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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertaineelsfallingwithin
subheading Noex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(73)1632final

GUD/727/73-E
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InrecentyearseelfishingincertainCommunityproductioncentreshas
"beenprohibitedor"becomeimpossibleowingtowaterpollution.Attempts
havebeenmadetoincreaseproductioninothercentresinordertooffset
atleastpartoftheresultinglosses.Nevertheless Communityproduction
hasfallenconsiderably ,sothattheprocessingindustryintheMember
Stateshastoresorttoimportsinordertoensureitssupplies.
Since1972theCouncil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommission,has
thereforeopenedazerodutyCommunitytariffquotaforfresheels(live
ordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithinsubheadingNoex03.01AII
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,intendedforcuringorforuseinthe
industrialmanufactureofproductsfallingwithinheadingHo16.04-
underconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.
Sincethen,themarketsituationhasnotimprovednoticeably.Itis
thereforenecessarytoopenanewCommunitytariffquotafor1974a"tan
appropriate volumewhiletakingaccountofthefactthatCommunity
productionmightincrease.Thatistheobjectoftheproposalannexed
hereto.

PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forcertain eels falling within
subheading Noex03.01 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas eelfishing has "been prohibited orhas "become impossible incertain
Community production centres ;whereas this hasledtoadrop inCommunity
production ofeels ingeneral andparticularly offresh eels (live ordead ),
chilled orfrozen ,falling within subheading ex03.01 AIIoftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,intended forcuring orforuseintheindustrial manufacture
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ofproducts falling within heading No16.04 ;whereas theprocessing
industries intheCommunity consequently depend toalarge extent onimports
fortheir supplies ofeels ;whereas for1974 »"theapplication ofthe
autonomous common customs tariff duty should therefore besuspended totally
onimports oftherelevant products uptoanappropriate quantitative limit ;
whereas ,within this limit ,thenewMember States should apply customs
duties asprovided intheAct concerning theConditions ofAccession andthe
Adjustments totheTreaties ;whereas ,however ,theUnited Kingdom has
declared that from 1January 1974 i"twill align itsduties directly onthose
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas ,theintroduction ofaCommunity
measure ofthis nature isunlikely toharm Community production ;
Whereas current demand notmetbyCommunity production ,which must therefore
bemetbyimports ,canbeestimated at8400metric tons for1974 ;whereas
atariff quota fortherelevant types ofeelshould therefore beopened for
1974 ontheconditions setoutabove ;
Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure toallCommunity importers
equal anduninterrupted access totheabove-mentioned quota anduninterrupted
application oftherates laid down forthat quota toallimports ofthe

products concerned into allMember States until thequota hasbeen used up;
whereas ,having regard tothese principles ,theCommunity nature ofthequota
can "berespected byallocating thetariff quota among theMember States listed
below ;whereas statistics available forthese products donotgive aclear
picture ofthemarket situation forthem ;whereas ,therefore ,itisnot
possible toallocate thequota among theMember States onthebasis ofimports
oftherelevant products over thelast fewyears ;whereas ,however ,according
totheestimates putforward bytheMember States ,initial quota shares maybe
fixed atthefollowing quantities :
Germany 4000metric tons
Benelux 1800metric tons >
Prance 130metric tons
Italy 400metric tons
Denmark 1000 metric tons
Ireland 30metric tons
United Kingdom 40metric tons
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Whereas inorder totake into account import trends fortheproducts concerned
inthedifferent Member States ,thequota amount should bedivided into two
instalments ,thefirst instalment being allocated among theMember States ,
andthesecond forming areserve intended ultimately tocover therequirements
oftheMember States which have used uptheir initial quota shares ;whereas ,
inorder toensure acertain degree ofsecurity toimporters ineach Member
State ,thefirst instalment oftheCommunity quota should bedetermined ata
level which ,under present circumstances ,maybe8Cff0ofthequota amount ;
Whereas theinitial quota shares oftheMember States maybeused upat
different times ;whereas ,inorder totake this fact into account andavoid
anybreak incontinuity ,itisimportant that anyMember State having used up
almost thewhole ofitsinitial quota shares should draw anadditional quota
share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone byeach Member State as
andwhen each ofitsadditional quota shares isalmost entirely used up,and
repeated asmany times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial andadditional
quota shares must beavailable foruseuntil theendofthequota period ;whereas
this method ofadministration calls forclose cooperation between Member States
andtheCommission ,which must ,inparticular ,beable toobserve theextent to
which thequota amount isused andinform Member States thereof ;

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Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable balance
remainsinoneorotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofit"backintothereserve,inordertoavoidapart j
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oftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningtheadministration ofshares
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1grantedtotheabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
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members; |
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION: i
jArticle1 j
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1.Fortheperiodfrom1January1974to31December1974»aCommunity j
tariffquotaof8400metrictonsshallbeopenedforfresheels(live |
ordead)chilledorfrozen,fallingwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIof \
theCommonCustomsTariff,intendedforcuringorforuseintheindustrial
manufactureofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo16.04»underconditions
tobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities .
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2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspendedonproducts
importedunderthisquota.
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3. Denmarkshallpermittheduty-freeimportationofproducts i
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underthisquota.
Withoutprejudicetotheiroptiontodirectlyaligntheirdutiesinaccordance j
withArticle59(4)oftheActofAccession,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
allapplythefollowingdutiestothequota: , j
Ireland
UnitedKingdomJfo.
6%.

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Article2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amountingto7400metrictons,shallfeeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,which,subjecttoArticle5»shall
hevaliduntil31December1973»shallconsistofthefollowingamount's:
Germany 4000metrictons
Benelux 1800metrictons
Prance 130metrictons
Italy 400metrictons
Denmark 1000metrictons
Ireland 30metrictons
UnitedKingdom 40metrictons
2.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto1000metrictons,shallmakeup
thereserve.
Article3
1.,If$Of0ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMemberState,aslaiddownin
Article2(2),orSCffoofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5have"beenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,to
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,$Of0ormoreofthe
secondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1todrawathirdshareequal
to7.5$ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted$Ofoormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,1
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph1todrawafourthshareequaltothethird
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisexhausted.

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4.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs 1,2and3»theMemberStatesmay
proceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasonto"believethatthosesharesmightnotheusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasonswhichledthemtoapply
thisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1974•
Article5
If,by15September1974»aMemberStatehasnotusedupitsinitialshare,
itshall,notlaterthan10October1974»returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20^oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymight
notbeused.
EachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan10October1974»notifytheCommission
ofthetotalimportsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September1974
inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand,whereappropriate ,the
proportionofitsinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopenedbyMemberStatesin
accordancewithArticles2and3and-shallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October1974»notifyMemberStatesof
theamountinthereserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5*
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat,
whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle3»itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.

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2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimportersoftheproductsconcerned
establishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsconcernedagainst
theirsharesastheproductsarepresentedforCustomsclearanceundercover
ofdeclarations thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsumption.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shareshavebeenusedupshallbe
recordedonthebasisoftheimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregularintervalsofimports
fromthirdcountrieschargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselymorderto
ensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1974-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1973.
PortheCouncil
ThePresident