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COMMISSION 0FTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(72)1584 final
Brussels.12December1972
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
layingdowngeneralrulesfordetermining landingareasfor
fisheryproductswhichareverydistantfromthemaincentres
ofconsumption intheCommunity
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
fixingtheguidepriceforIrelandforplaicefor1973
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
)
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemofcompensatory
amountsforplaice
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(72)1584final

EXPL ANÀTORY MEMORANDUM
Draft Regulation laying down general rules fordetermining landing
areas for fishery products which are very distant from the main centres of
consumption intheCommunity .
Council Regulation (EEC )No21^2/70of20October 1970 onthe
common organization ofthemarket infishery products ,aslast
amended bythe ;*ctannexed totheTreaty concerning Accession to
theEuropean Economic Community and theEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,lays down inArticle 10(^)first subparagraph that the
withdrawal price may bemultiplied byconversion factors for
landing areas which are very distant inorder toensure that
producers inthose areas have access tomarkets under satisfactory
conditions .
r ■The purpose ofthis Regulation istoadopt general rules for
determining the landing areas inquestion .
Draft Regulation fixing the guide price forIreland forplaice for
the year 1973 *
Pursuant toArticles 51and 98oftheAct annexed totheabove­
(
mentioned Accession Treaty ,guide prices for fishery products to
beapplied inMember States must befixed inaccordance with rules
provided for inthe common organization ofthemarket inthe sector
iruquestion and respecting given criteria .Inthe great majority
ofcases these prices are fixed atthe same level .
Since Article .10(^0 ofRegulation (EEC )No21^2/70does notapply
toproducts for which prices innew Member States are higher than
intheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,aspecial guide price
must befixed forplaice -and dab inIreland .

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The purpose ofthis Regulation istoamend the rules for fixing
guide prices forfishery products listed inAnnex I(A)and (C)of
Regulation No21^2/70forthefishing year 1973 byfixing theguide price
for Ireland for plaice and dab .
Financial effects
Financial costs will bereduced byapplying conversion factors for
certain landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of
consumption intheCommunity .However the size ofthe reduction cannot
becalculated because itisnot possible now toestimate when producers'
organizations will beestablished and ,inthe event ,how far they will
apply theCommunity withdrawal price .
With regard tothe fixing ofthe guide price for plaice ordab in
Ireland nofinancial cost isestimated since inthelight ofinformation
from Irish experts there will very probably benowithdrawal .
Since the guide prices inthe three new Member States for the other
fishery products listed inannex I(A)and (C)ofRegulation (EEC )
No2142/70will beidentical tothose intheCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,the financial cost offixing these prices will beincreased
bytwomillion units ofaccount ,which amount has been calculated onthe
basis ofinformation supplied bythe three new Member States .
The total oftwo million units ofaccount ismade upasfollows :
United Kingdom : 1000 000 u.a .
Denmark : 700 000 u.a ,
Ireland : 300 000 u.a .
2000 000 u.a .

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
laying down general rules fordetermining landing areas for fishery
products which are very distant from themain centres of
consumption intheCommunity
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ;
(1)Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No21^2/70 of
20October 1970 onthe common organization ofthemarket infishery
products ,aslast amended bytheAct annexed totheTreaty concerning
theaccession ofnew Member States tothaEuropean Economic Community
and totheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,signed atBrussels on
(2)22February 1972 ,andinparticular Article 10(^+)thereof ;
*
Having regard tothe proposal from theCommission ;
Whereas inorder toensure that producers inlanding areas which
are very distant from themain centres of _consumption intheCommunity
have access tomarkets under .satisfactory conditions ,the price
referred tointhefirst subparagraph ofArticle 10(^0 ofRegulation
(EEC )No21^2/70maybemultiplied byconversion factors forthese areas ;
Whereas general rules should be .laid down fordetermining the
landing areas inquestion ; -
Whereas the distances between the landing areas and the centres of
consumption ,specific conditions affecting transport ,thestructural
situation ofcertain areas and the structure ofsupply and demand
affecting them are factors which may impede access tomarkets ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
f1)
)(OJNoL236 ,27October 1970 ,p.5.
.OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.ik.

Article 1
The landing areas referred tointhe first subparagraph of
Article 10(k)ofRegulation (EEC )No21^2/70shall bedetermined
taking account of:
~'Distances between thelanding areas and themain centres of
consumption intheCommunity ;
~ ■Specific conditions affecting transport which may impede access
tomarkets under satisfactory conditions ;
"" The special structural situation existing incertain areas in
order toensure anormal market for products ,
"* The structure ofsupply and demand and inparticular the conditions
inwhich abalanced supply toCommunity markets may beensured .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January 1973 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly
applicable inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , 19–•
For the Council
The Président

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
( m
Having regard totheTreaty concerning theaccession ofnewMember
States totheEuropean Economic Community and totheEuropean Atomic
(1)Energy Community ,signed atBrussels on22January 1972 ,andin
particular Article 153 oftheAct annexed thereto ,hereinafter called
"theAct"; r
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,pursuant toArticles 51and 98of .theAct ,guide prices for
fishery products tobeapplied ineach new Member State shall befixed in
accordance with therules laid down inthe common organization ofthe
market inthis sector and respecting given criteria ;whereas ,forDenmark
andIreland ,these criteria provide that guide prices shall befixed at
alevel which allows producers inthis sector toobtain .returns equivalent
tothose obtained under the previous national system and ,for the
United Kingdom ,that those prices shall befixed atalevel such that the
application ofCommunity rules results .inalevel ofmarket prices
comparable with the level recorded inthat Member .State during arepresentative
period preceding the implementation oftheCommunity rules ; '
Whereas ,under Article 151 oftheAct ,theapplication tonew
Member States ofCommunity rules for fishery products istobedeferred
until 1February 1973 ?whereas this date coincides with that laid dov /n
inarticle 98oftheAct forthefirst move towards alignment ofguide
prices fornew Member States tocommon prices ;whereas thepartioular
guide pride 'sfor those Member States valid from 1February 1973 should
therefore befixed taking account ofthe .first move towards alignment to
becarried out pursuant toArticle 52ofthe .Act ;
•••/•••
(1)OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.5.

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whereas ,inthe gre=it majority ofcases ,the result ofapplying
the provisions mentioned above-is -the–fixing -for new Member States of
(2)guide prices asfixed byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No..../ 72 fixing
theguide prices forfishery products listed inAnnex I(A)and (C)of
Regulation (EEC )No21^2/70forthefishing year 1973 >whereas ,infact ,
only one guide price must befixed atalevel different from that of
the common prices ;that applicable inIreland for plaice and dab ;
whereas theabevementioned Regulation should beamended accordingly ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Thefollowing Article 1(a )isinserted inCouncil Regulation
(EEC)No /72'of *
"Article 1(a)
With effect from 1February 1973 ,and byway ofderogation from
Article 1,the guide price forplaice inIreland ,valid until -
31December 1973 ,isfixed as -follows :
I
Species1 ' (1)Product iGuide price
(u.a./OFreshness categoryiSize IPrésentation
L L
Plaice l
ordab I!A !I Ifish gutted
;with headk30
(1)VI /T-ii I • -i _ _in i__ J_-f»'Freshness category ,size ,andpresentation shall bedefined in
accordance with Article 2ofRegulation (EEC )No21^+2/70."
Article 2
*
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1973 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , 19–•
For the Council
The Presxbnt
(2)OJNo ••••*••••, P•##
"Re>rTii"lo+--ir>r > foryo ^fnin ron "fn1 *rfr .

Vl/^406/72-E
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1 .Tocompensate for differences inprice levels between the .
Community asoriginally constituted (hereinafter called "the
Six")and thenewMember States ,Article 55(l )of .the .Act
concerning the Conditions ofAccession and theAdjustments to
theTreaties (hereinafter called "theAct")provides that
compensatory amounts shall beapplied intrade between thelatter
and the EEC .Intrade between the new Member States and third
countries ,thelevies andexport refunds arereduced orincreased ,
asthe case may be,bythese compensatory amounts .
'2.Asregards fishery products ,there isonly one product towhich
Article 52ofthe Act must beapplied and forwhich aspecific
guide price must beapplied from 1February 1973 and asystem
ofcompensatory amounts must beintroduced ,namely Irish plaice .
3.Under Article 55(2 )oftheAct ,made applicable byArticle 98
thereof ,the compensatory amounts applicable intrade between
theCommunity asoriginally constituted and the new Member
States ,andbetween those States and third countries ,are tobe
equal tothe difference between the prices fixed for the new
Member State inquestion and the common price .
k.Asregards thefixing ofcompensatory amounts forfishery
products ,Article 99oftheAct provides that they shall be
corrected ,totheextent necessary ,byreference tothe amount
ofcustoms duties .
5.Intrade between Ireland and third countries ,the rate of
customs duty applied byIreland isidentical tothat applied
bythe Community inrelation tothe same countries .Thus in
trade between Ireland and third countries the amount of
customs duties istobedisregarded incalculating the
compensatory amount .
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6.Thepurpose ofcompensatory amounts inintra -Community trade
istopromote thesatisfactory circulation ofproducts between
Member States with different price levels .Tothat end these
amounts -equal tothe difference between the guide price for
plaice fixed for Ireland and the common guide price -must be
adjusted byreference tothe amount ofcustoms duty .This
amount isassessed differently for imports into Ireland and for
exports from Ireland toother Community countries :
-where plaice having the trade characteristics ofthe product
for which the guide price isfixed are imported into Ireland ,
this amount isassessed byapplying the Irish customs duties tothe
common guide price ..This is,infact ,the price most representative
ofthe prices ofproducts exported byMember States other than Ireland ,
The amount thus calculated isdeducted from the basic amount when
Ireland imports products from theSix orfrom other newMember
States ;
-onexports ,theamount (ofcustoms duties )isequal tothe'
difference between the common guide price and anamount which ,
when adjusted byreference tothe custom duty applied bythe
(1importing Member Stcite ,would beequal tothe said guide price .
Itisthis amount which isadded tothe basic amount upon exportation
totheSix ortoother newMember States . /#••/•••
(1)Example :Suppose the market price inIreland is150 u.a .,the common
guide price is100u.a .and customs duty intheimporting Member State is
15%•When Ireland exports totheother Member States ,thebasic amount
would be150-100 =50u.a .;the other Member States apply that customs
duty .Theamount ofthe .customs duty ,acorrective factor tobeadded in
this case tothebasic amount ,must besocalculated astoreduce theprice
ofthe Irish product toalevel which ,when adjusted byreference tothe
customs duty oftheimporting Member State ,isthesame asthat ofthecommon
guide price .Thecompensatory amount thus comprises thebasic amount
(50)+theamount ofcustoms duties (x)..Inthis example xwould equal
100 (common guide price )-(100x100 )=13.05 u.a .Thecompensatory amount
115isthus equal to50u.a .+ 13»05 u.a .=63.05 u.a .Irish exports are
made cheaper bysomuch ,bythegranting ofthis amount .Consequently their
price will be150-63.05 =86.95 u.a .Application ofthecustoms duty to
this price (115% x86.95 )raises theprice to100u.a .

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7.For plaice having trade characteristxcs other than those used
infixing the guide price ,i.e. forproducts other than the
pilot product ,the guide prices entering into the calculation of
tliecompensatory amount must beadjusted forquality 'differences .
This adjustment ismade bymeans ofquality conversion factors .
•i
8.Article 55(*0 oftheActprovides that nocompensatory amount
istobefixed where application oftherelevant provisions
results inaminimal amount .Itisproposed that this should
beapplied where the compensatory amount would belower than
0.5 units ofaccount per 100 kilogrammes .Moreover ,asthe
compensatory amount isassessed asafixed amount ,itis
proposed that when the amount ofcustoms duties isless than
1unit ofaccount per 100 kilogrammes ,itshould beequal to
the basic amount .
9»Financial conséquences :
This Regulation provides for the granting ofcompensatory
amounts only onexports from Ireland .According toinformation
furnished bytheMember State inquestion tothe Commission
such exports have not taken place inthepast and areunlikely
todosointhe near future .
The financial consequences ofthis Regulation may therefore
beconsidered tobenegligeable .

VIA406 /72-E
»Application ofprovisions oftheAct
concerning Accession asregards agriculture
Atits session of ,the Council oftheEuropean
Communities ,following theprocedure laid down initsResolution
of20July 1972 and after consulting theInterim Committee ,
approved the text ofthe draft Regulation ,annexed hereto ,which
was submitted toitbytheCommission and will ,after the entry into
force oftheAccession Treaty ,beadopted formally inaccordance with
theprocedures laid down bythat Treaty .

VI/^06/72-E
Orig .F
Froposal fora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE GOUI-TCIL
laying down general rules for the system ofgompensatory amounts
for plaice
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty concerning theaccession ofthenewMember
States totheEuropean Economic Community and theEuropean Atomic Energy
(1)Community ,signed atBrussels on22February 1972 ,and inparticular
Article 62(1 )ofthe^ct (hereinafter called "theAct")annexed thereto ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,under articles 513-nd 52ofthe iict ,prices may befixed for the
new Member States atlevels which differ from those ofthe common prices ;
whereas aguide price has been fixed for fishery products which isdifferent
from the common guide prices ;whereas this price isvalid inIreland for
plaice ;
Whereas ,under article 55ofthe -ict ,differences inprice levels are to
becompensated byasystem ofcompensatory amounts ;
Whereas thecompensatory amounts applicable intrade with Ireland are thus
equal tothe difference between the prices fixed for that new Member State
and the common prices adjusted ,tothe extent necessary ,byreference tothe
amount ofcustoms duties ;
Whereas intrade between Ireland and third countries this amount may be
disregarded since the rate ofcustoms duties levied bythat new Member
State onimports from third countries isidentical tothat applied bythe
Community asoriginally constituted ;
•••/•••
(1)OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.5.

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Whereas inother Irish trade that amount must beassessed asafixed amount
based onthe guide price and taking accKrantr "ofthe fact that where a
compensatory amount isgranted the prices inthe importing country already
include customs duties ;
Whereas ,for plaice with the trade characteristics other than those used
for fixing the guide price ,the guide prices entering into the calculation
ofthe compensatory amount must beadjusted for quality differences ;
whereas this adjustment may bemade bymeans ofcoefficients derived from
those fixed under the system ofwithdrawal prices which forms part ofthe
common organization ofthemarkets ;
Whereas article 55(^0 oftheActprovides that nocompensatory amount shall
befixed ifcalculation thereof would result inaminimal amount ;whereas
the amount which may beconsidered tomeet that requirement should therefore
befixed ;
Whereas ,since thepurpose ofcompensatory amounts inintra-Community .trade
istopromote the satisfactory circulation ofproducts between Member States
with different price levels ,acompensatory amount should belevied on
imports toaMember State with ahigher level ,inthis case Ireland ,and ,
conversely ,such anamount should begranted onexports from Ireland to
the other Member States where price levels are lower ,
Whereas ittherefore follows from article 53(l )(&)ofthe ^ct,under which
compensatory amounts are tobelevied bytheimporting Member State or
granted bytheexporting Member State ,that itisfortheMember State with
thehighest price level ,inthis case Ireland ,togrant orlevy these amounts
Whereas detailed rules should ^fee -laid &01&R f<*r"ie<vylng andgranting the
compensatory amounts soastoavoid deflections oftrade ;

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HxlS <iDOPTED THIS REGULATION :
.irticle 1
Thecompensatory amounts forplaice .(subheading No03.01 B1o:ofthe
Common Customs Tariff )shall begoverned bythe "following provisions .
Artxcle 2
1.Intrade between Ireland and the other new Member States orthe
Community asoriginally constituted ,thecompensatory amounts shall
comprise two components :
(a)thebasic compensatory amount ,hereinafter called "basic amount "jand
(b)theamount ofcustoras duties .
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2.Intrade between Ireland and third countries ,theamount ofcustoms
duties shall bedisregarded incalculating thecompensatory amount .
Article 3
1.For plaice with the trade characteristics ofthe product forwhich the
guide price isfixed ,the basic amount ,and intrade between Ireland and
third countries thecompensatory amount ,shall beequal tothedifference
between the guide prices for plaice fixed for Ireland and the common guide
price for this ,product .
2.For other products falling within ^tariff subheading No03.01 Bio ,.th'e amount
mentioned inparagraph 1shall beequal tothe difference specified inthat
paragraph ,adjusted bythe quality conversion factor .
3.Theamount ofcustoms duties shall beafixed amount equal tothat part
ofthe price ofthe imported product which consists ofcustoms duties .
article
1.Where plaice with the trade characteristics ofthe product forwhich
theguide price isfixed areimported into Ireland from theother newMember
States orfrom theCommunity asoriginally constituted ,theamount ofcustoms
duties shall beassessed byadjusting the common guide price byreference to
the customs duty applied byIreland toimports from those places .
2.Where other products falling within tariff subheading No03.01 Bio
are imported into Ireland from the other newMember States orfrom the
Community asoriginally constituted ,theamount ofcustoms duties shall be
assessed inlike manner asunder paragraph 1,save that theguide price
shall beadjusted bythe quality conversion factor .

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i ' article 5
1.Where plaice with the trade characteristics oftheproduct forwhich
the guide price isfixed ,are exported from Ireland toanother newMember
State ortotheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,theamount of
customs duties shall beassessed byapplying the rate ofcustoms duty
valid inthe importing Member State totheamount which ,thus increased ,
would beequal tothe common guide price .
2,Whekve .other-products falling within tariff 1subheading No03.01 BIo
are exported from Ireland toanother newMember State ortothe Community
asoriginally constituted ,theamount ofcustoms duties shall beassessed in
like manner asunder paragraph 1,save -that the guide price shall be
adjusted bythe quality conversion factor .
" : ; v"7 ' ■ >article 6
Thequality conversion factors specified inArticles 3(2),M2 )and5(2 )
shall bederived from those defined pursuant toCouncil Regulation
(1)
(EEC )No2142/70 of20October 1970 onthecommon organization ofthe
market infishery products ,aslast amended bytheact .
•••/•••
(1)OJNoL236 ,27OctoberV
1970 ,p.5

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Article 7
1.For imports into Ireland from the other new Member States and the
Community asoriginally constituted ,the basic amount shall bereduced
bythe amount ofcustoms duties .
2.For exports from Ireland tothe other new Member States and the
Community asoriginally constituted ,the basic amount shall be
increased bythe amount ofcustoms duties ..
Article 8
The compensatory amounts shall belevied byIreland onimports and
granted byIreland onexports ;they shall beinaddition toexport
refunds .
Article 9
1. Ifthe amount ofcustoms duties islower than one unit ofaccount
per100kilogrammes ,thecompensatory amount shall beequal tothe
basic amount .
2.Where thecompensatory amount would belower than 0.5units of
account per100kilogrammes ,itshall notbefixed .
Article 10
Theapplicable compensatory amount shall bethat ruling onthedayof
importation orexportation .
Article 11
1.Detailed rules fortheapplication ofthis Regulation andfor
granting ,levying andrecovering compensatory amounts ,tobelaid down
soastoavoid deflections oftrade ,shall beadopted inaccordance
with theprocedure laid down inArticle 29ofRegulation (EEC)
s
No21^2/70.
/
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2.Compensatory amounts shall befixed bythe same procedure .
Article 12
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe day ofitspublication
inthe Official Journal ofthe European Communities . -
Itshall apply from 1February 1973 .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , 19–For the Council
The Président