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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforsilverhake(Merluccius
bilinearis )fallingwithinsubheading ex03.01BIq)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983)
opening,allocating andprovidingfor■'theadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfrozencodfillets
fallingwithinsubheading 03.01BII(b)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )COM(82)585 final
Brussels,22September 1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC) f
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allocatingandprovidingfor■'theadministration\/• ■y■// ./Ve... i*Sii.
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
.Inthecontextofthe.GATTmultilateral negotiations /theCommunity .
hasundertakento.openannuallyCommunitytariffquotasat8%duty
for2000tonnesofsilverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis)ex03.01BIq)
and10000tonnesof.frozencodfillets03.01BIIb)1.
.Thepurposeofthisproposalistosatisfytheobligations contracted
.bytheCommunitybyopeningthesetariffquotasfortheperiod 1-January
to31December1983andtoprovideforGreece'sshareintheirallocation
amongMemberStates.
.TheCommission'sproposalsforthese,productsaremainlybasedonthose
usuallyputforwardin'the.fieldoftariffquotasinsofaras:
-thequotavolumesaredividedintotwoparts,thefirstconsisting
ofafairlylargequantity,allocated amongtheMemberStates,and
thesecondbeingareserveintended^ocoveranysupplementary needs;
-theallocationofinitialsharestotheMemberStatesisbasedon
theirpastimportsfromthirdcountriesoverthelast'3yearsand
ontheprospectsforthequotayearconcerned.
.·· '\ · »
.. /
Communityimportsfromthirdcountrieshave,overthelast3years,
evolvedasfollows s • .•■v

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-Silverhake
1
1
uIMemberState
ÍI1979
intonnes1980
intonnes1981
intonnes
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom250
684^
155.5
not
200
42
0.4
52112.2
970
available*-–--
190
0
600
130.8
16,5
0
Frozencodfillets
MemberState1978' : .ι'
1979 1980
intin%intinXintin%
Benelux 0 0 11 .0.2548.900.52
Denmark 276 26.44 741.70468.60 4.99
Germany 83 7.954349.972175.5023.18
Greece 0 0 00 00
France 117 11.21 72316.61 1410.3015.30
Ireland 0 0 00 00
Italy 393 37.64 .95321.88 1011.90 10.78
UnitedKingdom 1.75 16.76215949.594271.1045.50
1044 4354
•I''9386.30

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Itcanbe.seenfromthefirsttableconcerningsilverhakethat'
importfigures,whicharenotseparately recordedinthestatistics,
areincomplete andthatthereforeitisnotpossibletomake-calcula­
tionsconcerning thepercentageoftotalCommunity ,importsbyindividual
MemberStates.
Consequently suchdatamaynotberepresentative ofimporttrendsineach
t
MemberState.-However,bytaking(accountofrequirement estimatesput
forwardbytheMemberStates,onecanmakethefollowingpercentages
estimatesofMemberStates'initialshares.
*/
•Silverhake •Codfillets
Bénélux 0.77, 0.42
Oenmark 23.28 8.55
Germany/. 42.20'•'r30.80
Greece ''V*v."\.!0.0l".;v;'0.09
-France *'''14.8T:■'"17.11
Ireland M0.3$;''^0.09
-Italy •0.69•'.• 0.17
UnitedKingdom 17.86'•"WZ.77
' 1'ι.»'
, \ , 1',
4.TheproposedRegulations foreseethegreyhoundsystem"astheonly
methodofadministration to.beappliedbytheMemberStates..:*

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../82
of 1982
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforsilverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis)fallingwithinsubheadingex03.01B
Iq)oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualCommunitytariffquotaat8%dutyfor2000
tonnesofsilverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis),falling
withinsubheadingex03.01BIq)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereasthetariffquotaconcerned
shouldbeopenedon1January1983andallocated
betweentheMemberStates;
WhereasunderArticle64oftheActofAccessionof
1979,GreeceisrequiredtoapplyinfulltheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproductinques­
tionasfrom1January1981;whereas,therefore,as
fromthatdate,itisnecessarytocover,infavourofthe
tariffquotasinquestion,therequirementsofthat
MemberStateduringthequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonanalloca­
tionbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoods,theallo­
cationshouldfollowproportionately therequirements
oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandaccordingtotheeconomic
outlookforthetariffyearinquestion;Whereassincethefishconcernedarenotseparately
specifiedinthestatisticalnomenclatures ofthe
MemberStates,theavailableimportfiguresprovided
bythemcannotberegardedassufficientlyexactor
representative foruseasabasisfortheallocation
referredtoabove;whereastheincompletefigures
availabletogetherwiththeestimatesmadebythe
MemberStatesallowthefollowingpercentageesti­
matestobemadeastotheimportneedsofeachof
themfromthirdcountriesforthequotaperiodenvis­
aged:
Benelux 0-77
Denmark 23-28
Germany 42-20
Greece 0-01
France 14-81
Ireland 0-38
Italy 0-69
UnitedKingdom 17-86
Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimport
trendsforthesefish,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated
betweentheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
Whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,
thefirstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixed
atahighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe65-5%of
theamountofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmany

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timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission andtheCommissionmust
beinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariff
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.From1Januaryto31December1983aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof2000tonnesshallbeopened
withintheCommunitylorsilverhake(Mer)ucciusbili-
nearis),fallingwithinsubheadingex03.01BIq)of
theCommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
suspendedatthelevelof8%withinthistariffquota.
1
Artide2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
ArticleIshallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.AfirstinstalmentofI310tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongcertainMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryto31
December198"?shallbeasfollows:J/
(tonneij
Benelux 10
Denmark 305
Germany 552
Greece 1
France 194
Ireland 5
Italy9
UnitedKingdom 234
3.Thesecondinstalmentof690tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallfothwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsintialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.livwayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December198'3
Artide)
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September198jisinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegrounds
forbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September19X3andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
leturnedtothereserve.

Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,
followinganyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,'^2.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of 1982782
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozencodfilletsfallingwithinsubheading 03.01BIIb)1oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983J
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualCommunitytariffquotaat8%dutyfor
10000tonnesoffrozencodfillets,fallingwithin
subheading03.01BIIb)1oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;whereasthetariffquotaconcernedshouldbe
openedon1January1983andallocatedbetweenthe
MemberStates:
WhereasunderArticle64ofthe1979ActofAcces­
sion,GreeceisrequiredtoapplyinfulltheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproductinques­
tionasfrom1January1981;whereastherefore,as
fromthatdate,itisnecessarytocover,infavourofthe
tariffquotasinquestion,therequirements ofthat
MemberStateduringthequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonanalloca­
tionbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoods,theallo­
cationshouldfollowproportionately therequirements
oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandaccordingtotheeconomic
outlookforthetariffyearinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,thecorresponding
importsintoeachoftheMemberStatesrepresented
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsofthe
productinquestion:Bénélux
Denuark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom1978
G
26,kk
7,95
O
11,21
O
37,6*+
16,761979
0,25
1,70
9,97
O
16,61
O
21,88
^9,59
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsforthisproductfor1983,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Benelux 0-42
Denmark 8-55
Germany 30-80
Greece 009
France 17-11
Ireland 009
Italy 017
UnitedKingdom 42-77
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsinquestioninthevariousMemberStates,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingallocatedamongMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoversubsequentlythe
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimportersineach
MemberStatesomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedata
relativelyhighlevel,inthiscaseapproximately58%
ofthefullquota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesfortheproductsinquestionatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostentirelyusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbeavail­
ableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;J_98°
0,52
*».99
23,18
0
15,30
0
10,78
*+5,50

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whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sionwhichlattermust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepayalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.From1Januaryto31December1983aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof10000tonnesshallbeopened
withintheCommunityforfrozencodfillets,failing
withinsubheading03.01BIIb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
suspendedatthelevelof8%withinthistariffquota.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof5845tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;"theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfromIJanuaryto31
December 1983-shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)•
Bénélux 25
Denmark 500
Germany )800
Greece 5
»France 1000
Ireland 5
Italy 10
UnitedKingdom 2500
3.Thesecondinstalmentof4155tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupshouldtheoccasionarisetothenearest
unitabove.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawathirdshare,equalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupshouldtheoccasionarisetothenearest
unitabove.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,underthesamecondi­
tions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereservehasbeen
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallhe
validuntil31December 1983
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial'
sharewhich,on15September 1983^,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1983andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.

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Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983/nformthe
MemberStateoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importationsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
theshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothemfor
importersofthesaidproduct.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedngainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident