COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3466/93 of 10 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1994)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course of 1994 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at reduced or at zero duty should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 30 June or 31 December 1994 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the starting out or development of Community production;

Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;

Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly;

Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of the quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 1 January 1994 until the date shown in the table below, the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the products listed below shall be suspended at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown below:

>(1)"> ID="1">09.2703> ID="2">ex 2825 30 00> ID="3">Vanadiumoxides and hydroxides, not in the form of powder, exclusively for the production af alloys (2)()> ID="4">6 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1" ASSV="01">09.2711> ID="2">7202 41 91 7202 41 99> ID="3">Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 6 % of carbon> ID="4">550 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2713> ID="3">Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (2)():"> ID="2">ex 2008 60 19> ID="3">- with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight> ID="5">10 + AGR"> ID="2">ex 2008 60 39> ID="3">- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight> ID="4">2 000> ID="5">10> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2717> ID="2">ex 7202 99 19> ID="3">Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15 % or more of phosphorus, intended for the manufacture or refined phosphoric iron or steel (2)()> ID="4">15 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2719> ID="3">Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (2)():"> ID="2">ex 2008 60 19> ID="3">- with a sugar content exceeding 9 %> ID="5">10 + AGR"> ID="2">ex 2008 60 39> ID="3">- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight> ID="4">2 000> ID="5">10> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2727> ID="2">ex 3902 90 00> ID="3">Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a kinetic viscosity of not less than 36 × 10 6 m2 s 1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C, measured using the ASTM D 445 method> ID="4">4 500> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2729> ID="2">ex 0811 90 99> ID="3">Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar, for the processing industry (2)()> ID="4">1 500> ID="5">12> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2731> ID="2">ex 3905 90 00> ID="3">Polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles of which are less than 38 micrometres and which has a solubility in water at 25 °C of less than, or equal to 1,5 % by weight and which is intended for the pharmaceutical industry (2)()> ID="4">70> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2781> ID="2">ex 7226 10 91> ID="3">Flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, cold-rolled, grain oriented, of a width not exceeding 500 mm, of a thickness of 0,23 mm or less, with a nominal magnetic inversion loss rate of 0,8 W/kg or less determined by the Epstein method with a current of 50 cycles and one induction of 1,7 tesla> ID="4">300> ID="5">0> ID="6">30. 6. 1994"> ID="1">09.2791> ID="2">ex 3905 90 00> ID="3">Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production of film for laminated safety glass (2)()> ID="4">9 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2799> ID="2">ex 7202 49 90> ID="3">Ferro-chromium containing more than 1,5 %, but not more than 2 % by weight of carbon and not more than 55 % of chromium> ID="4">10 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2809> ID="2">ex 3802 90 00> ID="3">Acid-activated montmorillonite for the manufacture of self-copy paper (2)()> ID="4">10 500> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2811> ID="2">ex 2902 90 90> ID="3">4-benzylbiphenyl> ID="4">400> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2827> ID="2">ex 2932 90 79> ID="3">1,3-2,4-Di-o-benzylidene D-glucitol with a purity by weight not less than 96 % for the carification of polypropylene for use with foods (2)()> ID="4">20> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1" ASSV="0">09.2829> ID="2" ASSV="0">ex 3823 90 98> ID="3">Solid extract of the residual insoluble in aliphatic solvents obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having the following characteristics:> ID="4" ASSV="04">1 200> ID="5" ASSV="04">0> ID="6" ASSV="04">31. 12. 1994"> ID="3">- a resin acid content by weight not exceeding 30 %"> ID="3">- an acid number not exceeding 110, and"> ID="3">- a melting point of not less than 100 °C"> ID="1">09.2837> ID="2">ex 2903 40 98> ID="3">Bromchloromethane> ID="4">330> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2841> ID="2">ex 2712 90 90> ID="3">Blend of 1-alkenes containing by weight 80 % or more of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms> ID="4">8 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2843> ID="2">ex 2912 49 00> ID="3">3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde> ID="4">265> ID="5">0> ID="6">30. 6. 1994"> ID="1">09.2845> ID="2">ex 2914 19 00> ID="3">3,3-Dimethylbutanone> ID="4">750> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2847> ID="2">ex 2914 70 90> ID="3">1-Chloro-3,3-Dimethylbutanone> ID="4">550> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2849> ID="2">ex 0710 80 60> ID="3">Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha steamed or boiled for the manufacture of prepared meals (2)() (3)()> ID="4">420> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2851> ID="2">ex 2907 12 00> ID="3">O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 %> ID="4">12 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2853> ID="2">ex 2930 90 80> ID="3">Glutathione> ID="4">15> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2857> ID="2">ex 2902 90 90> ID="3">Diisopropylnaphtalene, mixed isomers> ID="4">1 000> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2859> ID="2">ex 2929 49 90> ID="3">2,2 isopropylidene-bis(p-phenyleneoxydiethanol) solid form> ID="4">1 100> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994"> ID="1">09.2861> ID="2">ex 2916 14 90> ID="3">Isopropylidene-bis(p-phenoxyethyl) dimethacrylate> ID="4">350> ID="5">0> ID="6">31. 12. 1994""

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Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission, which may take any appropriate administrative measures to ensure that they are managed efficiently.

Article 3

Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the appropriate quota volume. Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without delay. Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the available balance so permits. If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as soon as possible. If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made.

Article 4

Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and continuous access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.

Article 5

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 December 1993. For the Council The President M. WATHELET

(1) See Taric codes in the Annex.

(2)() Checks on their prescribed end use shall be carried pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.

(3)() However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.

ANNEX

Taric codes

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