31975R1631

No L 165/ 16 28 . 6 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1631 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 24 June 1975 on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for certain oils and fats of fish and marine mammals

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES, The Community tariff quota mentioned in Article 1 Havingi regard to the Treaty establishing the European shall be allocated among Member States as follows : Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof ; metric tons 3 000 Whereas difficulties exist in supplying Community United Kingdom Denmark 2 700 processing industries with oils and fats of fish and marine mammals ; whereas, to facilitate adjustment by Ireland 500 Benelux 3 undertakings and enable them to receive supplies of 1 these products as quickly as possible on the most Germany favourable terms the Common Customs Tariff duty France 1 1 should be reduced within the limits of a tariff quota ; Italy

Whereas, however, in view of the negligible volume of such a quota in relation to the actual needs of the Article 3 / Community, without thereby derogating from the Community nature of the tariff quota, a system should be envisaged based on an allocation between the 1 . Member States shall ensure that importers of Member States which takes particular account of the these products established on their territory have free interests of those States which in recent years have access to the shares allocated tb them . relied on imports for their supply, namely the United Kingdom , Denmark and Ireland, 2. The extent to which the Member States' shares have been used up shall be established on the basis of imports of the said products entered for home use. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article1¶

Until 31 December 1975, the Common Customs At the request of the Commission , the Member States Tariff duty for the following products shall be shall inform it of the imports actually charged against suspended at 10 % within the limits of a Community their shares . tariff quota of 6 206 metric tons :

CCT heading Description of goods Article 5 No

ex 15.12 The Member States and the Commission shall coop­ Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partly hydrogenated , or solidified or erate closely to ensure that this Regulation is hardened by any other process, whether or observed . not refined, but not further prepared : ex B. Other : — Fats and oils obtained exclu­ Article 6 sively from fish and marine mammals, having a melting point not exceeding 23° C The tariff quota provided for in this Regulation is hereby opened for 1975 .

The new Member States shall apply the duties calcu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day lated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the following its publication in the Official Journal of Act of Accession . the European Communities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1975. For the Council

The President

G. FITZGERALD