COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(91)515 final 
Brussels, 13 December 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 and 3163/91 
opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain 
agricultural products originating in Jordan, 
Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. By Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91 No 1910/91 and 3163/91 the Council 
opened Community tariff quotas at a reduced rate» of duty or duty free for 
the following products and quantities in particular: 
300 tonnes, 50 tonnes, 17 000 tonnes and 65 tonnes of cut flowers and 
flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, 
fresh, falling within CN code 0603 10, originating respectively in 
Morocco, Jordan, Israel and Cyprus (1 November to 31 October), 
- 86 000 tonnes of tomatoes, fresh or chilled, failing within 
CN code ex 0702 00 10, originating In Morocco (15 November to 
31 October), of which 15 000 tonnes in April, 
293 000 tonnes, 7 000 tonnes, 103 242 tonnes and 1 051 tonnes of 
oranges, fresh, falling within CN code ex 0805 10, originating 
respectively in Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia (1 July to 30 June 
for Israel and Egypt, 1 July to 15 October for Morocco and 1 May to 
30 June for Tunisia), 
14 200 tonnes of mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), 
Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh, falling within 
CN code ex 0805 20, originating in Israel (1 July to 30 June), and 
9 500 tonnes of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, 
originating in Israel (1 November to 31 May). 
2. By Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3416/91 of 25 November 1991 on certain 
residual duties applicable in 1991 in the framework of the successive 
reductions in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
the residual duties, applicable to imports into the Community of Ten of 
certain agricultural products from Spain and Portugal, shall be suspended 
totally, as from 29 november 1991. The same concession should be accorded 
to the same products originating in certain third countries of the 
Mediterranean. 
3. Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 on the 
élimination in two stages of certain customs duties applied in trade 
between the Community of ten and Spain and Portugal under the Mediterranean 
Agreements, the residual customs duties applicable to products from Spain 
and Portugal will be eliminated in two oqusi instalments on 1 January 1992 
and 1 January 1993. 
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Furthermore, by Council Regulation (EEC) No /91 of ... 1991 amending the 
arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural 
products originating In Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, 
Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or Yugoslavia, the Community unilaterally extended 
the same concession to products of the same kind originating in those 
Mediterranean non-member countries. 
4. Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No .../91 the volumes of the 
tariff quotas in question are to be increased in equal annual instalments 
of 3 or 5% from 1 January 1992. Since, however, the crop year or the quota 
period for these products started before that date, the volume of this 
increase should be set on a case-by-case basis taking account of the 
seasonal nature of Imports and the average imports of each of these 
products during the same periods in 1989 and 1990. The rates of the quota 
duties and the quota volumes should therefore be modified accordingly. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 
and No 3163/91 opening and providing for the administration 
of Community tariff quotas for certain 
agricultural products originating in Jordan, 
Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas by Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91,1 No 1910/912 and No 3163/913 
the Council opened Community tariff quotas at a reduced rate of duty or 
duty free for the following products and quantities thereof in particular: 
300 tonnes, 50 tonnes, 17 000 tonnes and 65 tonnes of cut flowers and 
flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, 
fresh, falling within CN code 0603 10, originating respectively in 
Morocco, Jordan, Israel and Cyprus (1 November to 31 October), 
- 86 000 tonnes of tomatoes, fresh or chilled, falling within 
CN code ex 0702 00 10, originating in Morocco (15 November to 
31 October), of which 15 000 tonnes in April, 
293 000 tonnes, 7 000 tonnes, 103 242 tonnes and 1 051 tonnes of 
oranges, fresh, falling within CN code ex 0805 10, originating 
respectively in Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia (1 July to 30 June 
for Israel and Egypt, 1 July to 15 October for Morocco and 1 May to 
30 June for Tunisia), 
t 0J No L 144, 8.6.1991, p.3. 
a 0J No L 170, 29.6.1991, p.8. 
3 OJ No L 300, 31.10.1991. p.3, 
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14 200 tonnes of mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), 
Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh, falling within 
CN code ex 0805 20, originating in Israel (1 July to 30 June), and 
9 500 tonnes of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, 
originating in Israel (1 November to 31 May); 
Whereas by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3416/91 of 25 November 1991 on 
certain residual duties applicable in 1991 in the framework of the 
successive reductions in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, the residual duties, applicable to imports into the Community of 
Ten of certain agricultural products from Spain and Portugal, shall be 
suspended totally, as from 29 november 1991; whereas the same concession 
should be accorded to the same products originating in certain third 
countries of the Mediterranean (1). 
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 on 
the elimination in two stages of certain customs duties applied in trade 
between the Community of ten and Spain and Portugal under the Mediterranean 
Agreements (2), the residual customs duties applicable in 1991 to products 
from Spain and Portugal will be eliminated in two equal instalments on 
1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993; whereas, furthermore, by Council 
Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 amending the arrangements for 
imports into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in 
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or 
Yugoslavia (3), the Community unilaterally extended the same concession to 
products of the same kind originating in those Mediterranean non-member 
countries; whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No .../91 the 
volumes of the tariff quotas in question are to be increased in equal 
annual instalments of 3 or 5% from 1 January 1992; whereas, however, the 
crop year or the quota period for these products started before that date, 
the volume of this increase should be set on a case-by-case basis taking 
account of the seasonal nature of imports and the average imports of each 
of these products during the same periods in 1989 and 1990; whereas the 
rates of customs duty and the volumes of the quotas in question should 
therefore be modified and set at the levels indicated for each in Articles 
1, 2 and 3 of this Regulation, 
(1) 0J No L 324, 26.11.1991, p. 11. 
(2) OJ No L , . p. 
(3) OJ No L , , p. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1551/91 is hereby amended as follows: 
The table in Article 1 Is replaced by the following table: 
i 1 r 
|Order to | CN code 
! I 
i Î 
jœ.1114 
I 
(09.1152 
!œ,13Q6 fOSQS 10 51 
!œœ 1053 
JQ503 10 55 
JO30B1O61 
jceceioto 
|0803 10© 
|C9.142D | 
10605 1011 
|08Q3 10 13 
|06CB10 15 
|0@03 10 21 
|O80S1O25 
{0903 10 29 Description 
Fresh cut f \atmn end f[omr buds of o kind 
suitable for ornementa! purposes: 
- Fran 1 Nansnbsr to 31 My 
Fran 1 Jwe to 31 October i. L 
iMoreoco Origin | Anoint of j 
| auota j 
| (in tonnes) | Quota duty 
00 
Jordan 
Israel \Frm 1 Ktovsnber to 26 r&Msrter 
|1991 : 4.2 
307 |Fros 29 hbvwte-r to 
J31 Doeanter 1991: 0 
51.5 JFrerrc 1 January to 31 October 
17 421 \m& 0 
Fran 1 hfcMsrber to 
31 Deosnber 1991: 10.8 
Fran 1 «January to 31 My 
1992: 5.4 
\Ftm 1 Juns to 
31 October 1992: 7.6 
Article 2 
Regulation (EEC) No 1910/91 is hereby amended as follows: 
In the table in Article 1 the following order numbers are amended as 
foI Iows: 
-h 
i 
lOrxfer Ko 
(1) 
lœ.1117 4 
I09.1118 CNcods 
(a) 
(2) 
ex 0732 00 10 
ex 0732 00 10 Description 
(3) 
Tanatoss fresh or chi I led, fran 
15 Nomber 1991 to 30 April 1992 
Of which: 
Tanatoss, fresh or chi I led, from 
1 to 30 April 1992 |Mxccco Origin Guota \*>l»ms 
(in tames) 
15 903 Rate of 
H 
I 
H - from 15 hfcMsnber to 
31 Decsrber: 3.6 KON 
BU 0.6/100 kg/bet 
- f ran 1 January to 
29 February: 
BUO.I/WOka/iet1 
-franl lybrch to30April: 
2.4 MM BU 0.3/100 kg/het 
2.4 MM 
EEU 0.4/100 kg/net 
H 
09.1323 
09.1737 C605 10 11 
0305 10 15 
0305 10 19 
0905 10 21 
O3C5 10 25 
0905 10 29 
0905 10 31 
0905 10 35 
0905 10 39 
0905 10 41 
090510 45 
0905 10 49 
ex 0605 10 70 Fresh oranges, from 1 July 1991 to 
30 Jure 1992 Israel 
Egypt 301 579 
7100 2.8 
)0 
)0 
ex 0905 10 90 f ran 16 October to 
31 Decerber 1991: 6.6 
f ran 1 January to 
31 March 1992: 3.3 
' f ran 1 July to 
15 October 1991: 5.0 
fran 1 Apr! I to 
30 June 1992: 2.5 
• f ran 16 October to 
31 Deosnber 1991: 6.6 
• f ran 1 January to 
31 March 1992: 3.3 
109.1121 
09.1207 0905 10 21 
090510 25 
0905 10 29 
0905 10 31 
0905 10 35 
0905 10 39 
ex 0905 10 41 
ex 0905 10 45 
ex 0905 10 49 
ex 0905 10 70 
ex 0905 10 90 Fresh oranges, f ran 1 July to 
15 October 1991, from 1 January to 
31 March 1992. end f ran 1 May to 30 Jul 1992 Tunisia 201 910 
24 954 
JL f ran 1 January 
to 31 March 1992: 3.3 
|-f ran 1 Apr 11 to 
30 June 1992: 2.5 
— f ran 1 January to 
31 March 1992: 3.3 
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i r— 1 •— i —i r— i 
I (D | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | 
109.1325 jex 0335 20 10 JMndorlns (including tangerines and j Israel j H 619 |(- fran 1 July to 31 Decenber | 
| |exOBQ5 20 30 |satsunas); cltmentines, wi I kings | J |( 1991:6.6 | 
j jex 0805 20 50 jand shni 1er citrus hybrids, fresh, j j j(- fran 1 January to 30 Juie j 
| jex 0805 2070 jfran 1 July 1991 to30 Jim 1992 j j |( 1992:3.3 | 
| |ex 0905 20 90 | III I 
| jex 0805 20 90 |MinneolaB, fresh, fran 1 July 1991 III0 I 
| | | to 30 June 1992 III I 
|09.1125 |ex 0905 20 10 |Mndarins (Including tangerines end |Marocco | 48 933 |(- fran 1 January to 30 Jure | 
| |exO905 20 30 |satsuras); clsrantlnss, wi I kings | | |( 1992:3.3 | 
| |ex 0B05 20 50 |cnd sknilor citrus hybrids, fresh, I I |( I 
| |ex 0B35 20 7D |from 1 January to 30 Jine 1992 III I 
| |ex 0905 20 901 III I 
| | ex 0905 20 90 |Mtmeolas, fresh, fran 1 January III0 I 
| | | to 30 Juw 1992 III I 
(a) See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(1) This specific custom duty Is only levied when it «weeds 2k 3i VQfaTOD. 
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 3163/91 is hereby modified as follows: 
The table in Article 1 is replaced by the following table 
i 1 1 1 1 1 1 
|0rder Kb |CN code (a) | Description | Period | Amount of quota | Quota duty CO I 
till I (tomes) j | 
|09.1329 jex 0907 10 90 JMslcns j 1.11.1991 to 31.5.1992 j 9 623 j-fran 1.11 to 28.11.1991: 4.9 j 
|| j j j j-fran 29.11 to 31.12.1991 :3,6| 
j ill j |-fran 1.1 to 31.5.1992 : 0 | 
I 1 1 1 I I I 
(a) Taric codes: 
09.1329 ex 0937 10 90 O907 10 90(*)12 
080710 90(*)13 
O9071090(*)M 
0907 10 90(*)23 
090710SO(*)24 
09Q71090(*)31 
03D7 10 90(*)33 
O3Q710 90(*)34 
090710 90(*)43 
OB07X)90(*)44 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall be applicable from 29 November 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
a 11 Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounciI 
The President 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1. Budget heading: Chapter 12, Article 120 
2. Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure: Proposition for a Council Regulation 
amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 and 3163/91 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Morocco, Jordan, 
Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992) 
4. Aim: Amendment of tariff measures already in force to take account of 
the entry into application of the New Mediterranean Policy on 
1 January 1992 
5. Calculation method: 
rTOOUCt 
description OX cods Origin 
vol uns 
of quota 
in tomes Proposed 
velum 
of quota 
in Dub/ to be 
cpplied 
% Qt duties 
X AMsrags 
estimated 
price in 
Eayt Further 
loss of 
revenue (EEU) 
Flowers, fresh 
Tanatoss, fresh 
Oranges, fresh 
Mndarins, fresh 
Mslcns 0X33 10 11 to tA 
69 JO 
IL 
or 
ex 0702 00 10 MK 
ex 0905 10 IL 
BS 
MK 
TU 
ex 0905 20 VL 
MK 
sxO907 1090 IL 300 
50.0 
17 000 
65 
86 GOO 
293 000 
7 000 
103 242 
1051 
14 200 
9500 307 
51.5 
17 421 
65 
87 752 
H 619 
48 933 
9623 0 
0 
5.4 
7.6 
301 579 0 2.9 
7100 0 2.9 
201910 0 2.9 
24954 0 2.9 
3.3 
3.3 
2.4 17 
24 
17 
24 
11 
013 
013 
5 
5 
20 
20 
11 4022 
4022 
4Q22 
30Q0 
749 
353 
296 
391 
393 
1 533 
516 
1 407 24 524 
4349 
1 826 642 
760 
611 237 
2 153 0*1 
40 285 
810 162 
197 271 
413 372 
176 764 
545 412 
6. Loss of revenue 
The additional loss of revenue will be ECU 6 803 819. 

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