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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
REPEATING REGULATION (EEC)N°3023/77ONCERTAINMEASURES TO
PUTANDENDTOABUSESRESULTING FROMTHESALE
OFAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ONBOARDSHIPS
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
WhenRegulation (EEC)No3023/77oncertainmeasurestoputanendtoabuses
resultingfromthesaleofagricultural productsonboardshipswasadopted,
astatement wasgivenintheCouncilminutesindicatingthattheCouncil
shouldreviewtheprovisionsoftheRegulationwithparticularreferenceto
theadvisability ofsettingafinaltime-limitintheRegulation.
Thereasonforthatstatement wasthattheexemptions allowedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3023/77werederogations fromthenormalrulesconcerning exemptions '
fromimportduties;theseexceptional exemptions Shouldonlyapplywithin
atransitional period.Indeed# ,thepracticeoftheseexemptionsexistedeven
beforetheadoptionofRegulation (EEC)No3023/77whichbyreducing
thequantities admittedfortheexemptions shouldpreparetheinterested «
tradersforthefinalabolition©fthewholesystem.
Regulation (EEC)No3023/77hasnowbeenappliedforalmostthreeyearswhich
meansthatthetradershavehadareasonableperiodforsettlingsuchtraffic.
Therefore,thepurposeofthisRegulation ^stoexcludethattheMemberStates
inthefuturegrantexemptions fromimportdutiesInrespectofproductsbought
©nboardshipsnothavinge©Uedatap©PtoutsidetheCemmunitjv .
Slf^cetheproposal1sfe#s?«d@rsArHel#43@f.theJrmtff,th®lumpeafiParIlament
mustfee'consulted*■;*. L**v? \-

PROPOSAL * ,
' COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC);
repeating Regulat ion(EEC)N°3023 /77oncertain measures toputanendtoabuses
resulting from thesale ofagricultural products onboard ships .
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,in -
particular Article 43thereof ,
- ' ' ' '
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission , '
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,(1)
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)N°3023 /77 (2)enablefithe Member
States toauthorize exemptions from import duties foragricultural
products sold ordistributed onboard ship returning totheCommunity without having
called ataport outside thecustoms territory oftheCommunity ;
Whereas such measures may bejustified for atransitional period only ;whereas a
final date ofexpiry foirthetransitional period should befixed ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : i ...
Sole Article
Regulation (EEC)N°3023 /77shall berepealed with effect from 1January /1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
'Member States . 'vS.v ■
Done atBrussels '•Forthe Council
(1)O.J. N°C V
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