ICO^ISSION OF THE EUKOPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC9D471 final 
Brussels, 26 November 1991 
Proposal for a 
C^iQlL3£5lUJ^^ 
opening aid providing for «bô administration of 
CoMounitY tariff quotas for certain industrial 
products (First série 1992) 
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(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services 
of the Commission have examined, in conjunction with the Government 
experts concerned, the question of opening in 1992 tariff quotas for 
various products. 
2. Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic 
Tariff" group meetings , it 
has been determined that the opening of tariff quotas for the following 
products could have the agreement of the Member States without 
disturbing the markets for such products : 
- Vanadiumoxydes 6 000 t at 0* 
- Ferro-chromium containing by weight more 
than 6% of carbon 300 000 t at 0% 
- Ferro-phosphorus 15 000 t at 0% 
- Poly-alpha-olefin 2 000 t at 0% 
- Polyvinylpyrrolidone 120 t at 0% 
- Flat-rolled products 150 t at 0% 
- Polyvinyl butyral 6 500 t at 0% 
- Refined ferro-chromium 15 000 t at OX 
- Montmorillonite 10 500 t at 0% 
- 4-benzylbiphenyl 25U t at 0% 
- Mixtures of sucrose stéarate 51 t at 0% 
- Benzylidene D-glucitol 150 t at 0% 
This is the aim of this proposal. 
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proposal Tor 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /9Î. 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
certain industrial products (first série 1992) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of certain 
industrial products will remain in the 
course of 199J. unable to meet the specific requirements 
of the user industries in the Community ; whereas, conse­
quently, Community supplies of products of this type will 
depend to a considerable extent on imports from third 
countries ; whereas the most urgent Community require­
ments for the products in question should be met imme- -
d iately on the most favourable terms ; 
Whereas Community tariff quotas at zero 
duty should therefore be opened within the limits of 
1992 appropriate volumes for a period up to ^Q Ju^p or 31 
•ecerrber* where appVtoïatjP11"1 of the need not to distY* ,the 
markets for such products nor the starting out or develop­
ment of Community production ; 
Whereas the volume kept for Ferro-chromium containing 
by weight more than 6 % of carbon could be adjusted in 
the course of the exercise according to real needs that 
have been noted ; 
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 applica­
tion 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, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures 
to ensure efficient Community administration of these 
tariff quotas while offering the Member States the oppor­
tunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary 
quantities corresponding to actual 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, 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 admi­
nistration of the quantities drawn by that economic union 
may be carried out by any one of its members, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
1. The customs dudes applicable to imports of the 
following products shall be suspended during the periods, 
at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff 
quotas shown below: 
Order No 
092703 
09.2711 
09.2717" 
09.2727 
09.2731 
09.27K1 CN code 
ex 2825 30 00 
7202 41 90 
ex 7202 99 19 
ex 3902 90 00 
ex 7226 10 91 Descriptions 
Vanadiumoxydes and hydroxydes, not in the form ojf powder, 
exclusively for the production of alloys (') Amount 
of quota 
(in tonnes) 
6 000 
Ferro-chromium contoining by weight more than 6 % of carbon 
Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15 % or more of phos­
phorus, intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric iron 
or steel (') 
ex 3905 90 00 Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a kinetic viscosity of not less 
than 38 x 10 ~* m2 s_1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C measured 
using the ASTM D 445 method, for the manufacture of lubrica­
ting oil 
Polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles of 
which are less than 3« 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 (•) 300 000 
15 Uûu 
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 2 CC0 
120 
150 Quota duty 
(%) Quota 
période 
1.1 .«2-31.12.92 
1.1.92-31.12.% 
1.1.92-31.12.% 
1.1.92-30.6.92 
1.1.92-31.12.9; 
1.1.92-30.04.9. 
Order No 
09.2791 
09.2799 CN code 
« 
ex 3905 90 00 Descriptions Amount 
of quota 
(in tonnes) 
ex 7202 49 90 
ex 3802 90 00 
ëx 2902 90 90 Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production of 
film *for laminated safety glass (') 
Ferro-chromium containing more than 15 %,but not more than 
2 % by weight of carbon and not more than 55 % of chromium 
Acid-activated montmorillonite for the 
manufacture of self-copy paper (') 6 500 
15 00U 
10 500 
4-Benzylbiphenyl 
ex 3823 90 98 
ex 2932 90 7a Mixtures of sucrose stéarate 
letlhan ' 9°6 %nZylidCne D"g,UCid0, ^ * PUrity * Wei*ht "<* 250 
51 Quota 
150 0 
0 Quota period 
1.1.92-31.12. 
1.1.92-31.12. 
1.1.92-31.12, 
1.1.92-31.12. 
1.1.92-31.12. 
1.1.92-31.12. 
(a) See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(') Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Comunity provisions. 
2. Within the limits of these tariff quotas the Kingdom 
of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs 
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi­
sions of the 1985 Act of Accession. 
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 arran­
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho­
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the 
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi­
rements 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 chrono­
logical order of the dates on which the customs authori­
ties of the Member Sûtes concerned accepted the entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai­
lable balance to 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 allo­
cated 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 hav.- equal and continuous access to 
the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota 
volume so permits. 
Article 5 
The Mcmlxrr States and *ht Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure thai tin- Regulation is complied with. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall en--.: «nto force on I January IWX, 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
TARIC Codes 
Order N° CN Code Tarie code 
09.2703 ex 2825 30 00 * 10 
09.2711 7202 4190 * 00 
09.2717 ex 7202 99 19 *20 
09.2727 ex3902 90 00 *95 
09.2731 ex 3905 90 00 *94 
09.2781 ex?226 10 91 *2D 
09.2791 ex3905 90 00 *95 
092799 ex 7202 49 90 * 10 
09.2809 ex3802 90 00 *10 
09.2811 ex2902 90 90 ~5o 
09.2815 ex3823 90 98 *41 ~~ 
09.2827 ex2932 90 7g *80 " 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposa I for a Counc iI 
Regulation opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain industrial products (first série 1992) 
Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industries 
5. Method of calculation : 
Description 
Vanadiumoxydes 
Ferro-chromiun 
(+ 6% of carbc 
Ferro-
phosphorus 
Poly-aIpha-olefin 
Polyvinyl­
pyrrolidone 
Flat-rolled 
products 
Polyvinyl 
butyral 
Refined ferroH 
chromium Amount 
of quotas 
—(tonneà— 
6 000 
300 000 
In) 
15 000 
2 000 
120 
150 
6500 
15 000 
Montmori lloni tje 10 500 
250 .4-benzylbi-
phenyl 
Mixtures of 
sucrose steara|te 
Benzylidene-
D-glucitol 
I 51 
150 Pri ce 
(ecu/unill 
4 410 
1 278 
213 
3 255 
2 994 
2 041 
3 512 
1 224 
630 
14 612 
8 359 
21 000 Normal 
) rate (X) 
5,5 
8 
5 
12,5 
12,5 
12,5 
8 
5.7 
6,3 
7,6 
6,9 Quota duty 
(%) 
0 Duty-loss 
(ecu) 
1 455 300 
30 672 000 
159 750 
813 750 
44 910 
18 369 
2 853 500 
1 468 800 
377 055 
230 139 
39 399 
217 350 
38 343 322 
Compared with quotas opened in 1991 at the same period, decreased loss of 
633 746 ecus (38 343 322 - 38 977 068) 
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