28.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL20/53
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No112/76
of19January1976
concerningimportsintotheCommunityoffisheryproductsoriginatinginTunisia
thanthoseappliedfrom1January1975tolike
productsoriginatinginotherthirdcountries,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(a),(b),(c),(d)
and(g)ofRegulation (EEC)No100/76,withthe
exceptionoftroutandcarp,fallingrespectively
withinsubheadings03.01Ala)and03.01AIIIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia,
shallbeimportedintotheCommunityfreeof
customsduty.
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(*),
Whereasimplementation ofthecommonfishery
policyhasrenderednullandvoidthesystem
providedforinAnnex2totheAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia;
whereastheCommunitymust,pursuanttoArticle10
(2)ofthatAnnex,takeaccountoftheinterestsof
Tunisiawhenestablishingthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No100/76of19
January1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts(2)establishedasystemof
tradewiththirdcountriesbasedontheapplication
oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereasitis
possiblefortheCommunitytomeetitsobligations
withregardtoTunisiabygrantingthatcountry
considerabletariffconcessionswhichcangoasfaras
exemptionfromdutyforproductsfallingwithin
Chapter3oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereasnegotiations areinprogressforthe
conclusionofanewAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia;whereasthisnewAgreementshouldlay
downspecialimportarrangementsforcarpandtrout
aswellaspreservedsardinesandtunny;whereas
transitionalarrangements forimportationofthose
productsintotheCommunityshouldthereforebe
provided;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession,theimportarrangementsappliedbythe
MemberStatestotheproductsinquestion
originatinginTunisiamustnotbelessfavourableTheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)and(f)of
Regulation (EEC)No100/76,withtheexceptionof
preparedandpreservedsardinesandtunny,falling
respectivelywithinsubheadings16.04Dand16.04E
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Tunisia,shallbeimportedintotheCommunityat
customsdutiesequalto30°/ooftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesapplicable .
Article3
Thetroutandcarp,fallingrespectivelywithin
subheadings03.01Ala)and03.01AIIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia,
shallbeimporteddutyfreeintotheCommunity .
Article4
1.MemberStatesshallmaintaininforcethe
importarrangementseffectiveon31January1972to
preparedandpreservedsardinesandtunny,falling
respectivelywithinsubheadings16.04Dand16.04E
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Tunisia.
2.However,MemberStateswhichopentariff
quotasunderarrangementsreferredtoinparagraph1
mayincreasethequantityofsuchquotasbynot
morethan30%>.HOJNoC7,12.1.1976,p.70.
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3.Theimportarrangements appliedtoproducts
asspecifiedinparagraph1originatinginTunisia
shallinnocasebelessfavourablethanthoseapplied
tolikeproductsoriginatinginotherthirdcountries.
Article5—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No346/75of10
February1975concerningtheimportationinto
theCommunityofcertainfisheryproducts
originatinginTunisia(2),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3413/75(3).
2.ReferencestotheRegulationsrepealedby
paragraph 1shallbeconstruedasreferencestothis
Regulation .
ReferencestoArticlesofthoseRegulationsaretobe
readinaccordancewiththecorrelationgiveninthe
Annex.ThearrangementsprovidedforinArticles3and4
shallapplyfor1976,untiltheentryintoforceofthe
newAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofTunisiaandnot
laterthan31December1976.
Article6
Article7 1.ThefollowingRegulationsareherebyrepealed:
—CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1706/71of26July
1971concerningimportsintotheCommunityof
fisheryproductsoriginatinginTunisia(*),ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19January1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS
(!)OJNoL176,5.8.1971,p.3. (2)OJNoL40,14.2.1975,p.1.
(s)OJNoL337,31.12.1975,p.1.
ANNEX
Correlationtable
Regulation(EEC)No346/75
Article1
Article2
Article4ThisRegulation
Article3
Article4
Article5