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COM(1998) 318 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the 
administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and 
industrial products 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In response to requests from several Member States, the Commission's 
departments, together with the government experts concerned, considered whether 
to open, increase and extend autonomous tariff quotas for certain industrial 
products. 
2. Following the discussion, at a meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, it 
was concluded that the Member States could approve new quotas, increases or 
extensions to quotas for the products covered by the proposal for a Regulation, 
without disturbing the markets for such products. 
Hence the attached proposal for a Regulation. 
A 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /98 
amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the 
administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and 
industrial products 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 28 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96l, the Council opened Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas Community demand 
for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions; 
whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of 
duty for appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing 
tariff quotas, avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products; 
Whereas.Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended, 
OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) "No 2631/97 (OJ L 356, 
31.12.1997, p. 1). 
I 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 1998, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 
2505/96 is hereby amended as follows: 
- order number 09.2935: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 70,000 
tonnes, 
- order number 09.2967: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 3,000,000 
units. 
2. For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1998, Annex I to Regulation 
(EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as follows: 
- order number 09.2947: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 1,300 tonnes, 
- order number 09.2959: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 45,000 
tonnes, 
- order number 09.2963: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 500,000,000 
units. 
Article 2 
The quota period for tariff quota with order number 09.2965 in Annex I to Regulation 
(EC) No 2505/96 is amended in 1.1.-31.12.1998. 
Article 3 
The tariff quotas shown in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I to 
Regulation (EC) No 2505/96. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
Articles 1 and 2 shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998, Article 3 with effect from 
1 July 1998. 
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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ANNEX 
Order 
No 
09.2967 
09.2968 
09.2969 
09.2970 
09.2971 
09.2972 
09.2973 CN code 
ex 8518 29 20 
ex 8518 29 80 
ex 2825 30 00 
ex 3920 62 19 
ex 3920 91 00 
2933 61 00 
ex 3818 00 10 
ex 5603 92 90 
ex 8540 91 00 TARIC code 
20 
30 
20 
80 
10 
-
45 
50 
95 Description 
Loudspeaker, having a diameter of less 
than 23 mm, for use in the manufacture 
of products falling within subheading 
8525 20 91 (a) 
Vanadium oxides and hydroxides, in the 
form of powder, only for the production of 
alloys(a) 
Film of polyethylene terephthalate 
metallised on one or both sides, or 
laminate of such films metallised on the 
outer surfaces, and having the following 
caracteristics: 
- a visible light transmission of not less 
than 50%, 
- not coated with an adhesive or any 
other non-plastic material, 
- whether or not covered on both sides 
with a layer of polyvinyl butyral, 
- a total thickness not exceeding 0,2 mm 
without taking into account any presence 
of layers of polyvinyl butyral, 
for use in the manufacture of heat-
reflecting laminated glass(a) 
Melamine 
Doped silicon wafers having a diameter of 
300 mm (±0,25 mm), for use in the 
manufacture of products falling within 
heading No 8542 (a) 
Nonwoven of staple fibers having a 
tensile strength (in the machine direction) 
of 3,8 kg/5 cm or more, in rolls with : 
-a width of 78 mm or more but not 
exceeding 252 mm 
and 
-a length of 980 m or more, 
for use in the manufacture of floppy discs 
(a) 
Flat mask, consisting of circular holes, 
with a diagonal measurement of 39 cm 
(±0,5 cm) Amount of 
quota 
3,000,000 
units 
300 tonnes 
52,500 m2 
5,000 tonnes 
15,000 units 
7,600,000 
m2 
250,000 
units Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Quota period 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
1.7.-31.12.1998 
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1. Budget heading concerned: Chapter 12, Article 120 
2. Legal basis: Article 28 of the Treaty 
3. Title of tariff measure: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending 
Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of 
autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial 
products. 
4. Objective: To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on 
favourable terms. 
5. Method of calculation: 
Note: this table lists only products to the Regulation which have a financial 
incidence. 
Product 
description 
Gum rosin 
09.2935 
Polyfluoride 
09.2947 
Saturating kraft 
09.2959 
Resistor 
09.2963 
Loudspeaker I 
09.2967 
Loudspeaker II 
09.2967 
Vanadium 
09.2968 Variation in quota 
volume 
(Units/tonnes/m2) 
+ 20,000 t 
(initial volume; 
50,000 t) 
+ 400t 
(initial volume: 
900 t) 
+ 15,000 u 
(initial volume: 
30,000 u) 
+ 200,000,000 u 
(initial volume: 
300,000,000 u) 
+ 1,000,000 u 
(initial volume: 
2,000,000 u) 
+ 3,000,000 u 
+ 300t Variation in 
estimated 
price 
(ECU/Unit) 
0 
(initial price: 
32.5) 
0 
(initial price: 
9,000) 
0 
(initial price: 
515) 
0 
(initial price: 
0.0039) 
0 
(initial price: 
10) 
10 
10,000 Variation in 
normal duty (%) 
(CCT1998) 
0 
(initial duty: 5) 
0 
(initial duty: 10.1) 
0 
(initial duty: 4.6) 
0 
(initial duty: 1.9) 
0 
(initial duty: 2.7) 
2.7 
5.5 Variation 
in quota 
duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Expected variation 
in the loss of 
revenue in relation 
to the previous 
quota period (in 
ECU) 
32,500 
363,600 
355,350 
14,820 
270,000 
810,000 
165,000 
'5" 
PET 
09.2969 
Melamine 
09.2970 
Doped silicon 
09.2971 
Nonwoven 
09.2972 
Mask 
09.2973 + 52,500 m^ 
+ 5,0001 
+ 15,000 u 
+ 7,600,000 m^ 
+ 250,000 u 28.67 
1,373 
1,085 
0.223 
14.55 10.4 
6.8 
3.5 
4.9 
3.3 156,538 
466,820 
569,625 
83,045 
120,037 
Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: 
+ 3,407,335 ECU . 
Anti-fraud measures: Provisions on the management of tariff quotas include the 
measures needed to prevent and protect against frauds and irregularities. 
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