CELEX: 31976R1509
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1509/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines originating in Tunisia

28 . 6. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 169/ 11
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1509/76
                                                        of 24 June 1976
                on imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines originating in
                                                             Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in trade
                                                                   in the said products between the Community and
                                                                   Tunisia pending the conclusion of that exchange of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       letters, the arrangements laid down by Regulation
European Economic Community, and in particular                      (EEC) No 112/76 should continue to apply on a
Article 43 thereof,                                                 transitional basis to prepared and preserved sardines,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Parliament ( J ),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 112/76 of                                               Article 1
19 January 1976 concerning imports into the Com­
munity of fishery products originating in- Tunisia (2 )
established transitional arrangements for imports of                1 . Member States shall maintain in force the import
carp, trout and preserved sardines and tunny                        arrangements applied on 31 January 1972 to prepared
originating in that country ;                                       and preserved sardines falling within subheading
                                                                    16.04 D of the Common Customs Tariff originating
Whereas these arrangements apply until the entry                    in Tunisia .
into force of a new Agreement between the Com­
munity and Tunisia ;
                                                                    2. However, Member States which open tariff
                                                                    quotas under the arrangements referred to in para­
Whereas a Cooperation Agreement and an Interim                      graph 1 may increase the quantity of such quotas by
Agreement (3) between the European Economic                         not more than 30% .
Community and the Republic of Tunisia were signed
on 25 April 1976 ;
                                                                    3 . The import arrangements applied to the products
Whereas, therefore, from the time of entry into force               specified in paragraph 1 originating in Tunisia shall
of the Cooperation Agreement or the Interim Agree­                  in no case be less favourable than those applied to
ment on the advance implementation of certain                       like products originating in third countries.
provisions relating to trade in goods, the transitional
arrangements referred to above shall no longer apply ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement and the Interim
Agreement contain provisions relating to imports
of the fishery products in question , which will not,                1 . This Regulation shall apply until the entry into
however, apply to imports of prepared and preserved                 force of the arrangements laid down in the exchange
sardines until an exchange of letters has been                      of letters referred to in Article 11 (4) of the Interim
concluded ;                                                         Agreement * and Article 18 (4) of the Cooperation
                                                                     Agreement between the Community and Tunisia or
                                                                     until 31 December 1976, whichever is the earlier.
(*) Opinion delivered on 18 June 1976 and not yet pub­
     lished in the Official Journal.
 (2) OJ No L It, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 53.                               2. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
 (s) OJ No L 141 , 28. 5. 1976, p. 195.                              1976.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                               G. THORN