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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)774 final
Brussels,26November1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithin
subheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inTunisia(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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COM(82)774final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.The1978Agreement betweentheCommunity andTunisiaprovidesthat
preparedandpreservedsardinesoriginating inthiscountrymaybe
admitteddutyfreeintotheCommunity onconditionthatcertainminimum
pricesarerespected.Theperiodsandthetechnicalrulesforapplicationof
thissystemmustbefixedbyanexchangeoflettersbetweenthe
contracting parties.Sincethisexchangeoflettershasnevertakenplace,
theCommunity from1January1978appliedaCommunitytariffquota
regimewhichtakestheinterestsinvolvedintoaccountandwhichenables
theprovisionsofthe1978Agreementrelatingtopreparedandpreserved
sardinestooperate.
2.TheCommission isproposingthattheCouncilshouldextendthetariff
quotaregimeandshouldthereforeapprovetheattachedproposalfor
Regulationopening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
dutyfreeCommunity quotatariffof100tonnesinrespectofpreparedand
preservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginTunisia.
Thetariffquotashallapplyfrom1Januaryto31December1983.
Thisisthesubjectoftheannexedproposal.
3.TheproposalforRegulationopeningthisquotaprovides-asiscustomary-
forthedivisionofthequotavolumeintotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasquotashares,thesecondbeingheld
asareserve.
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequotashould,in
theabsenceofsignificantimportsinrecentyears,bebasedonascale
whichtakesaccountofthedemandinMemberStatesfortheproductin
question.

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IMPORTATION OFPREPARED ANDCONSERVED SARDINES
ORIGINATING INTUNISIA
4
Member (intonnes)
States
1978 1979 1980 1981
BX - - - -
DK - - - -
D - - - -
GR - - - -
F - 50 3 -
IRL - - - -
IT - - - -
UK - - - -
C.E. - 50 3 -

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
preparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inTunisia(1983)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement betweenthe
Community andTunisia(')providesthatpreparedand
preservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia,
maybeimported intotheCommunity freeofduty;
whereasthedetailedarrangements mustbefixedbyan
exchangeoflettersbetweentheCommunity andTunisia;
whereas,sincethisexchangeoflettershasnotyettaken
place,itisadvisabletorenewuntil3lftecc<*Se »W3the
Community arrangements whichwereappliedin1982;
whereasitisadvisabletoopenaCommunity tariffquota,
fortheimportation intotheCommunity oftheproducts
inquestionofAootonnesfreeofduty;whereasthistariff
quotaistoapplyfrom1January1983untileitherthe
conclusion oftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforin
Article18oftheCooperation Agreement betweenthe
Community andTunisia,oruntilsuchtimeas
Community arrangements forimportsoftheproductsin
questionareappliedbutuntil3l0ec«t«Ser49fji atthe
latest;
Whereas ,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle 118
ofthe1979ActofAccession doesnotexist,the
Community mustadoptthemeasures referredtoin
Article119ofthatAct;whereasthetariffmeasure
concerned will,therefore ,applytotheCommunity of
Nine;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcerned intoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;whereas ,havingregardtothe
aboveprinciples ,theCommunity natureofthequotacan
berespectedbyallocating theCommunity tariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas ,inordertoreflectas
accurately aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
products inquestion ,suchallocation shouldbein
proportion totherequirements oftheMemberStates,
(■)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.5.calculated ,ontheonehand,byreferencetothestatistics
forimportsfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference
periodand,ontheotherhand,byreferencetothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages of
importsintotheCommunity fromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned :
MemberStates 1^79 19801981
Benelux ––
Denmark _ –
Germany– ––
France
Ireland100
(=50
tonnes)100
(=3\tonnes)
Italy- ––
UnitedKingdom– –
;"
Whereas thesedatacannot beconsidered as
representative andcannotserveasabasistorallocationof
thequotaamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoforecasttheMemberStates'importsfor198
becauseoftheabsenceof.mypatterninpreviousyears;
whereas,inorderthatthequotamaybeallocatedfairly,
theinitialquotasharesmaybelixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom '©
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned inthevariousMemberStates,
eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeinj',sharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconsututing areservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorder10
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50
2
2
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togiveimportersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity quota
might,underthecircumstances ,befixedat50%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditional sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperation betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andthelattermustbeinaposition
tomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining unused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,anyoperation relatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1January1983untiltheconclusion ortheexchange
oflettersreferredtoinArticle18oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheCommunity andTunisia,until
suchtimeasCommunity importarrangements are
appliedoruntil3lCfot»»\}<H9£J whichevershallbethe
earliest,aduty-freeCommunity tariffquotaof■I00tonnes
shallbeopened,forimportsintotheCommunity ofNine,
ofprepared orpreserved sardinesfallingwithin
subheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating inTunisia.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to50tonnesof.the
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeasfollows :
λ(tonnes)
Benelux 5
Denmark 2
Germany 8
France 25
Ireland1
Italy 1
UnitedKingdom 8
3.Thesecondinstalmentof50tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith ,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted by
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7•5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission of
itsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.

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Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
thaniOchs^ev\9iS3suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on1 1983,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
thanlOc\-ckevl98 3^>fthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15$*JifrcrA>cr 1983andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve .Article7
1.TheMember Statesshalltakeallmeasures
necessary toensurethatadditional sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulated sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportsof
theproducts inquestionoriginating inTunisiaand
enteredwithcustomsauthorities forfreecirculation .
Article6
TheGommissi6T )shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMember-States pursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
198J,ofthe'amountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothis
end,notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing .Article H
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned actually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, -]932
FortheCouncil
ThePresident