COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES 
C0M(91) 49 final 
Brussels, 1 March 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (KBC) No 3729/90 opening 
and providing for the administration of Oonnnunity tariff quotas 
for certain agricultural products originating in 
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or 3gjpt 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPIANATCgg MEMORANCPM 
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No .../9-f, amending Regulation (EEC) 
No 3275/90 opening and providing for the allocation of Community tariff 
quotas hound in GAIT for certain agricultural and industrial products, 
opened a 12 000-tonne Camraunity tariff quota at 10% for dried onions 
falling within CN code 0712 20 00. 
2. Until that erga omnes quota is exhausted, the Ten will hold duties on 
imports of this product from Spain and Portugal to 2.9%. If and when the 
quota is fully taken up, the duty rises to 4%. 
3. The EEC-Egypt Cooperation Agreement provides for the phasing out of 
duties on certain products originating in ^gypt at the same rate and over 
the same period as specified in the Act of Accession in respect of imports 
from Spain and Portugal into the Community of Ten. Hiis means dried 
onions originating in 3gypt should be subject to the 2.9% rate until the 
quota is exhausted, and therefore Regulation (EEC) No 3729/90, which opened 
the quota at a rate of 4%, must be amended. Once the quota has been fully 
utilized, the quota rate on dried onions from 3gypt would rise to 4%. 
4. Attached is a proposal for a Regulation making the necessary change as 
from 1 January 1991, in accordance with Council Regulation (EBC) No .. ./&f. l'-..v 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EBC) No /91 
Of 
amending Regulation (EBC) No 3729/90 opaidng and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain agricultural products originating in 
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt 
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 Council Regulation (EBC) No 3729/90 of 13 December 19901 opened 
Community tariff quotas for 1991 for certain agricultural products 
originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or 3gypt, iiWhiH-ing a 4 900-tonne 
quota at 4% for dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00 originating in ^gypt; 
whereas Connc.11 Regulation (EBC) No /91 of 19912 opened an SEgajamnes. 
12 000-tonne tariff quota for dried onions at 10%;; 
Whereas until the 12 000-tonne tariff quota has been fully taken up, the 
highest duty applied by the Community as constituted an 31 December 1985 to 
imports of these products from Spain and Portugal is 2.9%; whereas if and 
when the said quota is exhausted, the duty applicable to imports from Spain 
will be 4%; whereas the same tariff treatment must be aooorded to products 
originating in ^gypt, and the abovementioned Regulation (EBC) No 3729/90 
amended accordingly, 
HAVE ADOPTED TECS RBOTLATICN: 
Article 1 
1. The 4% rate of duty shown in column 6 of the table in Article 1 of 
Council Regulation (EBC) No 3729/90 against order number 09.1701 shall be 
reduced to 2.9% 
2. In the event of exhaustion of the erga "mry^ tariff quota opened by 
Regulation (EBC) No ... /91, a quota duty shall apply to imports into the 
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of dried onions originating in 
3gypt. 
1 OJ No L 363, 27.12.1990, p. 1. 
2 OJnoL 1991, p. 
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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 at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
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TA-RIC CODES 
Order No CN Code • "_.TARK Code1... 
09.1115 ex 0701 90 51 0701 90 51*10 
09.1705 0701 90 51*20 
09.1117 ex 0702 00 10 0702 00 10*51 
0702 00 10*59 
0702 00 10*61 
0702 00 10*69 
0702 00 10*71 
0702 00 10*79 
0702 00 10*81 
0702 00 10*84 
09.1118 ex 0702 00 10 0702 00 10*71 
0702 00 10*79 
0702 00 10*81 
0702 00 10*84 
09.1705 ex 0705 10 11 0705 10 11*50 
ex 0705 10 19 0703 10 19*95 
ex 0709 90 90 0709 90 90*54 
09.1707 ex 0805 10 70 0805 10 70*11 
0805 10 70*12 
ex 0805 10 90 0805 10 90*10 
09.1201 ex 1604 13 10 1604 15 10*10 
ex 1604 20 50 1604 20 50*11 
09.1105 ex 2008 50 91 2008 50 91*20 
09.1205 
09.1124 ex 2009 1111 2009 11 11*10 
ex 2009 11 19 2009 11 19*10 
ex 2009 11 91 2009 11 91*10 
ex 2009 11 99 2009 11 99*10 
2009 11 99*91 
ex 2009 19 11 2009 19 11*10 
ex 2009 19 19 2009 19 19*10 
ex 2O09 19 91 2009 19 91*10 
ex 2009 19 99 2009 19 99*10 
09.1001 ex 2204 21 25 2204 21 26*92 
ex 2204 21 29 2204 21 89*91 
ex 2204 21 55 2204 21 5®*92 
ex 2204 .21 59 2204 21 59*91 
09.1205 ex 2204 21 25 2204 21 25*99 
éx 2204 21 29 2204 21 Wm95 
ex 2204 21 55 2204 21 55*95 
ex 2204 21 59 2204 21 59*95 
1_ ihe 'iAKii' codes shown are those applicable on the d.ats:.of "entry- into 
force of this Regulation, " .-.'•.. \ • J. 
FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120 
2. Base juridique : article 113. 
3- Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du Conseil 
modifiant le règlement (CEE) n° 3729/90, portant ouverture et mode de 
gestion de contingents tarifaires communautaires pour certains pro­
duits agricoles, originaires d'Algérie, du Maroc, de Tunisie et 
d'Egypte. 
^- Object i f : Assurer aux oignons secs originaires d'Egypte un traitement 
tarifaire égal à celui prévu pour les mêmes produits en provenance 
d'Espagne et du Portugal. 
5. Perte de recettes : 
Désignation des 
produits 
Oignons secs Quantités 
4 900 t Prix en 
écus/t 
1 434 D ro i t 
contingentaire 
prévu pour règl 
(CEE) n*3729/90 
4% , Droit 
contingentaire 
proposé 
-en I-
2,5 % perte de 
recettes sup­
plémentaire 
-en écus-
105 399 
i 
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faf\ 
FifHF D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI 
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un règlement du Conseil, 
adopté en date du 1991, portant, entre autres, ouverture et 
mode de gestion d'un contingent tarifaire communautaire consolidé au GATT 
pour des oignons secs. L'impact découlant de cette concession a été pris 
en considération lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de cette mesure 
et il n'aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi 
dans la Communauté. 
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