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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)727 final.
Brussels.27November 1981
COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Concerning theadministrative arrangement forfishinthe
frameworkoftheEEC-Morocco Cooperation Agreement
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COM(81)727final.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
In1977 theMoroccan authorities put forward arequest totheCommunity
for aderogation from thedirect transport rule intheOrigin Protocol
totheCooperation Agreement inrespect offish caught onthehigh seas
byMoroccan vessels .Atpresent theinfrastructure inMoroccan ports is
insufficient topermit thefish tobelanded .However ,theMoroccan
authorities envisage theconstruction ofmaritime facilities for this
purpose .Inthemeantime they have requested theagreement ofthe
Community that they bepermitted tostock this fish inLasPalmas
(Canary Islands )under thesurveillance ofMoroccan customs officials
pending subsequent shipment totheCommunity .
Itisproposed that anadministrative arrangement bedrawn upbythe
EEC-Morocco Customs Cooperation Committee according towhich
consignments offish ,caught byMoroccan vessels andsent tothe
Community via LasPalmas will beissued with EUR.l movement certificates
byMoroccan customs officers stationed inLas Palmas .Asthedraft text
makes clear theonly derogation totherules intheOrigin Protocol to
theCooperation Agreement concerns thepossibility for issue ofEUR.l
certificates outside Moroccan territory .Itshould benoted that one
condition isthat Moroccan customs officers areallowed tooperate
onSpanish territory .

DRAFT TEXT
concerning the administrative arrangement for fish inthe framework of
the EEC-Morocco Cooperation Agreement
TheEEC-Morocco Customs Cooperation Committee agrees ,because ofthe
presently insufficient infrastructure ofthefishing ports ofMorocco ,
thefollowing provisions tobeapplied for aperiod ofoneyear andfor
aguantity of20.000 tonnes concerning thefish catches made byMoroccan
vessels anddischarged atLas Palmas before being shipped tothe
Community :
-theissue ofthemovement certificates EUR.l forthefish caught by
Moroccan ships will becarried outbyMoroccan customs officers
stationed inLas Palmas ,
-theproducts covered bythe arrangement arethose listed below and
relevant toChapter 3oftheCommon Customs Tariff :
-fish ,fresh (live ordead ),chilled offrozen ,(CCTheading 03.01 );
-crustaceans andmolluscs ,fresh (live ordead ),chilled orfrozen ,
(CCTheading ex03.03 ),
-thevessels making thecatches must comply with theorigin rule in
Note 6ofAnnex 1ofProtocol N°2totheEEC-Morocco Cooperation
Agreement ,
-theoperations carried out inLasPalmas shall notgobeyond discharge
stockage /reloading oranyoperation designed tokeep thegoods inthe
same state ,
-transportation between LasPalmas andtheCommunity Member State of
destination shall becarried outrespecting theprovisions ofArticle
5ofProtocol N°2totheAgreement concerning theconcept ofdirect
transport ,

-theMoroccan authorities shall take whatever measures ,these being
communicated forexamination totheservices oftheCommission ,
necessary toguarantee theeffectiveness ofthecontrols carried out
bytheMoroccan customs officers stationed inLasPalmas ,including the
provisions concerning subsequent verifications asdefined inArticle
26ofProtocol N°2oftheEEC-Morocco Cooperation Agreement ,
-theother provisions ofProtocol N°2totheEEC-Morocco Cooperation
Agreement remain applicable ,
-Thecompetent authorities ofMorocco shall forward totheCommission
every three months astatement ofthequantities inrespect ofwhich
movement certificates EUR.l have been issued pursuant tothis
administrative arrangement indicating theMember State ofdestination .
Thearrangement will bereviewed 3months before expiration oftheone
year period .