CELEX: 51978PC0462
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Date: 1978-09-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for prepared or preserved sardines falling within subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco (1979)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 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) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  Proposal for a
                            • COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
      Community tariff quotas for prepared or preserved sardines
      falling within subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs
                Tariff and originating in Morocco ( 1979 )
                                  Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                       ■    II   ■   .  I I ■ !..  I
      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 )
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                                                   »
                                               «
C0M(78 ) 462 final
                     ι
 ---pagebreak---                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The 1976 Agreements between the Community and Morocco and Tunisia
provide that prepared and preserved sardines originating in those
countries may be admitted duty free into the Community on condition
that certain minimum prices are respected . The periods and the tech­
nical rules for application of this system must be fixed by exchanges
of letters between the contracting parties . Since these exchanges of
letters have not taken place the arrangements provided for in the
            ' -      I
Agreements were not implemented and those arising from the previous
Association Agreements between the EEC and Morocco "and Tunisia were
maintained in force until 31 December 1977 .    •
The former arrangments in question provide for tariff treatment which
varies from one Member State to another . This treatment cannot be
extended beyond that date , since i^is incompatible with the princi­
ples of the customs union and the rules of the common commercial
policy .
 From 1 January 1978 the Community replaced these arrangements by a
Community tariff quota system which takes the interests involved
 into account pending the conclusion of the exchanges of letters
which will enable the provisions of the 1976 Agreements relating
to prepared and preserved sardines to come into force .
As the situation has not changed since 1 January 1978 the Commission
 is proposing that the Council extend the tariff quota system for
 1979 and therefore approve the two attached proposals for Regulations
on the opening , allocation and administration of Community tariff
 quotas in respect of prepared and preserved sardines falling within
 subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff originating in
Morocco and Tunisia respectively ( 1979 ), i.e. :
          !
- for Morocco : - one tariff quota of 14.000 tonnes , duty free ,
                  - one tariff quota of 6.000 tonnes at 10% ;
- for Tunisia : one tariff quota of 100 tonnes , duty free .
 This is the subject of the annexed proposals .
 ---pagebreak---                             - 2 -
4. The proposals for regulations opening these tariff quotas provide -
   as is customary - for the division of each of the quota volumes
   into two instalments , the first being allocated among the Member
   States as quota shares , the second being held as a reserve .
   The allocation of the volume of the first instalment of the quota
   should be based on the rules generally applied . These involve calcu-
                                                    «
   lating each Member State 's total imports over the last three years
   as a proportion of total Community imports during the same period
   and applying , for each Member State the percentages thus obtained
   to the volume of the first' instalment .
                               / .
                                                                      \
 ---pagebreak---                   IMPORTATIONS OF PREPARED AND CONSERVED SARDINES
                                   FROM MOROCCO AND TUNISIA
                                           -  in tonnes -
                                       MOROCCO                        TUNISIA
                                                                        1975  '976  1177
       1974             1975             1976             1977 1974
                                                                      I
Bx    2.322             . 713          2 . 107        1 . 679       «
                                        0 -           1 . 955
DK         53 ■ 7           54              58             78
                                         0 =               61
D     £.642           1 . 640          4.341          1 . 147
                                        0 «           2.442
F    14.50 !          8.660           10.438          7.321     36       33    14
                                         0 =         10.230
IRL                         77   ■          79             26
                                         0 =               45
 IT     • 688             223               37            199
                                         0 =              287
UK    3.089           3 . 193          I . 533            883
                                         0 =          2.174
                              A_
C.E.                ! 5 . 5 60        18.593         11.333     36       33    14     Ψ
                                         0 .       . 17.195
                                                                                   β
                                                                                   i
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX A
                             PROPOSAL FOR A
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) '   .
       opening , allocating and providing for the administration
       ^ of Community tariff quotas for prepared or preserved
          sardines falling within subheading 16.04 D of the
          Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco
                                 ( 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 Cooperative Agreement of 1976 between the Community and Morocco
provides , that prepared and preserved sardines , subheading 16.04 D of the
Common Customs tariff , originating in Morocco , may be imported in the
 Community free of duties ; whereas the rules of this regime must be fixed
                                                    Ί
by an exchange of letters between the Community and Morocco ; whereas, since
this exchange of letters has not taken place , it is therefore advisable to
 renew for the year 1979 the Community system which has been applied in 1978 ;
 whereas this system provides , for importations in the Community of the pro­
 ducts in question , the opening of two Community tariff quotas : one duty free
 tariff quota of 10.000 tonnes and an other of 6.000 tonnes at a duty rate of
 10% ; whereas these tariff quotas are to apply from 1 January 1979 until
 the conclusion of the exchange of letters provided for in Article 19 of
 the Cooperation Agreement between the Community and Morocco , until such
 time as Community arrangements for impor.ts 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 •;
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 2 -                                      ANNEX A
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers
equal and uninterrupted access to the abovement ioned quotas and uninterrup­
ted application of the rates laid down for that quotas to all imports of
the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas has been
used up ; whereas , having regard to the above principles , the Community
nature of the quotas can be respected by allocating the Community tariff
quotas among the Member States ; whereas , in order to reflect as accurately
as possible the true trend of the market in the products 1n question , such
allocation should be in proportion to' the requirements of the- Member States ,
 calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from Morocco over a
 representative reference period and also to the economic outlook for the
quota period concerned j                                                               (
 Whereas , in respect of the last three years for which statistics are
 available , the corresponding imports by each of the Member States -
 represent the following percentages of imports into the Community
 from Morocco of the products concerned ;                                 , ,        -
                       1
                            Member State          1975         1976            1977
                  *    <                       i    •
                                               I  :
                  Bénélux                      I 11.0          11,3            14,8
                  Dcnmark                           0,3           0,3            0,7
                  Germany                         10,6 '        23,3           10,1
                  France                   .      55,7         56,1-           64.6
                  Ireland                           0.5 >         0,5            0.2
                  Italy                              M            0.2            1.8 :
                  United Kingdom                  20,5           8,3             7,8'
                  Whereas, in view of these factors and of the estimates
                  submitted by certain Member States, initial
                  shares may be fixed approximately at the following
                  percentages :       ,
                                                 Of the quota         Of the quota
                           Member State                 of                  of
                                            i    M 000 tonne)         6 000 tonnes ,
                                            I                 »
                   Bénélux                            13-49               9-54
                   Denmark                             0-28               028
                   Germany                            13-33              13-33
                   France                '            59-52         .    42-59
                   Ireland                             0-36                0-37
                   Italy                               0-64                  •48
                   United Kingdom                      2-38              32-41
                                                                I
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX A
Whereas , in order to take into account import trends for the products
concerned in the various Member States , each quota should be divided
into two instalments , the first being shared among the Member States
and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the ■
requirements of Member States which have used up their initial shares ;
whereas , in order to give importers in each Member State a certain
degree of security ; the first instalment of the Community quota should ,
under the present circumstances , be fixed at 80% of the quota volume ;
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used up at different
times ; whereas , in order to take this fact into . account and avoid
any break in continuity , any Member State which has 'almost used up
its initial share , should draw an additional share from the reserve ;
whereas this must be done by each Member State as and when each of
its additional shares is almost used up , and repeated as many times
as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares
must, be valid until the end of the quota period ; whereas this method
of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States
and the Commission , and the latter must be in a position to monitor
the extent to which the quota volume has been used up and to inform
the Member States thereof ;
Whereas if , at a given date in the quota period , a substantial quantity
 of an initial share remains unused in any Member State , it is essential
 that that Member State should return a significant proportion to the
 reserve , to prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining unused
 in one Member State when it could*be used in others ;
      Ν
 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united in and represented by
 the Benelux Economic Union , any operation relating to the administra­
 tion of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be
 carried out by any of its members ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        ANNEX A
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                         Article 1                                j
 1.    From 1 January 1878 until the conclusion of the
 exchange of letters referred to in Article 19 of the
 Cooperation Agreement between the Community and                   1
 Morocco, until suctf time as Community import arran­
 gements are applied or until 31 December ■ 1979,
 whichever shall be the earliest, a duty-free Commu­
 nity tariff quota of 14 000 tonnes shall be opened for v
 imports into the Community of prepared or preserved
 sardines falling within subheading 16.04 D of the
 Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco.               ;
 2. From 1 January 1970 until the conclusion of the
 exchange of letters referred to in Article 19 of the
 Cooperation Agreement between the Community and
 Morocco, until such time as Community import arran­
 gements are applied or until 31 December 1979, ...
 whichever shall be the earliest, a Community tariff             '
 quota of 6 000 tonnes at a duty rate of 10 % shall be
 opened for import- into the Community of prepared
 or preserved sardines falling within subheading 16.04
  D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in
  Morocco.
                          Article 2
   1.   The tariff quotas laid down in Article 1 shall be
  divided into two instalments.
,2. A first instalment of each quota shall be shared
 among the Member States ; the respective shares
 which, subject to Article 5, shall be valid until the end
 of the period specified in Article 1 , shall be as
 follows :
                                                        (founts)
            Member State          Article \ (1 )  Article 1(2)
 Bénélux                              I 700           515
 Denniark                    -            35           15
 Germany                              1 680           720
 France                         »     7 500        2 300       .     ;
 Ireland                                  45           20
 Italy                                    80           80         I
 United Kingdom                       I 560      ■  1 750
                         Total      12 600          5 400
 3. The second instalment of each quota, 1 400
  tonnes and 600 tonnes respectively, shall constitute
  the corresponding reserve.
 ---pagebreak---                            - 5 -                       ANNEX A
                        Article 3
If 90% or more of a Member State 's initial share as specified
in Article 2(2 ), or 90% of that share minus the portion returned
to the reserve where Article 5 is applied - has been used up , then.
                                          \
to the extent permitted by the amount of the reserve , that Member
State shall forthwith ,- by notifying the Commission , draw a second
share equal to 15% of its initial share , rounded up where neces­
sary to the next unit .
If , after one of its initial share has been used up , 90% or more
of the second share drawn by a Member State has been used up , then,
to the extent permitted by the amount of the reserve , that Membe-'
State shall , in accordance with the conditions laid down in p-ira~
graph 1 , draw a third share equal to 7,5% of its initial s.': 3re '
 rounded up where necessary to the next unit .
 If , after its second share has been used up , 90% or more of the
 third share drawn by a Member State has been used up, that Member
 State shall , in accordance with the conditions laid down in para­
graph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the third .
 This process sha I U continue until the reserve is used up .
 By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 , a Member State may
 draw shares smaller than those fixed in those paragraphs if there
  is reason to believe that those might not be used up . It shall
 inform the Commission of its reasonsfor applying this paragraph .
 ---pagebreak---                                - 6 -                         ANNEX A
                             Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until the
end of the period specified in Article 1 .
                                                                       /
                             Article 5
The Member States shall return to the reserve , not later than
1 October 1979 , such unused portion of their initial share as ,
on 15 September 1979 , is in excess of 20% of the initial volume .
They may return a larger quantity if there are grounds for belie­
ving that it may not be used .
The Member States shall , not later than 1 October 1979 , notify
the Commission of the total quantities of the products in question import*^,
up to 15 September 1979 and charged against the Community quota ,
and of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the reserve .
                             Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall , as soon as
 it is notified , inform each Member , State of the extent to which
the reserve has been used up .                 -
 It shall inform the Member States , not later than 5 October 1979 ,
of the amount in the reserve after quantities have been returned
pursuant to Article 5 .
 The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which uses up the
 reserve is limited to the balance available , and to this end shall
 indicate the amount thereof to the Member, State which makes such
 last drawing .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 7 -                      ANNEX A
                                Article 7
1.       The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure
         that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened
          in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption
         against their accumulated shares of the Community quota .
                                                           «
2.       The Member States shall ensure that importers of the products
          in question established in their territory have free access to
        the shares allocated to them .      \
3.       The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall
         be determined on the basis of imports of the products in ques­
         tion originating in Morocco and entered with the customs autho
          rities for home use .
                                Article 8
At the request of the Commission , the Member States shall inform it
of imports of the products concerned actually charged against their
shares .
                                Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in
order to ensure compliance with this Regulation.'
                                Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979 .
                                    /                    •
       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
       and directly applicable in all Member States .
     -  <
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                         ANNEX B
                                PROPOSAL FOR A  .
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (F.EC>              '
                                          I
opening, allocating and providing (or 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 . 118/9).      ,
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 Cooperative Agreement of 1976 between the Community
and Tunisia provides , that prepared and preserved sardines , sub-
hfeading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff , originating in
 Tunisia , may be imported in the Community free of duties ;
 whereas the rules of this regime must be fixed by an exchange                  . '
 of letters between the Community and Tunisia ; whereas, since
 this exchange of letters has not taken place, it is therefore
 advisable to renew for the, year 1979 the Community . system which
 has . been applied in 1978 ; whereas this system provides for
 importations in the Community of the products in question ,
 the opening of a duty free Community tariff quota of 100 tonnes ;
 whereas this tariff quota is 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 pro­
  ducts in question are applied or until 31 December 1979, whichever
  shall be the earliest ; whereas this.. Community tariff quota should
  therefore be opened ;                                                             *
 ---pagebreak---                                                  - 2 -                 ANNEX B
  Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community
  imfSfters equal end uninterrupted access to the abovementioned
 quotg and UO Interrupted application of the rates laid down for
 that SWOt# t <| $11 iaports of the products concerned into all
                      until the quota has been used up ; whereas , having
         to. tH#             ppf* ciples , the Community nature of the quota
      b« r8j(S8fit®al by #Uocating the Community tariff quota among
 the Member Spates ; whereas , in order to reflect as accurately
 es possible th» true trend of the market in the products                   ques­
 tion , such allocation pbould 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 cofrcerned ;
 Whereas , in respect of the last three years for which statistics
 are available , the corresponding imports by each of the Member
 States represent the following percentages of imports into the-
 Community from Tunisia of the products concerned :
               -■■ I'    ■!!            ■M HI  ,
                         Member State 1           1875     1976   1977
                       :        ..            I
                                        4     1
               Bénélux
               Denmark
               Germany              •
               France                   *'        100    k 100 .
                                                 -33 t )        t
               Ireland
               Italy
               United Kingdom
Whereas these data cannot be considered as representative and .
cannot serve as a basis for the allocation of the quota '
the Member States ; whereas it is difficult to forecast ^ the s;
Member $te|es' imports in 1979 because of the absence of any f •
pattern in previous years ; whereas in order that the quota may be
allocated fa»rty , the initial quota shares may be fixed approximately
at the follqwing percentages :                                            t
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ANNEX B
                    Bénélux                    10 /o
                    Denmark                »    3%
                    Germany                  , 15%
                    France                     50 %
                    Ireland                   .3 %
                    Italy                       4%
                    United Kingdom             15%
Whereas , in order to take into account import trends for the products
concerned in the various Member States , the quota volume should be
divided into two instalments / the first being shared among the Member
States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date
the requirements of Member States which have used up their initial
quota shares ; whereas , in order to give importers in each Member »
State a certain degree of security , the first instalment of the
Community quota should , under the present circumstances , be fixed
at 80% of the quota volume ;
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used up at different
 times ; whereas , in order to take this fact into account and avoid
 any break in continuity , any Member States which has almost used up
 its initial share     should draw an additional share from the reserve ;
 whereas this must be done by each Member State as and when each of
 its additional shares is almost used up , and repeated as many times
 as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares ;
 must be valid until the end of the quota period ; whereas this ,,
 method of administration requires close cooperation between the
  Member States and the Commission, and the . latter must be in a posi­
  tion to monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been used
  up and to inform the Member States thereof ;
            V    '                                                    •
                                         •            fir
                                                              i
  Whereas if , at a given date in the ijuota period , a substantital
  quantity of an initial share remains unused in any rMember State ,
   it is essential that that Member State should return a significant
  proportion to the reserve, to prevent a part of any Community quota
   from remaining unused in one Member State when it could be used in
   others ;
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 4 -                    ANNEX B
Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united in and represented by
the Benelux Economic Union , any operation relating to the administra­
tion of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be
carried out by any of its members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
                                 ______
From 1 January 1979 until the conclusion of the exchange of letters
referred to in Article 18 of the Cooper'ation Agreement between the
Community and Tunisia , until such time as Community import arrange-'
ments are applied , or until 31 December 1979 , whichever is the
earliest , a duty-free Community tariff quota of 100 tonnes shall
be opened for imports into the Community of prepared or preserved
sardines falling within subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs
Tariff and originating in Tunisia .
                                 Article 2
1.     The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be divided
       into two instalments .
2.     A first instalment , amounting to 80 tonnes , of the Community
       tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated
       among the Member States ; the respective shares , which
       subject to Article 5 shall be valid until the end of the
       period specified in Article 1 , shall, be as follows :
                  .                 ' • .       (tonnes)
                    Bénélux       ;                 g
                    Denmark                 ' >     y
                    Germany
                    France                         40
                    Ireland          '              2
                    Italy                 , ,       ^
                    United Kingdom                 i?
 ---pagebreak---                              - 5 -                        ANNEX B
    The second instalment of 20 tonnes shall constitue the reserve
                           Arti cle 3
           ■>
   If 90% or more of a Member States' initial share as specified
   in Article 2 ( 2), or 90% of that share minus the portion
   returned to the reserve where Article 5 is applied, has been
                                                      «
  used up , then , to the extent permitted by the amount of the
   reserve , that Member State shall forthwith , by notifying
  the Commission , draw a second share equal to 15% of its
  initial share , rounded up where necessary to the next unit .
  If , after one of its initial share has been used up , 90% or
  more of the second share drawn by a Member State has been
  used up , then, to the extent permitted by the amount of the
  reserve , that Member State shall / in accordance with the
  conditions laid down in paragraph 1 , draw a third share
 equal to 7,5% of its , initial share , rounded up where '
 necessary to the next unit .
 If/ ^fter its second share has been used up, 90% or more ,
 of t^ie third share drawn by a Member State has been Used
 up , that Member State shall , in accordance with the condi-'
 tions laid down in paragraph 1 / draw a fourth share equal
to the third .
                                  r   , •       • , -
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up .
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3/ a Member State
may draw shares smaller than those fixed in those paragraphs
if there is reason to believe that those might not be used
up . It shall inform the Commission of its reasons for applying
this paragraph .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 6 -                       ANNEX B
                                Article A
   Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
  the end of the period specified in Article 1 .
                                Article 5
                                                            «
  The Member States shall return to the reserve , not later than
   1 October 1979 , such unused portion of their initial share as ,
  on 15 September 1979 , is in excess of 20% of the initial volume .
  They may return a larger quantity if there are grounds for belie­
  ving that it may not be used .                   •
  The Member States shall , not later than 1 October 1979 , notify
  the Commission of the total quantities of the products in question innportxui ■
  up to 15 September 1979 and charged against the Community quota ,
  and of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the reserve .
                                                          I
                                Article 6
  The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
  Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall , as soon as
  it is notified, inform each Member State of the extent to which
  the reserve has been used up .
, It shall inform the Member States , not later than 5 October 1979 ,
  of the amount in the reserve after quantities have been returned        x
  pursuant to Article 5 .
  The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which uses up the        '     »
  reserve is limited to the balance available , and to this end       '
  shall indicate the amount thereof to the Member State which
  makes such last drawing .
 ---pagebreak---                                                    - 7 -                              ANNEX B
                                               r>rir,<U 7
 1.        The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure
           that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened
           in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption
          against their accumulated shares of the Community quota .
 2.       The Member States shall ensure that importers of the products
          in question established in their territory have .free access
          to the shares allocated to them .
                            • • •                       .     '   / .               4 "
3.        The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall
          be determined on the basis of imports of the products in ques­
          tion originating in Tunisia entered with the customs authorities
          for home use *
                                               Article 8
At the request of the Commission , the Member States shall inform
it of imports of the products concerned actually charged against :
their shares . ...        .                      .          .
                                               Article 9
     '. '     "  ,                    •                                 ' I             '
The Membef States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in
order to ensure compliance with this Regulation . :
             ?        ■           ■ ■   . •                     -
             t  . ■     1                   ..      • .                     '
                                               Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979.
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
  -  and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                                            ^.u r
                                                          o           For , the Council
                                                                     The President