CELEX: 31975R0346
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 346/75 of the Council of 10 February 1975 concerning the importation into the Community of certain fishery products originating in Tunisia

14. 2. 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 40 / 1
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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 346/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 10 February 1975
              concerning the importation into the Community of certain fishery products
                                                      originating in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas the second paragraph of Article 3 of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion (EEC) No 227/72 provides for that Regulation to
                                                                     apply until Community arrangements for imports
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                become operative but not in any event beyond 31
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     December 1974 ;
thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1 555/74 (6) introduced,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  with effect from 25 June 1974, Community import
                                                                     arrangements for carp and trout ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
ment ;
                                                                     Whereas negotiations are in progress with a view to
Whereas the arrangements for the importation into                    concluding a new Association Agreement between
the Community of fishery products originating in                     Tunisia and the European Economic Community ;
Tunisia laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1706/71 (')                 whereas this new Agreement will provide for special
did not cover trout, carp, preserved sardines or tunny               import arrangements for carp, trout and preserved
since no Community import arrangements had as yet                    sardines and tunny ;
been established for those products ;
                                                                     Whereas, to avoid any disruption in trade in these
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1822/71 (2) the                       products between the Community and Tunisia, the
arrangements applied by Member States to imports of                  transitional arrangements instituted by Regulation
these products originating in Tunisia prior to the                   (EEC) No 227/72 should be extended until the entry
entry into force of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      into force of the Agreement referred to above, but not
2142/70 (3) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­                  in any event beyond 31 December 1975 ;
ization of the market in fishery products were
extended to 31 January 1972, on which date transi­
                                                                     Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the Act of
tional measures which the Commission was empow­
                                                                     Accession , the import arrangements applied by the
ered to take in respect of products covered by the
                                                                     Member States to the products in question originating
latter Regulation ceased to be valid ; whereas pending               in Tunisia must not be less favourable than those
the introduction of Community arrangements Council
                                                                     applied from 1 January 1975 to the like products origi­
Regulation (EEC) No 227/72 (4) of 31 January 1972
                                                                     nating in other third countries,
concerning the importation into , the Community of
fishery products originating in Tunisia laid down tran­
sitional arrangements in order to avoid any disruption
 in trade in those products between the Community
 and Tunisia ;                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 307/74 (5) extended the
 period of application of Regulation ( EEC) No 227/72
 until 31 December 1974 ;                                                                    Article 1
(!)  OJ No L  176, 5 . 8 . 1971 , p. 3 .                             The following products shall when originating in
 (2) OJ No L  189, 21 . 8 . 1971 , p. 10 .                           Tunisia be imported duty free into the Community :
 (3) OJ No L  236, 27. 10 . 1970, p. 5 .
 (4) OJ No L  28 , 1 . 2. 1972, p. 6.
 (5) OJ No  L 34, 7. 2. 1974, p. 13 .                                (6) OJ No L 167, 22. 6. 1974, p. 1 .
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      CCT                                                          graph 1 may increase the quantity of such quotas by
    heading                     Description of,goods
                                                                    not more than 30 % .
       No
                                                                    3 . The import arrangements applied to products as
03.01           Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen :    specified in paragraph 1 originating in Tunisia shall
                A. Freshwater fish :                                in no case be less favourable than those applied to the
                       I. Trout and other salmonidae                like products originating in other third countries .
                           a) Trout
                     III . Carp
                                                                                           Article 3
                           Article 2                                Council Regulation (EEC) No 307/74 is hereby
                                                                    repealed .
1.     Member   States      shall   maintain         in force the
import arrangements effective on 31 January 1972 to
the following products originating in Tunisia :                                            Article 4
                                                                   The arrangements provided for in this Regulation
      CCT
     heading                    Description of goods
                                                                    shall apply for 1975, until the entry into force of the
       No                                                           new Association Agreement between the European
                                                                    Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia
16.04           Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar        and not later than 31 December 1975 .
                and caviar substitutes :
                D. Sardines                                         In respect of the products specified in Article 1 it
                E. Tunny                                            shall apply with effect from 25 June 1975 .
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
2. However, Member States which open tariff                         following that of its publication in the Official
quotas under the arrangements referred to in para­                 Journal of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 10 February 1975.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               G. FITZGERALD