COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 455/91 of 25 February 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for certain agricultural and industrial products

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 Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 (1), the Council opened a certain number of Community tariff quotas for 1991 for agricultural and industrial products, including a duty-free tariff quota of 600 000 cubic metres for plywood of coniferous species; whereas, by Decision 91/30/EEC (2), the Council approved an exchange of letters having the purpose of extending until 31 December 1991 the Agreement for the conclusion of negotiations between the United States and the European Community under GATT Article XXIV.6; whereas that decision implies an increase of the volume of the abovementioned tariff quota by 50 000 cubic metres, and the opening of a tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % duty for dried onions falling within CN code 0712 20 00; whereas the abovementioned Regulation should consequently be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The table shown in Article 1 is replaced by the following:

'Order

No CN code

(a) Description Quota period Quota

volume

(tonnes) Rate of

duty

(%) 09.0005 0302 40 90

0303 50 90

0304 10 93

ex 0304 10 98

0304 90 25 Herring, subject to compliance with the reference prices From 16 June

1991 to 14

February 1992 34 000 0 09.0007 ex 0305 51 10

ex 0305 51 90

0305 59 11

0305 59 19

ex 0305 62 00

0305 69 10 Cod of the species Gadus morhua or Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces From 1 January to 31 December 1991 25 000 0 09.0009 ex 0302 69 65

ex 0303 78 10

ex 0304 90 47 Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or frozen From 1 January to 31 December 1991 2 000 8 Order

No CN code

(a) Description Quota period Quota

volume

(tonnes) Rate of

duty

(%) 09.0011 ex 0304 20 29 Frozen cod fillets (Gadus morhua) From 1 January to 31 December 1991 10 000 8 09.0013 ex 4412 19 00

ex 4412 99 90 Plywood of coniferous species, without the addition of other substances: From 1 January to 31 December 1991 650 000 m3 0 - Of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, the faces of which are not further prepared than the peeling process - Sanded, and of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm 09.0015 4801 00 10 Newsprint (1):

- From Canada From 1 January to 31 December 1991 600 000 0 09.0017 - From other third countries 50 000 0 09.0019 7202 21 10

7202 21 90

7202 29 00 Ferro-silicon From 1 January to 31 December 1991 12 600 0 09.0021 7202 30 00 Ferro-silico-manganese From 1 January to 31 December 1991 18 550 0 09.0023 ex 7202 49 10

ex 7202 49 50 Ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 % by weight of carbon and more than 30 % but not more than 90 % of chromium (super-refined ferro-chromium) From 1 January to 31 December 1991 2 950 0 09.0035 0712 20 00 Dried onions, whole cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared From 1 January to 31 December 1991 12 000 10 09.0039 0805 30 10 Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) From 15 January to 14 June 1991 10 000 6 09.0041 0802 11 90

0802 12 90 Almonds, whether or not shelled, other than bitter almonds From 1 January to 31 December 1991 45 000 2 (a) See Taric codes annexed.

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions determined by the relevant Community provisions.'

2. In the table appearing in the Annex, Order No '09.0006' is replaced by Order No '09.0005'. Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1991. For the Council

The President

J.-C. JUNCKER (1) OJ No L 315, 15. 11. 1990, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 17, 23. 1. 1991, p. 17.