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Sm COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 556 final 
Brussels, 14 December 1992 
iislieïll Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
establishing Community statistical surveillance for certain agricultural products 
originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and 
Lebanon which are subject to reference quantities (199$) 
HBSB 
(presented by the Commission) 
Explanatory Mentoranflum 
1. The Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the European 
Economic Community and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, (Israel), Tunisia, 
Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon provide for the progressive 
reduction of the customs duties applying to certain agricultural 
products originating in those countries, by means of a system of 
reference quantities. 
2. By CounclIRegulation (EEC) N* 1764/92 of 29.6.1992 amending the 
arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural 
products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, 
Malta, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia, the Community has unilaterally 
increased the amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of 
3% or 5% per year starting on 1 January 1992, and therefore they are 
for 1993 at the levels shown in the annexe. 
3. The implementation of these regulation, does not imply the adoption 
of common rules other than those actually applied uniformly by all 
Member States for the purposes of external trade statistics of the 
Community. Given that in most cases, the period of validity for 
reference quantities is shorter than the calender year, the competent 
authorities within the Commission responsible for examining the 
possibility of making a certain product subject to a tariff quota in 
accordance with the provisions of article 3 (1) of the Council 
Regulation (EEC) n' 451/89. may obtain the necessary data for this 
examination, from the Statistical Office of the European Communities. 
That is the aim of the attached proposal. 
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rroposat Tor a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of . /92 
establishing Community statistical surveillance for certain agricultural products 
originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and 
Lebanon which are subject to reference quantities (199$) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113, products are entered with the customs authorities for free 
circulation ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to esta­
blish, in 199J, reference quantities for the products listed 
in the Annex, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas- the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation 
Agreements, between the European Economic Commu­
nity, of the one part, and Cyprus ('X'Egypt Ç), Jordan f3), 
Israel^ Tunisia(*), Syria(*), Maltafl, Morocco (•) and 
LebanonQ, of the other, have been concluded; whereas 
these -Protocols provide for the progressive reduction, 
subject;:•to reference quantities and to a Community 
surveillance within a set timetable, of the customs duties 
applicable to certain agricultural products originating in 
thbs^'i^cpuntries and covered by the respective Agree-
:mehts; ^r--:J:' 
wipKas^cmncil Regulation (EEC) No 451/89 of 
•':2O^(è^[vi^^^0Jconçéf^g'ihc procedure to be applied 
to^cer^n^gn^tuial ; products originating in various 
MMiterraneanittird.:c6uhtries llf) determined the surveil-
lance"pro«dureim^quesùon;0.;; ; . 
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yWher^:by|C^unql :Re^atipri (EEC) No : 1764/92 of 
* 293ûnè£l?92jam^ the import 
. into'ihe? Corhmunity"of•certain agricultural products origi-
natmg^UnvAlgeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, 
Malta; Morocco, Syria and Tunisia ("), the Community 
unilaterally increased the amount of these reference quan-
rities in equal steps of 3 % or 5% per year starting on 
1 January ^-1992 and whereas for 199* they have thus 
reached the levels shown in the Annex; 
Whereas, in order to enable the competent departments 
of the Commission to establish an annual trade balance 
sheet for each of the products concerned and, if necessary, 
to put into application the arrangement provided for in 
Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 451/89, these 
products are subject to a statistical surveillance ; 
Whereas imports of the products in question are charged 
against, the reference quantities at Community level 
within pre-established timetables, as and when the 
(') OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 2. 
0 OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 11. 
0 OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 19. 
0 OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 36. 
0 OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 36. 
(«) OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 58. 
0 OJ No L 81, 23. 3. 1989, p. 1. 
(•) OJ No L 224, 13. 8. 1988, p. 18. 
f) OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987. p. 28. 
H OJ No L 52, 24. 2. 1989, p. 7. 
(") OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
1. Imports into the Community in 199 3 of certain 
products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, 
Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon shall be 
subject to reference quantities within the established 
timetables and to a statistical surveillance. 
The description of the products referred to in the first 
subparagraph, their serial numbers, their CN codes, Taric 
codes and the quantities and timetable applying to the 
reference quantities are given in the table in the Annex. 
2. Amounts shall be charged by Member States against 
the reference quantities as and when products are entered 
with customs authorities for free circulation, accompanied 
by a movement certificate conforming to the rules laid 
down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the 
concept of originating products annexed to each Coopera­
tion Agreement between the European Economic 
Community of the one part and the countries referred to 
in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of the other. 
Where the movement certificate is produced at a later 
date, the amount shall be charged against the.correspon­
ding reference quantity at the date of acceptance of the 
declaration of release 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 subparagraph, as communicated to the Statis­
tical Office of the European Communities pursuant to 
Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (") and (EEC) No 1736/ 
75 n 
Article 2 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 
(") OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1039/92 (OJ No L 110, 
28. 4. 1992, p. 42), as corrected by Commission Regulation 
(EEC) No 1590/92 (OJ No L 168, 23. 6. 1992, p. 17). 
(,J) OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. Regulation last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 
3 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall be applicable from 1 January 1993 
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 
Serial 
No 
(1) 
18.0010 
18.0015 
18.0030 
18.0040 
18.0050 
18.0060 
18.0070 
18.0080 
18.0090 
48.0100 
•i. V ,' : ' 
18.0110 
18.0120 
18.0130 
18.0140 
18.0150 
18.0160 
18.0190 CN code 
(2) 
ex 0701 90 51 
0701 90 51 1 
ex 0701 90 59 J 
ex 0703 20 00 
ex 0707 00 11 
ex 0709 10 00 
ex 0709 30 00 
0709 60 10 
0712 20 00 
ex 0712 90 90 
0713 10 11 
0713 10 19 
0713 10 90 
0713 20 90 
0713 3190 
0713 32 90 
0713 33 90 
0713 39 90 
0713 40 90 
0713 50 90 
0713 90 90 
0804 40 10 1 
0804 40 90 J 
ex 0806 10 15 
ex 0807 10 90 
ex 0810 90 10 
ex 0812 90 90 
2008 30 51 
2008 30 71 Taric 
code 
(3) 
0701 90 51*10 
0701 90 51*20 
0701 90 59*10 
0703 20 00*10 
0703 20 00*20 
0703 20 00*30 
0707 00 11*12 
0709 10 00*10 
0709 10 00*20 
0709 30 00*20 
0709 30 00*30 
0712 90 90*20 
0806 10 15*50 
0806 10 15*60 
0806 10 15*70 
080610 15*80 
0806 10 15*91 
0807 10 90*13 
0807 10 90*33 
081090 10*10 
0812 90 90*11 
0812 90 90*20 Description 
<«) 
New potatoes 
New potatoes 
Garlic 
Cucumbers of a length not 
exceeding 15 cm 
Artichokes 
Aubergines (egg-plants) 
Sweet peppers 
Onions, dried 
Garlic, dried 
Peas, for sowing 
Dried leguminous vegetables 
Avocados 
Frcsch tabic grapes 
Melons of a weight not excee­
ding 600 grams 
Kiwifniit (Actinidia Chinensis 
Planch.) 
Citrus fruit comminuted 
Grapefruit segments Timetable 
(5) 
1. 1. — 31. 3. 
1. 1.-15. 5. 
16. 5.-31. 5. 
1. 2.-31. 5. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 1.-28. 2. 
1. 10.-31. 12. 
1.10.-31.12. 
15. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 2.-30. 6. 
1. 1.-31. 3. 
1. 1.-31. 3 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-30. 4. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. Origin 
(6) 
Tunisia 
| Malta 
Egypt 
Egypt 
Jordan 
Malta 
Egypt 
Cyprus 
Israel 
Morocco 
Syria 
, Egypt 
Morocco 
Lebanon 
Israel 
Israel 
Egypt 
Jordan 
Israel 
Cyprus 
Morocco 
Israel 
Israel Reference 
quantity 
(in tonnes) 
(7) 
2 756 
3 180 
1 760 
110 
110 
55 
110 
110 
1 320 
1 100 
770 
1 100 
440 
2420 
54 100 
2090 
100 
100 
220 
220 
220 
1 210 
5 070 
r 
Serial 
No 
0) 
18.0200 
18.0210 
18.0220 
18.0230 
18.0240 
18.0245 CN rode 
0) 
2008 50 61 
2008 50 69 
ex 2008 30 79 
ex 2008 30 91 
ex 2008 50 99 
ex 2008*70 99 
2009 20 11 
2009 2019 
2009 20 99 
2069 20 99"* Taric 
code 
(3) 
2008 30 79*10 
2008 30 79*20 
2008 30 91*11 
2008 30 91*12 
2008 30 91*13 
2008 30 91*19 
2008 30 91 *9I 
2008 30 91 *92 
2008 50 99*10 
2008 70 99*10 Description 
(«) 
Apricots 
Grapefruit 
Oranges and lemons commi­
nuted 
Grapefruit segments 
Grapefruit 
Pulp of citrus fruit 
Citrus fruit comminuted 
Apricots and peaches in halves 
(including nectarine halves) 
Grapefruit juice 
'Grapefruit juice Timetable 
(*) 
1. 1.-31. 12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. 1. —31. 12. 
1. 1.31.12. 
1. 1.-31.12. 
1. I.-31.12. Origin 
<«) 
Morocco 
Israel 
Israel 
Morocco 
Israel 
Morocco Reference 
quantity 
(in tonnes) 
(7) 
6930 
2200 
3 190 
6600 
31 5?D 
bet) 
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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 
régulât ion estabIishing Community surveillance for certain 
agricultural products origInating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel 
Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon which are subject to 
reference quantities (1993) 
4- Object ive : Setting up of a community surveillance for certain 
agricultural products to allow the Commission to apply measures 
forseen by Article 1 of additional protocols to agreements between 
the ECC and the above-mentioned Mediterranean countries. 
5. The application of the provisions of this regulation do not lead to 
losses of supplementary receipts. 
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