COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 
COM(89) 468 finaL 
Brussels, 3 October 19S9 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 4097/88 opening and providing 
for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated in alcohol 
intended for the manufacture of 
chocolate products 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4097/88 (1) opened for 1989 a Community tariff quota 
of 3 000 tonnes at a duty of 101 for sweet clear-fleshed cherries marinated in 
alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned/ intended for the manufac­
ture of chocolate products, falling within CN code ex 2008 60 39. 
Subsequent to a request presented by the German authorities, the Commission 
Services have examined in conjunction with national experts the possibility 
of extending the scope of this tariff quota to products with a sugar content 
between 9 and 121 and to align the tariff quota on current commercial trends. 
A solution accepting this request by adding the CN code ex 2008 60 19 with a 
duty of 101 + A6R in the table of the first article of the regulation in question 
could be approved by all Member States without the Community market for the 
products concerned being disturbed. 
Jhat is the purpose of the attached proposal. 
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proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) no 4097/88 
opening and providing for the adninistration of a Community tariff quota 
for sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated in alcohol, 
intended for the manufacture of chocolate products 
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 Council Regulation (EEC) no 4097/88 (1) opened for 1989 a Community 
tariff quota of 3 000 tonnes at a duty of 101 for sweet clear-fleshed cherries, 
marinated in alcohol, and intended for the manufacture of chocolate products, 
falling within CN code ex 2008 60 39; whereas it is in the Community's interest 
to extend the benefit of the tariff quota in question to similar products with 
a sugar content between 9 and 121, falling within CN code ex 2008 60 19, and 
to fix the rate of duty applicable to these products at 101 + AGR; whereas 
it is necessary therefore to amend the said regulation accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
In article 1 of Regulation (EEC) no 4097/88, the tabel is replaced by the 
following: 
Order no CN coos Description Volune of quota Rate of drty 
(tonnes) CD 
09.2713 Sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, 
marinated in alcohol, of a dia­
meter not exceeding 18,9 mm, 
stonecv intended for the manu­
facture of chocolate predicts (*) 
ex2008 60 19 - with a sugar content between 
9 and 121 by weight 3 000 10 + AGR 
ex2008 60 39 - other 10 
(*) Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant CGnnurrity 
provisions. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh oay following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Ccmmunities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Counci I 
The Présidant 
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FICHE FINANCIERE 
1- Li2QËJ2yd2étai£e_çonçernée : chaP- 12 art. 120 
2« §§§e_ju£2cjigue : art- 28 du traité. 
3« I0£i*yié_de_la_mesu^e_ta£ifa2re : Proposition de règlement du Conseil 
modifiant le règlement (CEE) n" 4097/88 portant ouverture et mode 
de gestion d'un contingent tarifaire communautaire pour des cerises 
douces, à chair claire, conservées dans de l'alcool. 
*• 2^1Ë£iil : Tenir compte des courants commerciaux actuels en étendant 
le bénéfice du contingent tarifaire à dfautres produits. 
5- 5!2^Ë-^S-£ai£yi : 
- N- de la N.C. : ex 2008 60 19 
- Volume du contingent : inchangé 
- Droits à appliquer : 10 1 + AGR 
- Droit applicable : 32 1 + AGR 
6. Perte de recettes : sans changement. 
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La présente proposition vise l'extension du bénéfice d'un contingent 
tarifaire communautaire autonome à des cerises dont la teneur en sucres 
est comprise entre 9 et 12 1 et qui relève du code NC n* ex 2008 60 19. 
Elle aura pour effet d'aligner le contingent tarifaire en question sur 
les courants commerciaux constatés. 
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