COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 557 final 
Brussels, 14 December 1992 
v.^i^^^g 
^fepfc'^rii'S^™^^ Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural 
and industrial products 
(2nd series 1993) 
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•fa *• •• i 'VJS&i (presented by the Commission) 
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 1993 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: 
Vanadiumoxides : 
Magnetrons: 
Ant imony: 
BenzyIi dene D-gIuc i do I 
Mushrooms: 
O-Cresol: 
Glutathione: 6 000 T at 0% 
400 000 pieces at 0% 
15 
12 000 T 
55 T 
420 T 
000 T 
3 T at 
at 
at 
at 
at 0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
This is the aim of this proposal 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of /92 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain 
agricultural and industrial products (second series 199$) 
whereas the decision for the opening ot autonomous 
tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; 
whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common acminis-
tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle 
28Jto authorising the Member States 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 
Whereas production in the Community of certain to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and 
agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course inform the Member States accordingly; 
of 1993 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; THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European! 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Community tariff quotas at zero duty 
should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate 
volumes for a period up to 31 December 
1993 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, 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 I 
1975 
1. From 1 Januaryjuntil 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: 
Order No 
09.2703 
09.2797 
09.2817 
09.2827 
09.2349 
09.2851 
09.2853 CNcode 
(1) 
ex 2825 30 00 
ex 8540 41 00 
ex 8110 00 11 
ex 2932 90 79 
ex0710 80 a 
ex2907 12 a 
ex2930 90a Description 
Vanadiumoxides and hydroxides, not in the form of powder, 
exclusively for the production of alloys (a) 
Magnetrons with a power output of less than 1 000 W, for the 
manufacture of microwave ovens (a) 
Antimony ingots 
1,3-2,4-Di-o-benzylidene D-glucidol with a purity by weight not 
less than 96 % 
1 Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha 
steamed, cut into strips of a width of 6 mm or 
more but not more than 8 nm, for the manufactu­
re of prepared meals (a) 
1 0-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5% 
) Glutathione Amount of 
quota 
6000" 
T 
400 000 
pieces 
15 000 
T 
55 
7 
420 
T 
12 000 
T 
3 
T Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 End of 
quota period 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
i%) See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(1) Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuanr to the relevant Comunity provisions. 
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Article 1 
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 ofthe 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 S 
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 199J. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1991. 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
TARIC codes 
Order Nos. CN codes /TARIC codes 
09.2703 ex 2825 30 00/ 10 
09.2797 ex 8540 41 00/ 91 
09.2817 ex 8110 00 11/ 10 
09.2827 ex 2932 90 79/ 80 
09.2849 ex 0710 80 60/ 10 
09.2851 ex 2907 12 00/ 10 
09.2853 ex 2930 90 80/ 16 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (2nd 
series 1993). 
4. Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industries. 
5. Method of calculation : 
Descr ipt ion 
of the 
products 
Vanadiumoxides 
Magnetrons 
Ant imony 
Benzylidene D-
gIuc i do I 
Mushrooms 
0-Cresol 
Glutathione Quant i-
t ies 
6 000 T 
400 000 P 
15 000 T 
55 T 
420 T 
12 000 T 
3 T Pr ice 
(Ecu/unit) 
4 630 
22 
1 617 
22 050 
18 900 
940 
271 428 Normal 
rate 
(in %) 
5.5 
5.1 
8 
6.9 
18 
2.1 
7.6 Quota duty 
(In %) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Duty-loss 
(in Ecus) 
1 527 900 
448 800 
1 940 400 
86 679 
1 428 840 
236 880 
61 885 
Compared with quotas opened in 1992, increased loss of 5 731 384 -
4 427 451 - 1 303 933 ecus 
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