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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)90final
Brussels,5March1982
mProposalfora<--«f,
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3814/81opening,allocatingand
...."providingforitheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasforpre­
pared
paredorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsub-heading 16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(82)90final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.The1978agreementbetweentheCommunityandMoroccoprovidesthatprepared
andpreservedsardinesoriginating inthatcountrymaybeimportedintothe
Communityfreeofdutysubjecttotheobservanceofcertainminimumprices,
Theperiodsandthetechnicalrulesforapplyingthissystemhavetobe
laiddowninanexchangeoflettersbetweenthecontracting parties.
Pendingtheconclusionoftheexchangeofletterswhichwillallowthe
provisionsofthe1978agreement onpreparedandpreservedsardinestoenter
intoforce,theCommunityhasappliedasystemofannualCommunitytariff
quotasmakingdueallowancefortheinterestsinvolved.
2.Thecurrentquotasapplytotheperiodfrom1Januaryto31March1982and
coverquantities,equivalenttoonequarteroftheannualvolumes
(3500tonoesdutyfreeand1500tonnesatadutyof10%).
3.Becauseofdifficulties thathavenotyetbeenovercome,itseemsthatthe
negotiations ontheexchangeofletterswillnotbecompletedforsometime.
Itisthereforeproposedthatthevalidityofthecurrentquotasbeextended
to30September1982andthatthevolumesandthevariousdatesbeadjusted
accordingly .
Thisisthepurposeoftheattachedproposal.

IMPORTS OFPREPARED ORPRESERVED SARDINES ORIGINATING
INMOROCCO
intonnes
MEMBER STATES
1978 1979 1980
Benelux 1.335 1.190 1.310
Denmark 105 3 4
Germany 1.626 2.022 1.335
Greece 578 169 0
France 6.603 7.100 8.020
Ireland 42 5 1
Italy 88 33 38
United Kingdom 1.531 3.173 2.971
EC 11.908 13.722 13.679

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION' (EEC)
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3814/81opening,
allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforpreparedorpreserved
sardinesfallingwithinsub-heading 16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Ο­
Ι
WhereasbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3814/81theCommunityopenedCommunity
tariffquotasforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsub-heading
16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocoo;whereasthis
tariffmeasure,whichisvaliduntil31March1982,wastakenpendingconclu­
sionoftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforbyArticle19oftheCooperation
2AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco;whereas
nowseemsthatthenegotiations onthisexchangeofletterswillnotbe
completedforsometime;whereasitisconsequently advisabletoextendthe
validityofthesetariffquotasandtoadjustthevolumesandthevarious
datesaccordingly,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
C
Article 1
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3814/81isherebyamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle1,"31March1982"isreplacedby"30September1982"and
"3500tonnes"isreplacedby"10500tonnes".iHaving
andin
(1)0JNoL383,31.12.1981,p.31
(2)0JNoL264,27.9.1978,p.21

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2.InArticle1(2),"31March1982"isreplacedby"30September1982and
"1500tonnes"isreplacedby"4500tonnes".
3.InArticle2,paragraphs 2and3arereplacedbythefollowing :
"2.AfirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbesharedamongtheMember
States;therespectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbe
asfollows:
(tonnes)
MemberStates Article 1(1)Article 1(2)
Bénélux 720 307
Denmark 20 10
Germany 930 400
Greece 145 62
•France 4060 1740
Ireland 10 4
Italy 30 12
UnitedKingdom 1435 615
7350 3150
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,thatis,3150and1350tonnesrespectively,
shallconstitutethereserve."
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4.InthefirstandsecondparagraphsofArticle5,"1March1982"isreplaced
by"1August1982"and"15February1982"isreplacedby"15July1982".
5.InthesecondparagraphofArticle6,"5March1982"isreplacedby
"5August1982". '
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthatof
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident