amended by the Act of Accession or in the corresponding Article of other Regulations on the common organization of markets as the case may be.
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, 12 March 1973.
For the Council
The President
A. LAVENS (1)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
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