ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(79)566
Vol.1979/0197

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITI
COM(79)566final
Brussels-22October1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
temporarily suspendingpartiallytheautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesoncertaintypesof
fish
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
%
C0M(79>566final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCommunity sprocessing industry for fish isnot sufficiently
supplied with cod ,haddock ,andhake byCommunity fishermen .Den­
mark especially hasbecome dependant onimports ofthese fish
from third countries (seeindications for thefirst half-year 1979
intheannex tothis explanatory memorandum ).TheCommon Customs Ta­
riff duties applicable tothese fish (15/18%)reduce thecompeti­
tiveness oftheindustry concerned compared with theprices ofsup­
pliers offinished products from third countries which arecheaper .
Furthermore therise intheprices should bemet .For these reasons
Denmark has requested aduty suspension for thefish inquestion .
Weighing theinterests ofCommunity fishermen and those oftheCom­
munity 'sprocessing industry theCommission thinks that aduty suspen­
sion toalevel of9%isappropriate .TheCommission therefore pro­
poses intheattached Regulation that thepresent duty suspension
which expires on31December 1979 should beprolonged for anewperiod
ofsix months . -

ANNEX
CCT
HeadingNo-Description ofgoodsCCT-Rate Suspended
.rateof
dutyTotalneeds'
ofDenmarkDanishcatches
andsupplies
from-„thïr
•iemberStatesIπροrisofDerwatí.·
frcmthird
countries
ex03.01ΒIh)Cod(GadusnorrhusorGadus -callarías )
fresh,chilledorfrozen,whale,
headlessorinpiec?s,intendedfor
theprocessingindustry15■9'"""" 1
72.500t
41.400.000 EU¿57.500t
32.8C0.0ü0 E.'uA15.000t
3.6C0.GCG EUA
ex03.01B.Ik)'Haddock,fresh,chilledorfrozen,
whole,headlessorinpieces,
intendedfortheprocessingindustry15.9
13.500t
8.650.OOC-EU;ι ■·.·. ■
8:500t■
5.400.000 EOA5.000t
3,250.030 Ε·;-.
ex03.01ΒI'q)
\Hake,fresh,chilledorfrozen,
whole,headlessorinpieces,
intendedfortheprocessingindustry15 >9 '3.500t
4.500,000 EUA1,000t
1.200.0C0EUA2.500t
3.200.COOEJA
ex03.01ΒIIa)
and ΒIIb)?Filletsofhake,fresh,chilledor
frozenintendedforthe
processingindustry18/15 9 1.200t
1.500.000 EUA450t
550.000EUA..-75:t
950.000EUA

Proposal for aCouncil Regulation
temporarily suspending partially theautonomous
Common Customs Tariff duties oncertain types of
fîsh
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas theamount offish ofcertain species
landed bytheCommunity fishery fleet iscurrently inadequate .tomeet
theneeds ofthe Community processing industry ;
Whereas ^inview ofsuch supply difficulties ,itisadvisable tosuspend
atthelevel of97.pfrom 1January to30June 1980 ,theautonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties onthe fish concerned .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
s
Article 1
From 1January to30June 1980 theautonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties ontheproducts listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation shall
besuspended atthe level of9%.
Article 2
This Regulation snnil enter into force on 1January 1980 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applica­
ble inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , • ^ort^ieCouncilFor the Council
The President

ANNEX
CCT
heacling No .Description
ex03.01 BIh)
ex03.01 BIk)
ex03.01 BIq)
ex03.01 BIIa)
and BIIb)1
ex03.01 BIIa)
and BIIb)3
ex03.01 BIIa)
and BIIb)7Cod (Gadus morrhua orGadus callarias ),fresh ,chilled or
frozen ,whole ,headless orinpieces ,intended forproces­
sing (a)(b) .
Haddock ,fresh ,chilled orfrozen ,whole ,headless or in
pieces ,intended forprocessing (a)(b)
Hake ,fresh ,chilled orfrozen ,whole ,headless orinpie­
ces ,intended forprocessing (a)(b)
Fillets ofcod (Gadus morrhua orGadus callarias ),fresh ,
chilled orfrozen ,intended forprocessing (a)(b)
Fillets ofhaddock ,fresh ,chilled orfrozen ,intended for
processing (a)(b)
Fillets ofhake ,fresh ,chilled orfrozen intended forpro­
cessing (a)(b)
- I
(a)'Thesuspension ofduty-shall apply tofishintended toundergo anytreatment unless
they areintended toundergo exclusively oneormore ofthefollowing operations .
-cleaning ,gutting ,heading ,tailing
-cutting (excluding filleting orcutting offrozen blocks )
-sampling ,sorting
-labelling
-packing
-icing
-freezing
-deep freezing •
-chawing ,separation .
shall notapply toproducts onwhich otherwise qualifying treatments arecarried
cutatretail orcatering level .The'suspension' shall apply only tofish intended
for human consumption .
KO)Cnecks upon theuse for this special purpose shall becarried outpursuant to
therelevant Community provisions .