CELEX: 51978PC0460
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain types of fish (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
          temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous
           Common Customs Tariff duties on certain types of
                                   fish
             (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(78) 460 final .
 ---pagebreak---  The Community 's processing industry fer-fish is pot sufficiently supplied
 with cod , haddock / end hake by Community fishermen . Denmark ^specially
 has become dependant pn impqrts of the;;e 'ish ^ from 'third countries ( see
 estimated incidatipns fpr th ? first half-»ye<ic 1979 in the annex to this
 explanatory memorandum ). The Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to
 these fish ( 15 / 18% ). reduce the . competitiveness of the industry concerned
compared with the prices o.f suppliers of finished products from third
countries whl ch ere cheaper , furthermore the rise in tha prices should be
mfctt For these reasons Denmark has rSQweftfd §' duty suspension for the
fish in question .
Weighing the interests q1 Community fishermen . and those of the Community 's
processing industry the Commission. things jlhflt ' <* duty suspension to a
level of 1 0% 1 s appropriate . The Commission therefore proposes in the
attached Regulation that the present duty suspension which expires pn
31 December 1978 should         prolonged f§f # flow peModof six months
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      CCT                                                           CCÏ-Rate          Suspended Total needs      Danish catches              Imports of De't..-?v - fei
                                 Description of goods                               . rate of
  Heading No                                                                                    of Denmark       and scop lies               frcm ïhird               \
                                                                                       duty                      from- jthsr                         court rie .
                                                                                                                 lember States                                    -   «
  ex 03.01 B I h )        Cod ( Gadus morrhus or Gadus callarias )
                          fresh , chilled or frozen> whole ,           15               10        72.500 t           57.500 t                         15.000 t
                          headless or in pieces , intended for                                  41.400.000 EUA 32.800.000 EUA                   3 . 600 . 000 EUA
                          the processing industry
                        I
  ex 03.01 B I k )        Haddock , fresh , chilled or frozen,
                          whole , headless or in pieces ,,             15               10        13.500 t .          8.'5C0 t '                        5.000 t
                                                                                                                                                        c  rinn t
                                                                                                                                                                      I
                                                                                                                                                                      f
                          intended for the processinci industry             • \                  8.650.000 EUA      5.400.000 EUA               3 . 250 . C00 EOA     ,
                                                                                                                _____
  ex 03.01 B I q )        Hake , fresh , chilled or frozen,       j               I
                          whole , headless or in pieces,          j 15 , - I            10         3.500 t            1,000 t      . . i               2.500 t
                          intended for the processing . industry j                               4.500.000 EUA
                                                                                                                    1.200 . 000 EUA    j [
                                                                                                                                           .. " 3.200.000 EJA
  ex 03.01 B II a )       Fillets of hake, fresh ,  chilled or
  and        B II b ) 7 frozen intended for the                     18/ 15              10         1.200 t               450 t   •     I                   75 : t
                          processing industry                                                    1.500.000 EUA        550.000 EUA      I
                                                                                                                                       ι
                                                                                                                                                    930.000 EUA   '
 ---pagebreak---                      Proposal for a Council Regulation
          . temporarily and. partially , suspending . the autonomous -
               Common Customs Tariff duties on certain types of
                                  f ish
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community /
and in particular Article 43 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas the amount of these fish specified in this Regulation
Landed by the Community fishery fleet is currently inadequate to.me ^"
the needs of the processing industry of the Community ;
Whereas, in view of such supply diff iculties , it is advisable to suspend
from 1 January to 30 June 1979 at the level of 10^> the autonomous Common
Customs .Tariff -duties on the fish concerned ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS . REGULATION :
                              Article 1
From 1 January , to 30 June 1979 the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties on the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be
suspended at the level of 10# .
        ,                     Article 2
This Regulation Shall, enter into force on 1 January 1979 . ,
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .          -
 ---pagebreak---                                              ANNEX
        CCT                             Description
heading     No .                                      » .
ex 03.01 B I h )        Cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias ), fresh , chilled
                        or frozen , whole , headless or in pieces , intended for
                        the processing industry ( a )
ex 03.01 B I k >   .■   Haddock , fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , hea'dless or in
                        pieces , intended for the processing industry ( a )
ex 03.01 B I q )        Hake , fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , headless or in
                               /
                        pieces , intended for the processing industry Ca )
                                                                          \        '  i
ex 03.01 B II a ) and   Fillets of hake , fresh , chilled or frozen intended for
           B II b) 7 '  the processing industry ( a )
                                                                                          I
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( a ) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to
      the relevant Community provisions . ■ '
 ---pagebreak---                                                       Annex to doc . US/ 806/ 7b
         FZttANCXAL           5HE6T
                                                      Oat * 4.8.1978
 1 , Budget vino concerned : Chap . 12 , art . 120
2 , Titlo of » ctivUy : Council Regulation temporarily and totally suspending
                           the Common Customs Tariff duties' en certain types »f
                                                            r
                           fish -
                        /
13 . Logat         t       Art . 43 Treaty of Rome
 4 . Objectives of the activity :                         x
     Suspension ''of CCT duties for goods mentioned under 2 .
 5.0 Co«t$ of tb« activity to                     Impossible to evaluate seriously because of
      th* account of the EC budget                non-existing Community statistics .. On the bas&
      bp «©* collection of duties ,               of the indications by the requesting
                                                  Member State the amount of the non-collected
                                                  duties will at least be about 800,000 EUA
                                                ' for the period from 1.1 to 30.6.1979 .    »