CELEX: 51978PC0059
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-15
Title: Draft for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards), fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the processing industry, falling within subheading ex 03.01 B I 2) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (78) 59
Vol. 1978/0022
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                                                     COM(78)59 final
                                                     Brussels , 15 February 1978
                                    Draft for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous
             Common Customs Tariff duty on sardinops sagax or ocellata
             ( pilchards ), fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , headless or
             in pieces , intended for the processing industry , falling
             within subheading ex 03.01 B I 2 )
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
co;:(78 ) 59 final
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                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                                                  \
  1. Since the prohibition on herring fishing came into effect ,
     certain fisheries industries have had considerable difficulty
     in obtaining supplies of raw materials .         ,
                              ■                                *
  2. Similarly , the replacement products called pilchards can
     no longer be delivered in the necessary quantities by Member
     States' fishing vessels , to the extent that a large amount
     of requirements is imported from non-Member countries ( for
     the period in question : Germany - 170 t at 39 000 u.a .;
     Benelux countries - 785 t at 183 956 u.a .)*
     This has led to an increase in the price of "pilchards".
  3. In order to maintain employment in the fish processing
     industry and stable in preserved fish prices , it is
     advisable to prolong to 30 June 1978 the suspension of the
     autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty at the level of
     4% (CCT : 15%) on the fish in question which is now in
     force and expies on 28 February 1978 .
  4. This is the purpose of the draft regulation appended hereto .
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                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                  temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous
                  Common Customs Tariff duty on sardinops sagax or
                            /*         *
                  ocellata ( pilchards ) , fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                  whole , headless or in pieces , intended for the
                  processing industry , falling within subheading
                  ex 03.01 B I 2)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 28 thereof ;
Having regard to the draft proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , as a consequence of the prohibition on fishing for
herrings , it has become particularly difficult to supply certain Community
processing industries with sufficient quantities of raw
matenals :
Whereas , to facilitate such supplies , it is advisable to extend until
i-. y 30 June 1978 the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duty
 at the level of 4% on pilchards falling within subheading
 ex 03.01 B I 2), now in^ force and due to expire on 28 February
 1978* ;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ,
                              Article 1
        The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on the products
 listed below shall be suspended at the level of 4Z from 1 March
 to 30 June J 978 .
                                                                          \
   OJ No L 306 of 30.11 J977 , p.l .
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ex 03.01 B 12)       Sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards ) , fresh ,
                     chilled or frozen , whole , headless or in pieces ,
                     intended for the processing industry ( a)
                               Article 2
      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1978 .
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                             For the Council
                                               The President
 (a) The application of this suspension is subject
     to conditions to be determined by the
     competent authorities .