COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 05.05.1998 
COM(1998) 284 final 
98/0161 (ACC) 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
establishing a concession in the form of a Community tariff quota for Turkey in 
1998 in respect of hazelnuts and suspending certain concessions 
(presented by the Commission) 

4304/98EN2 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Subject: Draft Council Regulation establishing a concession in the form of a 
Community tariff quota for Turkey in 1998 in respect of hazelnuts and 
suspending certain concessions 
The purpose of this draft Regulation is to suspend certain autonomous and conventional 
concessions granted to Turkey by the Community. 
In 1996 Turkey banned all imports of live bovines and imposed restrictions on beef 
imports. It is the Commission's belief that such measures are unjustified and represent a 
non-tariff barrier to trade. 
Bearing in mind the stalemate after three rounds of negotiations with Turkey on the 
above subject, the negative impact of the ban on our exports and the fact that the 
Community will not be able to benefit from the concessions granted to it by Turkey 
under the recently adopted Association Council Decision 1/98, it is proposed that the 
situation to be counterbalanced by means of the following measures: 
(1) Suspension of the opening of the autonomous quota for hazelnuts (CN codes 
08022100 and 08022200); 
(2) Suspension of the opening of two conventional quotas for water melons (CN code 
ex 08071100) and certain processed tomatoes (CN codes 20029031, 20029039, 
20029091 and 20029099). 
These measures, intended to protect the Community's commercial interests, will be 
repealed by the Commission once Turkey has lifted the barriers to the preferential 
Community exports. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
establishing a concession in the form of a Community tariff quota for Turkey in 
1998 in respect of hazelnuts and suspending certain concessions 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas under the Agreement establishing an Association between the European 
Economic Community and Turkey1 concessions were granted to that country in respect 
of certain agricultural products; 
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the concession for 
hazelnuts should be adjusted to take account of the trade arrangements for that product 
which existed between Austria, Finland and Sweden, on the one hand, and Turkey, on the 
other; 
Whereas, in accordance with Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the 1994 Act of Accession, the 
Community is required to adopt the necessary measures to remedy this situation; whereas 
those measures should lake the form of autonomous Community tariff quotas covering 
the conventional preferential tari IT concessions applied by Austria, Finland and Sweden; 
Whereas Decision 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council provides for the 
improvement and consolidation of trade preferences relating to the import into the 
OJ I.. 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687/64. 
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Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey and establishes a series oT 
preferential concessions for Community exports of meat and live animals to Turkey; 
Whereas in 1996 Turkey applied a ban on the import of live animals of the bovine 
species (CN code 0102) and restrictions on the import of beef (CN codes 0201-0202); 
whereas those measures, being quantitative restrictions, are incompatible with the 
Agreement and prevent the Community from benefiting from the concessions granted to 
it under Decision 1/98; whereas, despite talks from November 1997 to February 1998 
intended to achieve a negotiated solution with Turkey to the problem, the quantitative 
restrictions are still in place; 
Whereas, as a result of the restrictions, exports to Turkey of the products in question 
originating in the Community are blocked; whereas, in order to protect the Community's 
commercial interests, the situation should be counterbalanced by means of equivalent 
measures; whereas the concessions set out in the Annexes to this Regulation should 
therefore be suspended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION; 
Article 1 
Without prejudice to the import arrangements in the Community applicable to hazelnuts 
under the Agreement concluded between the Community and Turkey, the existing 
Community tariff quota shall be increased autonomously for 1998 in accordance with 
Annex I to this Regulation. Articles 4 to 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1981/942 shall apply. 
Article 2 
The autonomous tariff quota of 9 060 tonnes laid down in Annex I and the two tariff 
quotas laid down in Annex II are hereby suspended. 
2 O.I I, 199, 2.8.1994, p. I. Regulation last amended by Regulation (HC) No 650/98 of 2?> March 1998 
(0.11,88,24.3.1998, p. 8). 
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Article 3 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) 
No 2200/963 or, as the case may be, in the corresponding Articles of the other regulations 
on the common organisation of markets in agricultural products, or in Articles 6 and 7 of 
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, the Commission shall repeal the measures referred to in 
Article 2 once the barriers to preferential exports from the Community to Turkey have 
been lifted. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
O.I 1.297, 21.1 1.1996, p. I 
4304/98RN2 
Serial 
number 
09.0201 CN code 
08022100 
08022200 Annex 1 
Description of goods 
Hazelnuts (Corylus spp), fresh or 
dried, in shell or shelled 
(1) Quota opened under Community preferential agreements. Size of 
conventional 
quota (in tonnes) 
d) 
25000 Size of 
Autonomous 
quota (in tonnes) 
9060 
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applicable 
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Annex II 
Serial 
number 
90217 
90.209 CN code 
ex 0807 11 00 
2002 90 31 
2002 90 39 
2002 90 91 
2002 90 99 Description of goods 
Water melons, fresh: 
from 16 June to 31 March 
Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by 
vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, 
with a dry matter content of 12% or more by weight: 
from 1 July to 31 December Size of quota per year or 
per period indicated 
(tonnes) 
14 000 
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15 000, 
with a dry matter 
content of 28/30% 
by weight Rate of duty 
applicable 
Free 
Free 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
BUDGET HEADING: Chapter 10 - Agricultural duties APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 623,8m 
2. TITLE: Draft Council Regulation establishing a concession in the form of a Community tariff quota for Turkey in 1998 in 
respect of hazelnuts and suspending certain concessions 
3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Treaty 
4. AIMS OF PROJECT: 
Provisionally to adapt the Community tariff quotas granted to Turkey following the enlargement of the Union. 
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS PERIOD OF 12 
MONTHS 
ECU million CURRENT 
FINANCIAL YEAR 
(1998) 
ECU million FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL YEAR 
1999 
ECU million 
5.0. EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 
- OTHER 
5.1. REVENUE 
- OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) 
- NATIONAL - 172049 (1) 
+ 3193101 (2) 
1998 
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE ECU 3m 1999 2000 2001 
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION: (See Annex) 
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT 
CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? YES 
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT 
BUDGET? 
6.2. IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? NO 
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? NO 
OBSERVATIONS: 
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1. Concession covering hazelnuts 
This concession is an extension of the measure adopted in 1997 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1555/97). 
Existing duty: 3.5% Proposed duty: 0% 
Autonomous quota: 9 0601 
Unit value cif: USD 4.5/kg or ECU 4.1/kg 
Losses: 9 060 t x 0.035 x ECU 4.1 /kg x 90% x 1 000 = - 1 170 099 " 
Change in import flows or impact as compared with 1997: 998 050-1 170 099 = - 172 049 
2. Suspended concessions 
Theoretical rise in own resources as a result of concessions suspended, assuming imports remain unchanged 
Hazelnuts: 9 0601 x 0.035 x ECU 4.1 /kg x 90% x 1 000 = 1 170 099 
Tomatoes: 15 0001 x ECU 723/t x 16.2% = 1 756 890 
Watermelons: 14 0001 x ECU 192/t x 9.9% = 266 112 
Total + 3 193 101 
3. Should there be a fall in imports as a result of the concession suspended, the theoretical increase in own 
resources would fall by the same amount. 

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