CELEX: 51982PC0835
Language: en
Date: 1982-12-16
Title: AMENDMENT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INTRODUCING A TAX ON CATCHES OF SALMON IN THE BALTIC SEA BY COMMUNITY VESSELS

No C 18/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 1.83
                Amendment of the proposal for a Council Regulation introducing a tax on catches of
                                    salmon in the Baltic Sea by Community vessels (')
                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                                       149 of the EEC Treaty on 21 December 1982)
1. The first recital shall be replaced by the following:           3.    The tax shall be paid at the time of landing.
   'Whereas the Council has concluded by Regu-                     4.    Quantities     landed    outside    Community
   lation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 17 June 1980 the                     territory or in another Member State than the one
   Agreement between the European Economic                         referred to in paragraph 2 shall be declared after
   Community and the Government of Sweden                          each voyage by the skipper of the fishing vessel to
   relating to certain measures intended to promote                the Member State whose flag his vessel is flying or
   the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic Sea ( 2 );'            in which his vessel is registered. The tax shall be
                                                                   paid not later than 15 days after the voyage.
2. The third       recital shall  be   replaced    by  the
   following:                                                      5.    The amount of the tax shall be fixed in ECU
                                                                   per kg each year, before 31 December for the
   "Whereas it is fair that all fishermen benefiting               coming year, by the Council acting by a qualified
   from the additional fishing opportunities provided              majority on a proposal from the Commission.
   by this Agreement should bear part of the cost
   entailed by these measures, proportionately to the              6.    The amount of tax, in national currencies,
   catches made, through a tax levied on salmon                    shall be the equivalent of the amount of tax fixed
   landings on behalf of the Community, and                        in ECU calculated by using the representative rate
   intended to offset in part the Community's                      applicable on the first day of the year for which
   financial contribution towards the cost of measures             the tax has been fixed.
   implemented by Sweden,'
                                                                   7.     The tax shall be fixed at a level which ensures
3. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:                   that the anticipated product of the tax in a given
                                                                   year constitutes 50-75 % of the Community's
     'Article 1                                                    financial contribution laid down for that year
                                                                   under the Agreement between the Community and
    1.     A tax is hereby introduced on catches of
                                                                   Sweden on the reproduction of salmon in the
    salmon in the Baltic Sea by fishing vessels flying
                                                                   Baltic Sea.
    the flag of a Member State or registered in a
    Member State.
                                                                    8.    The Member States shall, within 30 days
    2.     The tax shall be paid by the owner of the               following the end of each quarter, pay over to the
    fishing vessel to the competent authorities of the             Commission the amounts collected during that
    Member State whose flag the vessel is flying or in             quarter.'
    which the vessel is registered. Member States shall
    take appropriate measures for collecting the tax            4. The date '1 January 1981' in Article 2 shall be
    and for dealing with cases of failure to pay the tax.          replaced by '1 January 1983'.
 0) OJ No C 280, 30. 10. 1980, p. 4.
 O OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 7.