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Date: 1989-01-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM ( 89)  16   final
                                              Brussels , 27 January 1989
                        Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         opening and providing for the administration
            of autonomous Community tariff quotas
            for certain fishery products ( 1989 )
               ( presented by the Commission )
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As part of the overall examination agreed at Council level in December 1986
concerning the opening of annual autonomous tariff quotas for fishery products ,
the Commission has drawn up a report on the markets and supply needs of user
industries for 1989 .
Having regard to the requirements of the internal and external policies of
the Community , the Commission is proposing a certain nunber of tariff measures ,
notably reduced duty tariff quotas , to ensure continuation of Community
production in the content of the rules and obligations of the common organisation
of the markets and to ensure supply of the processing indu-stries while also
taking into account the current and foreseeable situation on the international
market .
In these conditions , the tariff quotas to be opened for the period up to 31
December 1988 for the products specified are for products which meet the
conditions laid down as regards the reference prices fixed, or to be fixed,
and which are intended for processing .
Furthermore , with reference to the Commissions declaration made on adoption
by the Council of the quotas for 1988, this proposal foresees the opening of
these autonomous quotas from 1 April 1989 for a period extending to 31 December
1989 in order to allow planning of supply to the industry without destabilizing
the revenue of Community producers .
This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
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                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                          of
                     opening                     and providing for the administration of autonomous
                                   Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products ( 198 9)
    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
    thereof,
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
    Whereas Community supplies of certain species of fish or
    fish fillets and fish meat currently depend on imports
    from third countries ; whereas it is in the Community’s
    interest to suspend partially the customs duties for the
    products in question, within Community tariff quotas of
    an appropriate volume ; whereas, in order not to
    jeopardize the development prospects of this production
    in the Community and to ensure an adequate supply to
    satisfy user industries, it is advisable to open these quotas
    for the period from 1 April until 31 December 1989 applying customs
    duties varied according to sensitivity of the different
    products on the Community market ;
    Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
    Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
    the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted
    application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all
    imports of the products concerned into all Member States
    until the quotas have been used up ; whereas, in the
                      present case ,             they should not
   be allocated among the Member States; without prejudice
   to the drawing against the quota volumes of such
   quantites as they may need, under the conditions and
   according to a procedure to be determined ; whereas this
   method of administration requires dose cooperation
   between the Member States and tiler Commission and the
   latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at
   which the quotas are used up and inform the Member
   States accordingly ;
   Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
   the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
   are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
   Economic      Union,    all    transactions  concerning   the
   administration of shares allocated to that economic union
   may be carried out by any one of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                            Article 1
1.     From     1 Apri l
         until 31 December 1989 , the customs duties
applicable on importation to products listed below shall
be suspended at the levels and within the limits of the
Community tariff quotas indicated for each product :
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                                                                                                            Amount
   Order No       CN code                                        Description                                of quota         Quoca duty
                                                                                                          (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                        1
 092722        ex 0304 20 99       Fillets and fish meat of Alaska pollack ( Tberagra chalco-
               ex 0304 90 99      gramma), frozen, for processing (a) (b)                                    20000               10
 092724        ex 0304 20 57       Fillets and fishmeat of hake (Merluccius spp, excluding the
               ex 0304 90 47      genus Merluccius merluccius, Merluccius Bilinearis and
                                 -Merluccius carpensis), frozen, for processing (3) (jj)                     25 000              10
                                                                                                        1
092753        ex  -. 302  50      Cod ( C-./I/J rnorhuj:. Gtsdus og.:«; GiiJus nuìmccph^lux). lìsh cf j
              c.  P '02   69 35   the genus Ih*reof*adus sanili, excluding livers, rocs.
              ex  0303    60                       presented fresh, chilled or trocen, (or processing      40 000
            -
                                                                                                                                    „
              ex  0303    79 4 ]
                                    (a) (b)
092755        ex 0302 63 00       Coalfish ( Pclhb-.us irrens), excluding iivers. rocs.                       1 ' 000             3.7
              ex 0303 73 00                  presented fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b|                   :
092757        ex 0302 62 00       Haddock ( -Sielanogrammus aeglcfinus) excluding livers, roes.                 δ 000             3.7
              ex 0303 72 00                                     presented fresh, chilled or ‘rozen, for
                                  processing (a) (b)
092759        ex 0304 20 21       Frozen fillets of cod ( Cadus morhua, Cadies ogac. Cadus                                i
              ex 0304 20 29       macrocephalus} and fish of the species Bureogadus saida. for
                                  processing (a) (b)                                                            δ CCO     1      10
092765            0305 62 00      Cod ( Cadus morbini, Cadus ogac, Cadus macrocephalus) and                                !
                  0305 69 10      fish of the species IiorcogaJus saida. saited or in brine, but not
                                  dried or smoked , for processing (a) (b)                                    30 000
                  <1305 51 10     Cod ( Cadus NI p rima. Cadus 1,;· .; c Cadus macrscephaius) and
                                                                                                                           j       9
092767
                                                                                                                    510
                                                                                                                           j
                  0305 59 1 1     fish of the soecics liarcopgadas s.iiJii, dried, unsalted                                       10
092769          ex 0305 30 11       Fish fillets, dried, whether or not salted, of cod                             250           10
                ex 0305 30 19      (Cadus morhua, Cadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)and of
                                    fish of the species Boreogadus saida
092773          ex 0306 13 10      Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis.                          2 000             4
                ex 0306 23 10
                                   in shell, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for
                                   processing (a) (b)
                 (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant
                        to the relevant Canmunity provisions .
                 (b) The quota shall apply to products intencbd to undergo any operation unless they
                        are intended to undergo exclusively ore or more of the following operations :
                        - cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,
                        - cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks ),
                        - sanpling, sorti ng,
                        - label ling,
                        - packing,
                        - chilling,
                        - freezing,
                        - deep freezing,
                        - thawing, seperation.
                        The quota is rot allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo
                        treatnent (or operations) qualifying for the quota where such treatment
                         (or operations ) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level . The
                        reduction of custons duties shall apply only to fish intended for human
                        consumption.
                                                                                                                                        4
 ---pagebreak---                  1. ''X'ichin the limits of these tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese
                 Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions
                 in the Act of Accession .
                 3. Imports of the products in question shall not be covered by the quotas referred to in
                 paragraph 1 unless the frec-at-frentier price, which is determined by the Member States in
                 accordance with Article 21 of Regulation ( EEC) No 3796/S l ('). is at least equal to the
                 reference price fixed, or to be fixed, by the Community for the products under conside¬
                 ration or the categories of the products concerned.
                                               Article 2
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the
Commission, which may take all appropriate acmi ni strati ve measures
in order to ensure effective adn i ni stration thereof .
                                               Article 3
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry
into free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit
for a product covered by this Regulation and if this request is
accepted by the customs authorities , the Member States concerned
shall inform the Comission and draw an anount corresponding to its
requirements from corresponding quota amount .
                           the
The drawing requests , with indication of the date of acceptance of
the said declarations , must be transmitted to the Commission without
delay .
The drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date
of acceptance of the declarations of entry into free circulation
by the customs authorities of the Member States concerned to the
extent that the available balance so permits .
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn , it shall return
them as soon as possible to the corresponding quota amount .
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance
of the quota amount , allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis
with respect to the requests . Member States shall be informed by
the Commission in accordance with the same procedures .
                                                Article 4
1.        Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
          their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged
          without interruption against their accumulated shares of the
          Commu.’-i ty quota .
2.        Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products
          concerned have free access to the quotas for such time as the
          residual balance of the quota volumes so permits .
3.        Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their
          drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs
          authorities for free circulation .
4.        The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be de ¬
          termined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with
          paragraph 3 .
  ( 1 ) GJ N       579 , 31.12.1981 , p. 1 .
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                               Arti cLe 5
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of
imports actually charged against the    quota .
                               Article 6
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure
that this Regulation is complied with .
                               Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April      1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                For the Counci l
                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.         Ligne budgétaire conœmée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.         Base juridique : art . 28 du traité
3.         Intitulé de    la ire sure  tari faire    :     Proposition da        règlement du
           Conseil   portant    ouverture    et    mode      de gestion       de    contingents
           tarifaires communautaires pour certains produits de la pêche .
4.         Objectif    :    Assurer    1' approvisionnement ,         à     des      conditions
           favorables , ctes industries communautaires .
5.         Efertes de recettes :
Espèces de poissons        Quantités    Prix en           Droit   Droit contin¬            Perte de
                           en tonnes    ECU/ tonnes      normal     gentai re           recettes
                                                        ( en %)       ( en X)            ( en ECUs )
Marues, fraîches,          AO 000         1 100           12            3,7             3 652 000
réfrigérées ou
congelées
Lieus noirs, frais,        15 000           800           15            3,7             1 356 000
réfrigérés ou
congelés
Eglefins, frais,            8 000         1 150           15            3,7             1 039 600
réfrigérés ou
congelés
Fi lets congelés de         8 000         2 800           15         10                 1 120 000
morues
Filets et chairs           25 000         1 200           15         10                 1 500 000
de merlus, congelés
Filets et chairs de        20 000        1 200           15          10                 1 200 000
lieus oe l' Alaska
Morues , salées            30 000        3 200           13            9                3 840 000
non séchées
Morues , séchées              500       11 300           13          10                     169 500
non salées
Fi lets de morues,            250        4 800           16          10                      72 000
sécnés, salés ou non
Crevettes                   2 000        3 400          12            4           '        544 00C
                                                                                  I
                                                                                      14 493 IX
 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
la présente proposition vise l' ou\erture de contingents tarifaires
communautaire s autonomes destirés à couvrir , à des conditions favorables ,
les  besoins    des  industries   utilisatrices .  Elle aura   pour effet de
permettre à œs industries de concurrencer celles des pays tiers sur les
marchés de la Communauté et des pays tiers et de maintenir ou mène
d' améliorer l' emploi dans la Comnunauté .