31975R0347

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 347 /75 OF THE COUNCIL of 10 February 1975 concerning the importation into the Community of certain fishery products originating in Morocco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas negotiations are in progress with a view to COMMUNITIES , concluding a new Association Agreement between Morocco and the European Economic Community ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas this new Agreement will provide for special Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 import arrangements for carp, trout and preserved thereof ; sardines and tunny ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Whereas, to avoid any disruption in trade in these Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ products between the Community and Morocco, the ment ; transitional arrangements instituted by Regulation Whereas the arrangements for the importation into (EEC) No 228/72 should be extended until the entry the Community of fishery products originating in into force of the Agreement referred to above but not Morocco laid down by Regulation (EEC) No in any event beyond 31 December 1975 ; 1705/71 (') did not cover trout, carp, preserved sardines or tunny since no Community import arran­ Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the Act of gements had as yet been established for those Accession , the import arrangements applied by the products ; Member States to the products in question originating Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /71 (2) the in Morocco must not be less favourable than those arrangements applied by Member States to imports of applied from 1 January 1975 to the like products origi­ these products originating in Morocco prior to the nating in other third countries, entry into force of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (3 ) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ ization of the market in fishery products were extended to 31 January 1972, on which date transi­ tional measures which the Commission was empow­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ered to take in respect of products covered by the latter Regulation ceased to be valid ; whereas pending the introduction of Community arrangements Council Regulation ( EEC) No 228 /72 (4) of 31 January 1972 concerning the importation into the Community of Article 1 fishery products originating in Morocco laid down transitional arrangements in order to avoid any disrup­ tion in trade in these products between the Commu­ The following products shall when originating in nity and Morocco ; Morocco be imported duty free into the Community :

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 304/74 (5 ) extended the period of application of Regulation ( EEC) No 228 /72 CCT until 31 December 1974 ; heading Description of goods No Whereas the second paragraph of Article 3 of Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 228 /72 provides for that Regulation to 03.01 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen : apply until Community arrangements for imports A. Freshwater fish : become operative but not in any event beyond 31 I. Trout and other salmonidae : December 1 974 ; a) Trout III . Carp Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1 555/ 74 (b) introduced , with effect from 25 June 1974, Community import arrangements for carp and trout ; Article 2 1 ) OJ No L 176, 5 . 8 . 1971 , p. 2. 2) OJ No L 189, 21 . 8 . 1971 , p. 9 . 3) OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970, p. 5 . 1 . Member States shall maintain in force the 4) OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1972, p. 8 . 5) OJ No L 34, 7 . 2. 1974, p. 6 . import arrangements effective on 31 January 1972 to 6 OJ No L 167, 22 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . the following products originating in Morocco :

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Article 3 CCT heading Description of goods No Council Regulation (EEC) No 304/74 is hereby repealed. 16.04 Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes : Article 4 D. Sardines The arrangements provided for in this Regulation E. Tunny shall apply for 1975, until the entry into force of the new Association Agreement between the European 2. However, Member States which open tariff Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco quotas under arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 and not later than 31 December 1975 . may increase the quantity of such quotas by not more than 30 % . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 it shall apply with effect from 25 June 1975. 3 . The import arrangements applied to products as specified in paragraph 1 originating in Morocco shall This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day in no case be less favourable than those applied to the following that of its publication in the Official like products originating in other third countries . Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 1975 .

For the Council

The President

G. FITZGERALD