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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)462 final
Brussels,9September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
i .I i
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforsilverhake(Merluccius
bilinearis)fallingwithinsubheading ex03.01BIq)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1982)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
I:
opening,allocating andproviding^/fortheadministration
** •
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfrozencodfillets
fallingwithinsubheading 03.01BIIb)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1982))
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)462final

-•. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM •
-1.InthecontextoftheGATTmultilateral,negotiations,theCommunity .
». ■ . . *
hasundertakento.openannuallyCommunitytariffquotasat8/.duty
for2000tonnesofsilverhake(Merluccius bilinearis)ex03.01BIq).
'and10000tonnesoffrozencodfillets03.01BIIb)1.
2.Thepurposeofthisproposalistosatisfytheobligations contracted
-bytheCommunity byopeningthesetariffquotasfortheperiod 1-January ,
'■to31December1982andtoprovideforGreece'sshareintheirallocation
1amongMemberStates. ;
3.TheCommission'sproposalsforthese,productsaremainlybasedonthose 4
usuallyputforwardin"'the./fieldoftariffquotasinsofaras:
-thequotavolumesaredividedintotwoparts,thefirstconsisting
ofafairlylargequantity,allocated among _theMemberStates,and
thesecondbeingareserveintended coveranysupplementary needs;
-theallocation ofinitialsharestotheMemberStatesisbased-on
theirpastimportsfromthirdcountriesoverthelast3yearsand
ontheprospectsforthequotayearconcerned.
Communityimportsfromthirdcountrieshave,overthelast3years,
evolvedasfollows: -r':)'■ •...•;- '■
I. ,■
■»'Ι '
-- 'P.;
■i' :
■ .!I!

-SiIverhake
MemberState 1978
intonnes1979
intonnes1980
intonnes
Benelux '775 250
Denmark 610 684 112.2
Germany 433 155.5 970
Greece•IUI"ΠΟΤ3Vd113uI
France 5600(1) 200 190
Ireland 4.6 42 0
Italy 841 0.4
UnitedKingdom 3119(1) 52 60
(1)Figureforimportsofalltypesofhake.
-Frozencodfillets
MemberState1978 1979 1980
intin%intin%intin%
Benelux 0 0 11 ,0.2548.900.52
Denmark 276 26.44 741.70468.60 4.99
Germany 83 7.954349.972175.5023.18
Greece 0 0 00 0 0
France 117 11.21 72316.61 1410.3015.30
Ireland 0 0 00 0 0
Italy 393 37.64 .95321.88 1011.9010.78
UnitedKingdom 175 16.76215949.594271.1045.50 ■
1044 4354 9386.30

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Itcanbe.seenfromthefirsttableconcerningsilverhakethat
importfigures,,whicharenotseparately recordedin-thestatistics,
areincomplete andthatthereforeitisnotpossibletomakecalcula­
tionsconcerning thepercentageoftotalCommunityimportsbyindividual
MemberStates.-' ;
Consequentlysuchdatamaynotberepresentative ofimporttrendsineach,
»>
MemberState.-However,bytakingjaccountofrequirement estimatesput
forwardbytheMemberStates,onecanmakethefollowingfrercentages
estimatesofMemberStates'initialshares. *
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece .-
■France
Ireland ';■
Italy
UnitedKingdom-SiIverhake
I;0.77
23.28V,
;42.20>
0.0V •.
.14.8Ί'Γ·.-
'·0.38
•n' .' • •
u-0.69' :./.
17.86::Codfillets
0.38(
.0.94' -v'
:■■18.18
:r-;0.08-"j
•15.18;
0.08'.;
''15.92'
'44.66'
TheproposedRegulations foreseethe"greyhoundsystem"astheonly
methodofadministration tobeappliedbytheMemberStates..

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )No
of
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota forsilver hake (Merluccius bilinearis )falling within subheading ex03.01 B
Iq)oftheCommon Customs Tariff (198?)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 113
thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCommunity hasundertaken toopen an
annual Community tariff quota at8%duty for2000
tonnes ofsilver hake (Merluccius bilinearis ),falling
within subheading ex03.01 BIq)oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ;whereas the tariff quota concerned
should beopened on 1January1982 andallocated
between theMember States ;
Whereas under Article 64oftheAct ofAccession of
1979 ,Greece isrequired toapply infulltheCommon
Customs Tariff duty inrespect oftheproduct inques­
tion asfrom 1January 1981 ;whereas ,therefore ,as
from thatdate ,itisnecessary tocover ,infavour ofthe
tariff quotas inquestion ,therequirements ofthat
Member State during thequota period ;Whereas since thefishconcerned arenotseparately
specified inthe statistical nomenclatures ofthe
Member States ,theavailable import figures provided
bythem cannot beregarded assufficiently exact or
representative foruse asabasis forthe allocation
referred toabove ;whereas theincomplete figures
available together with theestimates made bythe
Member States allow thefollowing percentage esti­
mates tobemade astotheimport needs ofeach of
them from third countries forthequota period envis­
aged :
BeneLux 0.77
Denmark 23.28
Germany 42.20
Greece 0.01
France 14.81
Ireland 0.38
Italy 0.69
UnitedKingdom17.86
!'
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
s"hould beensured forallCommunity importers and
therate oflevy forthetariff quota should beapplied
consistently toallimports until thequota isused up;
whereas ,inthelight oftheprinciples outlined above ,
aCommunity tariff arrangement based onanalloca­
tion between the Member States would seem to
preserve the Community nature ofthe quota ;
whereas ,torepresent asclosely aspossible theactual
development ofthemarket inthesaidgoods ,theallo­
cation should follow proportionately therequirements ,
oftheMember States calculated both from statistics of
imports from third countries during arepresentative
reference period and according tothe economic
outlook forthetariff year inquestion ;Whereas ,totake account ofthe possible import
trends forthese fish ,thequota volume should be
divided into twoinstalments ,thefirst being allocated
between theMember States' and thesecond held asa
reserve tocover any subsequent requirements of
Member States which have used uptheir initial share ;
whereas ,togive importers some degree ofcertainty ,
thefirst instalment ofthetariff quota should befixed
atahigh level ,which inthiscase could be65-5 %of
theamount ofthequota ;

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Whereas initial shares may beused upatdifferent
rates ;whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis
account itshould beprovided that anyMember State
which hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share from the reserve ;whereas each
time itsadditional share isalmost used upaMember
State should draw afurther share and soonasmany
times asthe reserve allows ;whereas the initial and
additional shares should bevalid until theend ofthe
quota period ;whereas this form ofadministration
requires close collaboration between the Member
States and theCommission and theCommission must
beinaposition tokeep account oftheextent to
which thequotas have been used upand toinform
theMember States accordingly ;
Whereas ,ifatagiven date inthequota period a
considerable quantity ofaMember State 'sinitial share .
remains unused itisessential that such State should
return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ,
inorder toprevent apart oftheCommunity tariff
quota from remaining unused inone Member State
While itcould beused inothers :- (tonnes )
Benelux 10
Denmark 305
Germany 552
Greece 1
France 194
Ireland 5
Italy 9
United Kingdom 234
3.The second instalment of
690 tonnes shall constitute
the reserve .
Article 3
Whereas ,-since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic .Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated
tothat economic union may becarried outbyany
one ofitsmembers ,1.IfaMember State hasused 90%ormore ofits
initial share asfixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat share
minus anyportion returned tothereserve pursuant to
■Article 5,itshall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommis­
sion ,draw asecond share ,tothe extent that the
reserve sopermits ,equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,
rounded upasnecessary tothenext whole number .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January to31Decemberl 982a Commu­
nity tariff quota of2000 tonnes shall beopened
within theCommunity forsilver hake (Merluccius bili-
nearis ),falling within subheading ex03.01 BIq)of
theCommon Customs Tariff .
2.' The Common Customs Tariff duty shall be
suspended atthelevel of8%within thistariff quota .
Article 2
1.The Community tariff quota referred toin
Article 1shall bedivided into two instalments .
2.Afirst instalment of1310 tonnes shall beallo­
cated among certain Member States ;theshares ,which
subject toArticle 5shall bevalid from 1January to31
December 1982 ,shall beasfollows :1:IfaMember State ,after exhausting itsinitial
share ,has'used 90%ormore ofthesecond share
drawn byit,that .Member State shall forthwith ,inthe
manner and totheextent provided inparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to5%ofitsinitial share ,
rounded upasnecessary tothenext whole number .
3.IfaMember State ,after 'exhausting itssecond
share ,hasused 90%ormore ofthethird share drawn
byit,that Member State shall ,inthemanner and to
theextent provided inparagraph 1,draw afourth
share equal tothethird .
This process shall apply until thereserve isused up.
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,aMember State may draw shares lower than those
specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds for
believing thatthose specified ,*maynotbeused infull.
Any Member State applying' 'this paragraph shall
inform theCommission of**its grounds forsodoing .
Article 4
'ι ■ι '.
, ■ i
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall be
valid until 31December 1982 .

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Article 5
Member States shall ,not later than 1October 1982
return tothereserve theunused portion oftheir initial
share which ,on15September 1982 isinexcess of
20%ofthe initial volume .
They may return agreater portion ifthere aregrounds
forbelieving that itmay notbeused infull.
Member States shall ,notlater than 1October1982
notify theCommission ofthetotal quantities ofthe
product inquestion imported uptoandincluding 15
Septemberl 982 andcharged against theCommunity
quota and ofany portion oftheir initial shares
returned tothe reserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2,
and 3and shall ,assoon astheinformation reaches it,
inform each State oftheextent towhich the reserve
hasbeen used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 5October 1982 inform the
Member States ofthe amount still inreserve ,
following anyreturn ofshares pursuant toArticle 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve does not exceed thebalance available ,and to
thisend shall notify theamount ofthatbalance tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawnpursuant toArticle3areopened insuch away that
importations may becharged without interruption
against their accumulated shares oftheCommunity
quota .
2.The Member States shall ensure that importers
oftheproduct inquestion established intheir terri­
tory have free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.The Member States shall charge imports ofthe
product inquestion against their shares asandwhen
theproduct isentered with thecustoms authorities for
free circulation .
4.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthe basis ofthe
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
Attherequest oftheCommission ,theMember States
shall inform itofimports actually charged against
their shares .
I
Article 9
The Member States andtheCommission shall coop­
erate closely toensure that this Regulation is
complied with .
Article in
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1982 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels .
For theCouncil
The President

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )No
of
opening ,allocating and providing fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota forfrozen cod fillets falling within subheading 03.01 BIIb)1ofthe
Common Customs Tariff (T982 ) *-'
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 113
thereof ,.
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
whereas theCommunity hasundertaken toopen an
annual .Community tariff quota at8%duty for
10000 tonnes offrozen cod fillets ,falling within
subheading 03.01 BIIb)1oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ;whereas thetariff quota concerned should be
opened on 1January 1982and allocated between the
Member States :
Whereas under Article 64oftheAct ofAccession of
1979 ,Greece isrequired toapply infulltheCommon
Customs Tariff duty inrespect oftheproduct inques­
tion asfrom 1January 1981 ;whereas ,therefore ,as
from thatdate ,it.isnecessary tocover ,infavour ofthe
tariff quotas inquestion ,therequirements ofthat
Member State during thequota period ;
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should beensured forallCommunity importers and
therateoflevy forthetariff quota should ,beapplied
consistently toallimports until thequota isused Op;
whereas ,inthelight oftheprinciples outlined above ,
aCommunity tariff arrangement based onanalloca­
tion between the Member States would seem to
preserve the Community nature ofthe quota ;
whereas ,torepresent asclosely aspossible theactual
development ofthemarket inthesaidgoods ,theallo­
cation should follow proportionately therequirements ,
oftheMember States calculated both from statistics of
imports from third countries during arepresentative
reference period and according tothe economic
outlook forthetariff year inquestion ;
Whereas ,during the last three years forwhich
complete statistics are available ,thecorresponding
imports into each oftheMember States represented
the following percentages oftotal imports ofthe
products inquestion :'1978 1979 1980
Benelux 0 .0.25 0.52
Denmark 26.44 1.70 4.99
Germany 7M ?9.97 23.18
Greece 0 0 0
France 11.21 16.61 15.30
Ireland 0 0 0
Italy 37.64 21.88 10.78
United Kingdom 16.76 49.59 45.50
Whereas ,inview ofthese factors and ofmarket fore­
casts forthisproduct for1982 theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows : v
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
'Ireland
',Itaiy
United KingdomQ.38
5.52
,18.18
0.08
15.18
0.08
15.92
44.66
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends for
theproducts inquestion inthevarious Member States ,
thequota should bedivided into twoinstalments ,the
first being allocated among Member States and the
second held asareserve tocover subsequently the
requirements ofMember States which have exhausted
tiidr initial share ;whereas ,togive importers ineach
Member State some degree ofcertainty ,thefirstinstal -
lment oftheCommunity quota should befixed ata
relatively high level ,inthiscase65%0£thefull
quota ;
Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial
shares fortheproducts inquestion atdifferent rates ;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis
account itshould beprovided that anyMember State
which hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw
anadditional share from the reserve ;whereas this
must bedone byeach Member State asand when
each ofitsadditional shares isalmost entirely used up,
an<!l repeated asmany times asthereserve allows ;
whereas theinitial andadditional shares must beavail­
able foruseuntil theend ofthequota period ;

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whereas this method ofadministration calls forclose
cooperation between Member States andtheCommis­
sion which latter must ,inparticular ,beable to
observe theextent towhich thequota amount isused
and inform Member States thereof ;
Whereas if,ataspecified date inthequota period ,a
considerable balance remains inone orother Member
State ,itisessential that thatMember State pay alarge
amount ofitback into thereserve ,inorder toavoid a
part oftheCommunity quota remaining unused in
one Member State when itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,alltransactions
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated
tothat economic union may becarried outbyany
one ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 198^Commu­
nity tariff quota of10000 tonnes shall beopened
within theCommunity forfrozen cod fillets ,falling
within subheading 03.01 BIIb)1oftheCommon
Customs Tariff .
2.The Common Customs Tariff duty shall be
suspended atthelevel of8%within thistariff quota .
Article 2
1.The Community tariff quota referred toin
Article 1shall bedivided into two instalments .
2. Afirst instalment of6SOCtonnes shall beallo­
cated among theMember States ;theshares ,which
subject toArticle 5shall bevalid from 1January to31
December 1982 shall beasfollows :
(tonnes )
Bénélux 25
Denmark 359
Germany 1182
Greece - 5
France 987
Ireland 5
Italy ^
United Kingdom 2902
3.The second instalment of3500tonnes shall
constitute the reserve .
Article 3
1. IfaMember State hasused 90%ormore ofits
initial share asfixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat shareminus anyportion returned tothereserve pursuant to
Article 5,itshall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommis­
sion ,draw asecond share ,tothe extent that the
reserve sopermits ,equal to10%ofitsinitial share
rounded upshould theoccasion arise tothenearest
unit above .
2.IfaMember State ,after exhausting itsinitial
share ,has used 90%ormore ofthesecond share
drawn byit,that Member State shall forthwith ,inthe
manner and totheextent provided inparagraph 1,
draw athird share ,equal to5%ofitsinitial share
rounded upshould theoccasion arise tothenearest
unit above .
3.IfaMember State ,after exhausting itssecond
share ,hasused 90%ormore ofthethird share drawn
byit,that Member State shall ,under thesame condi­
tions ,draw afourth share equal tothethird .This
process shall continue until the reserve has been
exhausted .
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,aMember State may draw shares lower than those
specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds for
believing that those specified may notbeused infull.
Any Member State applying this paragraph shall
inform theCommission ofitsgrounds forsodoing .
Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall be
valid until 31December 1982 .
Article 5
Member States shall ,not later than 1October 1982
return tothereserve theunused portion oftheir initial
share which ,on15September 1982 isinexcess of
20%oftheinitial volume .They may return agreater
portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that itmay
not beused infull .
Member States shall ,notlater than 1October1982
notify theCommission ofthetotal quantities ofthe
product inquestion imported uptoandincluding 15
September 1982and charged against theCommunity
quotas and ofany portion oftheir initial shares
returned tothe reserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3and shall ,assoon astheinformation reaches it,
inform each State oftheextent towhich the reserve
hasbeen used up.

Itshall ,not later than 5October 1982 inform the
Member States oftheamount stillinreserve following
anyreturn ofshares pursuant toArticle 5.
Itshall ensure that when anamount exhausting the
reserve isdrawn theamount sodrawn does notexceed
thebalance available ,and tothisend shall notify the
amount ofthat balance totheMember State making
thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant toArticle 3areopened in-3uch away that
importations msy becharged without interruption
against their accumulated shares oftheCommunity
quota .
2.The Member States shall ensure free access to
the shares which have been allocated tothem for
importers ofthesaid product who areestablished in
their territory .
3.The Member States shall charge imports ofthe
product inquestion against their shares asandwhen .theproduct isentered with thecustoms authorities for
free circulation .•
 
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shail bedetermined onthe basis orthe
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
1 Artias S
Attherequest oftheCommission ,theMember States
'shall inform itofimports actually charged against
their shares .
Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall co­
operate closely toensure that this Regulation is
complied with .
; Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1982 „
This Regulation shall bebinding mitsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
For theCouncil
The President