Regulation 1991/3732 - Opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines, from Morocco, for the period 1 January 1992 to 29 February 1992

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This regulation was in effect from January  1, 1992 until February 29, 1992.

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3732/91 of 12 December 1991 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines, originating in Morocco, for the period 1 January 1992 to 29 February 1992
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 1991/3732
Original proposal COM(1991)342 EN
CELEX number i 31991R3732

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Key dates

Document 12-12-1991
Publication in Official Journal 21-12-1991; OJ L 352 p. 1-3
Effect 01-01-1992; Entry into force See Art 7
End of validity 29-02-1992; See Art. 1

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3732/91 of 12 December 1991 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines, originating in Morocco, for the period 1 January 1992 to 29 February 1992

Official Journal L 352 , 21/12/1991 P. 0001 - 0003

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3732/91 of 12 December 1991 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines, originating in Morocco, for the period 1 January 1992 to 29 February 1992

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 Article 4 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement on relations in the sea fisheries sector between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1) states that prepared or preserved sardines falling within CN codes ex 1604 13 10 or ex 1604 20 50 and originating in Morocco shall be imported duty-free into the Community within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 17 500 tonnes (net weight); whereas, in order to ensure a regular flow to the Community market under this quota, the quantities destined for that market may not exceed 60 % of the total volume of the quota in the first half of the year and may not exceed 35 % in the first quarter of the year; whereas, at the end of each of these periods, the quantities of the products in question which have been allocated to, but not used by, the Member States should be returned immediately to the Community reserve;

Whereas the said Agreement on fisheries is due to expire at the end of February 1992 and whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of the Agreement, the Contracting Parties have begun negotiations with a view to the possible conclusion of a new agreement; whereas in the meantime the tariff quota in question should be opened, for the period 1 January 1992 to 29 February 1992, for a quantity which, calculated pro rata temporis, amounts to 4 083 tonnes;

Whereas, within the limits of the tariff quota, Spain and Portugal shall apply the customs duties calculated according to the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3189/88 of 14 October 1988 laying down the arrangements to be applied by Spain and Portugal to trade with Morocco (2);

Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted;

Whereas the prepared and preserved sardines sector is encountering, in certain regions of the Community, economic constraints of a particular nature, bearing in mind notably the importance which sardine production may have in the fisheries production structure as a whole, thus justifying the fact that the traditional commercial outlets for producers on external markets and, as a matter of priority, on the Community market, should not be adversely affected; whereas these specific economic circumstances make it necessary to maintain the allocation between the Member States of the quota concerned for the period of application of this Regulation;

Whereas, bearing in mind the way in which trade has developed traditionally, the allocation maintained among Member States should, in order to correspond as closely as possible to the real trend of the market for the products in question, be carried out on a pro rata basis according to the needs of the Member States, calculated on the basis of statistics of imports of the said products from Morocco during a representative reference period and on the economic outlook for the quota periods in question;

Whereas, in the last three years, the products in question were imported regularly only by certain Member States and not at all or...


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