COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM (S9) 530 final 
Brussels, 27 October 1989 
Proposal for 
Council Regulation (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of autonomous 
community tariff quotas for certains agricultural, 
chemical and industrial products (1990) 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORENOUM 
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 renewal, from 1 January 1990, the autonomous 
tariff quotas which had been opened during 1989. 
2. Following this examination, which took place during the "ECONOMIC TARIFF" 
Group meeting held on 8 September 1989, it has been determined that the 
ooening of tariff quotas for the following products could have the 
agreement of the Member States without disturbing the markets for such 
products : 
- ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 6 X of carbon 
- sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol 
- catalyst to be used for the production of acrylic acid. 
- ferro-phosphorus 
- boysenberries 
- polyvinylpyrrolidone 
- unwrought magnesium 
- flat-rolled products 
- polyvinyl butyral 
- magnetrons 
- crude fish-liver oils 
- ferro-chromium (containing more than 1S I hut not more than 2 I by 
weight of carbon and not more than 55 I of chromium) 
For certain of these products, the quota volumes are provisional and 
setting them at the level indicated does not rule out their adjustments 
during the procedure. 
This is the purpose of this proposal. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for 
certains agricultural, chemical and industrial products (1990) 
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 agricultural, chemical and 
industrial products is currently 
unable to meet trie specific requirements of the user 
industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, 
Community supplies of products of this type currently 
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 ; whereas 
lower duty Community tariff quotas should therefore be 
opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a 
period covering the year 1990; ; whereas, in 
order not to upset the balance ot the markets for these 
products, the volume of certain of these Community tariff quotas 
should be set at provisional levels which coyer immediate requirements; 
whereas, the setting of the quota 
volumes at this level does not rule out an adjustment 
during the year; 
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, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures 
to ensure efficient Community administration of these 
tariff quotas while offering the Member States the. 
opportunity 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 Ouchy of Luxembourg 
are united within and joindy represented by the Benelux 
Economic Union, all transactions concerning the 
administration of the quantities draw by that economic 
union may be carried out by any one of its members. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
4. From 1 January to 31 December 1990, 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 
fto CN code Description Amount of 
quota Quota duty 
œ 
09.2711 7202 41 90 Ferro-chromium containing by weight more 
than 6 X of carbon 300 000 tomes 
09.2713 
ex 2008 60 19 
*x 2008 6039 
09.2715 i Sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated 
in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 
18,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manu­
facture of chocolate products (*) 
- with a suaar content exceeding 9 X but 
not* exceeding 12 X by weight 
- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 I 
hy weight . 
x 3815 19 00 Catalyst in the form of a sphere not less 
than 4.2 mm and not more than 9 mm in 
diameter, consisting of a mixture of oxide$ 
of molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, copper 
and strontium, fixed on a substrate composed 
of an inert silicon/alumina material and 
intended to he used for the Droduction of 
acrylic acid. (1) ) 
) 
)3 000 tonnes ! 10 + AGR 
65 tonnes 10 
09.2717 ex 7202 99 19 i r^roTDr»sphorus containing by weight 15 X 
! or more of phosphorus, intended for the 
! manufacture of refined phosphoric iron or 
I steel. (1) 65 000 tonnes 
09.2729 ex 0811 90 90 | Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not 
containing added sugar, intended for any 
form of precessing except for the manu­
facture of jam entirely from boysenberries 
(1) 1 500 tonnes 12 
09.2731 qx 3905 90 00 polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder 
form, the particles of which are less than 
38 micrometres and which has a solubility 
in water at 25 *C of less than, or equal 
to 1,5 X by weight and which is intended 
for the pharmaceutical industry.(1) 130 tomes 
P9.2741 ebc 8104 11 00 Irwrcught magnesium having a purity of not 
less than 99,95 X in the form of ingots, 
intended for the manufacture of elements 
used in the nuclear industry (1) 1 650 tomes 
09.2781 éx 7226 10 91 Flat-rolled oroducts of qrain-oriem^d 
silicon-electrical steel, having a width 
not exceeding 500 mm, a thickness of more 
than 0,20 mm but less than 0,3 mm and a 
nominal magnetic-reversal loss of 1,0 W/kq 
as determined by the f-pstein method with a 
current of 50 cycles and an induction of 
4,7 Testa 600 tonnes 
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1 —, 
1 
°^r CN code 
N (a) 
09.2791 ex 3905 90 00 
09.2793 ex 1504 10 10 Description 
Polyvinyl butvral in the form of powder, 
for the production of film for laminated 
safety glass (1) 
Crude fish-liver oils, of a vitamin A 
content not exceeding 2 500 IU/g intended 
for the Dmauction of medicines (1) 
09.2797 ex 8540 41 00' Magnetrons with a Dower output of less 
| than 1 000 W, for the manufacture of 
) microwave ovens (1) 
i 
N i 
09.2799 ex 7202 49 90 Ferro-chromiun containing more than 15 X 
but not more than 2 % by weight of carbon 
and not more than 55 X of chromium Amount of 
of quota 
9 800 tonnes 
1 500 tomes 
1 700 000 PIECES 
17 000 tonnes Quota 
duty(X) 
0 
2 
0 
0 
(a) See TARIC codes in Annex. 
Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. 
2. Within the limits of these tariff quotas Spain and Portugal shall apply 
customs duties calculated In aocordanoe with the relevant provisions 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 product covered by this 
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member 
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential 
arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs 
authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by 
notifying the Commission, draw an amount corres­
ponding to its requirements from the appropriate quota volume. 
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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 
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 J 
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 \ January 
1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directiy applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
A MS* 
Cr\f)<Zr\ A/° C/V Coflc TARIC 
09.2711 7202 41 90 * 00 
09.2713 2008 60 19 * 10 
2008 60 39 * 10 
09.2715 3815 19 00 * 12 
09.2717 7202 99 19 * 20 
09.2729 I 0811 90 90 * 10 
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09.2731 3905 90 00 * 94 
09.2741 8104 11 00 * 10 
09.2781 7226 10 91 * 10 
09.2791 3905 90 00 * 95 
09.2793 1504 10 10 * 10 
09.2797 8540 41 00 * 91 
09.7799 7202 49 90 * 10 
FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12, art. 120 
2. Base mridmue ; article 28 du traité 
3. Intitulé ri H la m e S U r e t a r i f a i r e : P ?•' <> P O •.: • i t i o n de règlement du Co rise il 
portant ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires autonomes 
pour certains produits agricoles, chimiques et industriels (1990). 
4. Objectif : fissurer la couverture à des conditions lavorables, des 
besoins communautaires. 
5. Mode de calcul 
Designation des 
produits 
Ferrochroie carbure 
Censes douces 
Catalyseurs 
Ferrophosphores 
Boysenbern es 
Polyvinylpyrrolidone 
Hagnesiui extra pur 
Produits lannes plats 
Butiral de polyvinyle 
Magnetrons a ondes 
Huiles de foies de poissons 
Ferrochroie affini Quantites 
300 000 t 
3 000 t 
65 t 
65 000 t 
1 500 t 
130 t 
1 650 t 
600 t 
9 800 t 
1 700 000 pieces 
1 500 t 
17 000 t Prix en ecus/ 
unite 
1 158 
1 540 
35 38? 
190 
940 
2 716 
5 910 
1 720 
3 180 
19 
1 380 
1 105 uroit 
nonal 
(en -;) 
8 
32 
6,6 
5 
18 
12,5 
5,3 
6 
12,5 
5,1 
6 
8 uroit con-
tingentaire 
(en *;) 
0 
10 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 Perte de 
recettes 
(en ecus) 
27 792 000 
1 016 400 
151 813 
617 500 
84 600 
44 135 
516 830 
61 920 
3 895 500 
1 647 300 
82 800 
1 502 800 
37 413 598 
Par rapport aux cont. i nyi-nts initiaux ouverts le 1 "*" janvier iVfc'.y, augmentation 
des pertes de 37 413 S9ti écus -• 29 49 1 AS? écus - f 922 161 écus. 
FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COHPETITIUH b M L'fcftPLUl 
La présente proposition vise l'ouvert un de cont i nui-nl s tarifaire*, 
communautaires autonomes destines à i-.'ii'.vir, à de-., (..outillions 
f avorab I es, I es besoi ris des i ndustr i es u11 I i sal r 11 es . Elle aura pour 
effet de permettre à ces industries de concurrencer celles des pays 
tiers sur les marchés de la Communauté et des pays tiers et de 
maintenir ou même d'améliorer l'emploi dans la Communauté. 

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