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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)106 final
Brussels ,15March1978
Draftfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotaforcertaineelsfallingwithinsubheading ex03.01AIIof
theCommonCustomsTariff-(lJuly1978-30June1979)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission )
C0M(78)106final

Explanatory K
Inrocontyoars,oolfishingii>oort^iyiCpmjnu.'jiity ftchin#aroas»was
forbidden ormadeimpossible owingtopollution ofthewaters.Efforts
woremadetoincreaseproduction inotherareasinordertocompensate
atloaGtforthelossesofthequantities available .Despite .these
efforts,itwasobservedthatCommunity production wasstillinsufficient
tosupplythedemandsofthoMemberStates'fishprocessing industries .
Thissituation .promptedtheCouncil-onaproposal fromtheCommission –
toopenfrom1971&duty-free Communitytariffquotaforcertainfresh
eels(deadoralive),chilledorfrozen,fallingwithinsubheading
ex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff#
••
Thereafter ,thosituation onthomarketsofthe6ectorinquestion
didnotappreciably improve#
Thesituation oftheeelmarket wasreexamined attwomeetings
oftheWorkingPartyonEconomic TaHffProblems heldon
11-12-13Januaryand1-2-3February 1978.
Atthosemeetingsitemergedthatthesupplysituation hadnotundergone
anychangeandconsequently itseemedadvisable toenvisage aprorogation
ofthetariffmeasuresactuallyinforcebyopeningofanannualtariff
quotafortheperiodfrom1July1977to30June1978.

-2-
Thevolumeofthistariffquotacouldbefixedat6100metrictons
largelycorresponding ' 1
tothestatedrequirements oftheMemberStatesforimports
fromthirdcountries .Anysubsequent requirements couldbe
covered byadecision toincrease ^thequotavolumefollowing
areexamination ofthesituation .
i
Asregardsthesubdivision oftheabove–mentionedvolume
of6iQOmetrictons,afirsttrancheof4900metrictons
isallocated amongthe.MemberStatesinproportion to
requirements .Thebalance of1200metrictonswill
constitute theCommunity reserve *
■. « . ■
Thisistheobjective oftheattached draft
't-'y
/

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
or.theopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotator
certaineelsfallingwithinsubheadingex03.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1July1978-30June1979)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European^onomicCommunity,andjnparticular
Article28<hereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereaseelfishinghasbeenprohibitedorhas
becomeimpossibleincertainCommunityproduction
centres;whereasthishasledroadrop,inCommunity
productionofeelsingenerailandparticularlyof.
fresheels(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,failing
withinsubheading^ex 03.01AMoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,intendedforcuringorskinningor
foruseintheindustrialmanufacture ofproducts'
fallingwirhir.headingNo16.04;whereasthe
processingindustriesintheCommunityconsequently
dependtoalargeextentonimportsfortheirsupplies,
ofeels;whereasfrom1July1978to30June
1379theapplicationoftheautonomousCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshouldthereforebesuspended
totallyonimportsoftherelevantproductsupto
anappropriatequantitativelimit;. <
whereas"Trieintroduction ora
Community measureofthisnatureisunlikelyto
harmCommunityproduction:
WhereascurrentdemandnotmetbyCommunity
production,^vhichmustthereforebemetbyimports,
canbeestimatedat61.00tonnesfort~FTeperiod .1July1978
to30June1979;whereas atariffquotafortherelevant
typesofeelshouldtherefore
beopenedforthisperiodunder
theconditions setoutabove;
whereasthefixingofthequota
atthisleveldoesnot,
however,preventitsreadjust­
mentduringthequotaperiod;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
importersintheMemberStatesequaland
uninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quota
anduninterrupted applicationoftherate'laiddown
forthatquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concernedintoailMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthelightofthese
principles,theCommunity natureofthequotacan
berespectedbyallocatingthetariffquotaamong
theMemberStateslistedbelow;whereasstatistics
availablefortheseproductsdonotgiveaclear
pictureofthemarketsituationforthem;whereas,
therefore,itisnotpossibletoallocatethequota
amongtheMemberStatesonthebasisofimport
trendsfortherelevantproductsoverthepastfew
years;whereas,however,accordingtotheestimates
putforwardbytheMemberStates,initialshares
maybefixedatthequantitiessetoutinArticle2;.
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned,thequotaamount
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
tranchebeingallocated,and(hesecondforminga
reserveintendedsubsequently tocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
fixedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybeapproximately 80%ofthequotaamount;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitstotalinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditional r.haresisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialadditionalshares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperation betweenMemberStatesandthe
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2
Commtoalfta ,which' tw*t>l«tokeeptwcaunt
oftheextenttowhichthequotaamouivthas.been
usedup-andtoinformthe.MemberStates
accordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendareinthequotaperioda
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessential,topreventapartofthe
Community tariffquotafromremainingunusedIn
oneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,
thatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
■proportion thereoftothereserve! ^Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
1600
996
2020
,56
4
24
200
1200
2.Thesecondtrancheof/
constitute thereserve.tonnes shall
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunited .withinandjointly
represented bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,any
measureconcerning theadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1978
1.Duringtheperiod1JuIy/to30June1979,.a
Community tariffquotaof6I00ttonnes shall
beopenedforfresheels(liveordead)chilledor
frozen,fallingwithinsubheading ex03.01AIIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,intendedforcuring
orskinningorforuseintheindustrialmanufacture
ofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo16.04.
Controloftheuseforthisspecial
purposeshallbeeffected pursuant
totherelevant Community provisions .
^ .
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.Article3
1.If90%^ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtorhereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,founded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-J%*ofitsinitialsbhre,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormore-oithethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerprovidedinparagraph 2,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedure shallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up. ,
i Article2 --
< 4900 :
1.Afirsttrancheof'tonnes yofthis
Community tari.vquotashallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates.MemiberStates'shares,which,
subjecttoArticle5,shall'bevalidfrom1July197p
to30June1979shallconsistofthefollowingamounts:'4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,1a.-.u
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Th^y
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Additional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1979..

Artide5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1May1979/tiisunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15April1979,arcinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1May1979,ofthetotalquantities of
theproducts inquestionimported uptoand
including 15April1979,andchargedagainstthe
Community quotaandofanyportionofthoirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup. \
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5May1979,oftheamountsrillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant to
Article5.
«, ,
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsnotexceedthebalanceavailable,and
tothisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate measures
toensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
products inquestionestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
\
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproducts areenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
impostschargedagainstthatshareinaccordance
withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1July
1978.
1hisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels /
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

FICHE FINANCTE-REAnnexeauDoc.CUD/135/78-pR
Date7.2.1978
1.Lignebudgétaire concerne ;Chapitre 12,Article 120 ■,
2.Intitulédel'action:Projet,_derèglement (CEE)-duConseilportantouverture,répartition etmodedegestiond'uncontingent tarifaire
communautaire pourcertainesanguilles' delasous-position ex03.01AII-
dutarifdouanier commun(1erjuillet1978-30'juin1979) V"
3.Basejuridique sArt.28duTraité-CEE
A.Objectifsdel'action:Suspension desdroits ,duTDCpourlesproduits indiqués sous2
5.0Coutdelaction1978/1979
-•».f
•..> '..-tA>...►
/•;Importations extraCEE1976:
19.799^000 UCE;-,7.548tonnes
valeurd'unetonne .19.799.000 -.=2.623,079
7.548 ,•uce
Valeurde6.100:tonnes :16.000.781,9 UCE
DroitTDC:5%' ,'\vV-.''/;",Vs' :''V•Wv''..
Pertederecettes:16.000.781,9 «5.800.03,.o95UCE
arrondi ,>800.000 UCE; ■,•:;••y..
•V.