COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MO3) 491 final 
Brussels, 12 October 1993 
•i Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff 
quota for fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories 
and laying down the procedure applicable to certain agricultural 
products subject to reference quantities originating in the said 
territories (1993/1994) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ^^ 
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 on the tariff arrangements 
applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in 
the Occupied Teritories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86 
provides for duties on imports of fresh strawberries and the 
agricultural products set out in the Annex and originating in the 
Occupied Territories to be eliminated on 1 January 1993, within the 
per iods ind icated. 
2. Duties on strawberries falling within CN code 0810 10 90 are to be 
eliminated within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 1 200 
tonnes. 
The agricultural products set out in the Annex are subject to 
Community surveillance within a framework of reference quantities 
and pre-established timetables. 
3. As regards the administration of the tariff quota, it is proposed 
that the entire volume of the quota form a Community reserve to 
which all Member States would have access according to the 
procedure laid down in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation. 
With regard to the procedure applicable to the agricultural 
products, Article 3 (2) of Regulation 1134/91 provides that where 
imports of one of these products exceeds the reference quantity, 
the product in question may be made subject to a Community tariff 
quota which will apply to a quantity equivalent to the reference 
quantity, if the amounts imported appear likely to cause 
difficulties in the Community market. 
4. The system of surveillance planned for these reference quantities 
does not entail the adoption of common rules other than those 
currently applied uniformly by all Member States in the matter of 
the Community's external trade statistics. Given that reference 
quantities are generally opened for less than a calendar year, the 
Commission departments responsible for examining whether a product 
should be made subject to a tariff quota can obtain the requisite 
statistics from the Statistical Office of the European Communities. 
Proposa I for a 
COUNCIL K ECU I. A HON (EEC) No /93 
of 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
fresh strawberries originating in tlie- Occupied Territories and laying down the 
procedure applicable to certain agricultural products subject to reference 
quantities originating in the said territories (1993/1994) 3 
THI; COUNCIL or- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 1 13 
thereof. Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of 
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 the quota may be carried out by any one of its 
members ; 
Having, regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 
of 79 April IW ] on the taiiff arrangements applicable to 
imports into the Community of products originaiing in 
the Occupied Territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) 
No 136 1/86 ('), and in paiticulat Articles 1 and \ thereof, 
Having regard to the pioposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article I of Regulation (EEC) No I 1 .Ï4/V1 
provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports 
of the agricultural products set out in Annex II thereto 
and originating In the Occuplod Territories on 
1 January 1993. and within tho periods Indicated for 
each product; whereas, therefore. It Is appropriate 
to opon on 1 Novembor 1993. tho Community tariff quotas 
laid down for the said products, the volumes of which 
aro Indicatod In Article 1 and the Annex to this 
Rogulat ion. 
Whereas duties on the strawbenies falling within CN 
code OHIO 10 90 are eliminated within the limits of a 
Community tariff quota of I 200 tonnes, Whereas, in carrying out its international obligations, the 
Community must open reference quantities and establish 
a statistical surveillance system regarding the products 
listed in the Annex ; 
Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities 
within the Commission to establish an annual trade 
balance sheet for each of the products and if necessary, to 
put into application the arrangement provided for in 
Article .3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91, these 
products are subject to the statistical surveillance in accor­
dance with Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (') and (EEC) 
No 1736/75 0; 
Whereas, to ensure the efficiency of the surveillance 
system, the Member States must nevertheless charge 
imports of the products in question against the reference 
quantities as and when these products are presented to 
the customs under cover of declarations for release for 
free circulation ; whereas the reference quantities fcr the 
products listed in the Annex should be opened 
for the period 1993/1994; 
Wheieas equal and continuous access to the quota should 
be ensured foi all Community importers and the rate laid 
down for the quota should be applied consistently to all 
imports of the products in question into all the Memlx-i 
States until the quota is exhausted ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of 
its international obligations, of a tariff quota should be­
taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the effici­
ency of a common administration of this quota, there is, 
however, no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to 
draw from the quota-volume 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 
quota is used up and inform the Member States actor 
dingly , 
(') OJ No I. I i;. 4 S |99|, ,,. | Article 1 
The customs duty applicable to imports into the Commu­
nity of fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied 
Territories shall be suspended at the level indicated below 
and within the limit of the Community tariff quota as 
shown below : 
(') OJ No I. 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (OJ No L 302. 19. 10. 1992, p. 
") 
(') OJ No I. 183. 14. 7. 1975. p. 3. Regulation as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 
I) 
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09.1 \H\ CN (.Unie 
0810 10 90 I ill II 
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•41 
•49 Drsc riplion 
Fresh strawberries from 1 November 1993 to 
31 March 1994 Amounr Quota 
of quota duty 
(in tonnes) (%) 
1 200 0 
Arttdt ) 
The tariff quota referred to in Article I shall be admims 
teied by the Commission, which may take any appro­
priate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient admi­
nistration thereof. 
Art11 Iv 3 
If an importer presents, in a Member State, a declaration 
of entry into free circulation including a request for prefe-
pioforontlal bonefit for a product covered by 
Attlclo 1 of tho prosont Rogulatlon, and if this 
declaration is accepted by tho customs authorities, 
tho Mombor State concerned shall draw, from the 
tariff quota, by means of notification to the 
Commission, a quantity corresponding to these noodï 
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date 
of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communi­
cated to the Commission without delay. 
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis 
of the date ol acceptance of the declaration of entry into 
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member 
State concerned, to the extent that the available balance 
so permits. 
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it 
shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota. 
if the quantities required are greater than the available 
balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a 
pro rata basis with respect to the recpiests. Member States 
shall be informed by the Commission of the drawings 
made. Art tele 4 
1. Imports into the Community of certain products 
originating in the Occupied Territories shall be subject to 
reference quantities and to a statistical surveillance. 
The products referred to in the first subparagraph, their 
CN codes, the periods of validity and the levels of the 
reference quantities are set out in the Annex. 
2. Quantities shall be charged against the reference 
quantities as and when products are entered with customs 
authorities for free circulation and accompanied by a 
movement certificate. If the movement certificate is 
submitted a posteriori, the goods shall be charged against 
the corresponding reference quantity at the moment 
when the goods are entered for free circulation. 
The extent to which the reference quantities are used up 
shall be determined at Community level on the basis of 
the imports charged against them in the manner defined 
in the first subparagrpah, as communicated to the Statis­
tical Office of the European Communities in application 
of Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 and (EEC) No 1736/75. 
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 the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply with effect form 1 November 1993.. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States 
Done at 
I'or the Council 
The President 
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quantity 
(tonnes) 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1. Budget heading : Chapter 12, Article 120. 
2. Legal bag is : Article 113 of the Treaty. 
3. Title of the tariff measure : Proposal for a Council Regulation 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff 
quota for fresh strawbetries originating in the Occupied 
Territories and laying down the procedure applicable to certain 
agricultural products subject to reference quantities originating 
in the sa id ter r itor tes ( 1993 1994) 
4- Aim Fulfilment of a commitment arising from a Council Regulation 
5. Calculation method : 
CN code: ex 08010 10 90 
Volume of quota in tonnes- 1 200 T 
Duty to be applied: 0% 
CN dut ies: 14% 
Average estimated price in £CU7t: 2 482 
6 Loss .&Lxoy,ttnuft 
The total loss of revenue from fresh strawberries for the quota 
period 1993/1994, will be ECU 416 976. 
The application of the other provisions of this Regulation gives 
rise to no further loss of revenue. 

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