CELEX: 31972R0227
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 227/72 of 31 January 1972 concerning imports into the Community of certain fishery products originating in Tunisia

Official Journal of the European Communities                                        45
 No L 28/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 2. 72
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 227/72
                                                       of 31 January 1972
                   concerning imports into the Community of certain fishery products originating
                                                           in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 1              ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,                                                 The following products, originating in Tunisia, shall
                                                                    be imported into the Community free of customs
                                                                    duty :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                          CCT
                                                                                                     Description
Having regard to the opinion of the European                           heading No
Parliament,
                                                                    03.01           Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or
Whereas the system defined by Regulation (EEC)                                      frozen :
No 1706/71 i1 ) for imports into the Community of
                                                                                    A. Freshwater fish :
fishery products originating in Tunisia does not cover
 trout, carp, preserved sardines and preserved tunny                                    I.   Trout and other salmonidae :
since a Community system for imports of those                                                a) Trout
products has not yet been defined ;
                                                                                        III. Carp
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1822/71 (2) the
system applied to imports of these products,
originating in Tunisia, was extended until 31 January
1972, the final date of validity of the transitional                                         Article 2
measures which the Commission is entitled to take
in respect of products covered by that Regulation,                  1 . Member States shall retain the import system
prior to the entry into force of Council Regulation                 applying on 31 January 1972 to the following
(EEC) No 2142/70 of 20 October 1970 on the                          products, originating in Tunisia :
common organization of the market in fishery
products (3); whereas pending the implementation                          CCT
of the Community system for import of these                            heading No                    Description
products, a transitional system should be defined in
order to avoid any disturbances in trade in the                                          *
products in question between the Community and                      16.04           Prepared or preserved fish, including
Tunisia ;                                                                           caviar and caviar substitutes :
                                                                                    D. Sardines
Whereas in 1971 the import needs of certain Member
States were greater than the quantities provided for                                E. Tunny
in the tariff quotas fixed in 1969,
                                                                    2. However, Member States who open tariff quotas
(!) OJ No L 176, 5 . 8 . 1971 , p . 3 .                             under the system referred to in paragraph 1 may
(2) OJ No L 189, 21 . 8 . 1971, p . 10.                             increase the volumes provided for in those quotas
(3) OJ No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p. 5,                                by up to 30% .
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                      Article 3                              It shall apply until the implementation of a Com­
                                                             munity system for imports into the Community
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February         of the products referred to in this Regulation and
1972 .                                                       until 31 December 1972 at the latest .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety" and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 31 January 1972.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                   G. THORN