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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 762/82

OF 31 MARCH 1982

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3814/81 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO

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 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3814/81 ( 1 ) , THE COMMUNITY OPENED COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO ; WHEREAS THIS TARIFF MEASURE , WHICH IS VALID UNTIL 31 MARCH 1982 , WAS TAKEN PENDING CONCLUSION OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 19 OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO ( 2 ) ; WHEREAS AT PRESENT THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR THINKING THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO CONCLUDE THIS EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WILL NOT BE COMPLETED FOR SOME TIME ; WHEREAS IT IS CONSEQUENTLY ADVISABLE TO EXTEND THE VALIDITY OF THESE TARIFF QUOTAS AND TO ADJUST THE VOLUMES AND THE VARIOUS DATES ACCORDINGLY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3814/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN THE FIRST RECITAL " 31 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1982 " AND THE QUANTITIES OF 3 500 AND 1 500 TONNES SHALL BE REPLACED BY 14 000 AND 6 000 TONNES RESPECTIVELY .

2 . IN THE FIFTH RECITAL " 70 % " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 80 % " .

3 . IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) " 31 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1982 " , AND " 3 500 TONNES " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 14 000 TONNES " .

4 . IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) , " 31 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1982 " AND " 1 500 TONNES " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 6 000 TONNES " .

5 . IN ARTICLE 2 , PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF EACH QUOTA SHALL BE SHARED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE RESPECTIVE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

* ( TONNES ) *

MEMBER STATES*ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) *ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) *

BENELUX*1 092*468*

DENMARK*30*14*

GERMANY*1 420*608*

GREECE*220*94*

FRANCE*6 190*2 653*

IRELAND*13*5*

ITALY*45*20*

UNITED KINGDOM*2 190*938*

*11 200*4 800*

3 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF EACH QUOTA , THAT IS , 2 800 AND 1 200 TONNES RESPECTIVELY , SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE . "

6 . IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS OF ARTICLE 5 , " 1 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 1 OCTOBER 1982 " , AND " 15 FEBRUARY 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 15 SEPTEMBER 1982 " .

7 . IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 6 , " 5 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 5 OCTOBER 1982 " .

ARTICLE 2

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 , 31 MARCH 1982 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . DE KEERSMAEKER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 383 , 31 . 12 . 1981 , P . 31 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 264 , 27 . 9 . 1978 , P . 2 .