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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(75)231 final .
Brussels ,20May 1975
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forcertain eels falling within subheading ex
03.01 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff for1976
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75 )231final .

EXPLA.TÎATOIîY MEMORANDUM
Duringrecentyears,eelfishinghasbeenprohibited ,mcertain
Communityproductioncentresorhasbecomeimpossibleasaresult .
ofpollution.Effortshavebeenmadetoincreaseproductioninother
centresinorderatleasttocompensateforthelossinavailable
supplies.Inspiteoftheseeffortstherehasbeenaconsiderable
reductioninCommunityproduction,asaresultofwhichithasbeoome
necessarytoimportinordertomaintainsuppliestotheprocessing
industries oftheMemberStates.
ThissituationledtheCouncil,aotingonaproposalfromtheCommission,
toopenbeginningin1971»anil-dutyCommunitytariffquotaforoertain
typesoffresheels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin
subheading Noex03.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Sincethenthesituationonthemarketinquestionhasnotimproved
noticeably.ItthereforeseemsdesirabletoopenafurtherCommunity
tariffquotafor197^foranappropriatequantityofeels,whilebearing
inmindthefactthatCommunityproductionmayrise#Thisistheobjeot
oftheproposalannexedhereto.
TheMemberStates*expertswhoparticipated intheconsultative
meetingofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"Group(lVl8April1975)
expressedagreementinprincipletotheschemeforallocationof
sharesproposedbytheCommissionintheframeworkoftheregulation
annexed.
C?

ANNEX
■-Proposal
REGULATION (EEC)NoOFTHECOUNCIL
Of:"■'.V :"'
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariff'quotafor
certaineelsfallingwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tarifffor1976"
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle'73
thereof; ■
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereaseelfishinghasbeenprohibitedorhas
becomeimpossibleincertainCommunityproduction
centres;whereasthishasledtoadropinCommunity
productionofeelsingeneralandparticularly c>ffresh
eels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin-
subheadingex03.01A11oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,intendedforcuringorskinningorforusein
theindustrialmanufactureof.productsfallingwithin
headingNo16.04;whereastheprocessingindustries
intheCommunityconsequentlydependtoalarge
extentonimportsfortheirsuppliesofeels;whereas
for1976",theapplicationoftheautonomousCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshouldthereforebesuspended
totallyonimportsoftherelevantproductsuptoan
appropriatequantitativelimit;whereas,withinthis
limit,thenewMemberStatesshouldapplycustoms
dutiesasprovidedintheActofAccession(');whereas
however,theUnitedKingdomhasdeclaredthatfrom
IJanuary1974itwillalignitsdutiesdirectlyonthose
oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas,theintro­
ductionofaCommunitymeasureofthisnatureis
unlikelytoharmCommunityproduction ;
WhereascurrentdemandnotmetbyCommunity
production,whichmustthereforebemetbyimports,
canbeestimatedat5500metrictonsforI97<J;
whereasatariffquotafortherelevanttypes,ofeel
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1975onthecondi­
tionssetoutabove;.
Whereasitis'inparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli-,
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheseprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStateslistedbelow;
whereasstatisticsavailablefortheseproductsdonot
giveaclearpictureofthemarketsituationforthem;
whereas,therefore,itisnotpossibletoallocatethe
quotaamongtheMemberStatesonthebasisof
importsoftherelevantproductsoverthelastfew
years;whereas,however,accordingtotheestimates
putforwardbytheMemberStates,initialsharesmay
befixedatthefollowingquantities:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1.^00 metric tons ,
1.000 metric tons ,
2.200 metric tons ,
100metric tons ,
10metric ton£ ,
90metric tons ,
200 metric tons :
(')OJNoL73.27.3..1972,p.14.Whereasinordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevel–which,under,presentcircum­
stances,maybe94%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesottheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
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havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshares
shoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesis
almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalsharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministra­
tioncallsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommissionwhichmust,inparticular,
beabletoobservetheextentto-whichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sinceif,ataspecifieddateinthequota
period,aconsiderablebalanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
returnalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTKD THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.Fortheperiodfrom1January197dto31
December1976;aCommunitytariffquotaofSSOO
metrictonsshallbeopenedforfresheels(liveor
dead)chilledorfrozen,fallingwithinsubheadingex
0.5.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,intended
forcuringorskinningorforuseintheindustrial
manufacture ofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo
16.04,underconditionstobedeterminedby.the
competentauthorities .
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspendedonproductsimportedunderthis
tariffquota. "
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedinaccor­
dancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActofAcces­
sion.
Anide
)
I.\firsttranche,amountingto5000metrictons,
shalllieallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
share;-which,subjecttoArticle'5,shallbevaliduntil
31DecemberIV7&shallconsistofthefollowingamounts :
Benelux
Denmark .'
Germany
France
Ircland
Italy
UnitedKingdonil.H-00 metric tons ,
1.000 metric tons ,
2.200 metric tons ,100 metric tons ,
10metric tons ,
90metric tons ,
200 metric tons .
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingtoS"00metric
tons,shallmakeupthereserve.
Artide3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
Arficle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallproceedwithout,delay,bynoti-,
.fyingtheCommission ,todrawasecondshareequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup'tothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph2todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilreserveis
exhausted .
4.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs I,2andthe
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthem,toapplythisparagraph.
-Artide4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallhevaliduntil31December1976 *.
Artide5
The Member States shall return tothe
reserve ,notlater than 1September 1976 ,
theunused portion oftheir initial share
which ,on15August 1976 ,isinexcess .-; j
of20%oftheinitial amount .They shall s
return alarger quantity ifthere are >
reasons toconsider that such quantity
'I
might notbeused . j
Each Member State shall ,--notlater than >|
1September 1976 ,notify theCommission of "'|
;thetotal imports oftheproducts concer - j
nedeffected upto15August 1976 inclusive ,;
andcharged against theCommunity quota I
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and,whereappropriate ,theproportionofitsinitial
sharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2andIandshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5September
197/5",notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Artide7
I.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedinitsterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidproductagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinform.theCommission at
regularintervalsofimportschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
I97tf!
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. -
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