CELEX: 31976R0112
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 112/76 of 19 January 1976 concerning imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia

28 . 1 . 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 20/53
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 112/76
                                                   of 19 January 1976
              concerning imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      than those applied from 1 January 1975 to like
                                                               products originating in other third countries,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                     Article 1
                                                                The products listed in Article 1 (2) ( a), (b), ( c), ( d)
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    and ( g) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, with the
Parliament (*),                                                exception of trout and carp, falling respectively
                                                               within subheadings 03.01 Ala) and 03.01 A III of
                                                                the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Tunisia,
Whereas implementation of the common fishery                   shall be imported into the Community free of
policy has rendered null and void the system                    customs duty.
provided for in Annex 2 to the Agreement
establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia ;
whereas the Community must, pursuant to Article 10                                     Article 2
(2) of that Annex, take account of the interests of
Tunisia when establishing the common organization               The products listed in Article 1 (2) (e) and (f) of
of the market in fishery products ;                              Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, with the exception of
                                                                prepared and preserved sardines and tunny, falling
                                                                respectively within subheadings 16.04 D and 16.04 E
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19                of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
January 1976 on the common organization of the                  Tunisia, shall be imported into the Community at
market in fishery products (2) established a system of          customs duties equal to 30 °/o of the Common
trade with third countries based on the application             Customs Tariff duties applicable.
of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas it is
possible for the Community to meet its obligations
with regard to Tunisia by granting that country
considerable tariff concessions which can go as far as                                  Article 3
exemption from duty for products falling within
 Chapter 3 of the Common Customs Tariff;                        The trout and carp, falling respectively within
                                                                subheadings 03.01 Ala) and 03.01 A III of the
                                                                Common Customs Tariff, originating in Tunisia,
 Whereas negotiations are in progress for the                   shall be imported duty free into the Community.
conclusion of a new Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of
Tunisia ; whereas this new Agreement should lay
down special import arrangements for carp and trout                                     Article 4
as well as preserved sardines and tunny; whereas
transitional arrangements for importation of those               1.   Member States shall maintain in force the
 products into the Community should therefore be                import arrangements effective on 31 January 1972 to
 provided ;                                                      prepared and preserved sardines and tunny, falling
                                                                 respectively within subheadings 16.04 D and 16.04 E
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the Act             of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
                                                                Tunisia .
of Accession, the import arrangements applied by the
Member States to the products in question
originating in Tunisia must not be less favourable              2. However, Member States which open tariff
                                                                 quotas under arrangements referred to in paragraph 1
 H OJ No C 7, 12 . 1 . 1976, p . 70.                             may increase the quantity of such quotas by not
 (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                        more than 30 %>.
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3.    The import arrangements applied to products                   — Council Regulation (EEC ) No 346/75 of 10
as specified in paragraph 1 originating in Tunisia                        February 1975 concerning the importation into
shall in no case be less favourable than those applied                    the Community of certain fishery products
to like products originating in other third countries .                   originating in Tunisia ( 2 ), as amended by
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 3413 /75 (3).
                         Article 5
                                                                    2.      References to the Regulations repealed by
                                                                    paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this
The arrangements provided for in Articles 3 and 4                    Regulation .
shall apply for 1976, until the entry into force of the
new Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Tunisia and not                       References to Articles of those Regulations are to be
later than 31 December 1976 .                                        read in accordance with the correlation given in the
                                                                    Annex .
                         Article 6
1.    The following Regulations are hereby repealed :                                         Article 7
— Council Regulation (EEC) No 1706/71 of 26 July
    1971 concerning imports into the Community of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
    fishery products originating in Tunisia (*),                     1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 January 1976.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                      J. HAMILIUS
(!) OJ No L 176, 5 . 8 . 1971 , p . 3 .                              ( 2) OJ No L 40, 14. 2 . 1975, p . 1 .
                                                                     ( s) OJ No L 337, 31 . 12 . 1975 , p . 1 .
                                                            ANNEX
                                                        Correlation table
              Regulation (EEC) No 346/75                         This Regulation
              Article 1                                          Article 3
              Article 2                                          Article 4
              Article 4                                          Article 5