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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEÂNCOMMUNIÏÏES
COM(73)80final
Brussels,30January1974
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC)ofTHECOUNCIL
supplementing Regulation(EEC)FO2142/70asregardsthe
importsystemforcarpandtrout
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
Ca;(74)80final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Proposal for aCouncil Regulation (EEC )No
amending Regulation (EEC )No21^2/70byintroducing a
Community import system for carp and trout
■>'U
Atthetime oftheadoption ofRegulation (EE0)LNO/2142 /V?0JOITthe .common
organization ofthemarket infishery products aCommunity system
for carp and trout had not been introduced .
TheCouncil ,however ,declared inastatement contained inthe
minutes that theCommunity should ,atafuture date ,setupa
Community import system for these products ,ensuring adequate
protection forCommunity production ,and should ,asapreliminary
measure ,open thenecessary negociations with the third countries
supplying these products toenable such asystem tobeset .
The object oftheproposed Regulation istointroduce aCommunity
system for these tv/otypes offish .
Inthe case oftrout ,theproblem haspractically vanished with the
accession ofDenmark which isthelargest supplier within theEEC .
Hence ,free importation may beprovided for .
Inthe case ofcarp ,free importation should beaccompanied by
protective measures atthe frontier .This isdue tothe fact that
theimport price ofcarp from supplying countries (Yugoslavia ,
Hungary ,Poland andCzechoslavakia )ismuch lower than the
production price within theCommunity .Itisproposed ,therefore ,
that reference prices beintroduced andthat acompensatory taxbe
collected where these prices arenot observed .This tax ,however ,
asinthe case ofcertain other agricultural products which are
subject tomarket organization ,will notbecollected from third
countries which ,byarrangement with theCommunity ,areprepared
toguarantee observance ofthereference price .

Proposal .fora
REGULA.TTOH (EEC)OFTHEC0CW3IL
supplementing Regulation (EEC)No21H2/70asregards
theimportsystemforcarpandtrout
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticlek~5thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission }
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
Whereas,pendingthesettingupofaCommunityimportsystemfor
carpandtrout,Article17(3)ofRégulation (EEC)No2142/70(l)c?
20October19?0ontheccrxionorganization ofthenarketinfiQueryproducts
aslostanended "by(2),authorizedtheMemberStatestona:'.ntp.7nten
porarilythequentitotiverestrictionsthattheyapplytotheirrportofthe
products;
Whereasitisnowpossible,asregardsthetwoproductsinquestion,
todiscontinueallquantitative restrictions attheexternal '
frontieroftheComcunity ,.subjecttothefixing,forcarp,ofa
referencepriceinordertoavoiddisturbances ontheCommunity
marketbyimportingatexceptionally lowprices;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
*0JNoL236.,27October1970,p-5
»OJNoL, ,p«

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Article 1
InArticle 17(3 )ofRegulation (EEC)No21^2/70thewords "products
listed inAnnex IV(A )and (C)"arereplaced bythewords "products
listed inAnnex IV(C )".
Article 2
InRegulation (EEC )No21^2/70Article 18aisinserted asfollows :
"Article l8a
1.Inorder toobviate disturbances caused byoffers from third
countries atabnormally lowprices ,reference prices forcarp
referred toinAnnex IV(A).shall befixed before thebeginning ,
ofeach marketing year .They mayvary ,during periods tobe
determined within each marketing year ,according toseasonal
fluctuations inprices .
2.Thereference prices shall befixed onthebasis oftheaverage
oftheproduction prices recorded during thethree years
preceding the -date 6n "which the -reference price isfixed fora
product which isdefined asregards its commercial characteristics
inrepresentative production zones within theCommunity .
3«Ifthefree-at-frontier price ofaconsignment ofanormal
commercial quantity of .carp coming from adetermined place is .
lower than thereference price ,theimports ofthose products
shall besubject to.acompensatory tax equal tothedifference
between thereference price and the free -at-frontier price plus
thecustoms duty effectively levied .TheCommission shall follow
regularly thedevelopments intherespective free-at-frontier
prices ofproducts imported from each source .
Thecompensatory taxshall not ,however ,becollected inthe
case ofthird countries which areprepared toguarantee ,andare
inaposition todoso,that when carp which originate inand"
come from their territory areimported into theCommunity ,the
price plus the customs duty effectively levied shall not beless
then thereference price and that defle.Qfcions oftrade will be
avoided .

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5.Detailed ,rulesfortheapplication ofthisArticle,inparticular
thelevelofthereferencepriceshallbelaiddownaccordingto
theprocedureprovidedforinArticle29»
Decisionsastotheintroduction ,amendmentanddiscontinuance
ofthecompensatory taxandtheadmissionofthirdcountriesto
thebenefitsofparagraph4shallbetakeninaccordancewith
thesameprocedure.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, _„...' FortheCouncil
ThePrésident