CELEX: 31976R0111
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 111/76 of 19 January 1976 concerning imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Morocco

28 . 1.76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 20/51
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 111 /76
                                                    of 19 January 1976
               concerning imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Morocco
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
Article 43 thereof,                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 ( x ),                                               exception of trout and carp, falling respectively
                                                                within subheadings 03.01 Ala) and 03.01 A III of
Whereas implementation of the common fishery                     the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Morocco,
policy has rendered null and void the system                    shall be imported into the Community free of
provided for in Annex 2 to the Agreement                         customs duty.
establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Morocco ; whereas the Community must, pursuant to                                       Article 2
Article 10 (2) of that Annex, take account of the
interests of Morocco when establishing the common                The products listed in Article 1 (2) (e) and (f) of
organization of the market in fishery products ;                 Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 , with the exception of
                                                                prepared and preserved sardines and tunny, falling
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19                 respectively within subheadings 16.04 D and 16.04 E
January 1976 on the common organization of the                  of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in
market in fishery products (2) established a system of          Morocco, shall be imported into the Community at
trade with third countries based on the application             customs duties equal to 30 % of the Common
of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas it is                      Customs Tariff duties applicable.
possible for the Community to meet its obligations
with regard to Morocco 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
Whereas negotiations are in progress for the                    Common Customs Tariff, originating in Morocco ,
conclusion of a new Agreement between the                        shall be imported duty free into the Community.
European Economic Community and the Kingdom
of Morocco ; 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
                                                                Morocco .
of Accession, the import arrangements applied by the
Member States to the products in question
originating in Morocco must not be less favourable              2.     However, Member States which open tariff
                                                                 quotas under arrangements referred to in paragraph 1
     OJ No C 7, 12. 1 . 1976, p . 10.                            may increase the quantity of such quotas by not
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                        more than 30 °/o .
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3 . The import arrangements applied to products
as specified in paragraph 1 originating in Morocco                  — Council Regulation (EEC) No 347/75 of 10
shall in no case be less favourable than those applied                    February 1975 concerning the importation into
to like products originating in other third countries .                   the Community of certain fishery products
                                                                          originating in Morocco (2 ), as amended by
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 3414/75 (3).
                          Article 5
                                                                    2.      References to the Regulations repealed by
The arrangements provided for in Articles 3 and 4                   paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this
shall apply for 1976, until the entry into force of the             Regulation .
new Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Kingdom of Morocco 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 1705 /71 of 26 July
    1971 concerning imports into the Community of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
    fishery products originating in Morocco (*),                    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 . 2.                              ( 2 ) OJ No L 40, 14 . 2 . 1975 , p . 3 .
                                                                    (») OJ No L 337, 31 . 12. 1975 , p . 2.
                                                           ANNEX
                                                       Correlation table
              Regulation (EEC) No 347/75                        This Regulation
              Article 1                                         Article 3
              Article 2                                         Article 4
              Article 4                                         Article 5