COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 6 final 
Brussels, 23 January 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REgyiATlQN (EEC) 
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 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. By its decision of 21 December 1990, the Council approved 
an exchange of letters between the European Economic 
Community and the USA for the purpose of extending by one 
year the agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6 
of the GATT. 
It follows that, with effect from 1 January 1991, the 
Community must 
increase by 50 000 cubic metres the volume of the 
tariff quota for plywood of coniferous species, opened 
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 of 8 November 
1990C1); 
open a Community tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % 
duty for dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00. 
2. The purpose of the annexed proposal for a regulation is to 
bring these measures into force on 1 January 1991, in 
accordance with the above-mentioned Council decision. 
(1) OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /90 
of 
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 of 8 November 1990^), 
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 its Decision of 21 December 
1990(2), the Council approved an exchange of letters between 
the European Economic Community and the United States of America 
having the purpose of extending until 31 December 1991 the 
agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6 of the GATT; 
whereas this decision implies an increase of the volume of the 
above-mentioned tariff quota by 50 000 cubic metres, and the 
opening of a tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % duty for 
dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00; whereas the above-mentioned 
regulation should consequently be amended, 
(1) OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3 
(2) OJ No L , , p. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The table shown in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 3275/90 shall be replaced by the following : 
Order 
No 
D9.0005 
09.0007 
09.0009 
09.0011 
09.0013 
09.0015 
09.0017 
09.0019 
09.0021 
09.0023 CN code 
(Hi)2 40 90 
05o3 50 90 
0304 10 93 
ex 0304 10 98 
0304 90 25 
ex 0305 51 10 
ex 0305 51 90 
0305 59 11 
0305 59 19 
ex 0305 62 00 
0305 69 10 
ex 0302 69 65 
ex 0303 78 10 
ex 0304 90 47 
ex 0304 20 29 
ex 4412 19 00 
ex 4412 99 90 
4801 00 10 
7202 21 10 
7202 21 90 
7202 29 00 
7202 30 00 
ex 7202 49 10 
ex 7202 49 50 Description 
Herring, subject to compliance with the reference 
prices 
Cod of the species Cadus morhua or Gadus ogac 
and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, 
salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces 
Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or 
frozen 
Frozen cod fillets (Gadus morhua) 
Plywood of coniferous species, without the addition 
of other substances : 
— 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 
Newsprint (') : 
— From Canada 
— From other third countries 
Ferro-silicon 
Ferro-silico-manganese 
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-
rhromium Quota period 
From 16 June 
1991 to 14 
February 1992 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 
From i January to 
31 De:-<*mber I 99 i 
Fro January to 
31 inber ? Quota 
volume 
(tonnes) 
34 000 
25 000 
2 000 
10 000 
650 000 m' 
600 000 
f0 000 
12 600 
> H 550 
2 ">0 
_. J Rate of 
duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
8 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 -
Order 
No CN code 
W Description Quou period Quota 
volume 
(tonnes) Rate of 
duty 
{%) 
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 
09.0041 0805 30 10 
0X02 I i 90 
0H02 12 90 Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) 
Almonds, whether of not shelled, other than bitter 
almonds From 15 January 
to 14 June 1991 
From 1 January to 
31 December 1991 10 000 
AS 000 
(a) See Taric codes annexed. 
(') Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions determined by the relevant Community provisions. 
Article 2 
This regulation shall enter into force on the 
seventh 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 in Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120 
2. Base juridique : article lia. 
3. Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement 
du Conseil modifiant le Règlement (CEE) n° 3275/90, portant 
ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires 
oommunautalres consolidés au GATT pour certains produits 
agricoles et industriels. 
4. Objectif : Respecter les décisions prises par le Conseil 
dans sa décision adoptée le 21 décembre 1990. 
5. Perte de recettes : 
Désignation des 
produits 
)lgnons secs 
jontre-p laqués 
je conifères Quantités 
12 000 t 
50 000 m3 Prix en 
écus/unlté 
2 743 
447 Droit 
normal (en %) 
16 
10 Droit contin­
genta Ire (en %) 
10 
0 Perte de 
recettes (en ecus) 
1.974.960 
2.235.000 
4.209.960 
Par rapport à l'année 1990, augmentation des pertes de 
4.209.960 écus - 3.888.640 écus (1.808.640 H- 2.080.000) 
321.320 écus. 
FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI 
Ces propositions sont formulées en conformité avec une décision 
du Conseil adoptée en date du 21 décembre 1991, visant à 
reoonduire pour une année les dispositions d'un accord conclu en 
1987 avec les Etats-Unis d'Amérique. L'impact découlant de ces 
oonoesslons a été pris en considération lors de la prise de 
déoision d'adoption de ces mesures et il n'aura pas un caractère 
sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans la Communauté. 

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