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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
OPENING /ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR SILVER HAKE .
(MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS )OFSUBHEADING EX03.01 BIq)
OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1980 )
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
OPENING /ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN COD FILLETS
OFSUBHEADING 03.01 BIIb)1OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1980 )
(submitted tothe Council bythe Commission )
C0M(79 )708final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
»
Inthecontext ofthe GATT multilateral negotiations the Community
engaged itself toopen annually Community tariff quotas at8%duty/fo
ex03.01 BIq) Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis )2.000 tonnes
 
03.01 BIIb)1 Frozen codfillets -10,000 tonnes
This proposal aims tosatisfy theobligations contracted bythe
Community byopening these quotas fortheperiod 1January to
31December 1980 .
The Commissions proposals for these products are mainly based onthose
usually put forward inthefield oftariff quotas insofar as: •
-the quota volumes aredivided into twoparts ,thefirst considering
ofafairly large quantity anddivided upbetween the Member States ,
andthe second being areserve intended tocover any supplementary
needs ;
-the allocation ofinitial shares tothe Member States isbased on
their past imports from third countries over the last 3years and
onthe prospects for the quota year concerned .
Community imports from third countries have,over thelast 3years ,
evolued asfollows :

-SiIver hake
Member State1976
intonnes1977
intonnes1978
intonnes
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom740
441
0.3
4,096(1 )750
360
000(1
7,94.000(1 )
4.375(1 )775
610
433
5,600(1 )
4.,6
841
3.119(1 )
(1)Figure for imports ofall types ofhake
-Frozen codfillets
Member State1976 1977 1978
m
tonnesin % in
tonnesin % in
tonnesin %
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom325
176
376
579
0
731
33,817
36.0040.90
0,49
1,04
1.61
0
2.03
93,93793
523
2,530
1.181
1,3462,09
1,38
6,68
2,12
0
3.55
31,512 83,181,190 2.31
1,050 2..04
1,260 2.45
1,102 2.14
0 0
582 1„13
46,326 89,93
37,885 51,510

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Itcan beseen from thetable concerning silver hake that the Imports '
which have notseperately recorded inthestatistics ,figures are
incomplete andthat .therefore itisnotpossible tomake the calculations
concerning thepercentage oftotal imports byindividual Member States .
Consequently this data may not berepresentative ofthepattern of
imports .However ,bytaking account oftheestimates onneeds put
forward bythe Member States ,one can make thefollowing estimate in
percentage terms for theinitial repartition between the Member States :
Silver hake codfillets
Bénélux 21.99 _ 1,22
Denmark 19,06 2,50
Germany 1 13.20 6«.55
France S.87 2„80
Ireland 0,29 0„01
Italy 24.93 r 2.43
United Kingdom 14,66 84.19
4.The proposed Regulations foresee the greyhound system "asthe only
method ofadministration tobeapplied bythe Mertiber States .

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forsilver hake (Merluccius
bilinearis )ofsubheading ex03.01 BIq)ofthe
Common Customs Tariff (1980 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Hwing regard totheTreaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 43and 113thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard tothe Opinion ofthe European Parliament,'
•■.hereas the Community hasundertaken toopen an
annual tariff quota at8%duty for2^000 tonnes ofsilver hake
(Meluccius bilinearis )ofsubheading eix03.01 BIq);whereas the
tariff quota concerned should beopened on1January 198d andallocated
between the Member States ;
Whereas arrangements for the utilization ofthe
(iimmunity tartlt quota based onanallocation among
Member States would seem toheconsistent with the
Community nature ofthe quota ;whereas ,to
correspond asclosely aspossible totheactual trend of
themarket intheproduct inquestion ,allocation ofthe
quota should beinproportion totherequirements of
the Member States ascalculated byreference to
stanstics ofimports from third countries during a
representative reference period andtotheeconomic
outlook forthequota period inquestion ;
whereas asfish are concerned which arenot seperately specified inthe
statistical Keys ofthe Member States theavailable import figures
provided bythem cannot beregarded assufficiently exact orrepresenta­
tive for use asabasis fortheallocation referred toabove ;

whereas the incomplete figures available together with the estimates
made bythe Member States allows thefollowing percentage estimates
tobemade astothe import needs ofeach ofthem from non-member countries
forthe quota period envisaged :
Bénélux 21.99
Denmark ' 19,06
Germany 13.20
France - 5.87
<• Ireland 0.29
Italy 24.93
United Kingdom 14.66 ;
whereas ,totake account ofthepossible import trends forthese fish,
the quota volume should bedivided into two instalments ,thefirst
being allocated between the Member States andthe second
held asareserve tocover anysubsequent requirements 1" _
ofMember States which have used uptheirinitial share ; N -
whereas ,togiveimporters some degree ofccrtainty ,the '
firstinstalment ofthetariff quota should befixed ata -
high level ,which inthis ease could be80% ofthe ■',
amount ofthequota ;
Whereas initial shares may beused upatdifferent rates ;
whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthisaccount
itshould beprovided thatanyMember State which has
almost used upitsinitial share should draw an
addiiion.il share from thereserve ;whereas each time its
additional share isalmost used upaMember State
should draw afurther share ,andsoonasmany times as
thereserve allows ;whereas theinitial and additional
shares should bevalid until theendofthequota period ^
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between -the Member States and the
Commission ,andtheCommission must beinaposition
tokeep account .oftheextent towhich thequotas have
been used upand toinform theMember States
accordingly ;
ViTiereas ifatagiven date inthequota period a
considerable quantity ofaMember State 'sinitial share
remains unused itisessential that such State should
return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ,in
order toprevent apartoftheCommunity tariff quota
from remaining unused inoneMember State while it ■
could beused inothers ; -
>XTiereas ,sincc theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom
otthe Netherlands and the Grand Duchy ■of.
Luxembourg arcunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated to:
thateconomic union may becarried outbyanyoneof
itsmembers ,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.FromiJanuary to31December 1980 aCommunity tariff quota of
27000tonnes shall beopened within the Community forsilver hake
(Merluccius bilinearis )ofsubheading ex03.01 BIq)ofthe Common
Customs Tariff.
2.The Common Customs Tariff duty shall besuspended atthe level of
87,within this quota .
1.TheCommunity tariff quota referred toinArticle 1
shall bedivided intotwoinstalments .-
2.Afirst instalment of1600 tonnes shall be
allocated among theMember States ;theshares ,which
subnet toArticle 5shall bevalid until 31December
ll'80ihall beasfollows :Article 2'
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Irelandtonnes *
352
305
211
94
Raly
United Kingdom5
399
234
3.The second instalment of400tonnes shall constitute thereserve .

Artici*J
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatsnare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits,equalto10%«f'*sshartf>foundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.–
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasusedormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthrcmannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawatmrdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90'!..ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
'MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specified .inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
;'Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December19&0.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September19gQisinexcessof20%

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of:ru-tnjrul v>!u'rne .They rn-sy return J^rcAXcr ponton
it r<:jre forfx-Iiosnc that Kmaynotbeused
if.tiiij
M Stjtr *vhjll .notlater than 1October \^s0,
riotifv ihc(<minnstii>n ofthetotal quantities ofthe
pruiu^r inquotum imported uptoandincluding 15*
St-pii rI''.30jnd charged against the(ommimity
.tj'im ijn.itiljoyportion ottheir initial shares returned
Inthereserve .
ArttiU 6
The{ommisMon %HalJ keep anaccount oftheshares
opened SvtheMember States pursuant toArmies 2and
I,iiijshall ,assoon astheinformation reaches it,
inform c.uh State oftheextent towhich thereserve has
been used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 5October 1980/.'n^orm
Member States oftheamount stillinreserve ,following
anyreturn ofshares pursuant toArticle 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve does notexceed thebalance available ,andto
thisendshall notify theamount ofthatbalance tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1."Hie Member States shall takrf "allappropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant toArttJe 3areopened insuch awayth.it
importations may becharged without interruption
against their accumulated shares oftheCommunity
l|UOt.l.
2.TheMember States shall ensure that importers of
theproduct inquestion established intheir territory '
have free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.The Member States shall charge imports ofthe
product inquestion against their shares asand when the
product isentered with the customs authorities for
free circulation .
4.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upits
share shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheimports
charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.

Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closclytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
19.80.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding for the
administration ofaCommunity Tariff quota for
frozen codfillets ofsubheading 03.01 BIIb)1
ofthe Common Customs Tariff (1980 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing the European Economic Community
andinparticular Articles 43and 113thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
*
Whereas the Community has undertaken toopen' anannual
tariff quota at8%duty for10,000 tonnes offrozen codfillets ofsub­
*
heading 03.01 BIIb)1;whereas thetariff quota concerned should be
opened on1January 1980 andallocated between theMember States ;
Whereasarrangementsfortheutilizationofthe;
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong'
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,to
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendof
themarketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof~
theMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsinto
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:

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1976 1977 1978
Bénélux .0.90 2.09
Denmark 0.49 1«38 "2,04
Germany 1.04 6,68 2.45
France 1.61 3.12 2.14
Ireland 0 0 0
Italy 2(03 3.55 1,13
93,93 83/18 89,93 ,
VC'hi-rcas ,inview ofthese factors and ofmarket
forecasts (or 198Q,the initial
percentage shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed
roughly asfollows :
1.22 Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
I-rance
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom2.80
6.55
2.80
0.01
2.43
84.19 ;
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends forthe
products concerned ,thequota should bedivided into
tvfcoinstalments ,thefirstbeing allocated andthesecond
held asareserve tocover anysubsequent requirements
ofMember States which have used uptheir initial share ;
whereas ,togiveimporters some degree ofcertainty ,the
firstinstalment ofthetariff quota should befixed ata
high level,which inthiscase could be80%ofthe
amount ofthequota ;
Whereas initial shares may beused upatdifferent rates ;
whore.is toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthisaccount
itshould beprovided thatanyMember State which has
almost used upitsinitial share should draw an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas each time its
additional share isalmost used upaMember State
should draw afurther share ,andsoonasmany times as
thereserve allows ;whereas theinitial and"additional
shares should bevalid until theendofthequota period ;
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between the Member States and the
Commission ,andtheCommission must beinaposition
u>keep account oftheextent towhich thequotas have
been used upand toinform theMember States
accordingly ; '

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Vt7ifrc.lvtfatagivendatemthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMannerState'sinitialshare
remainsunusedttisessentialthatsuchStateshould
rerumasignificantproportionthereoftr>thereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
.troinremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothc»;
Vbhereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharevallocatedto
thatCIIMIIMNICunion.maybeearnedourbyanyone0/
it*members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION:
Article 1
•*
1.From1Januaryto31December1980a
Communitytariffquotaof10,000tonnes
shallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfor
frozencodfilletsofsubheading03.01BIIb)1
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffshallbe
suspendedatthelevelof8Xwitfvin
thisquota.
Article2
1.,TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedxvrJcJtrttatwoinstalments *
\ /■
2.Afirstinstalmentof8,000tonncsshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;,theshares*which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil11December
lv8Qshallbeavfollows:
\

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Benelux
Denmark
Germany
.France
Ircland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondinstalmentof2,000tonnesshsLL
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticic2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article.5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits,equalto1Q%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare,,
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
-3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasusedV()"/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisproccssshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthan,those
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.*
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AddirionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticic3shallbe
validuntil31December1980.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October19S0
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1^8Qisinexcessof20"'a(tonnrs)
98
224,
524
224
1
194
6,735

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oftheinitial volume .They mayreturnjgreater portion
ifthere aregrounds forhelioing (hititnuynotheused
mfull .
Member Stares shall ,notlater than IOctober 19 .*0
notify the(ommmiun ofthetotal quantities ofthe
prodiut inquestion imported uptoandincluding 15
September jnJth.ir>:ed .ij-,.iin\t the <ommunily
quota andofanyportion oftheirinitial shares returned
tothereserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2and
1and -shall ,assoon astheinformation reaches it,
inform each State oftheextent towhich thereserve has
been used up.
Itshall ,not later than 5October 1 inform the
Member States oftheamount stillinreserve ,following
anyreturn ofshare *pursuant toArticle 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve does notexceed thebalancc available ,andto
thisendshall notify theamount ofthat balance tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article •
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch away that
importations may becharged without interruption
against their accumulated shares oftheCommunity
quota .
■ " \
2.The Member States shall ensure that importers of
theproduct inquestion established intheir territory
have free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.The Member States shall charge imports ofthe
product inquestion against their shares asand when the
product isentered with the customs authorities forfree'
circulation .
4.Theextent towhich aMember Stat hasused upits
share shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheimports
charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.

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Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares. -
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closclytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
198o, ■ •
ThiiRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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