COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 607 final 
Brussels, 26 November 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
establishing statistical Community surveillance for certain 
agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, 
Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco 
which are subject to reference quantities (1994) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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1 
Explanatory Memorandum 
1. The Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the European 
Community and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel , Tunisia, Syria, Malta, 
and Morocco provide for the progressive reduction of the customs 
duties applying to certain agricultural products originating in those 
countries, by means of a system of reference quantities. 
2. By Council Regulation (EEC) N* 1764/92 of 29.6.1992 amending the 
arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural 
products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Ma I ta, Israe/, 
Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia, the Community has unilaterally increased 
the amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of 3% or 5% 
per year starting on 1 January 199 2, and therefore they are for 1994 
at the levels shown in the annexe. 
3. The implementation of these regulation, does not imply the adoption 
of common rules other than those actually applied uniformly by all 
Member States for the purposes of external trade statistics of the 
Community. Given that in most cases, the period of validity for 
reference quantities is shorter than the calender year, the competent 
authorities within the Commission responsible for examining the 
possibility of making a certain product subject to a tariff quota in 
accordance with the provisions of article 3 (1) of the Council 
Regulation (EEC) n' 451/89, may obtain the necessary data for this 
examination, from the Statistical Office of the European Communities. 
That is the aim of the attached proposal 
r i opot><! i 101 a 
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EC) N* .../ 
establishing statistical Community 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 COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Article 113, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation 
Agreements between the European Commu­
nity, of the one part, and Cyprus ('), Egypt (2), Jordan (•'), 
Israel (% Tunisia (% Syria (<), Malta 0, and 
Morocco (*) 0f 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, ot 
customs duties applicable to reitain agi icultural 
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 surveil­
lance 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 origi­
nating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, L-L 
Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia ('«), the Community 
unilaterally increased the amount of these reference quan­
tities in equal steps of 3 % or 5 % per year starting on 
1 January 1992 and 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 order 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 m Article 3 
(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 451/89; 
(') OJ No 
0 OJ No 
0 OJ No 
0 OJ No 
0 OJ No 
(*) OJ No 
f) OJ No 
«OJ No 
OJ No 
OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, 
L 297, 21. 10. 1987, 
L 297, 21. 10. 1987, 
L 327, 30. 11. 1988, 
L 297, 21. 10. 1987, 
L 327, 30. 11. 1988, 
L 81, 23. 3. 1989, p 
L 224, 13. 8. 1988, p. 18. 
L 52, 24. 2. 1989, p. 7. 18 
L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9. 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 fret-
circulation ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to esta­
blish, 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 Coopera­
tion Agreement between the European Economic 
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 correspon­
ding 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 Statis­
tical Office of the European Communities pursuant to 
Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (') and (EEC) No 1736/75 
0-
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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
It shall be applicable from 1 January 1994, 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by 
Commission Régulation (EEC) No 1039/92 (OJ No L 110, 28. 
4. 1992, p. 42), as corrected by Commission Regulation (EEC) 
No 1590/92 (OJ No L 168, 23. 6. 1992, p. 17). 
0 OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. Regulation last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 
1) 
ANNEX 
Serial 
No 
(1) 
18.0010 
18.0015 
18.0030 
18.0040 
18.0050 
18.0060 
18.0070 
18.0080 
18.0090 
18.0100 
18.0120 
18.0130 
18.0140 
18.0150 
18.0160 
18.0190 CN code 
(2) 
ex 0701 90 51 
0701 90 51 1 
ex 0701 90 59 J 
ex 0703 20 00 
ex 0707 00 11 
ex 0709 10 00 
ex 0709 30 00 
0709 60 10 
0712 20 00 
ex 0712 90 90 
071310 10 
0804 40 10 1 
0804 40 90 J 
ex 0806 10 15 
ex 0807 10 90 
ex 0810 90 10 
ex 0812 90 90 
2008 30 51 
2008 30 71 Taric 
code 
(3) Description 
(4) 
0701 90 51 «15 
New potatoes 
0701 90 59-10 
0 703 ?0 00 *40 
0707 00 11'12 
O70U 10 00 *30 
0709 30 00'20 
0709 30 00*30 
0712 90 90*20 New potatoes 
Garlic 
Cucumbers of a length not 
exceeding 15 cm 
Artichokes 
Aubergines (egg-plants) 
Sweet peppers 
Onions, dried 
Garlic, dried 
Peas, for sowing 
Avocados 
0806 10 15 -5Î 
0806 10 15*70 
0806 10 15-80 
0806 10 I5'91 
0807 10 90-13 
0807 10 90*33 Fresh table grapes 
Melons of a weight not excee­
ding 600 grams 
08109010-10 Kiwifniit (Aainidia Chinensis 
Planch.) 
08129090*11 Citrus fruit comminuted 
0812 90 90 "20 
Grapefruit segments Timetable 
(5) 
1. 1.-31. 3. 
1. 1.-15. 5. 
16. 5.-31. 5. 
1. 2.-31. 5. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 10.-31. 12. 
1. 10.-31. 12. 
15. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 2.-30. 6. 
1. 1.-31. 3. 
1. 1.-31. 3 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. Origin 
(6) 
Tunisia 
! Malta 
Egypt 
Egypt 
Jordan 
Malta 
Egypt 
Cyprus 
Israel 
Morocco 
Syria 
Egypt 
Morocco 
Israel 
Israel 
Egypt 
Jordan 
Israel 
Cyprus 
Morocco 
Israel 
Israel Reference 
quantity 
(in tonnes) 
(7) 
2 834 
3 270 
' 840 
115 
115 
57_ 
115 
115 
1 380 
1 150 
850 
1 150 
460 
35 650 
2 185 
1 15 
1 15 
230 
230 
230 
1 265 
15 755 
ô 
Serial 
No 
(1) 
18.0200 
18.0210 
18.0220 
18.0230 
18.0240 
18.0245 CN code 
(2) 
2008 50 61 
2008 50 69 
ex 2008 30 79 
ex 2008 30 91 
ex 2008 50 99 
ex 2008 70 99 
2009 20 11 
2009 20 19 
2009 20 99 
2009 20 99 Taric 
code 
0) 
2008 30 79*10 
2008 30 79*20 
2008 30 91*11 
2008 30 91*12 
2008 30 91*13 
2008 30 91*19 
2008 30 91*91 
2008 30 91*92 
2008 50 99*10 
2008 70 99*10 Description 
(4) 
Apricots 
Grapefruit 
Oranges and lemons commi­
nuted 
Grapefruit segments 
Grapefruit 
Pulp of citrus fruit 
Citrus fruit comminuted 
Apricots and peaches in halves 
(including nectarine halves) 
Grapefruit juice 
Grapefruit juice Timetable 
(*) 
1. I.-3I.I2. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31. 12. 
1. 1.31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
I. 1.-31.12. Origin 
(*) 
Morocco 
Israel 
Israel 
Morocco 
Israel 
Morocco Reference 
quantity 
(in tonnes) 
(7) 
7 245 
2 300 
3 335 
6 900 
33 005 
920 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
regulation 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) 
4. Object ive : Setting up of a community statistical surveillance for 
certain agricultural products to allow the Commission to apply 
measures forseen by Articie 1 of additional protocols to agreements 
between the EC and the above-mentioned Mediterranean countries. 
5. The application of the provisions of this regulation do not lead to 
losses of supplementary receipts. 
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