Council Regulation (EEC) No 2862/78 of 23 November 1978 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 (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0054 - 0056
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2862/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
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 ( 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 TUNISIA 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 DUTIES ; 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 FOR THE YEAR 1979 THE COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WERE APPLIED IN 1978 ; WHEREAS THESE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDE FOR THE OPENING OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , OF 100 TONNES FREE OF DUTY ; WHEREAS THESE TARIFF QUOTAS ARE TO APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 18 OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND TUNISIA , 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 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 BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM TUNISIA 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 EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM