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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels,22June1976.
RECOMMENTATION "FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concludingtheexchangeoflettersamendingcertainprovisions
ofProtocolNo6totheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofIceland.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(76)318final.
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Commission Communication tothe Council
1.Article 1(l)ofProtocol No6totheAgreement between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublic ofIceland signed on22July 1972
provides foraprogressive reduction ofthecustoms duty of15$applied
toimports offish fillets falling within subheading No.03.01 BIIb)of
the CCT .
2.On1March 1972 theCommittee onCommon Customs Tariff Nomenclature putinto
effect aclassification opinion oftheCustoms Cooperation Council under which
deep frozen rawfish fillets coated with breadcrumbs ,classified under
subheading No03.01 BIIb),were henceforward tobeclassified under
heading No16.04 (prepared orpreserved fish ).
3.Atthetime oftheconclusion oftheEEC-Iceland Agreement ,theContracting
Parties had notbeen informed ofthis classification opinion ofthe Customs
Cooperation Council ,anditwasclearly thedesire oftheParties toinclude
allfrozen fish fillets ,including fish fillets coated with breadcrumbs ,in
thetariff reduction provided forinArticle l(l)ofProtocol No.6.
4.Inorder toavoid this amendment totheCCTresulting intheexclusion of
fish fillets coated with breadcrumbs ,nowtransferred tosubheadings
Nos16.04 CandG,from thebenefit oftheprovisions laid down in
Article 1(l)ofProtocol No6,theCommission ishereby submitting for
theapproval oftheCouncil recommendation foraCouncil regulation concluding
anexchange ofletters amending certain provisions ofProtocol No6tothe
Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic of
Iceland .
5.TheCommission recommends that theCouncil conclude andapprove theexchange
ofletters annexed tothis Communication saiddesignate theperson empowered
tosign this exchange ofletters inorder tobind the Community .Itis
proposed that Mr.deKergorlay should sign onbehalf oftheCommunity .In
that case theAmbassador ofIceland could sign onbehalf ofhisGovernment .

Recoraiendation forCouncilRegulation (EEC)No/76
concludingtheexchangeoflettersamendingcertainprovisionsof
ProtocolNo6totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofIceland
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theRepublicofIceland,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereasitisnecessarytoamendcertainprovisionsofProtocolNo6tothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofIceland
andtoconcludetheexchangeoflettersforthatpurposedated 1976,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersamendingcertainprovisions
ofProtocolNo6totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theRepublicofIcelandisherebyconcludedandapprovedonbehalfofthe
Community.
ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisRegulation.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtosigntheAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters
referredtoinArticle1withtheeffectofbindingtheCommunity.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1stJuly1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident

LetterNo1
Brussels.
YourExcellency,
Article1(l)ofProtocolNo6totheAgreement "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofIcelandsignedon22July1972
providesforaprogressivereductionofthecustomsdutyof15$applied
toimportsoffishfilletsfallingwithinsubheadingNo03*01BIIt)of
theCommonCustomsTariff.
Followingadecisionadoptedin1972"bytheCommitteeonCommonCustoms
TariffNomenclature ,frozenrawfishfilletscoatedwithbreadcrumbs now
fallwithinsubheadings Nos16.04CandG(preparedorpreservedfish).
Inordertoavoidfishfilletscoatedwithbreadcrumbs ofsubheadings
Nos16.04CandGbeingexcluded,asaresultofthisamendment,fromthe
benefitoftheprovisionsofthesaidArticle1,amendmentsofformshould
bemadetothetext.TheseamendmentsaresetoutintheAnnextothis
letter.
IhavethehonourtoinformyouoftheagreementoftheCommunityto
theseamendmentsandIproposethattheyshouldenterintoforceon
1July1976.Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmthe
agreementofyourGovernmenttotheseamendments.
Pleaseaccept,yourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighest
consideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncilofthe
EuropeanCommunities

ANNEX
Protocol No6ishereby amended asfollows :
concerning thespecial provisions applicable toimports ofcertain
fish products into the Community .
Article 1
(a) (unchanged )
M
Common Customs Tariff
Heading HoDescription
02.04
to
ex15»12(unchanged )
16.04 Prepared orpreserved fish ,including caviar and
substitutes :
A.Caviar and caviar substitutes
C.Herring :
I.Fillets ,raw ,coated with batter or
"breadcrumbs ,deep frozen
G.Other :
I.Fillets ,raw ,coated with batter or
breadcrumbs ,deep frozen
16.05 (unchanged )
23.01 (unchanged )
2
3(unchanged )
Common Customs
Tariff heading NoDescription
16.04 Prepared orpreserved fish ,including caviar and
caviar substitutes :
C.Herring :
II.Other
exG.Other :
II.Other ,excluding preserved smoked
coalfish

LetterHo2
Brussels.
Sir.
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodayworded
asfollows:
"Articlel(l)ofProtocolNo6totheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofIcelandsignedon22July1972providesfora
progressivereductionofthecustomsdutyof15$appliedtoimportsoffish
filletsfallingwithinsubheadingNo03.01BIIb)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
Follov/ingadecisionadoptedin1972bytheCommitteeonCommonCustoms
TariffNomenclature ,frozenrawfishfilletscoatedwith"breadcrumbs now
fallwithinsubheadingsNos16.04CandG(preparedorpreservedfish).
Inordertoavoidfishfilletscoatedwithbreadcrumbsofsubheadings
Nos16.04CandGbeingexcluded,asaresultofthisamendment,fromthe
benefitoftheprovisionsofthesaidArticle1,amendmentsofformshould
bemadetothetext.TheseamendmentsaresetoutintheAnnex;tothis
letter.
IhavethehonourtoinformyouoftheagreementoftheCommunitytothese
amendmentsandIproposethattheyshouldenterintoforceon1July1976.
Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyour
Governmenttotheseamendments.
Pleaseaccept,yourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration."
IhavethehonourtoconfirmtheagreementofmyGovernmentwiththe
foregoing.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofayhighestconsideration.
(signed)Ambassador

ARK2X
Protocol No6ishereby amended asfollows :
concerning thespecial provisions applicable "toimports ofcertain
fish products into the Community ,
Article 1
(a)........ (uncha&ged )
00
' 1 1 1ιι
Common Customs Tariff II Description
Heading No ■
1
I
02.04
to ! (unchanged )
ex15.12
16.04 1Prepared orpreserved fish ,including caviar and
substitut es :
IA»Caviar and caviar substituteG
!C.Herring :
I.Fillets ,raw ,coated with "batter or
j
I breatf crumbs ,deep frozen
J
!G.Other :
I.Fillets ,raw ,coated with batter or
ιbreadcrumbs ,deep frozen
16.05 !(unchanged )
23.01 (unchanged )
2
3(unchanged )
Common Custorasi ;r~ 1Description
Tariff heading No
I
16.04!
I * .
|Prepared orpreserved fish ,including caviar and
caviar substitut es :
1C.Herring :
II.Other
exu.Other :
Ii.Other ,excluding preserved smoked
coalfish