COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(93) 83 final 
Brussels, 10 March 1993 
Proposal for a 
milNiriL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff 
quotas and ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products 
originating in Romania (1993) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and 
the European Coal and Steel Community, on tha one hand, and 
Romania, on the other hand, signed on 1st February 1993, stipulates 
that, from their entry into force, customs duties levied on imports 
into the Community of certain industrial and agricultural products 
listed in Annexes I and II hereto shall be reduced or eliminated. 
These advantages shall be granted within the limits of tariff 
quotas or eel Iings. 
2. Pending the entry into force of the agreement, the Community has 
decided to implement the interim agreement concluded with the 
country in question, from first May 1993. 
3. These Interim Agreement provides for the complete suspension of 
customs duties on certain of those countries' industrial products 
to which the tariff quotas or ceilings contained in Annex I apply. 
It also provides for complete or partial suspension of customs 
duties on certain agricultural products from the same country, 
within the limits of tariff quotas. The volume and duty rates for 
these quotas are laid down in Annex II. 
4. Pursuant to the provisions laid down in the Annexes to the 
abovementioned Agreement, the volumes of the said quotas and 
ceilings shall be increased, from the first year of their entry 
into force, by a specific percentage indicated in those Annexes. If 
during the period from 1 January 1993 to the entry into force of 
the present regulation, any products listed in Annexes I and II 
hereto are imported into the Community under other preferential 
arrangements (GSP), however, the amounts laid down in the annexes 
will be reduced by an amount equivalent to any such imports. 
5. Administration of the quotas will involve pooling the entire amount 
of the individual quotas in order to torm a Community reserve to 
which all the Member States will have access in accordance with 
Article 2 of the proposed Regulation. 
6. For the administration of the tariff ceilings, it is proposed that 
a system of import surveillance be set up for the products listed 
in Annex I, and that the Commission be empowered to reintroduce the 
levying of duties under certain circumstances. This will entail 
the adoption of detailed common rules to be applied by all the 
Member States in a uniform manner, with close collaboration between 
the appropriate national authorities and the Commission. . 
That is the purpose of the attached proposal. 
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Proposa L for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (LLC) No 
of /v-i 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas arid 
ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products originating in Remania (1993) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 1 13 
thereof. agricultural products, specifying for each product the 
volume of its quota or ceiling and the rate of customs 
duty applicable , 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the association agreement between the Euro 
pcan Economic Community and the European Coal 
and Steel Community, on the one hand, and 
Romania, on the other hand, was signed 
on 1st February icc^hereas pending the entry into 
force of theseagreement'the Community has concluded 
interim agreement on trade and trade-related measures 
with these country^ which shall be enter into force 
on 1st May 1993. 
Whereas the interim agreements stipulate, inter alia, that 
certain products originating in the country m 
question may attract a reduced or zero rate of duty on 
import into the Community, within the limits of tariff 
quotas or ceilings ; whereas pursuant to the provisions 
annexed to these agreement , the volumes of the tariff 
quotas and ceilings established when the association 
agreement was signed must be increased from the date 
on which the interim agreement enter into force by a 
percentage specific to each category of 
products ; whereas in accordance with Protocol 7 attached 
to each of th ese agreement , provision must furthermore 
be made for deduction of any quantities which have 
already benefited from generalized preferences between 
l January 1993 and the entry into force of these agree­
ment and for pro rata adjustments to the quantities of 
the agricultural products listed in Annex II to this Regu­
lation ; Whereas, the decision for the opening of Community quotas should be 
taken by tho Community, in the execution of its international 
Obligations, in thf! c.ise of the products listed in Annexes I and Ll 
to thir. Regulation: "Jieteas particular care should be taken to 
ensure that all Community importers have equal and continuous access to 
those quotas and that the iates laid down for the quotas are applied to 
all imports of the products in question into all Member States until 
the quotas are exhausted; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common 
administration of these quotas, there is not reasonable obstacle to 
authorising the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the 
necessary quantities corresponding to actuaI-imports ; whereas 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 in the case of the products listed in Annex I to this 
Regulation which are subject to Community tariff ceilings. Community 
surveillance may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure 
based on charging imports of the products in question against the 
ceilings at Community level as and when those products are entered with 
the customs authorities for free circulation-
Whereas the quantities in question will be known only on 
the day preceding the entry into force of the interim 
agreements ; whereas the Commission should be made 
responsible for informing the Member States and 
economic operators as rapidly as possible of the quantities 
actually available under the tariff measures described in 
this Regulation by means of publication in the 'C series 
of the Official Journal of the European Communities; 
Whereas it seems advisable in the interests of clarity to 
divide the products into two groups, in Annexes I and II 
to this Regulation, one for industrial products and one for Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and 
particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States 
and the Commission, and the latter must in particular be 
able to monitor quantities charged against the ceilings 
and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this 
cooperation has to be particularly close since the 
Commission must be able to take appropriate measures to 
reintroduce customs duties once a ceiling is reached , 
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, any operation concerning the adminis­
tration of these tariff measures may be carried out by any 
one of its mesnberr. 
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HAS ADOFfED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
1. Erom "1st hay to 31 December 199 3, imports into 
the Community of certain products originating in 
Romania which are listed in 
Annexes 1 and II shall be subject to Community tariff 
quotas or ceilings. 
Annexes I and II provide a description of the products 
concerned, ( combined nomenclature codes ) 
and the rates of customs duty applicable. The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by 
reference to the date of acceptance of the declaration for 
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member 
State concerned, to the extent that the available balance 
so permits. 
3. If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, 
it shall return them to the corresponding quota volume as 
soon as possible. 
4 If the quantities requested are greater than the avail­
able balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be 
allocated on a pro rata basis. The Commission shall 
inform the Member States of the drawings made 
Once the interim agreement enter into force, the 
volumes of the tariff quotas and ceilings indicated in the 
Annexes shall if necessary be reduced to take account of 
the volume of goods imported from Romania 
from 1 January 1993 under other preferential 
arrangements, in accordance with the provisions of 
Protocol 7 annexed to the interim agreement . 
The Commission shall inform the Member States and 
economic operators of the reduction in quota and ceiling 
volumes attributable to generalized preferences as rapidly 
as possible, by publishing them in the 'C series of the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 3 
1. Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings as 
and when products are declared to the customs authorities 
for free circulation. 
Goods may be charged against a ceiling only if the move­
ment certificate is presented before the date on which 
levying of customs duties is reintroduced. 
2. The level of utilization of the ceilings shall be deter­
mined at Community level on the basis of the imports 
charged against them in accordance with paragraph 1 
2- The Protocol on the definition of the concept of 
originating products and methods of administration 
cooperation, attached to the interim agreements, shall 
apply. Members States shall send the Commission, not later 
than the 15th day of each month, statements of the 
quantities charged during the preceding month. 
Article 2 
1. The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be 
administered by the Commission, which may take all 
appropriate administrative measures in order to ensure 
efficient administration thereof. 
2 Where an importer declares a product covered by 
this Regulation for free circulation in a Member State and 
applies to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, 
and that declaration is accepted by the customs authori­
ties, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the 
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi­
rements from the quota volume. 3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the 
Commission may adopt a regulation reintroducing 
the customs duties applicable to the third countries 
in question until the end of the calendar year. 
When the adoption of such a regulation is requested 
by a Member State, the Commission shall examine the 
request within the following five days and shall 
inform the requesting Member State of the action it 
considers it should take as a result of the request, 
in the light, in particular, of the statements sent 
as provided for in paragraph 2. 
Requests for drawings, indicating the date of acceptance 
of the said declarations, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. 
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Article 4 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force three days following 
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 May 1993or the date of entry into 
force of the interim agreement.-, whichever is the later 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Membei 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
I'or the Connu I 
The President 
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ANNEX I 
List of industrial products subject to ceilings or quotas 
fixed duty-free amounts^1) 
Order No 
(1) 
09.6001 
21.1001 
09.6003 
21.1003 
09.6005 
21.1005 
21.1007 
09.6007 
09.6009 
21.1009 
21.1011 
21.1013 
21.1015 
21.1017 
21.1019 
21.1021 
21.1023 
09.6011 
21.1025 
09.6013 CN code 
(2) 
2523 10 00 
21 00 
29 00 
30 00 
90 10 
90 30 
90 90 
2815 20 
2836 20 00 
2836 30 00 
2836 60 00 
2841 30 00 
2902 50 00 
2903 51 
2905 11 00 
2905 14 90 
2914 11 00 
2915 31 00 
2917 12 10 
2918 21 00 
2918 22 00 
2921 19 30 
2923 10 10 
2926 10 00 
2933 61 00 
2941 30 00 
3102 10 10 Quota volune 
(ECUS) 
(3) 
18 809 000 
4 631 000 
528 000 
11 113 000 
973 000 
i 
1 500 000 
503 000 Ce 111ng 
(ECUS) 
(4) 
278 000 
1 243 000 
11 808 000 
473 000 
1 848 000 
638 000 
349 000 
262 000 
236 000 
322 000 
361 000 
3 773 000 
6 229 000 
(1) The wording for the description of the products covered by this 
Annex is that of the combined nomenclature (OJ No L 267, 
14.9.1992). 
(1) 
09.6015 
09.6017 
09.6019 
21.1027 
09.6021 
21.1029 
21.1031 
21.1033 (2) 
3102 30 10 
3102 30 90 
3102 40 10 
3102 40 90 
3102 80 00 
3102 10 91 
10 99 
21 00 
29 10 
29 90 
50 90 
60 00 
70 00 
90 00 
3105 
3923 21 00 
4011 10 00 
4011 20 00 
4011 30 90 
4011 91 00 
4011 99 00 
4012 10 90 
4012 20 90 
4012 90 10 
4012 90 90 
4013 10 10 
4013 10 90 
4013 90 90 
4202 11 10 
4202 11 90 
4202 12 91 
4202 12 99 
4202 19 91 
4202 19 99 
4202 21 00 
4202 22 90 
4202 29 00 
4202 31 00 
4202 32 90 
4202 39 00 (3) 
1 350 000 
3 049 000 
1 704 000 
* 
6 086 000 
» (4) 
348 000 
5 795 000 
7 938 000 
7 938 000 
<e 
(1) 
21.1035 
21.1037 
09.6023 
21.1039 
09.6025 
21.1041 
09.6027 
09.6029 
09.6031 
09.6033 (2) 
4202 91 10 
4202 91 50 
4202 91 90 
4202 92 91 
4202 92 95 
4202 92 99 
4202 99 10 
4202 99 90 
4203 10 00 
4203 21 00 
4203 29 91 
4203 29 99 
4203 30 00 
4203 40 00 
4302 30 10 
4303 
4411 
4418 10 00 
4418 20 10 
4418 20 90 
4418 30 10 
4418 30 90 
4418 40 00 
4418 90 00 
6403 
6908 
6911 
7004 
7013 
7207 19 39 
7207 20 79 
7216 60 11 
7216 60 19 
7216 60 90 
7216 90 50 
7216 90 60 
7216 90 91 (3) 
6 300 000 
4 000 000 
850 000 
2 200 000 
4 800 000 
571 000 (4) 
8 335 000 
3 043 000 
12 919 000 
4 830 000 
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(1) (2) 
7216 90 93 
7216 90 95 
7216 90 97 
7216 90 98 (3) (4) 
09.6035 7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 
7217 11 10 
11 91 
11 99 
12 10 
12 90 
13 11 
13 19 
13 91 
13 99 
19 10 
19 90 
21 00 
22 00 
23 00 
29 00 2 411 000 
09.6037 7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 
7304 10 10 
10 30 
10 90 
20 91 
20 99 
31 91 
31 99 
39 10 
39 51 
39 59 
39 91 
39 93 
39 99 
41 90 
49 10 
49 91 
49 99 
51 11 
51 
51 
51 
59 19 
91 
99 
10 
59 31 
59 39 
59 91 
59 93 
59 99 
90 90 10 418 000 
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(1) 
21.1043 
21.1045 
21.1047 
21.1049 (2) 
7305 11 00 
7305 12 00 
7305 19 00 
7305 20 10 
7305 20 90 
7305 31 00 
7305 39 00 
7305 90 00 
7306 10 11 
7306 10 19 
7306 10 90 
7306 20 00 
7306 30 21 
7306 30 29 
7306 30 51 
7306 30 59 
7306 30 71 
7306 30 78 
7306 30 90 
7306 40 91 
7306 40 99 
7306 50 91 
7306 50 99 
7306 60 31 
7306 60 39 
7306 60 90 
7306 90 00 
7318 15 81 
8203 20 10 
8203 20 90 
8482 10 10 
8527 11 10 
8527 11 90 
8527 21 10 
8527 21 90 
8527 29 00 
8527 31 10 
8527 31 91 
8527 31 99 
8527 32 90 
8527 39 10 
8527 39 91 
8527 39 99 
8527 90 91 
8527 90 99 (3) 
i (4) 
1 300 000 
3 704 000 
3 500 000 
5 557 000 
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(1) 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 
8529 (2) 
10 61 
10 69 
10 80 
10 91 
10 98 
20 20 
20 71 
20 73 
20 79 
20 91 
20 99 
10 20 
10 31 
10 39 
10 40 
10 50 
10 70 
10 90 
90 70 
90 98 (3) (4) 
21.1051 8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 
8539 10 90 
21 30 
21 91 
21 99 
22 10 
22 90 
29 31 
29 39 
29 91 
29 99 2 362 000 
21.1053 8703 21 10 
8703 22 11 
8703 22 19 
8703 23 11 
8703 23 19 
8703 31 10 
8703 32 11 
8703 32 19 
8703 33 11*10 
8703 33 19*10 
8703 90 90*11 101 408 000 
a) 
_ Vc 
(1) 
09.6039 
09.6041 
09.6043 (2) 
9401 20 00 
9401 30 10 
9401 30 90 
9401 40 00 
9401 50 00 
9401 61 00 
9401 69 00 
9401 71 00 
9401 79 00 
9401 80 00 
9401 90 90 
9403 10 10 
9403 10 51 
9403 10 59 
9403 10 91 
9403 10 93 
9403 10 99 
9403 20 91 
9403 20 99 
9403 30 11 
9403 30 19 
9403 30 91 
9403 30 99 
9403 40 00 
9403 50 00 
9403 60 10 
9403 60 30 
9403 60 90 
9403 70 90 
9403 90 10 
9403 90 30 
9403 90 90 
9405 91 19 (3) 
23 000 000 
65 000 000 
i 
1 324 000 (4) 
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(a) The following products with a Taric code are so defined 
8703 33 11*10 Motor caravans, new, of a cylinder capacity 
exceeding 2 500 cm3 but not exceeding 3 000 cm3 
8703 33 19*10 Other vehicles, new, with compression-ignition interna 
combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), 
of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2 500 cm3 but not 
exceeding 3 000 cm3. 
8703 90 90*11 Vehicles other than with electric motors, new, of a 
cylinder capacity not exceeding 3 000 cm3. 
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ANNEX I I 
List of agricultural products subject to tariff quotas for reduced duty (a) 
Order No 
(1) 
09.6101 
09.6103 
09.6105 
09.6107 
09.6109 
09.6111 
09.6113 
09.6115 
09.6117 
09.6119 
09.6121 
09.6123 
09.6125 
09.6127 
09.6129 
09.6131 CN code 
(2) 
0702 00 10 
0702 00 90 
0703 10 19 
0704 10 10 
0704 90 10 
0704 90 90 
0707 00 11 
0708 20 10 
0708 20 90 
0709 60 10 
0710 21 00 
0710 22 00 
0710 29 00 
ex 0711 90 40 
2003 10 20 
2003 10 30 
0802 31 00 
0802 32 00 
0808 10 31 
0808 10 33 
0808 10 39 
0808 10 51 
0808 10 53 
0808 10 59 
0809 10 00 
0809 40 11 
0809 40 19 
0811 10 10 
0811 10 90 
0812 10 00 
0813 10 00 
0813 20 00 
0813 30 00 
0813 40 80 Descr ipt ion 
(3) 
Tomatoes 
Tomatoes 
Onions 
Cabbages 
White/red cabbages 
Other 
Cucumbers 
Beans, fresh 
Beans, fresh 
Sweet peppers 
Peas, frozen 
Beans, frozen 
Other, frozen 
Mushrooms (b) 
Walnuts, in shel1 
Walnuts, shelled 
Apples, other than for 
cider 
Apr icots 
Plums 
Strawberrles 
Strawberries 
Cherrles 
Apricots, dried 
Prunes, drled 
Apples, dried 
Other Quota 
volume (T) 
(4) 
2 267 
87 
1 000 
987 
87 
1 140 
73 
213 
133 
i 
67 
547 
1 200 
1 147 
230 
50 
380 Duty to be applied 
(5) 
9,9(min 2 ECU/100 kg net) 
16,2(min 3,5 " /100 kg net) 
9,6 
13,6(min 2 ECU/100 kg net) 
12 (min 0,5 " /100 kg net) 
12 
13,6 
10,4(min 2 ECU/100 kg net) 
13,6( " ) 
7,2 
14,4 
14,4 
14,4 
10,8 
6,4 
6.4 
11,2(min 2,4 ECU/100kg/net) 
6,4(min 2,3 ECU/100kg net) 
20 
12 (min 3 ECU/100 kg net) 
6,4 
12,8(min 3 ECU/100 kg net) 
11 ,2 
8,8 
5,6 
9,6 
6,4 
4,8 
A<L-
(1) 
09.6133 
09.6135 
09.6137 
09.6139 
09.6141 
09.6143 
09.6145 
09.6147 
09.6149 (2) 
1209 25 90 
1209 29 90 
1209 91 90 
1209 99 91 
1209 99 99 
1212 99 10 
1512 11 91 
1512 19 91 
1602 31 11 
2001 10 00 
2001 90 90 
2002 90 30 
2002 90 90 
2005 40 00 
2009 70 19 
2401 10 60 
2401 10 70 
2401 20 60 
2401 20 70 (3) 
Seeds, fruit and 
spores 
Chicory roots 
Sunflower-seed oil 
Sunflower-seed oil, 
other 
Preserved meat of turke 
Cucumbers preserved 
Other 
Tomatoes prepared 
Peas 
Apple Juice 
Tobacco <4> 
200 
227 
1 800 
iy 200 
67 
373 
80 
693 
1 667 (5) 
3,2 
4 
5,6 
4,8 
5,6 
1,6 
8 
12 
13,6 
17,6 
16 
16,2 
16,2 
19,2 
33,6 
11,5(min 22,5 ECU/100kg net 
(a) The wording for the description of the products covered by this Annex is that of the 
combined nomenclature (OJ No L 267, 14.9.1992). 
(b) These CN codes are subject to the import regime laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1796/81. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1. Budget heading: Chapter 12, Article 120 
2- Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty 
3. Tar iff measure: Proposal for a Council Regulation opening and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and 
ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products 
originating in Romania (1993) 
4. Aim: 
To fulfil obligation imposed by an agreement. 
5. Calculation and loss of revenue 
At the present time, It is not possible to estimate the financial 
implications of these measures. 

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