31996R2488

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2488/96 of 20 December 1996 temporarily suspending entirely or in part the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain fishery products (1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Community relies at present on imports from third countries for supplies of certain fishery products; whereas it is in the interest of the Community to suspend entirely or in part the customs duties for these products; whereas, 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 1997;

Whereas it is for the Community to decide to suspend these autonomous duties,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. From 1 January to 31 December 1997 the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in the Annex are hereby suspended at the level indicated for each product.

2. Imports of these products shall qualify for the suspension referred to in paragraph 1 only on condition that the free-at-frontier price laid down by the Member States, in accordance with Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), is not lower than the reference price fixed or to be fixed by the Community for the products or categories of products in question.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996.

For the Council

The President

S. BARRETT

(1) OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (OJ No L 172, 15. 7. 1993, p. 1).

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