31972R0227

Official Journal of the European Communities 45

No L 28 /6 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 2 . 72

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 227/72

of 31 January 1972 concerning imports into the Community of certain fishery products originating in Tunisia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular The following products, originating in Tunisia, shall Article 43 thereof, be imported into the Community free of customs duty : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

CCT heading No Description Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

03.01 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or Whereas the system defined by Regulation (EEC) frozen : No 1706/71 i1 ) for imports into the Community of A. Freshwater fish : fishery products originating in Tunisia does not cover trout, carp, preserved sardines and preserved tunny I. Trout and other salmonidae : since a Community system for imports of those a) Trout products has not yet been defined ; III. Carp

Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1822/71 (2) the system applied to imports of these products, originating in Tunisia, was extended until 31 January 1972, the final date of validity of the transitional Article 2 measures which the Commission is entitled to take in respect of products covered by that Regulation, 1 . Member States shall retain the import system prior to the entry into force of Council Regulation applying on 31 January 1972 to the following (EEC) No 2142/70 of 20 October 1970 on the products, originating in Tunisia : common organization of the market in fishery products (3); whereas pending the implementation CCT of the Community system for import of these heading No Description products, a transitional system should be defined in order to avoid any disturbances in trade in the * products in question between the Community and 16.04 Prepared or preserved fish, including Tunisia ; caviar and caviar substitutes : D. Sardines Whereas in 1971 the import needs of certain Member E. Tunny States were greater than the quantities provided for in the tariff quotas fixed in 1969,

2. However, Member States who open tariff quotas (!) OJ No L 176, 5 . 8 . 1971 , p . 3 . under the system referred to in paragraph 1 may (2) OJ No L 189 , 21 . 8 . 1971 , p . 10. increase the volumes provided for in those quotas (3) OJ No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p . 5, by up to 30% .

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Article 3 It shall apply until the implementation of a Com­ munity system for imports into the Community This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February of the products referred to in this Regulation and 1972 . until 31 December 1972 at the latest .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1972.

For the Council

The President

G. THORN