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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)801 final
Brussels,December1981
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding forthe admini­
stration ofaCommunity tariff quota forherrings
falling within subheading 03.01 BIa)2ofthe
Common Customs Tariff (1982 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
.Inthe context ofthe GATT multilateral negotiations ,the Community
hasundertaken toopen annually aduty-free Community tariff quota
for 34,000 tonnes ofherrings ,whole ,headless orinpieces imported
from 16June to14February inafresh ,chilled orfrozen state .
Until now,this undertaking hasbeen met bythe inclusion inRegulation
(EEC )n.100/76,dealing with the common organisation ofmarkets inthe
fishing sector (1),ofaprovision for the total suspension ofcustoms
duty for these products .However ,the renewal ofthis measure ofsuspen­
sion isnolonger envisaged inthe new regulation relevant tothis sub­
ject which will come into effect inthe first half of1982 .
Consequently ,inorder torespect itscommitments ,the Community must
open the Community tariff quota inquestion iftheaforesaid regulation
comes into effect before 16June 1982 .
2.Onthebasis ofdevelopments inthe situation inrecent years ,there
can benodoubt that the Comn.jnity tariff quota for the perdod under
consideration w11have tobelarger that theafore-mentioned 34,000
tonnes tocover foreseeable import needs from third countries .Conse­
quently itisadvisable toenvisage anautonomous supplementary quota
fixed atalevel which will not upset thebalance ofthemarket while at
thesame time assuring aparallel development ofthemarket forCommunity
production andofsupplies fortheconsumer-industries onsatisfactory
terms .
Onthebasis oftheinformation available toit,theCommission proposes
tofixthevolume oftheautonomous supplementary quota at tonnes
and tofixtheglobal quota amount at tonnes .
3.TheCommission 'sproposals forthese ."products aremainly based onthose
"•usually putforward in'the ^-field oftariff quotas .insofar as •
–thequota volumes' aredivided into twoparts ,thefirst consisting
■ oiafairly large' quantity /allocated ;among ,theMember "States ,and .
thesecond being 'areserve intended tocover ;anysupplementary needs ;
-theallocation ofinitial shares to .theMember ;States .isbased on
their past imports from third countries over thelast 3years and
ontheprospects forthequota year concerned .,/. .
4.Theproposed Regulation envisages the ".greyhound system "astheonly me­
thod ofadministration tobeapplied byMember States .
(1)0Jn0L20of28.1.1976 ,p.1.

Proposal for a
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
ct
-opening,allocatingandprovidingforthe-administration ofe.Communitytariff
quotafor herrings falling within subheading 03.01 B"'Ia)2
ofthe Common Customs .Tariff (19*?) ■-
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN -<_
COMMUNITIES .•
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113and28
thereof,. -
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
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WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annual Huty-f r*»«Co"»™u*">ity tariff ouota for34,000 tonnes ofherrings ,
whole ,headless orinpieces ,falling within subheading 03.01 BIa)2
ofthe Common Customs Tariff imported from 16June to14February ina
fresh ,chilled orfrozen state ;
Whereas ,inview ofpresent Community production capacity ,the con­
tractual quota volume of34000 tonnes isinsufficient tomeet antici­
pated import requirements ;whereas provision should therefore bemade
for anautonomous supplementary quota which ,inorder not tojeopardize
the stability ofthe market and soastoensure parallel development ofthe
market forCommunity production and ofsupplies forthe consumer indu­
stries onsatisfactory terms ,should befixed atalevel sothat the
total quota does notexceed itsanticipated minimum utilization ,namely
tonnes ;whereas the fixing ofafigure of tonnes
fortheautonomous supplementary quota does not rule out areadjustment
during the quota period ;whereas the tariff quota concerned should be
opened for the period from 16June 1982 to14February 1983 and alloca­
ted between the Member States :
V7hereasunderArticle64of"theActofAccessionor
1979,GreeceisrequiredtoapplyinfulltheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproductinques­
tionasfrom1January1921;whereas,therefore,
itisnecessarytocover,infavourofthe
tariffquotasinquestion,therequirementsofthat
MemberStateduringthequotaperiod;
Whereasequdandcontinuousaccesstothsquota
shouldbeensuredforailCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoailimportsuntilthequotaisusedrp;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangementbased'onanalloca­
tionbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;

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whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoods,thealio-'
eatidttnhouldfollowproportionately theftsquirements .
:oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsol'
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandaccordingtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
periods
Whereas,duringthelastthree,/forwhich
complete •statisticsareavailable,the
importsofeachMemberState-represent
.thefollowingpercentages inrelationt0
totalimportsoftheproductsinquestion :
19781979'1980 "
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
'Greece
France
Ireland ''
■Italy '
UnitedKingdom '13.04
45.80.'
32.15
r
5.39
0
0.03
3.595.60
52.76
;30.09
»egLigi
5.36
0
0.04
I'6.155.83:
55.89I,
29.27
ble
•3.59 ■
.o.'f.0--
5-42
Whereas,inviewoftheaboveandoftheforeseeable
trendofthemarketfortheseproductsinthequota
periodtheinitialquotamaybeallocatedapproximately
inthefollowingpercentages :
;rBenelux
Denmark"
Germany :
■•Greece
Fxance;
-'Ireland
v>Italy
_UnitedKingdom8.09
51.54 ;■
30.44
0.09\i
•4.75
,0.01 '
•0.02
5.06;'i.
whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimport
trendsforthis/the"quotavolumeshouldbej/product,
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated ;
betweentheMemberStates'andthesecondheldasa^
reservetocover.anysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;;
whereas,togive'importerssomedegreeofcertainty,
thefirstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixed'
atahighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe90%of'
theamountofthequota; "]

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WhereasInitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershareand.soonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission andtheCommission must
beinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly ;•
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
.considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariff,
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers;.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,(tonn<M)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece-■
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondinstalment of
tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
•Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :.
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom16June1982
to1*+February 1983 ;aCommu­
nitytariffquotaoftonnesshallbeopened
withintheCommunityforherrings
fallingwithinsubheading -03.01BIa)2
oftheCommonCustomsTariff. .••
2.'TheCommon -CustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallySUSOended withinthistariffquota.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .2."IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,that.MemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,-after'exhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
-byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1fdrawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
t .
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
• . **
.,•• !'f4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecified/maynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplying'thisparagraphshall
informtheCommission of'.'itsgroundsforsodoing.
•^*
2.Afirstinstalmentoftonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongthaMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom16jur)e19g?
to14Pe&îuary^sha11beasfollows:
1983,.,, ,Article"4
•AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil14February1933.

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Article5Oacimbtr
MemUerStatesshall,notlaterthan1/1982
returnto(hereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15v1982isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.November
Theymayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegrounds .
forbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.December
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1/.1982
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
November 1982andchargedagainsttheCommunity •
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.December
Itshall,notlaterthan5/•1982informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5..
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
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Article7'
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1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeall-appropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle5areopenedinsuchawaythatImportation*maybeehergedwlifyeutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.ThfeMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation ..
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
'itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.'
Article8.
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith..
I~
r«Articlel'fp
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16June ,
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

r«T /M' f:r i"p t •>J Date :
1.J.ijrjK ;budgétaire concernée :Chap .12art .120
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2.Base juridique :Art .113 ci.2.8 ■
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :
Proposition dorèglement duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition
etmode degestion d'un .contingent tarifaire' communautaire contractuel
pour des harengs delasous-position 03.01BIa2duT.D.C.
4.Objectif :
Respecter lesengagements contractés par laCommunauté auGATT
etassurer unapprovisionnement satisfaisant desindustries
communautaires . ;
5.Mode decalcul :
-N*dLT.D.C.
-Volu -.i;Uu/&6£/contingent (Jsf)/
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.
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6.P'.-.rtc riorocottes :
Valeur d'une tonne :590 écus
Valeur totale : ""
Perte derecettes (15 Y.)=03.01 BIa2
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0%
15X
ecus
3CUS
Parrapport àlamême période précédente (16juin 1981 au
14février 1982 =importations àdroit nul sans limites
quantitatives ),diminution despertes de écus .
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