COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 14.11.1995 
COM(95) 536 final 
95/0277 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 opening and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for certain 
agricultural, industrial and fisheries products and establishing the detailed provisions for 
adapting these quotas 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. With Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95, the Community undertook to open 
each year, within the framework of GATT and subject to certain conditions, 
Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty for a certain number of 
agricultural, industrial and fisheries products. 
2. In accordance with the offer it made within UNCTAD, the Community 
introduced tariff preferences in 1971 for certain jute and coconut-fibre products 
from a number of developing countries; these preferences took the form of a 
gradual reduction in CCT duties, culminating in the total suspension, without 
quantitative limits, of the duties in question from 1978 to 31 December 1994. 
3. The graduation of duties introduced by the new scheme of generalized preferences 
in force since 1 January this year threatens to have an adverse effect on both the 
countries producing these goods and their customers in the Community. 
4. Given that the previous special arrangements were aimed at facilitating the access 
of jute and coconut-fibre products to the Community market, the Community 
announced, in the context of GATT, that it was ready to suspend CCT duties on 
these products within annual tariff quotas. 
5. Because the quota year in question runs from 1 January to 31 December, and will 
do so until the new scheme of preferences expires, quotas will have to be opened 
from 1 July to 31 December 1995 for this year's entire quota volume. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT 
for certain agricultural, industrial and fisheries products and establishing the detailed 
provisions for adapting these quotas 
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 proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas in Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95,1 the Community undertook to open, 
within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and subject 
to certain conditions, annual Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty for a certain 
number of agricultural, industrial and fisheries products; 
Whereas, in accordance with the offer it made within the United Nations Conference on 
Trade and Development (UNCT AD) in the light of the special nature of the trade in jute 
and coconut-fibre products, the Community introduced tariff preferences in 1971 for such 
products from certain developing countries; whereas these preferences took the form of a 
gradual reduction in CCT duties, without quantitative limits, culminating in the complete 
suspension of these duties in 1978; 
Whereas the new scheme of generalized preferences applicable since 1 January 1995 
provides for the graduation of duties; whereas this change threatens the continuation and 
development of traditional trade flows between the countries supplying the products in 
question and the Community; whereas the Community, in the context of GATT, should 
therefore open autonomous zero-duty tariff quotas for determined quantities of products 
manufactured from jute and coconut fibres for the period from 1 January 1995 to 
31 December 1998; whereas, in view of the fact that, for the year in course, this 
Regulation will apply only from 1 July, provision should be made for quotas to be opened 
from that date to 31 December 1995 for the entire annual quota volume; 
Whereas provisions should therefore be adopted, in accordance with the relevant 
WTO/GATT rules, in order to maintain the previous conditions of access for the products 
in question, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
lOJNoL 176, 27.7.1995. 
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Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The attached Annex V shall be added. 
2. Article 1(2) shall become Article 1(4). 
The following paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be inserted. 
"2. All Community import duties on the products listed in Annex V to this 
Regulation shall be suspended within the limits of the quantities laid down 
according to their origin and the period laid down. 
3. Access to the tariff quotas in Annex V shall be subject to compliance with 
the rules governing the origin of products laid down in Articles 47 to 55 of 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down 
provisions for the implementation of the Community Customs Code,2 as 
last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/95 of 19.7.1995 3" 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1998. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels,.... 
For the Council 
The President 
2 OJ No L 253, 11.10.1993. 
3 OJNoL 171, 21.7.1995. 
ANNEXV 
List of Community tariff quotas for products manufactured from jute and coconut (a) 
Order 
number CN codes Taric 
sub-Description of goods Quota 
period Recipient 
countries Quota 
volume |Rate of| 
duty 
09.0107 5310 
560710 00 
ex 5702 39 90 
ex 5702 49 90 
ex 5702 59 00 
ex5702 9900 •10 
•10 
•10 
•10 
ex 5703 90 90 
09.0109 
109.0111 6305 10 90 ex 5806 39 00 
ex 5806 40 00 
5905 00 50 
B702 20 00 •10 
•10 
•10 Woven fabrics of jute and other textile bast fibres of 
code 5303 from 1 July to 
31 December 199S and 
from 1 January 1996 to 
31 DaceniDor 1998 Bangladesh 
India 
Other countries 33 381 
31 146 
2 759 
Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not 
plaited or braided, coated, covered or sheathed with 
rubber or plastics 
-of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303 
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, wove, not 
tufted or flocked, whether or not made up, including 
"Kelem". "Schumacks", "Karamanie" and similar 
hand-woven rugs: 
-Floor coverings, of pile construction, not made up, ot 
jute and other textile bast fibres of heading No 5303 
-Floor coverings, of pile construction, made up, of 
jute and other textile bast fibres of heading No 5303 
-Floor coverings, not of pile construction, not made 
up, of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303 
-Floor coverings, not of pile construction, made up, of 
jute and other textile bast fibres of heading No 5303 
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted, 
whether or not made up: 
-Other, of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303 
Narrow woven fabrics, other than goods of heading 
No 5807; narrow fabrics consisting of warp without 
weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs): 
-Other, of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303 
-Fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled 
by means of an adhesive (bolducs), of jute and other 
textile bast fibres of heading No 5303 
Textile wall coverings: 
-Other, of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303 
Floor coverings of coconut 
fibres 
Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of 
goods: 
-of jute and other textile bast fibres of heading 
No 5303, other from 1 July to 
31 December 1995 and 
from 1 January 1995 to 
31 December 1998 
from 1 July to 
31 December 1995 and 
from 1 January 1996 to 
31 December 1998 India 
Other countries 
Bangladesh 
China 
India 
Other countries 8 201 
775 
26 587 
35 722 
32 093 
2 759 
v*v Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the goods is deemed purely 
indicative, tariff treatment being determined for the purposes of this Annex by the scope of the CN codes. Where a code is 
preceded by "ex", tariff treatment is determined both by the scope of the CN code and by the corresponding description. 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1. Budget heading involved 
Chapter 12, Article 120 
2. Legal basis 
Article 113 of the EC Treaty 
3. Title of operation 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 
1808/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
bound in GATT for certain agricultural, industrial and fisheries products and 
establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas 
4. Objective 
To maintain the previous arrangements for the access of jute and coconut-fibre 
products to the Community market 
5. Method of calculation 
Quota volume (ECU): 101 026 000 66 146 000 
Rate of duty to be applied: 0% 0% 
Normal rate (average): 7.9% 8.1% 
6. Forecast loss of revenue 
ECU 101 026 000 x 7.9% = ECU 7 981 054 
ECU 66 146 000 x 8.1% = ECU 5 357 826 
13 338 880 
Annual loss: ECU 13 338 880 
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