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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)91final
Brussels.5March1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3815/81opening/allocating andproviding
fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforpreparedor
preservedsardinesfallingwithinsub-heading 16.04DoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)91final

GgrYn3S
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1„The1978agreementbetweentheCommunityandTunisiaprovidesthat
preparedandpreservedsardinesoriginating inthatcountrymaybe
importedintotheCommunityfreeofdutysubjecttotheobservanceof
certainminimumprices.Theperiodsandthetechnicalrulesfor
applyingthissystemhavetobelaiddowninanexchangeofletters
betweenthecontracting parties.
Pendingtheconclusionoftheexchangeofletterswhichwillallow
theprovisions'ofthe1978agreementonpreparedaridpreserved
sardinestoenterintoforce,theCommunity hasappliedasystem
ofannualCommunitytariffquotasmakingdueallowanceforthe
interestsinvolved.
2.Thecurrentquotaappliestotheperiodfrom1Januaryto31March
1982andcoversaquantityequivalenttoonequarteroftheannual
volume(25tonnesdutyfree).
3.Becauseofdifficulties thathavenotyetbeenovercome,itseems
thatthenegotiations ontheexchangeofletterswillnotbecomple­
tedforsometime.Itisthereforeproposedthatthevalidityofthe
currentquotabeextendedto30.September1982andthatthevolume
andthevariousdatesbeadjustedaccordingly .
Thisisthepurposeoftheattachedproposal.

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IMPORTS OFPREPARED ORPRESERVED SARDINES ORIGINATING INTUNISIA
MEMBERSTATES
-tonnes-
1978 1979 1980
BX -
DK -
D - - -
G ,
F 50 3
IRL
IT - - -
UK -
EC 50 3

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
1
amending Council Regulation (EEC )No3815 /81opening ,
allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofa
Community tariff quota forprepared orpreserved
sardines falling within subheading 16.04 Dofthe
Common Customs Tariff andoriginating inTunisia
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean |conomic Community ,
andinparticular Article' 113thereof , !
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No3815 /8.1 (1)theCommunity opened aConr -
munity tariff quota forprepared orpreserved sardines falling within
subheading 16.04 Dofthe Common Customs Tariff andoriginating in
Tunisia ;whereas this tariff measure ,which isvalid until 31March
1982 ,wastaken pending conclusion oftheexchange ofletters provided
forbyArticle 18oftheCooperation Agreement between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublic ofTunisia (2);whereas itnow seems
that thenegotiations onthis exchange ofletters will notbecompleted for
some time ;whereas itisconsequently advisable toextend thevalidity of
this tariff quota andtoadjust thevolume andthevarious dates accordingly ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
i
Article 1
Council Regulation (EEC )No3815 /81ishereby amended asfollows :
(
1.InArticle 1,"31March 1982 "isreplaced by30September 1982 "and
"25tonnes "isreplaced by"75tonnes ".
(1)0JNoL383,31.12.1981 ,p.34,
(2)OJNoL265,27,9.1978 ,p. -2 .

2.InArticle2,paragraphs 2and3arereplacedbythefollowing:
"2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto56tonnesoftheCommunitytariff
quotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
theendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 6
Denmark 3
Germany 9
France 23
Ireland 3
Italy 3
UnitedKingdom 9
3.Thesecondinstalmentof.19tonnesshallconstitutethereserve."
3.InthefirstandsecondparagraphsofArticle5,1March1982"is
replacedby"1August1982"and"15February1982"isreplacedby
"15July1982".
4.InthesecondparagraphofArticle6,"5March1982"isreplacedby
"5August •1982".
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthat
ofitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels/ FortheCouncil
ThePresident