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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIE
COM (82)423final
■Brussels «28June 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC
opening ,allocating andproviding for ,theadministration of
Community Tariff quotas forherrings falling within subhea­
ding 03.01 BIa)2ofthe ;-Common Customs Tariff .
-s "y
(submitted tothe C:
L'by Commission
COM (82)hZb final

EXPLANATORI MEMORANDUM
1.TheCommission undertook,duringtheFishingCouncilon15June1982,
toproduceandsubmittotheCounciladraftRegulation opening,al­
locatingandprovidingforthemanagementofaduty-free Community
Tariffquotaof60,000tonnesforherringsofsubheading 03.01BIa)
coveringtheperiodfrom16June1984to31December1984.The
Councilagreedtoreachadiscussion onthisproposalatitsmeets
on28/29June1982.
Z0However,sincefortheseproductsthereisa6ATTundertaking to
openanannualtariffquotaof34,000tonnesfortheperiod16June-
14FebruarytheCommission,intheannexedRegulation,hasdecided:
-todividetheabove-mentioned quotaof60*000tonnesintotwo
parts,oneof34,000tonnescoveringtheperiodof16June1984to
14February1985andtheotherof26,000tonnesconstituting an
autonomous amountcoveringtheperiod16Juneto31December1984;
-togivepriorityasregardsutilisation tothecontractualtariff
quotaof34,000tonnes.
3.Thesystemofmanagement proposedisthatnormallyemployedinthe
fieldofCommunitytariffquotas,thatistosay;
-thecreationofareserveshare,amountingto6,000tonnes.The
constitution ofsuchareserveisparticularly justifiedinthe
presentcasebecausenotallMemberStateswillparticipate inthe
initialallocationofthequotas,andbecauseithasnotbeenpossi
.bletocalculateexistinginitialquota-shares asaccurately as
couldbedescribed; ;■
-theallocationoffirstinstalments proratatoenvisagedrequi­
rements,calculated onthebasisoftheallocation madeforthe
period16June1983to14February1984;
-changesmadeagainstMemberStates'quotash'aresasandwhenthe
productsinquestionareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities for
freecirculation . •

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)<.
oprkg,allocatingaadpnmdia(fortheidmiakniioaofCommunitytariffquotasfor
bcrrogsfaJlisgwkkiaiukfecedissg03.01BIa)2oftheCommonQutomsTariff
!
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthej
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularj
Articles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityundertook .toopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotafor34000
tonnesofherrings,whole,headlessorinpieces,
fallingwithinsubheading03.01BIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffimportedfrom16Juneto|
14lebruaryinafresh,chilledorfrozenstate,subject
tocompliancewiththereferenceprice;whereas
theCommunityhasmetitsobligations byopening,for
theperiods16June1982to14February1983and16June
1983to14February1984,duty-freetariffquotasof
84,700tonnesand74,000tonnesrespectively inRegula­
tion(EEC)no3798/81of29December1981(1);whereas
therecanbenodoubtatpresent,takingintoaccount
foreseableproductionpossibilities intheCommunity
duringtheperiodfrom16June1984to14February1985,thatthe
contractualquotavolumeof34000tonneswillbe
insufficienttomeetanticipatedimportrequirements ;
whereasprovisionshouldthereforebemadeforan
autonomoussupplementary quotawhich,inordernot
tojeopardizethestabilityofthemarketandsoasto
ensureparalleldevelopmentofthemarketfor
Communityproductionandofsatisfactorysupplies
fortheconsumerindustries,shouldbefixedatalevel
whichissuchthatthetotalquotadoesnotexceedits
anticipatedminimumutilization;whereasforthe
samereasons,theperiodofvalidityoftheautonomous
supplementary quotashouldbelimitedto31December1984;
whereas,therefore,itisappropriatetoopenforthe
periodsfrom16June1954to14February1985andfirom
PaJunetc3TOecemCer tarfff "qucrtascrff
tonnesand26,000tonnesrespectively,andtoallocatethem
betweenMemberStates,bearinginmindtheobligationto
complywithanyreferencepricewhichmaybefixed;
(1)0JNoL379of31.12,1981-P.48.
«
l

WhereasunderAnnie64ofifoe1979Actofj
Accession,Greeceisrequiredtoapplyit-fullthe|
iCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectoithe
;productinquestionasfromIjiauuy1981;whereas,
'therefore,itisnecessarytocover,underthetariff
quotasinquestion,therequirementsofthatMember
'Stateduringthequotaperiod; j
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequofas
shouldbeensuredforailCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotasshouidbeapplied 1
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotasareused
up;whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlined
above,aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequotas;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoods,this
allocationshouldfollowproportionately the
requirementsoftheMemberSutescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentativereferenceperiodandaccordingtothe
economicoudookforthequouperiodsinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeperiodsforwhich
completestatistics 1areavailable,theimportsofeach
jMemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesin
1•relationtototalimporuoftheproductsinquestion:1
1971 »9791980
Benelux 1)045-605-13
t
Denmark 45-8052-765589
Germany 32-1530-09.29-27
Greece negligible
France 5-395-363-59
Ireland 000
Italy 0-030-040
UnitedKingdom 3-596-155-42
jWhereas,inviewoftheaboveandofthefore-
jseeabletrendofthemarketfortheseproductsinthe
quotaperiodstheintitiaiquotasharesmaybeasindiA
catedinArticles2and3;
Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimport
trendsforthisproductthequotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated
betweentheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsof
MemberSuteswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
jshares;whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeof
Jcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetriffquotas
shouldbefixedatahighlevel,which'istitnCJije
•coukibe90%oftheatnountofthequotas;

-^
Whe:asinitialiresmaybeusedupatdifferent
rj;r.-vhere.re>avoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accv,-titsouibeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whihasaiirjstuseduponeofitsinitialshares
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
jquotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
|requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
jStatesandtheCommissionandtheCommissionmust1
jbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
|whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinform
]theMemberStatesaccordingly;
1
Ï
jWhereas,ifatagivendateinoneofthequota
iperiodsaconsiderablequantityofaMemberState'!
initialshareremainsunuseditisessentialthatsuch
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftc
thereserve,inordertopreventapartofthe
,Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedir
oneMemberStatewhileitcouidbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministrationoftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybeearnedout
byanyoneofitsmembers, !,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Artici»1
1.withoutprejudicetoparagraph2belowandtoArticle8,
paragraph3,subparagraph 2thefollowingCommunitytariffquotas
beopenedforherringsfallingwithinsubheading03.01BIa)2oftheCommonCustomsTariff:
*>34000tonnesfortheperiodfrom16June1984to14Feb­
ruary1985;
b)26000tonnesfortheperiodfrom16Juneto31December1984.
2Theuseofthetariffquotasreferredtoin
para^rjr*Ishallbesubjecttocompliancewithany
referencepricewhic^maybefixed. j
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshall
totallysuspendedwithinthesetariffquotas.

-4
Artide2
!
'I.^EachoftheComtnunhyx&riifquotasitfcmiK»
inAnicleJ(1)shallbedividedmtotwoinsiaEtnenu.
! 1
2.Thefinsinstalmentshallheallocatedemotg
certainMemberSuites;thesham.%hich.luhipciw»j
Article6.shallbev»l«dfromI*June>*$4u»14^
Februarylfgjandfrom16Juneto3-}E>ec?rTfc.ef.
respectively -S-"JAfe-easfoUod's:
(tenmetë
Fica14JuneIHii
<0
14MnuiyIMSfttm16Ji«f
i©
31December
Benelux 2096 1555
Denmark 1801413365
Germany 9216 6838
France 837 621
UnitedKingdom 837 621
3.Thesecondinstalment,constitutingthereserve,
'shallconsistof3000tonnesintheperiod16June
.198"to14Februaryjandof3000tonnesinthe
period16June'to31'becember1984.
ArticleJ
Ifanimportergivesnoticeofimminentimportations ofthe
productsinquestioninGreece,IrelandorItaly'andrequests
thebenefitofthequotas,theMemberStateconcernedshall
drawaquota-shareequaltotheseneedsfromthejcorresponding
reserve,totheextentthatthereservesopermits.
Article4
oneof
I.HaMemberStatehasused90°/oormoreof/is!
initialsharcsasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare.jminusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoj
Article6,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe|Commission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatf
thecorresponding reservesopermits,equalto10%_
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothe
nestwholenumber.
oneof.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhausting/itsinitial
sharcf,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshate
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inikj
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraphi,,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinif&Sshare,
roundedupasmeeessaiiyIDthenextwholeUMSNBC?.

'<"*errUfSti-t,aivrtxHa'js'.ir.grecord
.:>.re,vt:90%ormoreofthethirdjiwe
n«":yy%thatMecr.b^rSuitshall,inthemanner
andto">:extentprovidedinparagraph 1»drawa
fourthsLareequaltothethird.each
■!i<Jprocessshallapplyuntilreserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs I,2and
3,aMemberStaterpaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
ArticleJ
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbe
validuntil14February1985and31December""*!984
respectively.
Artide6
MemberSlatesshall,notlaterthan15November1984
-o,returnto
thereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshares
which,on1November198^
isinexcessof10%oftheinitialvolume.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November1984
notifytheCommissionofthe
totalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimported
uptoandincluding 1November198^
andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotas,andofanyportionoftheirinitialstares
returnedtothe-corresponding reserves.
Artide7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
epenedby?.heV.^berSfAte?pursuanttoArticles2,
3and4?j-4jMi_asvxsaasy\eunfomawco .reaches
it,m'orrr. ofextenttowk'chshe
fe&'-l'Viyl';W7J Vp,

.s«SU»
I«»K*l!.no«btrrdun20*»ove«b?P1984i
informthe
MemberState*oftheamountmilinm«m,
following#r»ymureolstarespur?teamsoAnkle6.
Itshallrawfftiuiiltfdrawing«kkheabuiuthe
tof«i(K»<li«|mmtdonno*r>t«dthebaUncc
available,andtothisendshallnotifytheamountofj
(hatbalancetothtMeo&erStat*makingthelax
drawing. ;
ArtiftfM
1.FheMemberStatesshalltakeailappropriate
mcnurotoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle4areopenedinsuchawaythat
importationsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunity
quotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftht
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation. i
Chargesagainstthetariffquotareferredtoarticle1
paragraph 1(b)canonlytakeplaceinaMemberStateafter
thecompleteexhaustionoftheinitialquota-shareallocated
toit-underthequotareferredtoinarticle1paragraph1<a^
andafterexhaustionofthepossibilities ofdrawingonthe
Communityreserveconstitutedforthislatterquota*
j4,TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasvsed
iupitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
]importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
\ Artide5
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMcmbei
StatesshallinformkclimportsaCTtsalfycharges
againsttheirshares.

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