CELEX: 51976PC0282
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION implementing Protocol No 6 to the Agreement signed on 22 July 1972 between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNC I L REGULATION
                implementing Protocol No 6 to the Agreement
                             signed on 22 July 1972     \
              <     "between the Europe an Economic Community
                           and the Republic of Iceland
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                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
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    COM; 76 ) 282 final .
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
      During "the negotiation of the Agreement signed on 22 July 1972
"between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland a
 close link was established between the application of tariff concessions
for certain Icelandic fishery products , as provided for in Protocol No 6
to the Agreement , and a solution satisfactory to the Member States for
the economic problems resulting from the. measures adopted by Iceland
 concerning fishing rights .
      Following decisions taken unilaterally by Iceland to extend its
fishing limits to 50 » then to 200 miles , negotiations have been held
between Iceland and the Member States affected by the Icelandic measures .
      Since these negotiations havei led to agreements satisfactory to
the Member States and Iceland concerning fishing rights , the Commission
proposes that the Council implement Protocol No 6 ( see Annex I ) and
inform Iceland to this effect ( see Annex II ).
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                               COUNCIL REGULATION
                 impleaenoing' Protocol "No 6 *to "fch.6 Agrcsnsnl;
                             signed on 22 Ji"\y 1 972
                   "between "the European Economic Community
                          and. the Republic of Iceland
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN CdCaUTTir^ ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Suror Dan Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the Agreement signed on 22
July 1972 between txie European Economic Community and the Republic of
Iceland ,
Having regard to the proposal from th« commission ,
Whereas it is possible to record that a solution satisfactory to the
Member States of the Community and Iceland has been found for the economic
problems arising from the measures adopted by Iceland concerning fishing
rights ;
Whereas it is not necessary to amend the timetables laid down in Article 1
of Protocol No 6 , and whereas the reductions scheduled for 1 July 1973t
1 January 1974 » 1 January 1975 and- 1 January 1976 may be applied directly .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
1 . Protocol No 6 to the Agreement with Iceland shall be implemented as
    from 1 July 1976 . . The customs duties to be applied shall be those
    which are scheduled to take effect as from 1 January 197^*
2 . The President of the Council shall inform Iceland of this Decision .
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                  For the Council
                                                  The President
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                                  Draft
Sir-
     In accordance with the Council Decision of 25 June 1973 » °x which
you were informed by letter on 27 June 1973 ? the Council of the European
Communities has re-examined , on a proposal from the Commission , the
situation with regard to the application of Protocol -. No 6 to the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
Iceland .
     The Council in the course of this re-examination has established that
a satisfactory solution for the economic problems arising from the
measures adopted by Iceland concerning fishing rights is the necessary
prerequisite for implementing Protocol No 6 and represents , in the
Community 's view , a fundamental factor for the fulfilment of the
obligations resulting from that Protocol .
     Since the Member States of the Community ana Iceland have found a
solution which is satisfactory at the present time , the Community has
decided , in consideration of this solution , to apply the provisions of
Protocol No 6 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Iceland as from 1 July 1976.
     The Community takes this opportunity to express the hope that the
negotiations with Iceland on the more general problem of fishing limits .
will open in the near future and will be concluded on a durable basis
satisfactory to the two sides .
                                           Yours , etc