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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithin
subheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inMorocco
(1983)COM(82)776 final
Brussels,26November1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.The1978AgreementbetweentheCommunityandMoroccoprovidesthat
preparedandpreservedsardinesoriginatinginthiscountrymaybe
admitteddutyfreeintotheCommunity onconditionsthatcertain
minimumpricesarerespected.Theperiodsandthetechnicalrulesfor
applicationofthissystemmustbefixedbyanexchangeoflettersbetween
thecontractingparties.Sincethisexchangeoflettershasnevertaken
place,theCommunityhas,from1January1978appliedaCommunity
tariffquotaregimewhichtakestheinterestsinvolvedintoaccountand
whichenablestheprovisionsofthe1978Agreementrelatingtoprepared
andpreservedsardinestooperate.
2.Consequently theCommission isproposingthattheCouncilshouldextend
thetariffquotaregimeandshouldthereforeapprovetheattachedproposal
forRegulationopening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasof14000tonnesdutyfreeand6000tonnesata
duty-rateof10%inrespectofpreparedandpreservedsardinesfalling
withinsubheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginatingin
Morocco.
Thesetariffquotasshallapplyfrom1Januaryto31December1983.
Thisisthesubjectoftheannexedproposal.
3.TheproposalforRegulationopeningthistariffquotasprovides-asis
customary-forthedivisionofeachofthequotavolumesintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesasquota
shares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequotaistobe
basedontherulesgenera^yapplied.Theseinvolvecalculatingeach
MemberState'stotalimportsforthelastthreeyearsasaproportionof
totalCommunityimportsduringthesameperiod,andapplyingforeach
Member 1Statethepercentagethusobtainedtothevolumeofthefirst
instalment .

IMPORTATION OFPREPARED ANDCONSERVED SARDINES
ORIGINATING INMOROCCO
Member (intonnes)
States
1978 1979 1980 1981
BX 1335 1190 1310 892
DK 105 3 429
D 16262022 1335 1576
GR 578 196 0375
F 6603710080207417
IRL k2 5 1 0
IT 88 33 38 109
UK 1531317329713527
C.E. 11908137221367913925

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
preparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginMorocco(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
CommunityandMorocco('),supplemented byCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3511/81of3December1981
layingdownthearrangements applicabletotrade
betweenGreeceandMorocco(2),providesthatprepared
andpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04D
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco,maybeimportedintotheCommunityfreeof
duty;whereasthedetailedarrangementsmustbefixedby
anexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco;whereas,sincethisexchangeoflettershasnot
yettakenplace,itisadvisabletorenewuntil31Decembe
1983theCommunityarrangementswhichwereapplied
in1982;whereasitisadvisabletoopentwoCommunity
tariffquotasforimportationsintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestion,oneduty-freetariffquotaof"]4000
tonnesandtheotherof^QOOconnesatarateofdutyof
10%;whereasthesetariffquotasaretoapplyfrom1
January1983untileithertheconclusionoftheexchange
oflettersprovidedforinArticle19oftheCooperation
AgreementbetweentheCommunityandMorocco,or
untilsuchtimeasCommunityarrangementsforimports
oftheproductsinquestionareappliedbutuntil3lDecembe
19£3atthelatest;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStates
untilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,\:ving
regardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately
aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
(')0|NoL.264,27.9.1978,p.2.
(»)OJNoL358,3.12.1981,p.1.referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromMoroccoover
arepresentativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintothe.CommunityfromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned:
MemberStares 1979 19801981
Benelux 8-679-586.41
Denmark 0-020-030.21
Germany 14-739-7611.31
Greece 1-430-002.69
France 51-7458-6353.28
Ireland 0-040-010.00
Italy 0-240-270.78
UnitedKingdom 23-1321-7225.32
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialsharesmaybe
fixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 8.21
Denmark 0.09
Germany 11.94
Greece 1.38
France 54.53
Ireland 0.02
Italy0.43
UnitedKingdom23.40
Whereas,inordertotakeintoacountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,
eachquotashouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondconstitutingareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotas
should,underthecircumstances ,befixedat70%
respectivelyofthequotavolumes;

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Whereas,theMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashares
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
amountshavebeenusedupandtoinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportiontothecorresponding reserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremainingunused
inoneMember'Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1January1983untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimport
arrangementsareappliedoruntil3li«einb«^198 3.,
whichevershallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaofMtoootonnesshallbeopened,forimports
intotheCommunityofpreparedorpreservedsardines
fallingwithinsubheading16.04DoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco.
2.From1January1983untileithertheconclusionof
theexchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,oruntilsuchtimeasCommunityimport
arrangementsareappliedbutuntil3lt^cemW983atthe
latest,aCommunitytariffquotaof^OOQtonnesataduty
rateof10%shallbeopened,forimportsintothe
Community,ofpreparedorpreservedsardinesfalling
withinsubheading16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginMorocco.3.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandRegulation
(EEC)No3511/81.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle1shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
MemberStates Article1(1)Article1(2)
Benelux 804345
Denmark 10 4
Germany 1170501
Greece 135 58
France53442290
Ireland 2 1
Italy 42 18
UnitedKingdom 2293983
98004200
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,i.e.750
and450tonnesrespectively,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
ini^lshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionof
itsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodlaiddownin
Article1.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than11983,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September19£3,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than10cio\>*y198ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15^*^f>>\>*»1983 andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
opened-fey*lreMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonas-irisnotified,shallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1983/>ftheamountineachreserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothis
end,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsconcernedoriginatinginMoroccoand
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,....1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident