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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEIAN COMMUNITIE
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Brussels,27April1982
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunity/tariffquotaforcertaineelsfalling
;ν.\
fir,withinsubheading ex03.01AIIofthe
Common .CustomsTariff
Lily1982Ito30June1983) -(1July1982Itof-\ <,« . *r"
""duS».\p\
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUMCOMUt
1.Inrecentyear^,eelfishinghasbeenprohibited orhasbecomeimpossible
incertainCommunityproduction centresowingtopollutionofthewaters.
Effortshavebeenmadetoincreaseproduction inothercentresinorder
tocompensate atleastforthelossesofthequantitiesavailable.
Despitetheseefforts,ithasbeenobservedthatCommunityproduction has
remainedinsufficient tosupplythedemandsoftheMemberStates'fish
processing industries :
ThissituationpromptedtheCouncil-onaproposalfromtheCommission
toopenfrom1971aduty-free Communitytariffquotaforcertainfresh
eels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithinsubheading
ex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thesituationoftheeelmarketwasreexamined atameetingofthe
WorkingPartyonEconomicTariffProblemsheldon20January1982.
S
Atthatmeetingitemergedthat,following anintervention bythe
GuidanceSectionofEAGGFItalianproduction oughttoincreasebetween
nowandtheendoftheyearbysome3000tonnes,withthiseventual
prospectofanevengreaterincrease,thateffortswerebeingmadein
theUnitedKingdomtodevelopeelproduction onarelatively large
scale;butthatinanycaseCommunityproduction remainedinadequate
andthatconsequentlyitstillseemedadvisabletoenvisageanextension
ofthet^Hiffmeasures 'currentlyinforcebyopeninganannualtariff
quotafortheperiodfrom1July1982to30Juni1983withavolume
calculated soasnottoprejudicethedevelopment ofCommunityproduction .
Thevolumeofthistariffquotacouldbefixedat5000tonnes,this
corresponding broadlytotheimmediaterequirements oftheMember
Statesforimportsfromthirdcountries.Anysubsequent requirements
whichmightarise,notablyifthedevelopment ofproduction inthe
UnitedKingdomandItalydidnotcomeuptoexpectations ,couldbe
coveredbyanincreaseinthequotavolumefollowing areexamination
ofthesituation .
Asregardsthesubdivision oftheabove-mentioned volumeof5000tonnes,
afirstinstalmentof4500tonnesisallocated amongtheMemberStates
inproportion torequirements .Thebalanceof500tonneswillconstitute
theCommunityreserve.
Thisistheobjectiveoftheattacheddraft.

DrtAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcertaineelsfallingwithinsubheadingex03,01AIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1July1982to30June1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticular'Article28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,nitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocating
thetariifquotaamongtheMemberStateslisted
below;whereasstatisticsavailablefortheseproducts
donotgiveaclearpictureofthemarketsituationfor
them;whereas,therefore,itisnotpossibletoallocate
thequotaamongtheMemberStatesonthebasisof
importtrendsfortherelevantproductsoverthepast
fewyears;whereas,however,accordingtotheesti­
matesputforwardbytheMemberStates,initialshares
maybefixedatthequantitiessetoutinArticle2;
whereaseelfishinghasbeenprohibitedorhas
becomeimpossibleincertainCommunityproduction
centres;whereasthishasledtoadropinCommunity
productionofeelsingeneralandparticularlyoffresh
eels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin
subheadingex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,intendedforprocessingbycuringorskinning
enterprisesorforuseintheindustrialmanufactureof
productsfallingwithinheadingNo16.04thereof;
whereasthisproductionisLikelytobe
developed,particularly intwoMember
Staterswithouthoweverbeingableto
satisfyalltherequirements ofthe
Community;
whereastheprocessingindustriesintheCommunity
consequentlydependtoalargeextentonimportsfor
theirsuppliesofeels;whereas,from1July192to30
June1983,theapplicationoftheautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldthereforebe
suspendedtotallyonimportsoftherelevantproducts
uptoanappropriatequantitativelimit;whereasthe
introductionofaCommunitymeasureofthisnature
isunlikelytoharmCommunityproduction ;
WhereascurrentdemandnotmetbyCommunity
productionwhichmustthereforebemetbyimports
canbeestimatedat5000tonnesfortheperiod1July
1982t030June1983;whereasatariffquotaforthe
relevanttypesofeelshouldthereforebeopenedfor
thisperiodontheconditionssetoutabove;whereas
thefixingofthequotavolumeatthisleveldoesnot,
however,preventitsreadjustmentduringthequota
period;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
importersintheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstotheabovementioned quotaandunin­
terruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,theCommu-Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned,thequotaamountshoul^
bedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingallocated,and(hesecondformingareserve
intendedsubsequently ,tocovertherequirements of
theMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitiaj
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimporters!thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communitytariffquotashouldbefixedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of,
thequotaamount;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitstotalinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialadditionalshares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,which"mustbeabletokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotaamounthasbeenusedup
andtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
Stateitisessential,topreventapartoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,that
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor­
tionthereoftothereserve:•

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.Duringtheperiod1July1982to30June1983,
aCommunitytariffquotaof5000tonnesshallbe
openedforfresheels(liveordead)chilledorfrozen,
fallingwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,intendedforprocessingby
curingorskinningenterprisesorforuseintheindus­
trialmanufactureofproductsfallingwithinheading
No16.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovi­
sions.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotally
suspended.
Withintheselimits,Greeceshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionslaid
downinthe1979ActofAccession .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof45QQtonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shares,which,subject
toArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1July1982to30
June1983,shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
2076
675
1545
2
4$
3
153
2.Thesecondinstalmentof5OOtonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusanyportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
thirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
State-hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerprovidedinparagraph2,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1983
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1May1983,theunusedportionsoftheirinitial
shareswhich,on15April1983areinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamounts.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlater
than1May1983,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimported,uptoandincluding
15April1983,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitHasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.

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ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
May1983oftheamountstillinreserveafteramounts
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthisbasisofthe
importschargedagainstthatshareinaccordancewith
paragraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with..
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident