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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)793 final
Brussels .14December 1981
I
Proposal for a
- COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening /allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
Community tariff quotas forprepared orpreserved sardines
falling within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inMorocco (1982 )
*
?</y"/V:>k
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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COU (81)793 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.The1978Agreement betweentheCommunity andMoroccoprovide
thatpreparedandpreservedsardinesoriginating inthiscountry
maybeadmitteddutyfreeintotheCommunity onconditionthat
certainminimumpricesarerespected.Theperiodsandthetechnical
rulesforapplication ofthissystemmustbefixedbyanexchange
oflettersbetweenthecontracting parties.Sincethisexchange
oflettershasnevertakenplacethearrangements providedforin
theAgreement havenotbeenimplemented andthosearisingfromthe
previousAssociation Agreement betweentheEECandMoroccowere
maintained inforceuntil31December1977.
Theformerarrangements inquestionprovidedforatarifftreatment
whichvariedfromoneMemberStatetoanother.They
cannotbeextended,sincetheyareincompatible
withtheprinciples ofthecustomsunionandtherulesoftheCom­
moncommercialpolicy.
2.From1January1978thereforetheCommunityreplacedthesearrange­
mentsbyaCommunitytariffquotasystemwhichtakestheinterests
involvedintoaccountpendingtheconclusionoftheexchangeof
letterswhichwillenabletheprovisionsofthe1978Agreementrela­
tingtopreparedand,preservedsardinestocomeintoforce.
3.Pendingtheimminententryintoforceoftheexchangeofletters
inquestionforwhichnegotiations areinprogress,theCommission
isproposingthattheCouncilshouldextendthetariffquotasystem
andshouldthereforeapprovetheattachedproposalforRegulation
ontheopening,allocating andadministering ofCommunitytariff
quotasinrespectofpreparedandpreservedsardinesfalling
withinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginating
inMorocco,i.e.:
-onetariffquotaofh-.CCCtonnes,dutyfree,
-onetariffquotaof2..<rootonnesat10%.

Thesetariffquotasshallapplyfromthedayofentryintoforce
oftheregulationuntil30April1982.
Thisisthesubjectoftheannexedproposals.
Theproposalforregulationopeningthesetariffquotasprovide
-asiscustomary-forthedivis.ionofeachofthequotavolumes
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerallyapplied.Theseinvolve
calculating eachMemberState'stotalimportsofthelastthree
yearsasaproportionoftotalCommunityimportsduringthesame
periodandapplying,foreachMemberStatethepercentagethus
obtainedtothevolumeofthefirstinstalment .
IMPORTATION OFPREPARED ANDCONSERVED''SARDINES
ORIGINATING INMOROCCO––––––– >
-intonnes-
MEMBER
STATE(intonnes)
1978 1979 1980
BX 1335 1190 1310
DK 105 3 4
D 1626 2022 1335
GR
I578 196 0
F. 6603 7100 8020
IRL 42 5 1
IT 88 33 38
UK 1531 3173 2971
CE 119081372213679

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff ;
quotasforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04Dof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco(1982)~
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES , (
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
iWhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
CommunityandMorocco(1)^supplemented bytheCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No.layingdownthearrangements tothetrade
betweenGreeceandMorocco(2)
f^
providesthatpreparedand
preservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading16.04D
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco,maybeimpcrtedintotheCommunityfree
ofduties;whereasthedetailedarrangementsmustbe
fixedbyanexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommu­
nityandMorocco;whereas,sincethisexchangeof
.lettershasnotyettakenplace,itisadvisabletorenewuntiI30ApriI.
•,1982theCommunityarrangementswhichwere
.•appliedin198l?whereasitis^advisable
toopen twoCommunitytariffquotasfor
importationsintotheCommunityoftheproductsin
question,oneduty-freetariffquotaof4666tonnes
andtheotherof2000tonnesatarateofdutyof
10%;whereasthesetariffquotasaretoapplyfromthedateofentryintoforceofthis
Regulation untiltheconclusionoftheexchangeof
lettersprovidedforinArticle19oftheCooperation
AgreementbetweentheCommunityandMorocco,
untilsuchtime,asCommunity'arrangements for '
importsoftheproductsinquestionarcappliedor
until30April1982/whichevershallbethe
earliest; i
Whereasitit>inparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup•whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,tht
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccu­
ratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMembcStates,•
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimports
fromMoroccooverarepresentativereferenceperiod
andalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod,
inquestion; .......(A}6*3*ioL2CHota>p-3-
0"S

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Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Moroccooftheproductsconcerned:
MemberStates 19781979,980
11.218.679.58
Denmark 0.880.020.03
Germany 13.6614.739.76
Greece 4.851.430.00
France55.4551.7458.63
Ireland 0.350.040.01
Italy 0.740.24'0.27
UnitedKingdom12.8623.1321.72
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialsharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Of>nmark
Germany
Greece
France"
ireiand
Italy
UnitedKinedorr•9.75
0.28
12.68
1.97
55.26
0.12
0.40
19.54
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMembei
States,eachquotashouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMembei
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoveral
alaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMembei
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity;thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotasshould,underthecircum­
stances,befixedat70°/°respectivelyofthequota
volumes: '

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WhereastheMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethis
factintoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,.
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
quotashare,sshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
.corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes1
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMemberStates'
andtheCommission ,andthelattermustbeinaposi-1
tiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
amountshavebeenusedupandtoinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember ;.
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant -proportiontothecorresponding [
reservetopreventapartofanytariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould;
12usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the»
'KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof>
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented :
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any<operation >
relatingtotheadministration ofthequotasharesalio-j
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyi
anyofitsmembers, ■<
' ^ \'■.■■■*
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article!
.1.FromthedateofentryintoforceofthisRegula
tion untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeacCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil30ApriI-1982/h,
wh'cbevershallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCommu-..
nitytariffquotaof4666tonnesshallbeopened,for
importsintotheCommunity .-ofpreparedor•
preservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04D
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco..'V4.:'\.j

2.Fromthedateofentryintoforce
OfthisRegulation untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil30April1982,
whichevershallbetheearliest,aCommunitytariff
quotaof2000tonnesatadutyrateof10%shallbe
opened,forimportsintotheCommunity of
preparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithin
subheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginMorocco.
3„Withintb«limitsofthesetariff
quotas,Greeceshallapplyduties
calculated inaccordance withthe
relevantprovisions inthe1979Actof
AccessionandtheRegulation (EEC)No--
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntiltheend
oftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
MemberStates,Article1(1),;Article1(2)
Benelux1'
318 136
Denmark 10 4
Germany -414J177J
Grecia. 64 28
Prance>1v805J•-.773
Ireland L 2
Italy 13 6
UnitedKingdom 638 274
Total3,266 ;.·1.400
3.|Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,i.e.1400
and600tonnesrespectively ,shallconstitutethecorres­
pondingreserve.
Artide3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothecorresponding
reservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeen
usedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
ofthereserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawa'secondshareequal
to10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.

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2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thenthatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
I
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntiltheendofth6periodlaid
downinArticle1.
Article5
■TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthanIApril1982,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15March1982,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1April1982,ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15
March1982andchargedagainstthetariffquota
andofanyquantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
1thereserve.
Artide6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
April1982/.oftheamountineachreserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedthereto,pursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Artide7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductsconcernedoriginatingin
Moroccoandenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
Artide8
AttheCommissionsrequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
-Artide9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident