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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)660 final
Brussels .15May1974
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota forcertain
eels falling within subheading Noex03.01 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff for1975
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
C0M(74 )660 final .

EXPLAMTORY MEMORAEDUM
Duringrecentyears,eelfishinghas"beenprohibitedincertain
Communityproductioncentresorhasbecomeimpossibleasaresult
ofpollution.Effortshavebeenmadetoincreaseproductioninother
centresinorderatleasttocompensateforthelossinavailable
supplies.Inspiteoftheseeffortstherehasbeenaconsiderable
reductioninCommunityproduction,asaresultofwhichithasbecome
necessarytoimportinordertomaintainsuppliestotheprocessing
industries oftheMemberStates.
f
ThissituationledtheCouncil,aotingonaproposalfromtheCommission,
toopenbeginningin1971»anil-dutyCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
typesoffresheels(liveordeaxl),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin
subheading .Noex03.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Sincethenthesituationonthemarketinquestionhasnotimproved
noticeably.ItthereforeseemsdesirabletoopenafurtherCommunity
tariffquotafor1975foranappropriatequantityofeels,whilebearing
inmindthefactthatCommunityproduction mayrise.Thisistheobject
oftheproposalannexedhereto.

PROPOSAI.FOHÀ
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
eelsfallingwithinsubheadingNoex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975"
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof; /
;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
Whereaseelfishinghasbeenprohibitedorhas
becomeimpossibleincertainCommunityproduction
centres;whereasthishasledtoadropinCommunity
productionofeelsingeneralandparticularlyoffresh
eels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithin
subheadingNoex03.01AIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,intendedforcuringorskinningor
foruseintheindustrialmanufactureofproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo16.04;whereasthe
processingindustriesintheCommunityconsequently
dependtoalargeextentonimportsfortheirsupplies
ofeels;whereasfor197\theapplicationofthe
autonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutyshould
thereforebesuspendedtotallyonimportsofthe
relevantproductsupto-anappropriatequantitative
limit;whereas,withinthislimit,thenewMember
Statesshouldapplycustomsdutiesasprovidedinthe
ActofAccession(');whereas,however,theUnited
Kingdomhasdeclaredthatfrom1January1974it
willalignitsdutiesdirectlyonthoseoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereas,theintroductionofa
Communitymeasureofthisnatureisunlikelyto
harmCommunityproduction;
1r
WhereascurrentdemandnotmetbyCommunity
production,whichmustthereforebemetbyimports,
canbeestimatedat6100metrictonsfor197S;
whereasatariffquotafortherelevanttypesofeel
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1975onthe
conditionssetoutabove;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheseprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates
.listedbelow;whereasstatisticsavailableforthese
productsdonotgiveaclearpictureofthemarket
situationforthem;whereas,therefore,itisnot
possibletoallocatethequotaamongtheMember
Statesonthebasisofimportsoftherelevant
productsoverthelastfewyears;whereas,however,
accordingtotheestimatesputforwardbythe
MemberStates,initialsharesmaybefixedatthe
followingquantities:
Bénélux 1#150metrictons
Denmark 600metrictons
Germany 3000metrictons
France 100metrictons
Ireland 10metrictons
Italy 100metrictons
UnitedKingdom250,metrictons
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,mayiie85%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshares
shoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesis

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almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommissionwhichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1January197.5"to31
December197S,aCommunitytariffquotaof610Q
metrictonsshallbeopenedforfresheels(IiveS^r
dead)chilledorfrozen,intendedforcuringor
skinningorforuseintheindustrialmanufactureof
productsfallingwithinheadingNo16.04,under
conditionstobedeterminedbythecompetent
authoritiesfallingwithinsubheadingNoex03.01A
IIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspendedonproductsimportedunderthis
tariffquota.
3.Withinthelimits'ofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .December197S,shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France■1,150metrictons
600metrictons
3000metrictons
100metrictons
Ireland 10metrictons
Italy 100metrictons
UnitedKingdom250metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto89Ometric'
tons,shallmakeupthereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ol:itsinitial
share,roundedup,tothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthemannerspecifiedinparagraph2todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto-/tons,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil314.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereis
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
.whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.

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Article4 Article7
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975"*
ArticleS
If,by15August1975",aMemberStatehasnotused
upitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
September1975",returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used. /
EachMemberStateshall,'notlaterthan10
September1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotal
importsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedupto15,
August1975"inclusive,andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionofitsinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedto
thereserve.
<Ί.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,supplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedinitsterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidproductagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15September
1975",notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
available <and,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe,
amountthereof ,totheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportschargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
,Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
197S. ■■;/
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. J v
DoneatBrussels,
o5tortheCouncil
ThePresident