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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Proposalfora
•COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)N°562/81onthereductionof
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityofcertain
agricultural productsoriginating inTurkey
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On19September1980,theEEC-TurkeyAssociation Counciladopteda
DecisionN°1/80intendedtodeveloptheAssociation .
Inordertointroducethenecessarymeasuresinthetarifffieldto
implementthatDecision,theCouncil,bymeansofRegulation (EEC)
1
N°562/81of20January1981,asamendedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)
2N°2058/81,fixedtheratesofdutyapplicablefortheperiod1January .
1981to31December1982toimportsofcertainagricultural products
originating inTurkey.
InaccordancewiththesaidDecisionN°1/80of19September1980,
thoserateswerecalculated onthebasisofthedutiesapplicable
toimportsintotheCommunity.
InitsRegulation (EEC)N°3152/81of3November 1981theCouncilhas
suspendedfortheperiod4Novemberto31December1981theautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesatthelevelof10%forbonelessherrings
andAtlanto-Scandian herrings;consequently,thedutiesapplicableto
importsintotheCommunityareamended.
Thepurposeofthisproposalforaregulationistotakeaccountof
theseamendments andtofixnewcustomsdutiestobeappli-edasfrom
4November1981toboththeproductslistedintheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)N°562/81.
0JN°L65,11.3.1981,p.1.
20JN°L202,22.7.1981,p.41.
30JN°L314of4.11.1981,p.9

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No562/81onthereduction ofcustomsduties
onimportsintotheCommunity ofcertainagricultural products
originating inTurkey
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardintheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
WhereastheEEC-Turkey Association Council,byitsDecision No1/80fdecided
toabolishinstagesthecustomsdutiesstillapplicable toimportsinto
theCommunity ofagricultural products originating inTurkeywhichmaynot
yetbeimported intotheCommunity freeofcustomsduty;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No562/81(1)asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2058/81 C2)established ratesofdutyapplicable forthe
period 1January 1981to31December 1982;whereas,inaccordance with
Decision No1/80,thesaidrateswerecalculated onthebasisofthecustoms
dutiesapplicable intheCommunity ;
Whereas byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3152/81of3November 1981tempo­
rarilysuspending theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonanumber
ofagricultural products (3),certaindutieswerepartially suspended from
4Novemberto31December 1981;
aea/am®
(1)0JNoL65,11,3,1981 ,p.1.
(2)0JNoL202,22.7=1981 ,p.41,
(3)0JNoL314,4.11.1981,p.9.

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Whereastheratesofdutyapplicable intheCommunity ofNinehavethere­
forebeenalteredinrespectoftheseproducts;whereasthismustbetaken
intoaccountinestablishing thecustomsdutiestobeappliedduringthe
sameperiodtoimportsofsuchproductsoriginating inTurkey
Whereasitisaccordingly necessary toamendtheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)No562/81,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
IntheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No562/81,footnote (a)tothe14X
rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading 16.04 CII"Other"isreplaced
bythefollowing note:
(a)Therateofdutyshallbereducedto7%(suspension )upto
andincluding 31December 1981for:
a)"Herring-flaps ",prepared orpreserved invinegar,inimmediate
packings ofanetcapacity of10kgormore,ofwhichthe
averageweightof10flapsisgreaterthan1kg;
b)Atlanto-scandian herrings,spicedandsalted,inimmediate
packings ofanetcapacity of10kgormore,ofwhichthe
averageweightoffivewholeherrings isgreater than1kg.

Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication in
theOfficial JournaloftheEuropean Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom4November 1981.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety andapplicable inall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident