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DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE
ADMINISTRATION OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORCERTAIN
EELSFALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING EX03.01AIIOFTHE
COMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1JULY1980-30JUNE1980)
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(80)200final

><-,r^con-syeara,oeljfiafci**inCousiKttwityfttih&n?er^w
forbiddenorfl«n<ieiraposoiblo©win^jf"sopollutiono£theViw.vQ»u0i*tfo-»
vcrojn&dfetoinoreasaproductAoAinotheratfeaeinsrd®r+■«.c^p^r^-ato •
atleastforthelessee.ofthecp->*wtiti«eavailable *Bftop:U«.thase.
effortu,itwp-cobocrvedthatCoatfmmityproductionwaaatill5.yu3v.t?i.cion"t
tisupplythedemandaofthoMember.Statea*fishpr^oeasiasindustries ■
Arnissituation .promptedthoCour^il-enaproposalzVcratheCo^.?.~sxcr »-
toopenfrom1971Aduty-freeCoareunitytariffquota'forcertainireah,
ocle(deadoralive),ohilledorfrozen,fallingwithinaubhaadir^
ox01.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thereafter,thosituationonthemarketsofthoeeotorinquestion :
didaotappreciably improve# r> >. ■■<.-■
TJ, 3ftheeelmarketwas.reexaminedatafleeting
oftheworkingParty onEcor.oi.1e TarHf _
29February 1980 .
Atthatmeetingitemergedthatthesupplysituationhadnotundergone
anychangeandconsequentlyitseemedadvisabletoenvisageaprorogation
ofthetariffmeasuresactually1nforcebyopeningofanannualtarir.
quotafortheperiodfrom1July.1?80.to-30June/I98}.
Thevolumeofthistariffquotacouldbefixed7400;tonnes
largelycorresponding . ,*.•'
tothestatidrequirementsoftheMemberStatesforimports
third countries ...Anysubsequent requirements could be
coveredbyadecisiontoincreasethequotavolumefollowing
areexamination ofthesituation#
Asregards thesubdivision oftheabove-mentioned volume ..
of,7400 tonnes 8firsttranche -of5931connes
isallocated among the .Member States' inproport iento ;V
.requirements ^Thebalance ,ofij469 wfJ.I•v;"•1:
cons titutethe .Communl tyreserve • .• >.,
This .istheobjective ^ofth«,iattached idra^:;•'%

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcertaineelsfaSHrsgwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1July1980to30June1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreat/establishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereaseelfishinghasbeenprohibitedorhas
becomeimpossibleincertainCommunityproduction
centres;whereasthishasledtoadropinCommunity
productionofeelsingeneralandparticularlyoffresh•
eels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin
subheadingex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,intendedforprocessingbycuringorskinnmg
enterprisesorforuseintheindustrialmanufactureof
productsfallingwithinheadingNo16.04;whereas
theprocessingindustriesintheCommunity
consequentlydependtoalargeextentonimportsfor
theirsuppliesofeels;whereas,from1Juiy}980to30
Junei9SIapplicationoftheautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldthereforebe
suspendedtotallyonimportsoftherelevantproducts
uptoanappropriatequantitativelimit;whereasthe
introductionofaCommunitymeasureofthisnature
isunlikelytoharmCommunityproduction;
WhereascurrentdemandnotmetbyCommunity
production ,whichmustthereforebemetbyimports,
canbeestimatedat?4D(ionnesfortheperiodIJuly
1980to30JuneI9g1;whereasatariffquotaforthe
relevanttypesofeelshouldthereforebeopenedfor
thisperiodontheconditionssetoutabove;whereas
thefixingofthequotavolumeatthisleveldoesnot,
however,preventitsreadjustmentduringthequota
period;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
importersintheMemberStatesequalanduninter­ruptedaccesstotheabovemenfioned quofaandunin­
terruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,theCommu­
nitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocating
thetariffquotaamongtheMemberStateslisted
below;whereasstatisticsavailablefortheseproducts
donotgiveaclearpictureofthemarketsituaiionfor
them;whereas,therefore,itisnotpossible;toallocate
thequotaamongtheMemberStatesonthebasisof
importtrendsfortherelevantproductsoverthelast
fewyears;whereas,however,accordingtotheesti­
matesputforwardbytheMemberS'ates,initialshares
maybefixedatthequantitiessetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned,thequotaamountshould
bedividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalment
beingallocated,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedsubsequentlytocovertherequirementsof
theMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimporters,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communitytariffquotashouldbefixedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybeapproxi­
mately80%ofthequotaamount;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitstotalinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialadditionalshares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose

cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,whichmustbeabletokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotaamounthasbeenusedup
andtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereatif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,•
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
Stateitisessential,topreventapartoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,that
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor­
tionthereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedputbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1JulylS80to30June1981/
aCommunitytariffquotaof7.400tonnesshallbe
openedforfresheels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,
fallingwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,intendedforprocessingby
curingorskinningenterprisesorforuseintheindus­
trialmanufactureofproductsfallingwithinheading
No16.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovi­
sions.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotally-
suspended.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof5.931tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shares,which,subject
toArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1July1980to30
June19g"J,shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:
(tntonnes)
Bénélux ■^936
Denmark ' ■1-206
Germany ■ 2.444,
France
Ireland
.Italy
UnitedKingdom936
206
444
68
5
30
242
2.Thesecondinstalmentof1469tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,.
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%of.itsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits.
3.'If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerprovidedinparagraph2,drawafourth
sha'reequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1981•
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1May1981,theunusedportionsoftheirinitial
shareswhich,on15April19g^|,areinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamounts.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1May1981,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
April19g<jandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quota,anaofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.

Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
May1981oftheamountstillinreserveafteramounts
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofche
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstthatshareinaccordancewith
paragraph3.
Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest.MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
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Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonIJuly
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident