Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) modifying Regulation (EC) No 702/97 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products
Date: 1997-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs fraud, fishery product, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  04.12.1997 
COM(97) 658 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

modifying Regulation (EC) No 702/97 
opening and providing for the administration of autonomous 
Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products 

(presented by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1.  Following  the  request  made  by  a Member  State,  the  Commission  services  conducted  a 
study  of  the  possibilities  for  modifying  Regulation  (EC)  No  702/97  opening  and 
providing  for the administration of  autonomous Community  tariff  quotas for  cod  and for 
surimi. 

2.  Following  the  discussion,  it  was  concluded  that  the  Member  States  could  approve 
increases  to  the  quotas  for  cod  and  for  surimi,  without  disturbing  the  markets  for  such 
products. 

This is the purpose of the attached proposal. 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) N° 
of 

1997 

/97 

modifying  Regulation  (EC) No  702/97 
opening  and  providing  for the  administration  of  autonomous 
Community  tariff  quotas for certain  fishery  products 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  Community,  and  in particular  Article  28 
thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas, by Regulation  (EC) N° 702/97l, the Council opened autonomous tariff  quotas  for  cod 
(order number 09.2753) and for surimi (order number 09.2779); 

Whereas  their  quotas  amounts  are  insufficient  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  Community  industry; 
whereas, consequently,  these quotas amounts should be  increased; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

For the quota period  1 April-31 December  1997, the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 702/97  is 
amended as  follows: 

- order number 09.2753: the amount of the tariff  quota  is altered to 55.000 tonnes, 
- order  number 09.2779: the amount of the tariff  quota is altered  to  7.500 tonnes. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  7th  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the 
Official  Journal of the European Communities. 

It shall apply from 1  April 1997. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

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FINANCIAL RECORD 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

Budget line concerned: Chap.  12 Art. 120 

Legal basis: Art. 28 of the Treaty 

Title of the tariff  measure concerned:  Proposal  for Council  Regulation  (EC)  modifying 
Regulation  (EC)  No  702/97  opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of 
autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery  products. 

Objective: To ensure that the Community  processing industry  is supplied on  favourable 
terms. 

5. 

Method of calculation: 

Product 
description 

Variation in quota 
volume 
(Units/tonnes) 

Variation  in 
estimated  price 
(ECU/Unit) 

Variation  in 
normal duty  (%) 

Variation in  quota 

duty 

(%) 

Cod 

+  5.000 t 

0 

- 8 ,6 

(09.2753) 

(initial  volume: 
50.000  t) 

(initial  price: 
1.176) 

(initial  duty: 
12,6) 

Surimi 

+  3.0001 

• 

0 

-9 

(09.2779) 

(initial  volume: 
4.500  t) 

(initial  price: 
1.900) 

(initial  duty: 

15) 

0 

0 

Expected 
variation  in the 
loss of  revenue 
in relation to the 
previous  quota 
period (in ECU) 

505.680 

513.000 

Additional  loss of revenue: 1.018.680 ECU 

Fight  against  fraud:  Provisions  on  the  management  of  these  tariff  quotas  include  the 
measures  necessary  for  preventing  frauds  and  irregularities  and  protecting  against 
them. 

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