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é-COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 412 final 
Brussels, 30 September 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community 
tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel 
(1992/1993) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Articles 1 and 2 of the fourth Additional Protocol to the Cooperation 
Agreement between the EEC and Israel provide for the opening of a 
Community tariff quota for the import into the Community of: 
9 500 tonnes of melons, falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90 
(period 1.11 - 31.5) 
originating in Israel. 
2. The volume of this tariff quota must be increased by 5% each year, as 
from 1 January 1992 and whereas the customs duties applicable in the 
Community, as constituted on 31 December 1985, are being eliminated 
in two equal steps on 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993, by 
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92<1), modifying the 
system applicable to the importation into the Community of certain 
agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Syria or Tunisia. 
3. Within the limits of this tariff quota, customs duties are to be 
phased out according to the same timetables and at the same rates as 
laid down in Articles 75, 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession of the 
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic. 
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Spain and Portugal are to 
apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant 
provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4162/87 of the Council laying down 
arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with Israel. 
This Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period 
from 1 November 1992 to 31 May 1993. 
4. With regard to the administration of this quota, it is proposed that 
the whole of the quota volumes be held as Community reserves to which 
all Member States will have access in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation. 
This is the purpose of the attached proposal 
Annex : one proposal for a Regulation. 
(i) 0J No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9. 
r-roposal foi 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
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opening ï:iii' providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
certain melons originating in Israel (1992/93) 
7HE COUNCII OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having r:;.uc! to ti._ Treaty establ.si ing the European 
Cconorn*' Conrr/'niry, and in prticular Article 113 
thereof. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 1 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to 
the Cooperation Agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the State of Israel (') provides 
for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the 
import into the Community of 9 500 tonnes of melons, 
falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, originating in 
Israel, (from 1 November to 31 May); 
Whereas within the limits of this tariff quota, customs 
duties are to be phased out according to the same timeta­
bles and at the same rates as laid down in Articles 75, 243 
and 268 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ; 
fcJhereas the volume of this tariff quota must be 
increased by 5% each year, as from 1 January 1992 
and whereas the customs duties applicable in the 
Community, as constituted on 31 December 1985, are 
being eliminated in two equal steps on 1 January 
1992 and 1 January 1995, by application of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92(2), modifying the 
system applicable to the importation into the 
Community of certain agricultural products 
originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, iyria or Tunisia; duty rates laid down for the quotas should \>z z\r:. 
consistently to all imports of the product in question ;. 
all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; whe: 
the necessary measures should be taken to provK: 
effective Community management of !lie quotas, . > '' 
the Member States may draw against tlr i o» ; 
quantities as they may need, corresp^; c. t, :..:::: 
imports; whereas this method of r.dministrnticn • .: • 
close cooperation between the Member Stfcs - , • 
Commission ; 
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom ol 
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux 
Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis­
tration of these quotas may be carried out by any of its 
members, 
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, Spain 
and Portugal shall apply customs duties calculated in 
accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 4162/87 of 21 December 1987, laying 
down arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with 
Israel ($ ; whereas the Community tariff quotas in ques­
tion should therefore be opened for the period from 1 
November 1992 to 31 May 199 3; 
Whereas all Community importers should be ensured 
equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
From 1 November 199 2 to 31 May 1993 the customs 
duties applicable to imports into the Community of 
melons originating in Israel shall be suspended, at the 
levels and within the limits of the Community tariff 
quota shown below : 
Order 
No 
09.1329 
(a) Taric codes : 
09.1329 
_-^_ . CN code 
(«) 
ex 0807 10 90 Description 
Melons Period 
1.11.1992 tt>31.5.1993 
ex 0807 10 90 0807 10 90 f) 12 
08071090OI3 
0807 10 900 14 
0807 10 90 Q23 
0807 10 90 024 
0807 10 90 031 
0807 10 90{*)33 
0807 I0 90(*)34 
0807 10 90 043 
0807 10 90044 Amount 
of quota 
(tonnes) 
10 653 Quota 
~ " to O! No I 
Within the limits of the tariff quota the Kingdom of 
Spain and (he Portuguese Republic shall apply customs 
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi­
sions of Regulation (EEC) No 4162/87. 
Article 2 
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed 
by the Commission, which may take all appropriate 
administrative measures in order to ensure efficient mana­
gement thereof. 
Article 3 
Where an importer enters a product covered by this 
Regulation under a declaration for free circulation in a 
Member State and applies to take advantage of the prefe­
rential arrangements and that declaration is accepted by 
the customs authorities the Member State concerned shall, 
by notifying the Commission, draw an amount correspon­
ding to "its" requirements from the quota volume. 
Requests for drawings, indicating the date of acceptance 
of the said declarations, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by 
reference to the date of acceptance of the declaration of 
entry for free circulation, to the extent that the available 
balance so permits. 
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it 
shall return them to the quota volume as soon as possible. 
If the quantities requested are greater than the available 
balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo­
cated among applications pro rata. The Commission shall 
inform the Member States of the drawings made. 
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
product in question have equal and continuous access to 
the quotas for as long as the balance of the quota volume 
as permits. 
Article 5 
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 November 
1992-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Luxembourc. 
For the Council 
The President 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : 
Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons 
originating in Israel (1992/1993). 
4. Oblect ive : Fulfilment of contractual obligations of the Community 
(Agreement EEC/Israel) 
5. Method of calculation : 
CCT heading: 10 653 t 
Volume of the quota: 0 % 
Normal duty: 11 % 
6. Duty-Ioss : 
Unit value : 1 477 ECU 
Total value : 15 734 481 ECU 
Duty-loss (11%) 1 730 792 ECU 
Compared with the preceding period: increased of duty-loss : 
1 730 792 ECU - 1 038 750 ECU - 692 042 ECU. 

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