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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)59final
Brussels,15February1978
Draftfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
temporarily andpartiallysuspendingtheautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutyonsardinopssagaxorocellata
(pilchards),fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,headlessor
inpieces,intendedfortheprocessingindustry,falling
withinsubheadingex03.01BI2)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
co;:(78)59final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1.Since theprohibition onherring fishing came into effect ,
certain fisheries industries have hadconsiderable difficulty
inobtaining supplies ofrawmaterials . ,
■ *
2.Similarly ,thereplacement products called pilchards can
nolonger bedelivered inthenecessary quantities byMember
States' fishing vessels ,totheextent that alarge amount
ofrequirements isimported from non-Member countries (for
theperiod inquestion :Germany -170tat39000u.a.;
Benelux countries -785 tat183956u.a.)*
This hasledtoanincrease intheprice of"pilchards ".
3.Inorder tomaintain employment inthefish processing
industry andstable inpreserved fish prices ,itis
advisable toprolong to30June 1978 thesuspension ofthe
autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty atthelevel of
4%(CCT :15%)onthefish inquestion which isnowin
force andexpies on28February 1978 .
4.This isthepurpose ofthedraft regulation appended hereto .

Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
temporarily andpartially suspending theautonomous
Common Customs Tariff duty onsardinops sagax or
/* *ocellata (pilchards ),fresh ,chilled orfrozen ,
whole ,headless orinpieces ,intended forthe
processing industry ,falling within subheading
ex03.01 BI2)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 28thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft proposal from theCommission ,
Whereas ,asaconsequence oftheprohibition onfishing for
herrings ,ithasbecome particularly difficult tosupply certain Community
processing industries with sufficient quantities ofraw
matenals :
Whereas ,tofacilitate such supplies ,itisadvisable toextend until
i-.y30June 1978 thesuspension oftheCommon Customs Tariff duty
atthelevel of4%onpilchards falling within subheading
ex03.01 BI2),nowin^force andduetoexpire on28February
1978 *;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :,
Article 1
Theautonomous Common Customs Tariff duty ontheproducts
listed below shall besuspended atthelevel of4Zfrom 1March
to30June J978 .
OJNoL306of30.11 J977 ,p.l .\

CCIheadmg No Description ofgoods
ex03.01 B12) Sardinops sagax orocellata (pilchards ),fresh ,
chilled orfrozen ,whole ,headless orinpieces ,
intended fortheprocessing industry (a)
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1March 1978 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President
(a)Theapplication ofthis suspension issubject
toconditions tobedetermined bythe
competent authorities .