Council Regulation (EEC) No 3022/79 of 20 December 1979 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen cod fillets, falling within subheading 03.01 B II b) 1 of the Common Customs Tarif (1980)
Official Journal L 340 , 31/12/1979 P. 0008 - 0010
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3022/79
OF 20 DECEMBER 1979
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN COD FILLETS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 03.01 B II B ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1980 )
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 COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OPEN AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AT 8 % DUTY FOR 10 000 TONNES OF FROZEN COD FILLETS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 03.01 B II B ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF QUOTA CONCERNED SHOULD BE OPENED ON 1 JANUARY 1980 AND ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ;
WHEREAS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , TO CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS INTO EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION :
*1976*1977*1978*
BENELUX*0,90*2,09*2,31*
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*
UNITED KINGDOM*93,93*83,18*89,93*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR THIS PRODUCT FOR 1980 , THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME CAN BE EXPRESSED APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX : 1,18
DENMARK : 2,70
GERMANY : 6,31
FRANCE : 6,31
IRELAND : 0,01
ITALY : 2,34
UNITED KINGDOM : 81,15
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , IN THIS CASE 80 % OF THE FULL QUOTA ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO AVOID DISRUPTION