CELEX: 51982PC0090
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3814/81 opening, allocating and providing for ithe administration of Community tariff quotas for prepared pared or preserved sardines falling within sub-heading 16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                      COM(82 ) 90 final
                                                      Brussels , 5 March 1982
                            m Proposal for a
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                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3814 / 81 opening , allocating and
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providing for ithe administration of Community tariff quotas for pre­
                pared
pared or preserved sardines falling within sub-heading 16.04 D of the
            Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco
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              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 90 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The 1978 agreement between the Community and Morocco 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
    provisions of the 1978 agreement on prepared and 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 quotas apply to the period from 1 January to 31 March 1982 and
    cover quantities , equivalent to one quarter of the annual volumes
    (3 500 tonoes duty free and 1 500 tonnes at a duty of 10% ).
3 . Because of difficulties that have not yet been overcome , it seems that the
    negotiations on the exchange of letters will not be completed for some time .
    It is therefore proposed that the validity of the current quotas be extended
    to 30 September 1982 and that the volumes and the various dates be adjusted
    accordingly .
    This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
 ---pagebreak---             IMPORTS OF PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES ORIGINATING
                                 IN MOROCCO
                                  in tonnes
MEMBER STATES
                                1978             1979       1980
Benelux                     1 . 335          1 . 190    1 . 310
Denmark                         105                3          4
Germany                     1 . 626          2.022      1 . 335
Greece                          578              169          0
France                      6.603            7.100      8.020
Ireland                          42                5          1
Italy                            88               33         38
United Kingdom              1.531            3.173      2.971
EC                         11 . 908         13.722     13.679
 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION' ( EEC )
               amending Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3814 / 81 opening ,
               allocating and providing for the administration of
               Community tariff quotas for prepared or preserved
               sardines falling within sub-heading 16.04 D of the
               Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco
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 ,
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                                                      Ι
Whereas by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3814/ 81 the Community opened Community
tariff quotas for prepared or preserved sardines falling within sub-heading
16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocoo ; whereas this
tariff measure , which is valid until 31 March 1982 , was taken pending conclu­
sion of the exchange of letters provided for by Article 19 of the Cooperation
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Agreement between the European Economi c Community and the Kingdom of Morocco ; whereas
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 these tariff quotas and to adjust the volumes and the various
dates accordingly ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                 Article 1
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3814 / 81 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . In Article 1 , " 31 March 1982" is replaced by " 30 September 1982" and
     "3 500 tonnes" is replaced by " 10 500 tonnes ".     i
( 1 ) 0J No L 383 , 31.12.1981 , p. 31
( 2 ) 0J No L 264 , 27.9.1978 , p. 21
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2 . In Article 1 ( 2 ), " 31 March 1982 " is replaced by " 30 September 1982      and
    "1 500 tonnes " is replaced by "4 500 tonnes ".
3 . In Article 2 , paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following :
    " 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 :
                                                                       ( tonnes )
    Member States                            Article 1  (1 )       Article 1    (2)
    Bénélux                                         720                     307
    Denmark                                          20                      10
    Germany                                         930                     400
    Greece                                          145                      62
  • France                                        4 060                   1 740
    Ireland                                          10                       4
    Italy                                            30                      12
    United Kingdom                                1 435                     615
                                                  7 350                  3 150
3 . The second instalment of each quota , that is , 3 150 and 1 350 tonnes respectively ,
    shall constitute the reserve ."
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4 . 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 ".
5 . 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 .
    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
    in all Member States .
    Done at Brussels ,                                             For the Council
                                                                     The President