Council Regulation (EEC) No 441/81 of 17 February 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 (1981)
Official Journal L 048 , 21/02/1981 P. 0005 - 0007
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 441/81
OF 17 FEBRUARY 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 ( 1981 )
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 1981 THE COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WERE APPLIED IN 1980 ; WHEREAS THESE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDE FOR THE OPENING OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , FOR THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , OF 100 TONNES FREE OF DUTY ; WHEREAS THIS TARIFF QUOTA IS TO APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 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 1981 , WHICHEVER SHALL BE THE EARLIEST ; WHEREAS A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA 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 , ON THE ONE HAND , BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM TUNISIA OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , BY REFERENCE 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