CELEX: 51989PC0022
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or in brine, originating in Norway (1989) (presented by the Commission)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (89) 22
Vol. 1989/0010
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983 concernant
l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique européenne et de
la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983, p. 1) modifié en dernier
lieu par le règlement (UE) 2015/496 du Conseil du 17 mars 2015 (JO L79 du 25. 3.2015, p. 1), ce
dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents classifiés présents dans ce dossier
ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit règlement ou sont considérés déclassifiés
conformément aux articles 26(3) et 59(2) de la décision (UE, Euratom) 2015/444 de la
Commission du 13 mars 2015 concernant les règles de sécurité aux fins de la protection des
informations classifiées de l'Union européenne.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 concerning
the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic Community and the
European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as last amended by Council
Regulation (EU) 2015/496 of 17 March 2015 (OJ L 79, 27.3.2015, p. 1), this file is open to the
public. Where necessary, classified documents in this file have been declassified in conformity
with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation or are considered declassified in conformity with
Articles (26.3) and 59(2) of the Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015
on the security rules for protecting EU classified information.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1. Februar
1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und
der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983, S. 1), zuletzt geändert durch die
Verordnung (EU) Nr. 2015/496 vom 17. März 2015 (ABI. L 79 vom 25.3.2015, S. 1), ist dieser Akt
der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in diesem Akt in
Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5 der genannten Verordnung freigegeben; beziehungsweise werden
sie auf Grundlage von Artikel 26(3) und 59(2) der Entscheidung der Kommission (EU, Euratom)
2015/444 vom      13.   März 2015     über die   Sicherheitsvorschriften für den Schutz von  EU-
Verschlusssachen als herabgestuft angesehen.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(89 )   22    final
                                                         Brussels , 25 January 1989
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        opening    and providing for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida , dried , salted or
                  in brine , originating in Norway    ( 1989 )
                       ( presented by the Commission )
                                    ■>
                                         •
 ---pagebreak---                                  Explanatory Memorandum
1 . The Agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European
    Economic Community and Norway concerning agriculture and fisheries ,
    approved by the Council Decision of 15 September 1986,^ provide in
    particular for the annual opening , on a date to be arranged by common
    accord , of Community tariff quotas for the following products originating
    in Norway , for which the volumes and duties applicable are given below :
   Common Customs  i                 Description             I   Quota    I Rate of I
   Tariff heading !                                          I volume ¡       duty  I
         No        I                                         I ( tonnes ) ¡
                    I                                        i            I
   03.02            Í Fish , dried , salted or in brine ;    I            I
                    I smoked fish , whether or not cooked    I            i
                    ! before or during the smoking process : I            I
                    I A. Dried , salted or in brine :        !            !
                    I    I. Whole , headless or in pieces :  I            I
                    !        b ) Cod ( Gadus morhua ,        I            i
                    I            Boreogadus saida , Gadus    I            I
                    I            ogac ) :                    I            I
                    I            - Dried , unsalted          I 3 900 I          0%  I
                    I            - Dried , salted            I 13 250 I         0%  I
                    I            -Wet salted , or in brine   I 10 ooo i         0%  I
                    I                                        I            I
   OJ No L 328 , 22.11.1986 , p. 76 .
                                                                                      O
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -
2 . The purpose of this proposal is to implement these tariff quotas for the
    period 1 April to 31 December 1989, taking into account the entry into
    force on 1 January 1988 of the Combined Nomenclature , which replaces the
    nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff .
    3.   In order to respect the ruling of the Court of Justice of
         27 September 1988 in case 51 / 87 the
        Commission proposes not to allocate tre tariff quota volumes amonq
        tie Member States but to allow tie latter to draw against tie said
        volumes quantities corresponding to tleir innediate reeds , as is
        the usual practice in similar cases . In addition , this procedure is
        more in keeping with the Corrmunity nature of these tariff quotas .
                                                                              7
 ---pagebreak---                                                      Proposai for
                                     ' COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                   . o£                                            • ■
                            opening       and providing for the administration of Community tariff
                     quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreog&dus s&ida . dried, salted or in brine,
                                                originating its Norway (198 91
   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 Act of ^Accession of Spain and
   Portugal,
■ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic
   Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded
   on 14 May 1973 : whereas, consequent on the accession of
   the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to
   the Community, an Agreement in the form of an
   Exchange of Letters was concluded and approved by the
   Decision 86/557/EEC (•) ;
   Whereas the latter Agreement provides for the opening,
 . on a date to be fixed by common accord, of Community
    Esritf quotas at reduced or zero duty for cod and fish of
   me species Boreogadus scidLa originating in Norway ;
   whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be
   opened for the period agreed for 198 9, namely 1 April to
   31 December 1989 ;
Whereas equhl and continuous access to the said quotas should be
ensured for alt Community importers and the rates laid down for
the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the
products in question into all the Member States until the quotas
are exhausted; whereas , it should not be allocated among the Member
States , without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volones
of such quantities as they may need, under conditions and according
to a procedure to be determined; whereas this method of administra ¬
tion requires close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor
the rate at whicn the quotas are used and inform the Member States
accordi nglv ;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgian , the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly re¬
presented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning
the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic
union may be carried out by any one of its members ;
  £1 ) GJ N0 L 328, 22.11.1% p. 76.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          - 2 -
                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                       *
                                                                                  ..     *4
                                                          Article 1
                                                                                      ,   •. I , >
                              1.    From 1 April to 31 December 1989 the customs
                              duties applicable to imports of the following products
                              originating in Norway shall be suspended at the levels
                              indicated and within the limits of Community tariff
                              quotas as shown below :                                        v
                                                                                                          Volume                Retr      .
     Order No        CN Code                                      Description                             oí quota           of doty
                                                                                                          (tonnet)               CM
                     0305          Fish, dried, salted or in brine ; smoked fish, whether or not cooked
                                   before or during the smoking process ; fish meal fit for human
                                   consumption :                                                                                          *
                                   – Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked :
  *
                     0305 51   ■   – – Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroctpbalus) ;
                                                                                                                                       ï
* 09.6707    ·   ex 0305 51 10     – – – Dried, unsalted :
         * “
                                             – Excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus            3 900                     0
                    0305 59 .      – – Other :
                                   – – – Fish of the species Boreogadus saida :
                 0305 59 H         – – - Dried, unsalted
                                                                                                                       .   ,  .  .   _
                                                                                                        a
                    0305 51        – – cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroctpbalus) :
  09.0703        ex 0305 51 90     – – – Dried, salted :                                                                     .....      »,
                                                                                                                   _
                                             – Excluding cod of the species Gadus macroctpbalus           13 250                   o        1
                    0305 59        – – Other :                                                                                               ·.
                                   – – – Fish of the species Bortogadus saida : ·                                    .     Λ.            -* ‘ ·
                                                                                                                                   1
                    0305 59 19     – - – Dried, salted
                                   – Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine :
  090705        ex 0305 62 00         – Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroctpbalus):
                                                                                                          10 000       ■: » '
                                   – Excluding the species Gadus macroctpbalus                                           •      >
                    0305 69        – – Other :                                                                         -*·           -   -    ·;
                    0305 69 10     - – Fish of the species Bortogadus saida ■                           1
                                                                                                                       ■ . y?·*.·
 Within the limits of the above tariff quotas the Kingdom
 of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties
 of 3,4 and 0 % respectively.
 2. Where the Community has .fixed a reference price
 for the products or categories of products concerned,
 imports of those products shall benefit from the quotas
 referred to in paragraph 1 only if the free-a-frontier price
 determined by the Member States in accordance with
 Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 is at least
 equal to the reference price,
 3. The Protocol concerning the definition of the
 concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of adminis¬
 trative cooperation annexed to the Agreement between
 the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
 Norway shall apply.
                                                                                                                                                 S
                                                                                                                                                  J
 ---pagebreak---                                      -3-
                                   Article 2
  The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the
  Commission, which may take all appropriate adninistrative measures
  in order to ensure effective adninistration thereof .
                                   Article 3
  If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry
  into free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit
  for a product covered by this Regulation and if this request is
  accepted by the customs authorities , the Member States concerned
  shall inform the Coniission and draw an amount corresponding to its
  requirements from corresponding quota amount .
                       rthe
  The drawing requests , with indication of the date of acceptance of
  the said declarations , must be transmitted to the Commission without
  delay .
  The drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date
  of acceptance of the declarations of entry into free circulation
  by the customs authorities of the Member States concerned to the
  extent that the available balance so permits .
  If a Member State do.es not use the quantities drawn, it shall return
  them as soon as possible to the corresponding quota amount .
  If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance
  of the quota amount , allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis
  with respect to the requests . Member States shall be informed by
  the Commission in accordance with the same procedures .
                                   Article A
  1.      Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
          their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged
          without interruption against their accumulated shares of the
          Comm unity quota .
  2.      Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the procfcjcts
          concerned have free sccess to. the quotas for such time as the
          residual balance of the quota volunes so permits .
  3.      Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their
          drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs
          authorities for free circulation.
  4.      The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be de¬
          termined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with
          paragraph 3 .
s
 ---pagebreak---                                            - A -
                                                                         Article 5
                                               At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
                                               inform it of imports actually charged against their quota
                                               shares.
                                                                         Article   6
                                               The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                               closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
                                                                        Article    7
                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                           For the Council
                                                            The President
                                                                                                         "2
 ---pagebreak---                    FICHE D' IMPACT SUR IA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMHJDÏ
Cfette prqpositicn est formulée en conformité avec des engagements contractuels de
la Qjrranunauté . L' inpact écoulant de œs concessions a été pris en considératien
 iors de la prise cte décision d' adoption de œ c<riting;ïnt et il n' aura pas un.
■caractère sérieux sur ia compétitivité et l' emploi dans la Oorrmunauté ,
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1-      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire          :  Rroposition de règlement du
        Gonæil       portant   ouverture  et mode    de  gestion   de   contingents
        tarifaires ccrmunautaire s pour        des mortes et des poissons        de
        l 'espèce Boregadus saida , originaires de Norvège
4.      Objectif : Inspecter les engagements contractés par la Gcrmunauté
        vis-à-vis de la Norvège
5.      Mode de calcul :
        - codes de la N.C. :      ex 0305 51 10   ex 0305 51 90 ex 0305 62 00
                                  ex 0305 59 11      0305 59 19     0305 69 10
        - volumes des contingents         3 900         13 250           10 000
            ( en tonnes )
        - droit à appliquer               0 %             0 %             0 %
        - droit normal                   13 %            13 %            13 %
        Efe rte <te recettes :
        - valeur d' une tenne       13 524,5 écus     4 176,3 écus    3 283,2 écus
        - valeur totale :       52 745 500 écus 55 335 975 écus 32 832 000 écus
        – Ifertfi      recette : 6 856 922 écus 7 193 688 écus     4 268 160 écus
                 îferte totale                      18 318 759 écus
Fbr rapport à 1988, augmentaton des pertes de 18 318 759 écus -
17 437 587 écus = 881 172 écus .