CELEX: 51982PC0091
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Date: 1982-03-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3815/81 opening/allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines falling within sub-heading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Tunisia (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(82 ) 91 final
                                                     Brussels . 5 March 1982
                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3815 / 81 opening / allocating and providing
for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or
preserved sardines falling within sub-heading 16.04 D of the Common
                Customs Tariff and originating in Tunisia
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 91 final
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 „ The 1978 agreement between the Community and Tunisia provides that
     prepared and preserved sardines originating in that country may be
      imported into the Community free of duty subject to the observance of
      certain minimum prices .   The periods and the technical rules for
     applying this system have to be laid down in an exchange of letters
     between the contracting parties .
     Pending the conclusion of the exchange of letters which will allow
     the provi sions' of the 1978 agreement on prepared arid preserved
     sardines to enter into force , the Community has applied a system
     of annual Community tariff quotas making due allowance for the
     interests involved .
2 . The current quota applies to the period from 1 January to 31 March
     1982 and covers a quantity equivalent to one quarter of the annual
     volume ( 25 tonnes duty free ).
3 . Because of difficulties that have not yet been overcome , it seems
     that the negotiations on the exchange of letters will not be comple­
     ted for some time .   It is therefore proposed that the validity of the
     current quota be extended to 30. September 1982 and that the volume
     and the various dates be adjusted accordingly .
     This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
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IMPORTS OF PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA
MEMBER STATES
                                               - tonnes -
                        1978           1979            1980
BX                         -
DK                         -
D                          -              -               -
G                    ,
F                                        50               3
IRL
IT                         -              -               -
UK                         -
EC                                       50               3
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                              1
              amending Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3815 / 81 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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European | conomic Community ,
and in particular Article' 113 thereof,                       !
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3815 / 8.1 ( 1 ) the Community opened a Conr-
munity tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines falling within
subheading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in
Tunisia ; whereas this tariff measure, which is valid until 31 March
1982 , was taken pending conclusion of the exchange of letters provided
for by Article 18 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia ( 2 ); whereas it now seems
that the negotiations on this exchange of letters will not be completed for
some time ; whereas it is consequently advisable to extend the validity of
this tariff quota and to adjust the volume and the various dates accordingly ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                              i
                                     Article 1
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3815 / 81 is hereby amended as follows :
                             (
1 . In Article 1 , " 31 March 1982 " is replaced by     30 September 1982" and
     " 25 tonnes " is replaced by " 75 tonnes ".
( 1 ) 0J No L 383 , 31.12.1981 , p. 34 ,
( 2 ) OJ No L 265 , 27,9.1978 , p. - 2 .
 ---pagebreak--- 2 . In Article 2 , paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following :
    " 2 . A first instalment , amounting to 56 tonnes of the Community tariff
    quota referred to in Article 1 , shall be allocated among the Member
    States ; the 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                                    6
               Denmark                                    3
               Germany                                    9
               France                                    23
               Ireland                                    3
               Italy                                      3
               United Kingdom                             9
    3 . The second instalment of .19 tonnes shall constitute the reserve ."
3 . In the first and second paragraphs of Article 5 ,    1 March 1982 " is
    replaced by "1 August 1982 " and " 15 February 1982 " is replaced by
    " 15 July 1982 ".
4 . In the second paragraph of Article 6, "5 March 1982" is replaced by
    "5 August • 1982".
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels /                                 For the Council
                                                   The President