COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 299/94 of 7 February 1994 establishing Community statistical surveillance for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco which are subject to reference quantities (1994)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the European Community, of the one part, and Cyprus (1), Egypt (2), Jordan (3), Israel (4), Tunisia (5), Syria (6), Malta (7), and Morocco (8), of the other, have been concluded; whereas these Protocols provide for the progressive reduction, subject to reference quantities and to a statistical Community surveillance within a set timetable, of the customs duties applicable to certain agricultural products originating in those countries and covered by the respective Agreements;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 451/89 of 20 February 1989 concerning the procedure to be applied to certain agricultural products originating in various Mediterranean third countries (9) determined the surveillance procedure in question;
Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (10), the Community unilaterally increased the amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of 3 or 5 % per year starting on 1 January 1992; whereas for 1994 they have thus reached the levels shown in the Annex;
Whereas the Community should fulfil its international obligations by opening reference quantities and by establishing a system of statistical surveillance for products listed in the Annex, in oder to enable the competent departments of the Commission to establish an annual trade balance sheet for each of the products concerned and, if necessary, to put into application the arrangement provided for in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 451/89;
Whereas imports of the products in question are charged against the reference quantities at Community level within pre-established timetables, as and when the products are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to establish, in 1994, reference quantities for the products listed in the Annex,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Imports into the Community in 1994 of certain products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco shall be subject to reference quantities within the established timetables and to a statistical Community surveillance.
The description of the products referred to in the first subparagraph, their serial numbers, their CN codes, Taric codes and the quantities and timetable applying to the reference quantities are given in the table in the Annex.
2. Amounts shall be charged by Member States against the reference quantities as and when products are entered with customs authorities for free circulation, accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules laid down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products annexed to each Cooperation Agreement between the European Community of the one part and the countries referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of the other.
Where the movement certificate is produced at a later date, the amount shall be charged against the corresponding reference quantity at the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation.
The extent to which the reference quantities are used up shall be determined at Community level on the basis of the imports charged against them in the manner defined in the first subparagraph, as communicated to the Statistical Office of the European Communities pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (11) and (EEC) No 1736/75 (12).
Article 2
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 199.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 1994.