Council Regulation (EEC) No 2861/78 of 23 November 1978 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for prepared or preserved sardines, falling within subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0051 - 0053
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2861/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO ( 1979 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND MAROCCO PROVIDES THAT PREPARED AND PRESERVED SARDINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO , MAY BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY FREE OF DUTIES ; WHEREAS THE DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE FIXED BY AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND MOROCCO ; WHEREAS , SINCE THIS EXCHANGE OF LETTERS HAS NOT YET TAKEN PLACE , IT IS ADVISABLE TO RENEW FOR THE YEAR 1979 THE COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WERE APPLIED IN 1978 ; WHEREAS THESE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDE FOR THE OPENING OF TWO COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR IMPORTATIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ONE DUTY-FREE TARIFF QUOTA OF 14 000 TONNES AND THE OTHER OF 6 000 TONNES AT A RATE OF DUTY OF 10 % ; WHEREAS THESE TARIFF QUOTAS ARE TO APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 19 OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND MOROCCO , UNTIL SUCH TIME AS COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ARE APPLIED , OR UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , WHICHEVER SHALL BE THE EARLIEST ; WHEREAS THESE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THESE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES MENTIONED ABOVE , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTAS CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE TRUE TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM MOROCCO OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS INTO