Council Regulation (EC) No 2785/1999 of 17 December 1999 temporarily suspending some or all of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain fishery products (2000)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2785/1999
of 17 December 1999
temporarily suspending some or all of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain fishery products (2000)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Community relies at present on imports from third countries for supplies of certain fishery products; it is in the interest of the Community to suspend partially or totally the customs duties for these products; in order to avoid endangering the prospects for developing the production of competitive products in the Community while ensuring that the industries concerned receive the necessary supplies, it is advisable to adopt these suspension measures only from 1 January to 31 December 2000;
(2) It is for the Community to decide to suspend these autonomous duties;
(3) Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation for European industry and the requirement that it enter into force by 1 January 2000, it is necessary to invoke the ground of urgency referred to in point I(3) of the additional Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,