COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 08.05.1995 
COM(95) 165 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION ffiC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of the Commission have examin 
Government experts concerned, the question of opening in 1995 tariff quotas for various products. 
2. Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic Tariff Questions" 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: 
Methanol 510COOT at 0% 
Trifluoroethanol 168 T at 0% 
Sulphate turpentine 15 000 T at 0% 
Read/write heads 70 000 pieces at ,0% 
This is the aim of this proposal. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 
of 795 3 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the community of certain industrial products 
will remain in the course of 1995 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 zero duty should therefore be 
opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 31 
December 1995 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 applica­
tion 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 adminis­
tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to 
authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-
volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual 
imports ; whereas, however, 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 are used up 
and inform the Member States accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
From the date of entry into force of the present regulation, to the date 
specified in the following table, 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 
number 
09.2885 
09.2887 
09.2889 
09.2891 CN Code 
2905 11 00 
ex 2905 50 10 
3805 10 90 
ex 8473 30 90 TARIC 
code 
*10 
•75 Description 
Methanol (methyl alcohol) 
2,2,2 -trifluoroethanol 
Sulphate turpentine 
Read/write heads of magneto-resistive 
technology, whether or not fixed on a carrier 
arm, capable of recording to a density of not less 
than 169 tracks per mm (4 300 TPI), for use in 
the manufacture of 3,5 inch type hard disc 
storage units (a) Amount of 
quota 
510 000 T 
168 T 
15 000 T 
70 000 
pieces Quota 
duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 End of 
quota period 
31.12.1995 
30.06.1995 
31.12.1995 
31.12.1995 
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(a) Checks on their prescribed end use shall be carried pursuant to 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 arran­
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho­
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the 
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi­
rements 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 chrono­
logical order of the dates on which the customs authori­
ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai­
lable 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 allo­
cated 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 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 3rd day following 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
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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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line 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 industrial products 
(2nd series 1995). 
4. Objective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries. 
5. Method of calculation : 
Description 
Methanol 
Trifluoroethanol 
Sulphate turpentine 
Read/write heads Quantities 
510 000 T 
168 T 
15 000T 
70 000 
pieces Price 
Ecus/unit 
336 
646 
457 
74 Normal rate 
(%) 
12,3 
7.4 
3,2 
3,2 Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 Duty loss 
(Ecus) 
21077280 
8 031 
219 360 
165 760 
Total duty loss: 21 470 431 Ecus. 
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