CELEX: 31976R2671
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2671/76 of 25 October 1976 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1976 by Regulation (EEC) No 2888/75 for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs Tariff

4 . 11 . 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 302/3
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2671 /76
                                                   of 25 October 1976
              increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1976 by Regulation (EEC) No
              2888 /75 for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common
                                                     Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            The Community tariff quota opened by Regulation
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                 (EEC) No 2888/75 for certain eels falling within
thereof,                                                         subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs
                                                                 Tariff shall be increased from 5 700 to 7 200 metric
                                                                 tons .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                           Article 2
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­             1 . A first tranche of this increase, amounting to
ment ('),                                                        1 340 metric tons, shall be allocated as follows among
                                                                 the Member States listed below:
Whereas in its Regulation (EEC) No 2888 /75 (2) the
Council opened and allocated among Member States,
                                                                                                 (in metric tons)
for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A                    Benelux                      500
II of the Common Customs Tariff, a zero-duty                             Denmark                      250
Community tariff quota fixed at the level of 5 700
metric tons ;
                                                                         Germany                      400
                                                                         France                         10
                                                                         United Kingdom               1 80
Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data for 1976
concerning this product, supplementary Community
import requirements from non-member countries are              • 2.     The second tranche, which amounts to 160
estimated at 1 500 metric tons ; whereas the quota               metric tons, shall constitute the reserve . The amount
amount should be increased by this amount to take                of the reserve provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regula­
account of such requirements ; whereas, in order to              tion (EEC) No 2888/75 shall thus rise from 500 to
safeguard the Community nature of the tariff quota in            660 metric tons .
question , a first tranche of the additional amount
should be allocated among certain Member States                                             Article 3
whilst the balance should be allocated to the reserve            This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
set up by Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
2888 / 75,                                                        of the European Communities.
            - This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1976.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                         A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
 (0 OJ No C 259 , 4. 11 . 1976, p . 37.
 I2) OJ No L 292, 12. 11 . 1975, p. 35.