COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC93) 367 final 
Brussels, 22 July 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products 
(fourth series 1993) 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In response to requests from Member States the Commission, jointly with the 
appropriate government experts, has been considering the desirability of opening 
tariff quotas for a number of agricultural and industrual products for the second 
semester of 1993. 
2. Study of the question at meetings of the "Economic Tariff Group" organized 
recently on 19 May 1993, indicated that agreement would be forthcoming from the 
Member States on tariff quotas for the following products with no resultant 
disturbance of the markets concerned: 
- Magnetic heads 
- Steel frame 
- Glass granulate 
- Glassfrit 
- Glass face-plate 
- Glass face-plate 
- Tuberous roots 400 000 pieces at 0% 
500 000 pieces at 0% 
60 T at 0% 
350 T at 0% 
345 000 pieces at 0% 
360 000 pieces at 0% 
5 000 000 pieces at 0% 
This is the aim of this proposal 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 793 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tarif quotas for certain 
agricultural and industrial products (fourth ser ies 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 1993 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 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 administration of these 
quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing the 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; 
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 
1. From the date of entry into forcé of this Regulation 
until 31 December 1993 the duties applicable to imports 
of the following products shall be suspended at the levels 
and up to the limits of the Community tariff quotas 
shown below : 
Order 
No CN code 
(1) Descr ipt ion Quota 
VoIume Quota 
Duty 
(%) 
03.2863 ex8473 30 90 
09.2865 
09.2867 ex8540 91 00 
ex3207 40 90 
09.2869 ex3207 40 90 
09.2871 
09.2873 
09.2875 ex7011 20 00 
ex7011 20 00 
6X0601 10 90 Thin-film magnetic heads of Winchester 
technology capable of recording to a 
density of 78 tracks or more per milli­
metre, for the incorporation in hard 
disc storage units with an external 
disc diameter not exceeding 8,89 cm 
(3,5 inches) (a) 
Molybdenum chrome steel panel for the 
manufacture of 21,25 or 29 inches 
cathode-ray tubes (a) 
Glass granulate, containing by weight: 
-73% or more but not more than 77% of 
si I icon diox ide, 
-12% or more but not more than 18% of 
diboron trioxide and, 
- 4% or more but not more than 8% of 
polyethylene glycol. 
Glassfrit, containing by weight: 
-73% or more but not more than 76% of 
lead rnonox ide, 
-10% or more but not more than 16% of 
z inc ox ide and, 
- 7% or more but not more than 11% of 
diboron trioxide to be used as a 
soldering agent for the manufacture 
of cathodic ray tubes intended for 
color reproduction. 
Glass face-plate: 
-with a diagonal measurement of 554,5mm 
(± 2,5mm) and of dimensions of 
447,2x348 mm (+1,5mm) or with 
-a diagonal measurement of 723mm (j:3mm) 
and of dimensions of 578 x 452,5 mm 
(±1,5mm),for the manufacture of colour 
cathode-ray tubes (a) 
Glass face-plate: 
-with a diagonal measurement of 702 mm 
(±1 ,5mm) and of dimensions of 
578x452,5mm (+1,5mm), for the manufact­
ure of colour cathode-ray tubes (a) 
Tuberous roots of the species "Rumohra 
adlantiformis", dormant, for the 
manufacture of ornamental plants (a) 400 000 
pieces 
550 000 
pieces 
60 t 
350 t 
345 000 
pieces 
360 000 
pieces 
5 000 000 
pieces 
(') Set Tarit codes in the Annex. 
(a) Checks on ilieir prescribed enduite «hull be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provision». 
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 the seventh 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 
ANNEX 
Tarie codes 
Order No 
09.2863 
09.2865 
09.2867 
09.2869 
09.2871 
09.2873 
09.2875 CN codes 
ex 8473 30 90 
ex 8540 91 00 
ex 3207 40 90 
ex 3207 40 90 
ex 7011 20 00 
ex 7011 20 00 
ex 0601 10 90 Taric codes 
8473 30 
8540 91 
3207 40 
3207 40 
7011 20 
7011 20 
0601 10 90*85 
00*94 
90*30 
90*40 
00*40 
00*50 
90*10 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget Iine 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 (4nd series 1993). 
4- Oblect ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries. 
5. Method of calculation : 
Descr ipt ion 
of the 
products 
Magnetic heads 
Steel frame 
Glass granulate 
Glassfrit 
Glass face­
plate 
Glass face-erre 
plate 
Tuberous roots Amount of 
quotas 
400 000 
pieces 
550 000 
pieces 
60 t 
350 t 
345 000 
pieces 
360 000 
pieces 
5 000 000 
pieces Pr ice 
(Ecu/uni t) 
60 
4 
5 666 
2 500 
10,6 
22 
0,7 Norma I 
rate 
( in %) 
4 
5,8 
3,7 
3,7 
7 
7 
8 Quota duty 
(in %) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Duty-loss 
(in Ecus) 
960 000 
127 600 
12 578 
32 375 
255 990 
554 400 
280 000 
Duty-loss for 1993 : 2 222 943 ecus 
ISSN 0254-1475 
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