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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78 )460final .
Brussels ,22September 1978
V-'-".O' 'v..* f ■ /V >X///– ;:..-y
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
temporarily andpartially suspending theautonomous
Common Customs Tariff duties oncertain types of
fish
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(78 )460final .

TheCommunity'sprocessingindustryfer-fishispotsufficientlysupplied
withcod,haddock/endhakebyCommunityfishermen.Denmark^specially
hasbecomedependantpnimpqrtsofthe;;e'ish^from'thirdcountries (see
estimatedincidatipnsfprth?firsthalf-»ye<ic1979intheannextothis
explanatory memorandum).TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicableto
thesefish(15/18%).reducethe.competitiveness oftheindustryconcerned
comparedwiththepriceso.fsuppliersoffinishedproductsfromthird
countrieswhlcherecheaper,furthermoretheriseinthapricesshouldbe
mfcttForthesereasonsDenmarkhasrSQweftfd §'dutysuspensionforthe
fishinquestion.
Weighingtheinterestsq1Communityfishermen .andthoseoftheCommunity's
processingindustrytheCommission .thingsjlhflt'<*dutysuspensiontoa
levelof10%1sappropriate.TheCommissionthereforeproposesinthe
attachedRegulationthatthepresentdutysuspensionwhichexpirespn
31December1978shouldprolongedf§f#flowpeModofsixmonths

. : :
CCT
HeadingNoDescription ofgoods–■»■■■■■■ ^
CCÏ-Rate Suspended
.rateof
duty:–1
Totalneeds
ofDenmarkDanishcatches
andscoplies
from-jthsr
lemberStatest
ImportsofDe't..-?v-fei
frcmïhird \
courtrie.
-«
ex03.01BIh)Cod(GadusmorrhusorGaduscallarias)
fresh,chilledorfrozen>whole,
headlessorinpieces,intendedfor
theprocessingindustry15 10 72.500t
41.400.000 EUA57.500t
32.800.000 EUA15.000t
3.600.000EUA
ex03.01BIk)I
Haddock,fresh,chilledorfrozen,
whole,headlessorinpieces,,
intendedfortheprocessinci industry15
•\10 13.500t.
8.650.000 EUA8.'5C0t'
5.400.000 EUAcrinntf5.000tI
3.250.C00EOA,
ex03.01BIq)Hake,fresh,chilledorfrozen,j
whole,headlessorinpieces, j
intendedfortheprocessing .industryjI
15,-I10 3.500t
4.500.000 EUA_____
1,000t..i
1.200.000EUAj2.500t
.."3.200.000 EJA
[
ex03.01BIIa)
and BIIb)7Filletsofhake,fresh,chilledor
frozenintendedforthe
processingindustry18/15 10 1.200t
1.500.000 EUA450t• I
550.000EUA I
ι75:t
930.000 EUA'

Proposal for aCouncil Regulation
.temporarily and .partially ,suspending .theautonomous -
Common Customs Tariff duties oncertain types of
fish
.- ■ i
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Community /
and inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas theamount ofthese fish specified inthis Regulation
Landed bytheCommunity fishery fleet iscurrently inadequate to.me ^"
theneeds oftheprocessing industry oftheCommunity ;
Whereas ,inview ofsuch supply difficulties ,itisadvisable tosuspend
from 1January to30June 1979 atthelevel of10^>theautonomous Common
Customs .Tariff -duties onthefish concerned ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS .REGULATION :
Article 1
From 1January ,to30June 1979 theautonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties ontheproducts listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation shall be
suspended atthe level of10# .
, Article 2
This Regulation Shall ,enter into force on1January 1979 . ,
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States . -

ANNEX
CCT
heading No.Description
».
ex03.01BIh)
ex03.01BIk>.■
ex03.01BIq)
ex03.01BIIa)and
BIIb)7'Cod(GadusmorrhuaorGaduscallarias),fresh,chilled
orfrozen,whole,headlessorinpieces,intendedfor
theprocessing industry(a)
Haddock,fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,hea'dlessorin
pieces,intendedfortheprocessingindustry(a)
Hake,fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,headlessorin
/pieces,intendedfortheprocessingindustry Ca)
\ ' i
Filletsofhake,fresh,chilledorfrozenintendedfor
theprocessingindustry(a)
I
I
I
!
!'
(a)Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuantto
therelevantCommunityprovisions.■'

FZttANCXAL 5HE6T
1,Budgetvinoconcerned :Chap.12,art.120Annextodoc.US/806/7b
Oat*4.8.1978
2,Titloof»ctivUy:CouncilRegulationtemporarily andtotallysuspending
theCommonCustomsTariffduties'encertaintypes»f
r
fish-
/
13.Logat tArt.43TreatyofRome
4.Objectivesoftheactivity: x
Suspension''ofCCTdutiesforgoodsmentionedunder2.
5.0Co«t$oftb«activityto
th*accountoftheECbudget
bp«©*collectionofduties ,Impossibletoevaluateseriouslybecauseof
non-existing Communitystatistics..Onthebas&
oftheindications bytherequesting
MemberStatetheamountofthenon-collected
dutieswillatleastbeabout800,000EUA
'fortheperiodfrom1.1to30.6.1979.»