31982R0763

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 763/82

OF 31 MARCH 1982

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3815/81 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA

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 , BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3815/81 ( 1 ) , THE COMMUNITY OPENED A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR PREPARED OR PRESERVED SARDINES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.04 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TUNISIA ; WHEREAS THIS TARIFF MEASURE , WHICH IS VALID UNTIL 31 MARCH 1982 , WAS TAKEN PENDING CONCLUSION OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 18 OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA ( 2 ) ; WHEREAS AT PRESENT THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR THINKING THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS TO CONCLUDE THIS EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WILL NOT BE COMPLETED FOR SOME TIME ; WHEREAS IT IS CONSEQUENTLY ADVISABLE TO EXTEND THE VALIDITY OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA AND TO ADJUST THE VOLUME AND THE VARIOUS DATES ACCORDINGLY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3815/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN THE FIRST RECITAL THE DATE " 31 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1982 " AND " 25 TONNES " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 100 TONNES " .

2 . IN ARTICLE 1 " 31 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 31 DECEMBER 1982 " AND " 25 TONNES " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 100 TONNES " .

3 . IN ARTICLE 2 , PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT , AMOUNTING TO 75 TONNES OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

* ( TONNES ) *

BENELUX*8*

DENMARK*4*

GERMANY*12*

FRANCE*32*

IRELAND*4*

ITALY*4*

UNITED KINGDOM*11*

3 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 25 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE . "

4 . IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS OF ARTICLE 5 , " 1 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 1 OCTOBER 1982 " AND " 15 FEBRUARY 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 15 SEPTEMBER 1982 " .

5 . IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 6 , " 5 MARCH 1982 " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 5 OCTOBER 1982 " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 31 MARCH 1982 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . DE KEERSMAEKER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 383 , 31 . 12 . 1981 , P . 34 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 265 , 27 . 9 . 1978 , P . 2 .