Council Regulation (EEC) No 3815/81 of 21 December 1981 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines falling within subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Tunisia
Official Journal L 383 , 31/12/1981 P. 0034
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 265 , 27 . 9 . 1978 , P . 5 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3815/81 OF 21 DECEMBER 1981 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA$$
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 TUNISIA ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT PREPARED AND PRESERVED SARDINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA , MAY BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY FREE OF DUTY ; WHEREAS THE DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE FIXED BY AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND TUNISIA ; WHEREAS , SINCE THIS EXCHANGE OF LETTERS HAS NOT YET TAKEN PLACE , IT IS ADVISABLE TO RENEW UNTIL 31 MARCH 1982 THE COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WERE APPLIED IN 1981 ; WHEREAS IT IS ADVISABLE TO OPEN A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , FOR THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION OF 25 TONNES FREE OF DUTY ; WHEREAS THIS TARIFF QUOTA IS TO APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1982 UNTIL EITHER THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 18 OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND TUNISIA , OR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ARE APPLIED BUT UNTIL 31 MARCH 1982 AT THE LATEST ;
WHEREAS , SINCE A PROTOCOL AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 118 OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION DOES NOT EXIST , THE COMMUNITY MUST ADOPT THE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 119 OF THAT ACT ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF MEASURE CONCERNED WILL , THEREFORE , APPLY TO THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA 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 , ON THE ONE HAND ,