COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES 
C0MC92) 522 final 
Brussels, 10 December 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural 
and industrial products 
(1st series 1993) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of 
the Commission have examined, in conjunction with the Government 
experts concerned, the question of opening in 1993 tariff quotas for 
var ious products. 
Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic 
Tariff" group meetings, it has been determined that the opening of 
tariff quotas for the following products could have the agreement of 
the Member States without disturbing the markets for such products: 
Ferro-chromium 6% of carbon 
Sweet cherries: 
Fer ro-phosphorus: 
Sour cherries: 
Poly-alpha-oléfin: 
Boysenberr ies: 
PoI yv i nyIpyr roIi done 
Extra pure magnesium 
Extra pure magnesium: 
Flat-rolled products 
Polyvinyl butyral: 
Sucrose stéarate: 
Ferro-chromium 1.5 to 2% of carbon: 
Montmor iI Ionite: 
4-benzylbiphenyl : 
Manganese: 
Solid extract of wood resin: 
Bromochloromethane: 
1-alkenes: 
3-phenoxybenzaIdehyde: 
3,3-d i met hyI butanone: 
1-chIoro-3,3-dImet hyIbut anone: 
Ferro-niobium: 300 000 
2 000 
8 000 
2 000 
4 000 
1 500 
100 
1 700 
100 
300 
6 500 
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15 000 
10 500 
400 
3 500 
600 
330 
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700 
900 
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This is the aim of this proposal 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 3 
/92 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain 
agricultural and industrial products ( first series 1993) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of certain 
agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course 
of 199 3 unable to meet the specific requirements 
of the user industries in the Community; whereas, 
consequently, Community supplies of products of this type 
will depend to a considerable extent on imports from 
third countries; whereas the most urgent Community 
requirements for the products in question should be met 
immediately on the most favourable terms; 
Whereas Community tariff quotas at reduced or at zero duty 
should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate 
volumes for a period up to 30 June or 31 December 
1993 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets 
for such products nor the starting out or development of 
Community production; 
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the 
said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of 
the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the 
products concerned into all Member States until the quotas 
have been used up; whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous 
tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; 
whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adninis-
tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle 
to authorising the Member States to draw from the quota-
volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to 
actual imports; whereas this method of actoinistration 
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 quotas are used up and 
inform the Member States accordingly; 
Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to 
ensure efficient Community administration of these tariff 
quotas while offering the Member States the opportunity to 
draw from the quota volumes 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 quotas art-
used up and inform the Member States accordingly; 
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, all transactions concerning the administration of the 
quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out 
by any one of its members, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1955 
1. From 1 Januaryjuntil the date shown in the table below 
the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community 
of the products listed below shall be suspended at the levels 
and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown 
below: 
Order No 
09.2711 
09.2713 
09.2717 
09.2719 CNcode 
(1) 
7202 41 90 
ex 2008 60 19 
ex 2008 60 39 
ex 7202 99 19 
ex 2008 60 19 
cx_2008 6039 Description 
Ferro-chromium 
containing by weight 
more than 6 % of 
carbon 
Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 
19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate 
produas ('): 
— With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight 
— With a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight 
Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15% or more of 
phosphorus, intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric 
iron or steel (') 
Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a diameter 
not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of 
chocolate products ('): 
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % 
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight " Amount of 
rfTta 
1 
1 2 000 
8 000 
1 2 000 
J Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
10 + AGR 
10 
0 
10 + AGR 
10 End of 
quota period 
31. 12. 1993 
31. 12. 1993 
31. 12. 93 
31 12. 1993 
Order No 
09 "!~7"'7 
09.2729 
09.2731 
09.2741 
09.2744 
09 2781 
09.2791 
09.2799 
09.2809 
09.2811 
09.2815 
09.2821 
09.2829 
09.2837 CN code 
(1) 
ex 3902 90 00 
ex 0811 90 9? 
ex 3905 90 00 
ex 8104 11 00 Description 
Synthetic poly-sslpha-olefin having a kinetic viscosity of not less 
than 38 x 10-6m2s~ 1(38centistokes)at 100 °Cmeasured using 
the ASTM D 445 method 
Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar, 
for the processing industry (a) 
Polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles of 
which are less than 38 micrometres and which has a solubility in 
water at 25 °C of less than, or equal to 1,5 % by weight and which 
is intended for the pharmaceutical industry (.a) 
Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than 99,95 % in 
the form of ingots, intended for the manufacture of elements used 
in the nuclear industry^) 
ex 8104 U 00 'Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than 99,95 % 
in the form of ingots, for the manufacture of zirconium sponge (') 
ex 7226 10 91 jFlat-roIled products of silicon-electrical steel, cold-rolled, grain 
oriented, of a width not exceeding 500 mm, of a thickness of 
J0.23 mm or less, with a nominal magnetic inversion loss rate of 
o,8 W/kg or less determined by the Epstein method with a 
current of 50 cycles and one induction of 1,7 tesla 
i 
ex 3905 90 00 
ex 7202 49 90 
ex 3802 90 00 
ex 2902 90 90 
ex 3823 90 98 
ex 8111 00 11 
ex 3806 90 00 
ex 2903 40 98 
i Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production of film 
for laminated safety glass (a) 
Ferro-chromium containing more than 1,5 %, but not more than 
2 % by weight of carbon and not more than 55 % of chromium 
Acid-activated montmorillonite for the manufacture of self-copy 
paper (a) 
4-Benzylbiphenyl 
Mixtures of sucrose stearate 
Electrolytic manganese of a purity by weight of 99,7 % or more, 
for the manufacture of non-ferrous alloys (9) 
Solid extract of wood resin, not soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons 
having a resin acid content of 30 % or less, a melting point of over 
100 °C and an acid number lower than 110 
Bromochloromethane A ~~t "" 
Amount o! 
-8Sa 
4 000 
500 
iCb 
1 700 
100 
300 
6 500 
15 000 
10 500 
400 
51 
3 500 
600 
330 
— Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
12 
0 
0 
! 
0 
. ° 1 
i 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 End of 
quota pcrscd 
31.12.1993 
31. 12. 1993 
31. 12.93 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
31. 12. 93 
31. 12. 93 
31. 12. 93 
31. 12. 93 
30.6.1993 
31. 12. 1993 
50.6.19V5 
31.12.1993 V 
Order No 
09.2841 
09.2843 
09.2845 
09.2847 CNcode 
(1) 
ex 2712 90 90 
ex 2912 49 00 
ex 2914 19 00 
ex 2914 70 90 
09.2849 Description Amount of 
quota quot; 
Blend of 1-alkenes containing by weight 80% or more of o UUÛ 
1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 or 22 carbon atoms | 
3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde 300 
3,3-Dimethylbutanone 
1 -Chloro-3,3-Dimethylbutanone 703 
900 Quota duty 
(%) End of 
quota period 
o 31J2.1993 
o ,31.12.1993 
61m12.1993 
31.12.1993 
7202 93 0u Ferro-niobiun 4000 0 31.12.1993 
(l)See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(a)The end-use of this product will be monitored in accordance with the relevant Community provisions. 
Article 2 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed 
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate 
administrative measures to ensure that they are managed 
efficiently. 
Article 3 
Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this 
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, 
applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, 
and the entry is accepted by the customs authorities, the 
Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, 
draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the 
appropriate quota volume. 
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the 
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. 
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in 
chronological order of the dates on which the customs 
authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the 
entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the 
available balance so permits. 
If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall return 
any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as 
soon as possible. 
If the quantities requested are greater than the available 
balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated 
among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the 
Member States of the drawings made. 
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
products in question have equal and continuous access to the 
quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume 
so permits. 
Article S 
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 January 1995 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CotnciL 
The President 
ANNEX > 
TARIC codes 
Order Nos 
09.2713 
09.2717 
09.2719 
09.2727 
09.2729 
09.2731 
09.2741 
09.2744 
09.2781 
09.2791 
09.2799 
09.2809 
09.2811 
09.2815 
09.2821 
09.2829 
09.2837 
09.2841 
09.2843 
09.2845 
09.2847 CN codes /TARIC codes 
2008 60 19 
2008 60 39 
2008 60 39 / 10 
/ 11 
/ 19 
7202 99 t9 / 20 
2008 60 19 
2008 60 39 
3902 90 00 
0811 90 99 
3905 90 00 
8104 11 00 
8104 11 00 
7226 10 91 
3905 90 00 
7202 49 90 
3802 90 00 
2902 90 90 
3823 90 98 
8111 00 11 
3823 90 98 
2903 40 98 
2712 90 90 
2912 49 00 
2914 19 00 
2914 70 90 / 20 
/ 20 
/ 95 
/ 10 
/ 94 
/ 30 
/ 40 
/ 20 
/ 95 
/ 10 
/ 10 
/ 50 
/ 41 
/ 20 
/ 50 
/ 10 
/ 30 
/ 10 
/ 20 
/ 10 
FINANCIAL RECORD <F 
1. Budget t ine concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (1st 
series 1993). 
4. Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industrles. 
Method of calculation 
Descr ipt ion 
of the 
products 
Ferro-chromium 
6% of carbon 
Sweet cherries 
Ferro-phosphoru: 
Sour cherries Quant i-
t ies 
(T) 
300 000 
2 000 
; 8 000 
2 000 
Poly-alpha-olef«n 4 000 
Boysenberr ies 
PolyvinyIpyrro-
Ii done 
Magnesium 
Magnesium 
Flat-rolled 
products 
Polyvinyl 
butyral 
Sucrose stearat( 
Ferro-chromium 
1 .5% 
Mcntmor i Sloni te 
4-benzyIbiphe-
nyl 
Manganese 
Bromochloro-
methane 
1-aIkenes 
Wood resin 
3-phenoxybenzal-
dehyde 
3,3-Dimethylbu~ 
tanone 
1-chloro-3,3-
dimethyIbutanoi 
Ferro-niobium 500 
100 
1 700 
100 
300 
6 500 
51 
15 000 
10 500 
400 
3 500 
330 
8 000 
600 
300 
700 
900 
ie 
4 000 Pr ice 
(Ecu/unit) 
1 341 
1 781 
223 
1 779 
3 417 
1 471 
3 143 
6 840 
6 840 
2 143 
3 687 
8 776 
1 285 
661 
15 342 
1 509 
2 604 
840 
1 102 
14 437 
5 549 
3 360 
7 000 Norma I 
rate 
(in %) 
8 
32 
5 
32 
12.5 
18 
12.5 
5.3 
5.3 
6 
12.5 
7.6 
8 
5.7 
6.3 
4.5 
7.4 
4.4 
4.6 
6.9 
7.1 
6.6 
4.9 Quota duty 
(in %) 
0 
10 
0 
10 
0 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Duty-loss 
(in Ecus) 
32 184 000 
783 640 
89 200 
782 760 
1 708 500 
44 130 
39 287 
616 284 
36 252 
38 574 
2 995 687 
34 015 
1 542 000 
395 608 
386 618 
237 667 
65 543 
295 680 
30 415 
298 845 
275 785 
199 584 
1 372 000 
Compared with quotas opened in 1992, 
40 612 758 - 3 839 316 ecus increased loss of 44 7/4 516 ~ 
ISSN 0254-1475 
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