COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 01.03.1996 
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96/0051 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (HO 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, 
Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing 
detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas, and Council Regulation (EC) 
No 934/95 establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the 
framework of reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, 
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and the Occupied Territories 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their 
Member States, of the one part, and Israel, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995. 
Pending its entry into force, an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures was signed with Israel 
on 18 December 1995 and entered into force on 1 January 1996. Protocol 1 to the Interim Agreement concerns 
the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Israel; it 
provides for tariff quotas to be opened or reference quantities fixed for certain products. Under an agreement in 
the form of an exchange of letters annexed to the Interim Agreement, Israel has also been guaranteed the right to 
export 200 000 tonnes of oranges to the Community at a reduced price. 
Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and No 934/95 respectively established tariff quotas and reference quantities for 
certain products originating in Israel. Both Regulations must therefore be amended in respect of products 
originating in Israel. 
In the interests of simplification and efficiency, it is proposed that the Commission be authorized, once the 
Customs Code Committee has given its opinion, to make any amendments to the two Regulations made 
necessary by the conclusion of agreements between the Community and the countries concerned. 
Such is the purpose of this proposal for a Regulation. 
* 
Proposal 
for a Council Regulation (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No ll>81/*M opening and providing lor the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria. Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, 
Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing 
detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas, and Council Regulation (EC) 
No 934/95 establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the 
framework of reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, 
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and the Occupied Territories 
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 Community tariff quotas have been opened for certain products originating in Israel under Annex II to 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan. Malta, Morocco, the Occupied 
Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;1 
Whereas reference quantities have been established for certain products originating in Israel under Annex II to 
Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95 establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the 
framework of reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, 
Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and the Occupied Territories;2 
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association 
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Israel, of the other part, 
signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995, an Interim Agreement between the European Community and the 
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Israel, of the other part3, concerning trade and trade-
related measures was signed on 18 December 1995 and entered into force on 1 January 1996, whereas 
Protocol 1 and the annex VI on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural 
products and processed agricultural products originating in Israel provide for tariff quotas to be opened or 
reference quantities established for certain products; 
Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 should be amended in respect of products 
originating in Israel; whereas the amounts of the tariff quotas for some products are to be increased annually 
from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2000 in four equal instalments each corresponding to 3% of these amounts; 
whereas under an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters, the Community has undertaken to admit 
200 000 tonnes of Israeli oranges at reduced prices, 
Wliereas in the interests of simplification and efficiency and by analogy with the procedures applicable to 
agriculture and processed agricultural products, provision should be made for the Commission, after having 
sought the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, to amend Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) 
No 934/95 in the light of agreements concluded between the Community and the countries in question, 
1 OJNoL 199, 2.8.1994, p.l. Last by Regulation (EC) No .795, OJ No L 326, 30 12.1995, p. 
2 OJ No L 96, 28.4.1995, p.6. 
3 OJ No L ^ 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby amended as follows: 
1 Article 6( l)(c) shall be replaced by the following: 
"the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion of agreements, protocols or exchanges 
of letters between the Community and the countries in question;" 
2 The fourth indent of Article 6(2) shall be deleted. 
3 In Annex II the table relating to Israel shall be replaced by the table in Annex I to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
Regulation (EC) No 934/95 is hereby amended as follows: 
1 Article 3( 1 )(c) shall be replaced by the following: 
"the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion of agreements, protocols or exchanges of 
letters between the Community and the countries in question;" 
2. The fourth indent of Article 3(2) shall be deleted. 
3 In Annex II the reference quantities for products onginating in Israel shall be replaced by the reference 
quantities laid down in Annex II to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1996. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at ..., 
For the Council 
The President 
H 
ANNEX I 
Tariff quotas 
Order 
Nuiiilx-r 
09.1306 
09.1341 
09.1351 
09.1309 
09 1342 
09.1335 
09.1311 
09.1313 
09.1317 
09 1321 
09.1303 
09.1343 
09.1353 CN Code 
0603 10 
ex 0603 10 69 
0603 90 
ex 0701 90 51 
0702 00 
ex 0703 10 11 
ex 0703 10 19 
ex 0709 90 90 
ex 0704 90 90 
0705 11 05 
ex 0705 11 10 
0705 11 80 
ex 0706 10 00 
ex 0709 40 00 
0709 60 10 
0709 90 90 
0810 90 85 
0710 40 00 
2004 90 10 Taric 
10 
30 
15 
20 
30 
92 
93 
52 
53 
54 
92 
94 
95 
35 
39 
U 
14 
13 
14 Description 
Fresh cut flowers and flower buds 
Other flowers and flower buds, fresh: 
- 1 January to 15 April 1996 
- 1 November to 15 April of subsequent years 
Dried flowers 
New potatoes: 
- 1 January to 31 March 1996 
- 1 January to 31 March 1997 
- 1 January to 31 March 1998 
- 1 January to 31 March 1999 
- 1 January to 31 March of subsequent years 
Fresh or chilled tomatoes 
Fresh or chilled onions: 
- 15 February to 15 May 
Wild onions of the species Muscan comosum; 
- 15 February to 15 May 
Chinese cabbage: 
- 1 January to 31 March 1996 
- 1 November 1996 to 31 March 1997 
- 1 November 1997 to 31 March 1998 
- 1 November 1998 to 31 March 1999 
- 1 November to 31 March of subsequent years 
'Iceberg' lettuce: 
- 1 January to 31 March 1996 
- 1 November 1996 to 31 March 1997 
- 1 November 1997 to 31 March 1998 
- 1 November 1998 to 31 March 1999 
- 1 November to 31 March of subsequent years 
Carrots: 
- 1 January to 30 April 1996 
- 1 January to 30 April 1997 
- 1 January to 30 April 1998 
- 1 January to 30 April 1999 
- 1 January to 30 April of subsequent years 
Celery sticks: 
- 1 January to 30 April 
Sweet peppers and peppers 
Other fruits and vegetables 
- 1 January to 31 December 1996 
- 1 January to 31 December 1997 
- 1 January to 31 December 1998 
- 1 January to 31 December 1999 
- 1 January to 3 1 December of subsequent years 
Sweet corn, frozen 
- 1 January to 31 December 1996 
- 1 January to 31 December 1997 
- I January to 31 December of subsequent years Quota volume 
per year or 
indicated 
period 
(in tonnes) 
19 500 
3 180 
5 000 
100 
20 000 
20 600 
21 200 
21 800 
22 400 
1 000 
13 400 
600 
1 030 
1 060 
1 090 
1 120 
180 
309 
318 
327 
336 
6 100 
6 283 
6 466 
6 649 
6 832 
13 000 
8 900 
2 000 
2 060 
2 120 
2 180 
2 240 
9 275 
9 940 
10 600 Quota duty 
(D 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
70% of the 
agricultural 
component Rate of 
reduction of 
customs duties 
excess of tariff 
quotas (%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
60 
0 
0 
40 
50 
40 
0 
0 
(1) The exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duty, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
o 
Order 
Number CN Code Taric Description Quota volume 
per year or 
indicated 
period 
(in tonnes) Quota duty 
(I) Rate of 
reduction «f 
customs duties 
excess of tariff 
quotas (%) 
09.1354 0711 90 30 
2001 90 30 
2005 80 00 Sweet corn, not frozen 
- I January to 3 1 December 1996 
- I January to 31 December 1997 
- 1 January to 31 December of subsequent yean 0 
4 725 
5 060 
5 400 70% of the 
agricultural 
component 
09.1344 0712 90 30 
0712 90 50 
0712 90 90 Dried tomatoes 
Dried carrots 
Other dried vegetables 100 exemption 
.1323 0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0895 
0805 
0805 
0805 
0805 
ex 0805 
ex 0805 10 01 
10 05 
10 09 
10 11 
10 15 
10 19 
10 21 
10 25 
10 29 
10 31 
10 33 
10 35 
10 37 
10 38 
10 39 
10 42 
10 44 
10 46 
10 51 
10 55 
10 59 
1061 
10 65 
10 69 
10 82 
10 84 Fresh oranges 
290 000 exemption 
(2) 60 
ex 0805 10 86 
09 1325 ex 0805 20 11 
ex 0805 20 13 
ex 0805 20 15 
ex 0805 20 17 21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas): 
clémentines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh 21 000 exemption 60 
(1) The exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duty, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
(2) Within a quota of 200.000 tonnes (Order No 09.1324) for 1 December 1995 to 31 May 1996, the price above wich the specific additional duty 
provided for in the list of the Community's concessions to the WTO is reduced to 0% is i:C\] 27s5 a tonne. 
Where the entry price of a consignment is 2%, 4%, 6% or 8% lower than ECU 275 a tonne, the specific customs duty is respectively 2%, 4%, 6% 
or 8% of that entry price. 
Where the entry price of a consignment is less than 92% of ECU 275 a tonne, the specific customs duty bound at the WTO applies. 
6 
Order 
Number CNt ode Taric l>CM'l||ltillll OlIOl.l VolllllH' 
pi-l Will Ol 
indicated 
IK'riod 
(in tormes) Oiwtn diriv 
(I) Kiitr of 
reduction of 
customs duties ; 
excess of tariff ' 
quotas (%) 
09.1325 
com' ex 0805 20 19 
ex 0805 20 21 
ex 0805 20 23 
ex 0805 20 25 
ex 0805 20 27 
ex 0805 20 29 
ex 0805 20 31 
ex 0805 20 33 
ex 0805 20 35 
ex 0805 20 37 
ex 0805 20 39 01 
03 
05 
07 
09 
11 
13 
15 
23 
25 
33 
35 
43 
45 
53 
55 
63 
65 
13 
21 
31 
51 
71 
13 
21 
31 
51 
71 
13 
21 
31 
51 
71 
13 
21 
31 
51 
71 
12 
14 
21 
23 
31 
51 
71 
91 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
II 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 
(1) The exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duty, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
H 
Order 
Number CN Code 'l'aric Description Quota volume 
per year or 
indicated 
period 
(in tonnes) Quota duty 
(1) Rate of 
reduction of 
customs duties 
excess of tariff 
quotas (%) 
09.1345 :\ 0805 20 21 
ex 0805 20 23 
ex 0805 20 25 
ex 0805 20 27 
ex 0805 20 29 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas): clémentines, 
wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh: 
- 15 March to 30 September 14 000 exemption 0 
09.1315 ;x 0805 30 20 
ex 0805 30 30 
•:x 0805 30 40 11 
15 
21 
25 
31 
35 
41 
45 
51 
55 
61 
65 
12 
16 
22 
26 
32 
36 
42 
46 
52 
56 
62 
66 
11 
21 
31 
41 
51 
61 Lemons, fresh 7 700 exemption 40 
09.1346 ex 0805 30 90 Limes, fresh 1 000 exemption 
09 1327 ex 0807 11 00 20 
30 Watermelons: 
- 1 April to 1 5 June 9 400 exemption 50 
09.1329 ex 0807 19 00 13 
14 
20 
33 
34 
40 
71 
79 Melons: 
- 1 November to 31 May of the following year exemption 
400 50 
09.1339 .'x 0X10 10 05 
:x 0810 10 80 II 
19 
31 
39 
51 
59 Strawberries: 
- 1 November to 3 1 March of the following year exemption 
2 600 
(1) The exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duly, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
£ 
Order 
Number 
09.1337 
09.1347 
09.1355 
09 1356 
09.1357 
09.1358 
09.1359 
09.1307 
09.1348 
09.1349 CN Code 
6x0812 90 20 
1602 31 
1704 90 30 
1806 
ex 1901 10 00 
ex 1901 90 99 
2106 10 80 
2106 90 98 
1904 
1905 
2002 10 10 
2004 90 98 
ex 2008 40 71 
ex 2008 50 71 
ex 2008 70 71 
ex 2008 92 74 
ex 2008 92 78 
ex 2008 99 68 Taric 
10 
21 
23 
25 
27 
31 
33 
35 
37 
41 
43 
45 
47 
81 
83 
85 
87 
15 
17 
19 
25 
27 
29 
55 
57 
59 
95 
97 
99 
10 
10 
10 
13 
30 
30 Description 
Oranges, comminuted provisionally preserved 
Prepared or preserved turkey meat 
White chocolate 
Chocolate and other food preparations containing 
cocoa 
Preparation for infant use, containing milk and products 
from milk 
Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals 
products (corn flakes, for exemples); cereals (other than 
maize (corn)), in grain form, pre-cooked, or otherwise 
prepared 
Bread, pastry, cakes and other bakers' wares, whether or not 
containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a 
kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice 
paper and similar products 
Peeled tomatoes 
Other vegetables, frozen 
Slices of pear, fried in oil 
Slices of apricots, fried in oil 
Slices of peaches, fried in oil 
Mixture of sliced fruits, fried in oil 
Mixture of sliced fruits, fried in oil 
Slices of apples, fried in oil Quota volume 
per year or 
indicated 
period 
(in tonnes) 
10 000 
300 
100 
2 500 
100 
200 
3 200 
3 500 
1 000 
100 Quota duty 
(1) 
exemption 
8,5% 
70% of the 
agricultural 
component 
85% of the 
agricultural 
component 
70% of the 
agricultural 
component 
70% of the 
agricultural 
component 
70% of the 
agricultural 
component 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption Rate of 
reduction of 
customs duties 
excess of tariff 
quotas (%) 
80 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
30 
0 
0 
(1) The exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duty, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
<\ 
Order 
Number 
09.1301 
09.1350 
09.1331 
09.1333 
09.1319 
09.1352 CN Code 
ex 2008 50 92 
ex 2008 50 94 
2008 92 51 
2008 92 59 
2008 92 72 
2008 92 74 
2008 92 76 
2008 92 78 
2009 1111 
2009 11 19 
2009 11 91 
2009 11 99 
2009 19 11 
2009 19 19 
2009 19 91 
2009 19 99 
ex 2009 1111 
ex 2009 11 19 
ex 2009 11 91 
ex 2009 11 99 
ex 2009 19 11 
ex 2009 19 19 
ex 2009 19 91 
ex 2009 19 99 
2009 50 
2204 21 10 
ex 2204 21 79 
ex 2204 21 79 
ex 2204 21 80 
ex 2204 21 80 
ex 2204 21 83 
ex 2204 21 83 
ex 2204 21 83 
ex 2204 21 84 
ex 2204 21 84 
ex 2204 21 84 
ex 2204 21 94 
ex 2204 21 94 
ex 2204 21 98 
ex 2204 21 98 
ex 2204 21 99 Taric 
20 
20 
10 
10 
10 
10 
91 
10 
10 
10 
10 
79 
80 
79 
80 
10 
79 
80 
10 
79 
80 
10 
80 
10 
80 
80 Description 
Apricot pulp, not containing added spirit or sugar 
Fruit mixes 
Orange juice 
Of which: orange juice imported in packages of a capacity of 
two litres or less 
Tomato juice 
Wine, other Quota volume 
per year or 
indicated 
period 
(in tonnes) 
180 
250 
92 600 
22 400 
10 200 
1 610 hi Quota duty 
(1) 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
0 Rate of 
reduction of 
customs duties 
excess of tariff 
quotas (%) 
0 
0 
70 
70 
6Q 
0 
(1) Tlie exemption or reduction applies only to the ad valorem duty, save for the products from order No 09.1352 to 09.1359. 
Ax> 
ANNEX II 
Reference quantities 
Order 
Number 
18.0060 
18.0120 
18.0130 
18.0150 
18.0160 
18.0190 
18.0215 
18.0220 
18.0225 
18.0240 CN Code 
ex 0709 30 00 
0804 40 
ex 0806 10 29 
ex 0810 50 00 
ex 0812 90 95 
2008 30 51 
2008 30 71 
ex 2008 30 79 
ex 2008 30 91 
ex 2008 30 99 
2009 20 11 
2009 20 19 
2009 20 99 Taric 
10 
20 
30 
60 
46 
50 
60 
70 
10 
11 
20 
10 
11 
12 
13 
19 
91 
92 
11 Description 
Aubergines 
Avocados 
Fresh table grapes 
Kiwi fruit 
Other citrus fruit, comminuted, provisionally preserved 
Grapefruit and pomelo segments 
Grapefruit and pomelos, other than in segments 
Grapefruit and pomelo segments 
Grapefruit and pomelos, other than in segments 
Citrus pulp 
Comminuted ground citrus fruits 
Grapefruit and pomelo segments 
Grapefruit and pomelo juice Period 
1 December to 30 April 
of the following year 
1 January to 30 April 
15 May to 11 July 
1 January to 30 April 
1 January to 31 
December 
1 January to 3 1 
December 
1 January to 3 1 
December 
1 January to 31 
December 
1 January to 31 
December 
1 January to 3 1 
December Origin 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel 
Israel Reference 
quantity 
(in tonnes) 
1 140 
37 200 
2 280 
240 
1 320 
16 440 
2 400 
3 480 
5 000 
34 440 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1 Budget heading, involved: Chapter 12, Article 120 
2. Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty 
3 Title of tariff measure: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products 
onginating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied Territories, Tunisia and 
Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas, and Council Regulation 
(EC) No 934/95 establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the framework of 
reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, 
Syria, Malta, Morocco and the Occupied Territories. 
4 Objective: compliance with contractual commitments (EC-Israel Interim Agreement) 
5. Method of calculation: 
1. New tariff quotas: 
Description 
Other flowers 
Dried flowers 
Tomatoes 
Other fruits and vegetables 
Tomatoes, carrots and other dried vegetables 
Clementines, wilkings, etc. 
Limes 
Prepared and preserved turkey meat 
Frosen vegetables 
Deep-fried fruit slices 
Fruit mixes 
Sweet corn 
White chocolate 
Chocolate and odier preparations containing cocoa 
Preparation for infant use 
Cereals products 
Bakers' products Quantities 
5 000 T 
100 T 
1 000 T 
2 000 T 
100 T 
14 000 T 
1 000 T 
300 T 
1 000 T 
100 T 
250 T 
16 000T 
100 T 
2 500 T 
100 T 
200 T 
3 200 T Unit price 
ECU/unit 
4.220 /T 
10 029 /T 
695 /T 
2 994 11 
3 301 11 
662 11 
1 22311 
2 964 11 
2 273 11 
1 296 11 
1 880 11 
-
-
-
-
-
-Normal rate 
of duty (%) 
15.6 
IX.3 
13.3 
(average) 
13 
(average) 
15.5 
19,3 
15,5 
15,6 
21.3 
22,7 
(average) 
19.7 
(average) 
129,18 ECU/T 
578,81 ECU/T 
491,61 ECU/T 
1 076,06 
ECU/T 
461,92 ECU/T 
317,73 ECU/T Quota duty 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
8,5% 
exemption 
exemption 
exemption 
90,43 ECU/T 
405,17 ECU/T 
417,87 ECU/T 
753.24 ECU/T 
323,34 ECU/T 
222,41 ECU/T Loss of revenue 
(ECU) 
3 291 600 
183 531 
93 825 
778 440 
51 165 
1 788 724 
189 565 
63 133 
484 149 
29 419 
92 590 
620 064 
17 364 
184 352 
32 282 
27 715 
305 021 
Total loss of revenue: ECU 8 232 939 a year 
2. Existing tariff quotas and products subject to reference quantities 
These measures entail no additional loss of revenue over and above that resulting from application of the 
previous EC-Israel Agreement. 
6 Fight against fraud: Provisions on the management of tariff quotas include the measures necessary for 
preventing and protecting against fraud and irregularities 
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