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Date: 1988-02-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products (1988)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 249/88 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or in brine, originating in Norway#(presented by the Commission)

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                                          COM(88 ) 59 final
    opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
      autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain
           fishery products ( 1988 )
                            Proposai for    a
                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 249 / 88 opening , allocating and
      providing for the administration of Community tariff
       quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus
       saida , dried , salted or in brine , originating in
                Norway
                              ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                                       >ί*
                                                                   (^ywv ) 9
                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. As part of the overall examination agreed at Council level in
   December 1986 concerning the opening of autonomous tariff quotas for
   fishery products , the Commission has drawn up a report on the markets and
   supply needs of user industries for 1988 .
   In this report the Commission is proposing , in the light of the
   requirements of the Community 's internal and external policies , a
   number of tariff measures and in particular tariff quotas at a reduced
   or zero rate of duty , to ensure that Community production and the
   supply of the user industries , on favourable terms , develop in
   parallel .
   In this context , and in order to comply with the policy laid down of
   developing trade with a view to a better balance of fishing
   activities , the Commission proposes that part of the tariff quotas
   made available be used to increase certain quotas opened for products
   originating in Norway, though without affecting traditional trade
   flows .
2. 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 .
   The first draft regulation concerns the quotas to be opened in favour
   of third countries after establishment of a Community reserve of 33 %
   which is the standard percentage set for quotas in 1988 with a view
   towards completion of the single market in 1992 ^ the quota amounts are
   divided between Member States who are traditional importers^ pro rata
   in accordance with apparent utilization of the same quotas opened in
   1987 and in the absence of more precise information in the time
   avai lable .
   The second draft Régulation is intended to modify Régulation ( EEC )
   No 249 /88 of 25 January 1988 ( 1 ), opening , allocating and providing
   for the administration of tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species
   Boreogadus saida , dried or salted and originating in Norway, in order
   to increase the volume of proposed global tariff quotas .
 ---pagebreak---                                         3
        In view of the small quantities involved in the increases      concerned
        the Commission proposeînot to allocate them between Member States
        but that the Community reserve be increased corresponding Ly .
        This is the purpose of these propose^ régulations .
( 1 ) OJ No L 26 , 30.1.1988 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   opening, allocating and providing for the administration of
                   autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products ( 1988 )
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 , fish fillets
and fish méat dépend on imports from third countries ; whereas it is in the
Community’s interest to suspend partially the Common
Customs Tariff duty for the products in question, within
Community tariff quotas of an appropriate volume ;
whereas, in order not to jeopardize the development pros¬
pects 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 until 31 December 1988 at rates varied according to
  sensitivity of- the different products on the Community market ;
Whereas, in particular, equal and continuous access to the
quotas should be ensured for all Community importers
and the rate of duty for the tariff quotas should be applied
consistently to all imports until the quotas are exhausted ;
whereas, in the light of these principles, arrangements for
 the utilization of the tariff quotas based on an allocation
 among Member States would seem to be consistent with
 the Community nature of the quotas ; whereas, to corres¬
 pond as closely as possible to the actual trend in the
 market in the products in question, allocation of the
 quotas should be in proportion to the requirements of the
 Member States as calculated by reference to statistics of
 imports from third countries during a representative
 ---pagebreak--- reference period and to the economic outlook for the
quota period in question ;
Whereas , in the case in point , there are no statistical data
broken down by quality of products in question ; whereas
the quotas are autonomous Community tariff quotas
intended to cover import needs arising in the Commu¬
nity, and so the quota volumes may be allocated on the
basis of the temporary requirements as regards imports
from third countries expressed by each of the Member
States ; whereas these arrangements for allocation will also
ensure the uniform application of the Common Customs
Tariff ;
Whereas, to take account of possible import trends for the
products concerned, the quota volumes should be divided
into two instalments, the first being allocated among
certain Member States and the second held as a reserve to
meet subsequent requirements of Member States which
have used up their initial shares and any additional requi¬
rements which might arise in the other Member States ;
whereas, to give importers of the Member States some
degree of certainty, the first instalment of the Community
tariff quotas should be set at a relatively high level, which
in this case could be 6 7 % of the quota volumes ;
 Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates ;
 whereas, to avoid disruption of supplies on this account, it
 should be provided that any Member State which has
 almost used up one of its initial shares should draw an
 additional share from the corresponding reserve ; whereas,
 each time its additional share is almost used up, a
 Member State should draw a further share, and so on as
 many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and
 additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota
 period ; whereas this form of administration requires close
 collaboration   between    the   Member     States   and   the
 Commission, and the latter must be in a position to keep
account of the extent to which the quotas have been used
up and to 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, any measure concerning the adminis¬
tration of the shares allocated to that economic union
 may be carried out by any one of its members.
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                            Article 1
1 . From the date on which this Régulation enters into force until 31
    December 1988 , 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 :
  Order No  Combined          Description of goods          Amount of     Rate of duty
            Nomenclature                                    quota         under the
            code
                     ;
                                                            ( in tonnes ) quota ( in % )
  09.2701   ex 0301 92 00     Eels ( Anguilla spp ), live ,
            ex 0302 66 00     fresh , chilled or frozen ,
            ex 0303 76 00     intended for processing by
                              curing or skinning enter¬
     ■
                              prises or for use in the
                              industrial manufacture of
                              products falling within
                              position 1604 of the
                              Combined Nomenlcature ( 1 )       5 250          0
  09.2722   ex 0304 20 99      Fillets and fish meat of
            ex 0304 90 99     Alaska pollack ( Theragra
                              chalcogramma ), frozen ,
                              for processing ( 1 )             20 000          8
  09.2724   ex 0304 20 57      Fillets and fishmeat of
            ex 0304 90 47     hake ( Merluccius spp .,
                              excluding the genus
                              Merluccius merluccius ,
                              Merluccius Bilinearis
                              and Merluccius
                              carpensis ), frozen ,
                              for processing ( 1 )             20 000          8
  09.2751   ex 0304 20 19     Pike and flesh of pike ,
            ex 0304 90 10     frozen , for processing ( 1 )       400          0
  09.2753   ex 0302  50        Cod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus
            ex 0302  69 35    ogac , Gadus macrocephalus ),
            ex 0303  60       fish of the genus Boreo-
            ex 0303  79 41    gadus saida , excluding
            ex 0304  10 99     livers , roes and fillets
            ex 0304  90 35    but included minced meat ,
            ex 0304  90 37     fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                              for processing ( 1 )              45 000         3,7
  09.2755   ex 0302  63 00     Coalfish ( Pollachius
            ex 0303  73 00    virens ), excluding livers ,
            ex 0304  10 99     roes and fillets , but
            ex 0304  90 41     including minced meat ,
                               fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                               for processing ( 1 )             15 000         3,7
 ---pagebreak---      (1 )              (2 )                           (3 )                    (4 )  (5 )
  09.2757       ex 0302 62 00             Haddock ( Melanogrammus
                ex 0303 72 00             aeglef inus ), excluding livers
                ex 0304 10 99             roes and fillets , but
                ex 0304 90 45             including minced meat ,
                                          fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                                          for processing ( 1 )             2 000    3,7
  09.2759       ex 0304 20 21             Frozen fillets of cod
                ex 0304 20 29             ( Gadus morhua , Gadus ogac ,
                                          Gadus macrocephalus ) and
                                          fish of the species
                                          Boreogadus saida , for
                                          processing ( 1 )                10 000
  09.2761       ex 0304 20 31             Frozen fillets of coalfish
                                          ( Pollachius virens ),
                                          for processing ( 1 )            10 000
  09.2763       ex 0304 20 33             Frozen fillets of haddock
                                          ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus ),
                                          for processing ( 1 )             1 000
  09.2765       ex 0305 62 00             Cod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus
                ex 0305 69 10             ogac , Gadus macrocephalus )
                                          and fish of the species
                                          Boreogadus saida , salted or
                                          in brine , but not dried or
                                          smoked , for processing ( 1 )   42 000
  09.2767       ex 0305 51 10             Cod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus
                ex 0305 59 11             ogac , Gadus macrocephalus )
                                          and fish of the species
                                          Boreogadus saida , dried ,
                                          unsalted for processing ( 1 )       500  10
( 1 ) Control of the use for this spécial purpose shall be carried out pursuant
      to the relevant Community provisions .
      2.   Within 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 free-at-frontier price, which is determined by the
      Member States in accordance with Article 21 of Regula¬
      tion (EEC) No 3796/81 , is at least equal to the reference
      price fixed, or to be fixed, by the Community for the
       products under consideration or the categories of the
       products concerned.
 ---pagebreak---                 1      Thr ( 'oiiimiimtv Mull i|in>i.i'. irlrrird ID in Arliclc I
               shall be divided into two instalments .
               2.      A first instalment of each of these quotas
                                           shall be allocated among ceruin
               Member States ; the shares, which, subject to Article i,
               shall be valid until 31 December 198g shall be ts
                follows :
                                                             Order No
     09.2701      09.2722    09.2724     09.2751   09.2753    09.2755   09.2757     JD9.275  09.2761  09.2763  09.2765 09.2767
      1   330        828          242                 _
                                                                     80      _
                                                                                          84       33             _       •
          500           18          -        -    13 659        7 424        729          35  1 915       -        -       -
       1  496      7 602       5 955         -     4 770        1 236           92    1 783   3 131       123      -      -
          -          -            -          *         -          -          -          -        -        -
                                                                                                                1 759     -
          -
                        91     1 430         -
                                                    1 9J8         -          -          -        -        -
                                                                                                                3 425     -
            46     3 946       4 667         268       -
                                                                1 200           13    1 340   1  621        29     563       13
          _           _           _          -         -          -           _         -        .        -
                                                                                                                1  246     318
          -           -           -          -         -          -
                                                                              -   .     -        -        -
                                                                                                               21  147     •
          148         915      1  106               9 663           60        506     3 45B               498      -
                                                                                                                              4
       3 520      13 400      13 400         268  30 000       10 000     1   340     6 700   6 700       650  28 140      335
The second tranche of each quota i.e . :
-
    for     order      no  09.2701              1 730 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2722         •
                                           m
                                                6 600 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2724         •
                                           •
                                                6 600 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2751         •
                                           •
                                                  132 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2753         •
                                           ■
                                               15 000 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2755         •
                                           •
                                                5 000 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2757         ■
                                           ■
                                                  660 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2759         •
                                           •
                                                3 300 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2761         •
                                           •
                                                3 300 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2763         •
                                           •
                                                  350 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2765         •
                                           •
                                               13 860 tonnes
-
   for      order      no  09.2767         •
                                           •
                                                  165 tonnes
shall constitute the corresponding reserve .
  4.     If an importer notifies the imminent import of the
  products in question into a Member State which does not
  participate in the initial allocation and requests that the
  imports be covered by the quota, the Member State
  concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an
  amount corresponding to its requirements to the extent
  that the available balance of the reserve so permits.
                                 Article 3
  1 . If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its
  initial share as fixed in Article 2 (2), or of that share
  minus any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to
  Article 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission,
  draw a second share , to the extent that the reserve so
  permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up, as
  necessary to the next whole number.
 ---pagebreak--- 1      If a Member State, after exhausting its initial share,
bas used 90 % or more of the second share drawn by it,
that Member State shall forthwith , in the manner and to
the extent provided in paragraph 1 , draw a third share
equal to 5 °/o of its initial share, rounded up, as necessary
to the next whole number.
3.     If a Member State, after exhausting its second share,
has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn by it,
that Member State shall, in the manner and to the extent
provided in paragraph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the
third. *
This process shall apply until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3, a
Member State may draw shares lower than those specified
in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing that
those specified may not be used in full . Any Member
State applying this paragraph shall inform the Commis¬
sion of its grounds for so doing.
                            Article 4
 Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be
 valid until 31 December 1986 .
                               Article 5
   Member States shall , not later than 1 October 198& return
   to the reserve the unused portion of their initial share
   which, on 15 September 198& is in excess of 20 % of the
   initial volume. They may return a greater portion if there
   are grounds for believing that it may not be used in full.
   Member States shall, not later than 1 October 198g, notify
   the Commission of the total quantities of the product in
   question imported up to and including 15 September
   198 8 and charged against the Community tariff quota,
   and also of any portion of their initial shares returned to
   the reserve .
                               Article 6
   The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
   opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3
   and shall , as soon as the information reaches it, notify
   each Member State of the extent to which the reserve has
   been used up.
   It shall , not later than 5 October 1988, inform the
   Member States of the amount still in reserve, following
   any return of shares pursuant to Article 5.
    It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the
    reserve does not exceed the balance available , and to this
    end shall notify the amount of that balance to the
    Member State making the last drawing .
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ' \o
                                  Artide 7
        1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
        ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3
        are opened in such a way that imports may be charged
        without interruption against their accumulated shares of
        the Community tariff quota.
        2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
        product in question have free access to the shares allotted
        to them.
        3. Member States shall charge imports of the product
        in question against their shares as the product is entered
        with the customs authorities for free circulation.
        4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
        share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
         charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
                                   Artide 8
         Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
         closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
                                      Article 9
  Régulation ( EEC) No 1623/87 of 9 June 1987 (1 ), is cancelled from
  the date of entry into force of this Régulation .
                                      Article 10
        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following
        its publication in the Official Journal of the European
        Communities .
        This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
        applicable in ail Member States .
        Done at
                                                                    For the Counci l
                                                                     The President
(ΤΓδΓπο I 26, 30.1.1988, ρ . 1
 ---pagebreak---                                           U
                                Proposai for
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 249 / 88 opening , allocating and
          providing for the administration of Community tariff
           quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus
           saida , dried , salted or in brine , originating in
                    Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas by Regulation ( EEC ) No 249 /88 of 25 January 1988 ( 1 ), the Council
opened and allocated among the Member States Community tariff quotas
for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida , dried , salted or
in brine , originating in Norway ;
Whereas in order to contribute to the development of trade , as stipulated
under the preferential arrangements between the Community , on the one hand ,
and Norway on the other , the volume of certain tariff quotas opened in
favour of this country , should be increased unilaterally by quantities
that will not effect traditional trade flows ; whereas this
Regulation referred to above should be amended accordingly ;
Whereas in view of the small quantities involved in the proposed increases
and in order to safeguard the Community nature of the quotas concerned ,
they should not be allocated among the Member States , without prejudice
to the drawing by Member States against the quota volumes of such
quantities as they may need , under the conditions and according to the
procedure provided for in the Regulations referred to above ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                      Article 1
Régulation ( EEC ) No 249 / 88 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . The table given in Article 1 ( 1 ) shall be replaced by the following :
( 1 ) OJ No L 26 , 30.1.1988 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---   Order No    Combined        Description of goods          Amount of     Rate of duty
              Nomenclature                                  quota         under the
              code                                          ( in tonnes ) quota ( in % )
              0305            Fish , dried , salted or in
                             brine ; smoked fish ,
                             whether or not cooked
                             before or during the smoking
                             process ; fish meal fit
                             for human consumption :
                             ~ dried fish , whether or
                                not salted but not
                                smoked :
              0305 51        – of cod ( Gadus morha ,
                                 Gadus ogac , Gadus               4 400
                                 macrocephalus! :
09.0707       ex 0305 51 10  - dried , not salted :
                                - exluding cod of the
                                  species Gadus
                                  macrocephalus
             0305 59         – Other :
                             - fish of the species
                                  Boreogadus saida :
             0305 59 11      - dried , not salted         /
             0305 51         – of cod ( Gadus morhua ,
                                 Gadus ogac , Gadus
                                 macrocephalus ) :
09.0703      ex 0305 51 90   - dried and salted :                13 250
                                - excluding cod of the
                                  species Gadus macro-
                                  cepha lus
             0305 59         – Other
                             - fish of the species
                                  Boreogadus saida
             0305 59 19      - dried and salted
                             - salted fish , not dried
                                or smoked ; fish in
                                brine
             ex 0305 62 00   – cod ( Gadus morhua ,
                                 Gadus ogac , Gadus
                                 macrocephalus ) :
09.0705                       - excluding the species           13 000
                                 Gadus macrocephalus
             0305 69         – Other :
             0305 69 10      - fish of the species
                                  Boreogadus saida
2.   Article 2 ( 3 ) shall be replaced by the following :
     "3 . The second instalment of each quota , being respectively 1 475 ,
          3 250 and 5500 tonnes , shall constitute the corresponding reserve .
 ---pagebreak---                         Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It is applicable from 1 April 1988 .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in ail Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                               The President
 ---pagebreak---    FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
1. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
   Volonté des Etats membres d' assurer l' approvisionnement de leurs
   industries à des conditions favorables .
2. Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées : Non recherchées
   En particulier :
   - Y a - t - i l un grand nombre de PME ?
   - Note - t -on des concentrations dans des régions ?
     - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
     - éligibles au FEDER ?'
3. Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
   Néant .
4. Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirecte¬
   ment aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
   Néant .
5. Y a - t - il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ? NON
   - Lesquelles ?
6. Quel est l' eff.et prévisible ?
   - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ? Positif , en ce que les mesu
      res tarifaires permettront aux industries communautai res de concur
      rencer les industries des pays tiers , sur les marchés de la CEE
     et des pays tiers .
   - sur l' emploi ? Maintien ou amélioration de l' emploi
7. Les partenaires sociaux ont -ils été consultés ? NON
   - avis des partenaires sociaux .