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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)294 final
Brussels.15June1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3508/80extendingthetermofvalidity
ofthearrangements applicabletotradewithMaltabeyond31December
1980
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)294final

EXPLANATORY MEMORAMKJM
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ThepurposeofthisRegulationistoextendthetradearrangements
with-Maltaautonomouslyuntil31DecemberI98Ipendingtheopeningof
negotiations togivetradearrangements withthatcountry»contractual
form.

Proposalfora
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
iamending Regulation(EEC)WO3508/8i>
extendingthetermofvalidityofthe
arrangements applicabletotradewithMalta
beyond31December1980
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing -IasEuropeanEconomy
Community,andinparticularArticle113Lhereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,onthebasisofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3508/80,the
arrangements applicabletotradewithMaltahavebeenextended
beyond31DecemberI98Ountil30June1981;^
Whereastheconditionsjustifyingthisextensionstillexist;
whereastheperiodofvalidityofthesaidRegulationshouldtherefore
beextended. -
1OJHoL367,3i.i2.i98O,p.86

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
InArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No3508/80,"30June1981"isreplaced
by"31December1981".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication inthe Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from 1July 1981 .
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President
No C 18/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 1.83 
Amendment of the proposal for a Council Regulation introducing a tax on catches of 
salmon in the Baltic Sea by Community vessels (') 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 
149 of the EEC Treaty on 21 December 1982) 
1. The first recital shall be replaced by the following: 
'Whereas the Council has concluded by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 17 June 1980 the 
Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Government of Sweden 
relating to certain measures intended to promote 
the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic Sea (2);' 
2. The third recital shall be replaced by the 
following: 
"Whereas it is fair that all fishermen benefiting 
from the additional fishing opportunities provided 
by this Agreement should bear part of the cost 
entailed by these measures, proportionately to the 
catches made, through a tax levied on salmon 
landings on behalf of the Community, and 
intended to offset in part the Community's 
financial contribution towards the cost of measures 
implemented by Sweden,' 
3. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: 
'Article 1 
1. A tax is hereby introduced on catches of 
salmon in the Baltic Sea by fishing vessels flying 
the flag of a Member State or registered in a 
Member State. 
2. The tax shall be paid by the owner of the 
fishing vessel to the competent authorities of the 
Member State whose flag the vessel is flying or in 
which the vessel is registered. Member States shall 
take appropriate measures for collecting the tax 
and for dealing with cases of failure to pay the tax. 3. The tax shall be paid at the time of landing. 
4. Quantities landed outside Community 
territory or in another Member State than the one 
referred to in paragraph 2 shall be declared after 
each voyage by the skipper of the fishing vessel to 
the Member State whose flag his vessel is flying or 
in which his vessel is registered. The tax shall be 
paid not later than 15 days after the voyage. 
5. The amount of the tax shall be fixed in ECU 
per kg each year, before 31 December for the 
coming year, by the Council acting by a qualified 
majority on a proposal from the Commission. 
6. The amount of tax, in national currencies, 
shall be the equivalent of the amount of tax fixed 
in ECU calculated by using the representative rate 
applicable on the first day of the year for which 
the tax has been fixed. 
7. The tax shall be fixed at a level which ensures 
that the anticipated product of the tax in a given 
year constitutes 50-75 % of the Community's 
financial contribution laid down for that year 
under the Agreement between the Community and 
Sweden on the reproduction of salmon in the 
Baltic Sea. 
8. The Member States shall, within 30 days 
following the end of each quarter, pay over to the 
Commission the amounts collected during that 
quarter.' 
4. The date '1 January 1981' in Article 2 shall be 
replaced by '1 January 1983'. 
0) OJ No C 280, 30. 10. 1980, p. 4. 
O OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 7.
NoC 154/68 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.6.83 
II 
Proposal for a Council Directive on the implementation of the Agreement between the 
Swiss Confederation and the European Economic Community on direct insurance other 
than life assurance 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 57 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
Whereas an Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the European Economic 
Community on direct insurance other than life assurance was signed at on , 
Whereas one of the effects of that Agreement is to impose, in relation to insurance 
undertakings which have their head offices in the Swiss Confederation, legal rules dif­
ferent from those applicable, under Title III of Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 
24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions 
relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life 
assurance ('), to agencies and branches established within the Community of under­
takings whose head offices are outside the Community; 
Whereas the coordinated rules relating to the pursuit of these activities within the 
Community by the Swiss undertakings to the provisions of the Agreement of 
must take effect on the same date in all the Member States of the Community; where­
as this Agreement will not come into force until the first day of the calendar year 
following the date on which the instruments of approval are exchanged, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The Member States shall amend their national provisions to comply with the Agree­
ment of between the Swiss Confederation and the European Economic Com­
munity within a period of six months following the notification of this Directive, and 
shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 2 
The Member States shall specify in their national provisions that the amendments 
thereto made pursuant to the Agreement shall not come into force until the date on 
which the Agreement enters into force. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
(<) OJ No L 228, 16. 8. 1973, p. 3.
28.5.83 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 140/7 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation on the strengthening of controls on 
the application of Community rules on agricultural products (') 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty 
on 17 May 1983) 
In consequence of the undertakings given to the European Parliament by the 
Commission, the latter hereby supplements its proposal to the Council for a Regulation 
on the strengthening of controls on the application of Community rules on agrucultural 
products (COM(82) 138 final — COM(82) 899 final). 
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to provide that an annual report is to be 
drawn up on the checks carried out under this Regulation. 
Consequently, 
1. Article 5 is replaced by the following: 
'The Commission shall present before 1 July each year to Parliament and to the 
Council a report on the checks carried out under this Regulation.' 
2. The former Article 5 now becomes the new Article 6. 
O OJ No C 79, 31. 3. 1982, p. 6.
No C 261/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 9. 83 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial 
Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 July 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial 
Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, signed in . . . on . . . 1983, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of 
the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea is 
hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 13 of the 
Agreement ('). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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. 
(') The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
23.9.83 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 255/5 
a new paragraph G is added: 
'G. Micro-agglutination test 
1. Diluents are made up of 0,85 % 
physiological saline solution phenolized 
at 0,5 % phenol and the antigen itself is 
stained with safranin 0. 
2. The antigen shall be prepared as 
described under points 6, 7 and 8 of 
Annex C (A) and shall be titrated as 
described under point 5 of Annex C (A). 
3. The standard serum is the same as that 
under point 1 of Annex C (A). 
4. The standard serum must be supplied by 
the Bundesgesundheitsamt, Berlin. 
5. The micro-agglutination test shall be 
carried out on plates bearing wells and at least three dilutions must be prepared 
for each serum. Dilutions of suspect 
serum must be made in such a way that 
the reading of the reaction at the 
infection limit is made in the median 
well by comparison with positive and 
negative controls. If there is a positive 
reaction in the median well, the suspect 
serum contains at least 30 IU of aggluti­
nation per ml.' 
Article 2 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu­
lations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with this Directive by 1 July 1984. They shall 
forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Recommendation for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of a Protocol on financial 
and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Republic 
of Cyprus 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 8 September 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 238 thereof, 
Having regard to the recommendation from the 
Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Protocol on financial and technical 
cooperation between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Cyprus, signed on 
..., should be approved, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Protocol on financial and technical cooperation 
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus is hereby approved on behalf of 
the Community. 
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regu­
lation. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the 
notification provided for in Article 21 (1) of the 
Protocol. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following 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.
25. 11.83 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 319/3 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the 
common organization of the market in pigmeat 
COM(83) 659 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 November 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Articles 3 to 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 ('), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), provide for an intervention system on the 
Community market which may consist in private storage aid or buying in by intervention 
agencies; whereas experience has shown that private storage aid alone is sufficient to 
prevent or mitigate a substantial fall in prices; 
Whereas the provisions concerning buying in by intervention agencies may therefore be 
repealed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: 
Article 3 
1. In order to prevent or mitigate a substantial fall in prices, intervention measures 
in the form of aid for private storage may be taken. 
2. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, 
shall adopt general rules for granting private storage aid. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, in particular the list of products 
which qualify for aid and the amounts applicable, shall be adopted in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 24.' 
(») OJNoL282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 307, 18. 11. 1980, p. 5. 
No C 319/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 25.11.83 
2. Article 4 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'3. The intervention agencies designated by the Member States shall grant aid for 
private storage in accordance with the detailed rules laid down for the application of 
Article 3'. 
3. Articles 5, 6 and 7 are hereby repealed. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.
8.11.83 Official Journal of the European Communities NoC301/5 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas over the last few years production of 
sunflower seed in the Community has increased at an 
exceptionally high rate and this has led to a rapid 
increase in expenditure on this product; 
Whereas a more moderate and steadier development 
of production is called for; whereas for this purpose a 
guarantee threshold arrangement should be 
introduced whereby the prices guaranteed to 
producers will be reduced when production exceeds 
the threshold; whereas Article 24a of Council Regu­
lation No 136/66/EEC (l), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1413/82(2), should therefore be 
supplemented accordingly, It shall apply from the start of the 1984/85 marketing 
year. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The following subparagraph is added to 
paragraph 1: 
'The Council shall, acting in accordance with the 
procedure referred to in the first subparagraph, fix 
each year, and for the first time for the 1984/85 
marketing year, a guarantee threshold for 
sunflower seed in the Community/ 
2. Paragraph 2 is hereby replaced by the following: 
'2. The guarantee thresholds for colza, rape and 
sunflower seed shall be determined on the basis of 
production during a reference period and of the 
anticipated trend in demand.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the 
establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats 
COM(83) 601 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 October 1983) 
(1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. 
(2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.
5. 3. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 62/57 
Serial 
No 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 Varieties 
(a) Kaba-Koulak non-classic | 
(b) Myrodata Smyrne, Trapezous and Phi 1 J 
Myrodata Agrinion 
Zichnomyrodata 
Tsebelia 
Mavra 
Burley GR 
Virginia GR Norm price 
3,353 
4,299 
4,488 
4,032 
3,935 
2,282 
3,421 Intervention 
price 
2,850 
3,654 
3,815 
3,2260) 
3,1480) 
1,940 
2,908 Premiums 
1,609 
2,279 
2,402 
3,253 
2,659 
0,971 
1,731 Derived 
intervention 
prices 
4,287 
5,123 
5,369 
4,709 
4,621 
3,069 
4,098 
(') Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No... laying down special measures for certain varieties of raw tobacco from the 1984, 1985 and 1986 
harvest. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1461/82 amending 
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco 
(84/C 62/33) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, Whereas the reasons for amending the second sub­
paragraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 
727/70 (3) still apply; whereas the measure in 
question should therefore be extended for the 1984 
harvest, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, Article 1 
In the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 1461/82, 'of the 1983 harvest' is replaced 
by 'of the 1984 harvest'. 
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1461/82 of 18 May 1982 amending Regulation 
(EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of 
the market in raw tobacco ('), as amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1570/83 (2), the intervention price 
is fixed at 85% of the corresponding norm price; 
whereas that measure applies to tobacco of the 1982 
and 1983 harvest only; Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following 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. 
0) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 27. 
0) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 10. 0) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.
6.3.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 65/7 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76 on imports 
of olive oil originating in Tunisia (1983/84) 
COM(84) 61 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 February 1984) 
(84/C 65/09) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Articles 43 and 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1508/ 
76 O, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
. . ./84, lays down the terms under which olive oil 
other than that which has undergone refining, falling 
within subheading 15.07 A I of the Common Customs 
Tariff and originating in Tunisia, is to benefit from 
the advantages provided for in the Cooperation 
Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Tunisia (2) as well as 
the level of the concession in the period from 
1 November 1983 to 31 October 1984; 
Whereas the European Economic Community and 
Tunisia have agreed, by an exchange of letters, to 
increase the said level by 10 ECU per 100 kilograms 
of olive oil other than that which has undergone' refining on import into the Community 
on the terms agreed during the period from 
16 December 1983 to 31 October 1984 as an 
exceptional measure; 
Whereas therefore Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76 
should be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article l(l)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1508/76 is 
hereby replaced by the following: 
'(b) an amount equal to the special charge levied 
by Tunisia on exports of the said oil but not 
exceeding 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms, this 
amount being increased from 16 December 
1983 to 31 October 1984 to 22,09 ECU per 
100 kilograms.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
(l) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 9. 
O OJ No L 265, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1. This Regulation shall be .binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.