COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 475 final 
Brussels, 28 November 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REQUIATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of 
I tariff quotas for certain 
products Second serrie 1992) ^ . aari cultural and industrial Community tariff quotas for certain a9n?^urd 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Subsequent to requests made by various Member Stdtes, the Services 
of the Commission have examined, in conjunction with the Government 
experts concerned, the question of opening in 199 2 tariff quotas for 
various products. 
2. Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic 
Tariff" 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 : 
- Sweet cherries : 2 000 t at 10% 
- Sour cherries : 2 000 t at 10% 
- Boysenberries : 1 500 t at 12% 
- Magnesium : 1 600 t at 0 % 
- Magnetrons : 1 400 000 pieces at O % 
~ Antimony 4 500 t at 0% 
- Manganese : 3 500 t at 0% 
- Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers : 5 800 t at 0% 
- Copolymers of ethylene and methacrylic acid : 3 500 t at /ft 
- Solid extract of wood resin : 1 200 t at 0% 
This is the aim of this proposal. 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /92 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
certain agricultural, and industrial products (second serfe 1992) 
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 agricul­
tural, and industrial products will remain in the 
course of 1992, unable to meet the specific requirements 
of the user industries in the Community ; whereas, conse­
quently, Community supplies of products of this type will 
depend to a considerable extent on imports from third 
countries ; whereas the most urgent Community require­
ments for the products in question should be met imme­
diately on the most favourable terms ; 
Whereas Community tariff quotas at reduced or at zero 
duty should therefore be opened within the limits of 
appropriate volumes for a period up to «** June or 31 
December 1992 taking account of the need not to disturb the 
markets for such products nor the starting out or develop­
ment of Community production ; 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, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures 
to ensure efficient Community administration of these 
tariff quotas while offering the Member States the oppor­
tunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary 
quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas 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 admi­
nistration of the quantities drawn by that economic union 
may be carried out by any one of its members, 
HAS ADOPrED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
From 1 January 
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to unti I the date shown 
s£ in the table below 
1. From 1 January , 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 No CN code 
(a) Description Amount of 
quota Quota duty 
(%) End of 
quota period 
09.2713 
ex 2008 60 19 
ex 2008 60 39 Sweet, cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter 
not exceedingly mm, stonçd, intended for the manufacture of 
chocolate products (') : 
— With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight 
— With a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight 2 000 tonnes 10 + AGR 
10 21 December 
1992 
09.2719 
09.2729 ex 2008 60 19 
ex 2008 60 39 Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a 
diameter not exceeding 4^,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manu­
facture of chocolate products (') : 
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % 
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight 1C + R6-R 
2 000 
tomes 10 31 December 
1992 
ex 0811 90 90 Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar, 
for the processing industry (1) 
1 500 t 12 f>1 December 
W2-
09.2741 ex 8104 11 00 Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than 99,95 % 
in the form of ingots, intended for the manufacture of elements 
used in the nuclear industry (') 1 600 
tOTK-S 51 December 
1992 
09.2797 
09.2817 
09.2821 ex 8540 41 00 Magnetrons with a power output of less than 1 000 W, for the 
manufacture of microwave ovens (') 1 400 000 
ex0110 00 fl1 Antimony ingots pieces— 
4 500 
tonnes 1 December 
992 
51 December 
1992 
ex 8111 00 11 Electrolytic manganese of a purity by weight of 99,7 % or more, 
for the manufacture of non-ferrous alloys (') 3 500 
tomes 31 December 
WZ ! 
Order 
No 
09.2823 ex 3905 90 00 
09.2725 ex 3901 90 00 
09.2829 ex 3806 90 00 Ethylene-vmyl alcohol copolymers with an ethylene content 
expressed ,„ moles of 38 % minimum and 46 % maximum, and 
w,th a metal* pomt of tf(L?C«r more not exceeding 185 "C 
for the manufacture of biodegradable products, with a minimum 
starch content of 40 % (') <»»um 
Copolymers of ethylene and rnethacryhc n^^~^ 
8 /• to 12 % by we.ght of methacrylic acid, put up> one of the 
forms referred to in Note 6 (b) to Chapter 39 WW 
manufacture of ionomors OJt ' 
Solid extract of wood resin, not soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons 
ovTfoO ^"anï'a "?' °' ? % " ^ ' ™»X^To over 100 C and an acid number lower than 106 
(a) See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(') The end-use of this product will be monitored in accordance with the relever r 
— LC Wlln tne relevant Community provisions. 5 800 
tonnes 
1 200 
tonnes Quota I End of quo! 
$# I period 
0 30 Juni 199 
30 Juni 199; 
31 December 
1992 
2 Within the limits of these tariff quotas the Kingdom 
of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs 
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi­
sions of the 1985 Act of Accession. 
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. for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai­
lable balance to 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 
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 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 1 January 1992 
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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ANNEX 
Tarie codes 
Order N° 
09.2713 
09.2719 
09.2725 
09.2729 
09.2741 
09.2797 
09.2817 
09.2821 
09.2823 
09.2829 CN codes 
ex 2008 60 19 
ex 2008 60 39 
ex 2008 60 19 
ex 2008 60 39 
ex 3901 90 00 
ex 0811 90 90 
ex 8104 11 00 
ex 8540 41 00 
ex 8111 00 11 
ex 8111 00 11 
ex 3905 90 00 
ex 3806 90 00 Tarie codes 
10 
10 
20 
20 
97 
10 
30 
91 
•10 
•20 
96 
40 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget I ine 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 (second série 
1992) 
4. Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
Indus tr ies 
5. Method of calculation 
Description 
-Sweet cherrtes 
Sour cherries 
Boysenberries 
Magnesium 
Magnetrons 
Antimony 
Manganese 
Ethylene-vinyl 
alcohol 
copolymers 
Copolymers of 
ethylene and 
methacrylic acid 
Sol id extract of 
wood resin Amount 
of quotas Price 
2 000 t 
2 000 t 
1 500 t 
1 600 t 
1 400 000 
pie. ces 
4 500 t 
3 500 t 
5 800 t 
3 500 t 
1 200 t Normal 
(ecu/unifl) rate (%) 
1 697 
1 695 
1 036 
6 515 
21 
1 540 
1 438 
5 565 
1 209 
1 050 32 
32 
18 
5,3 
5.1 
8 
4,5 
12,5 
12.5 
4,6 Quota duty 
(%) 
10 
10 
12 
0 Duty-loss 
(ecu) 
746 680 
745 800 
93 240 
552 472 
1 499 400 
554 400 
226 485 
4 034 625 
359 677 
57 960 
8 870 739 
Compared with quotas opened in 1991, increased loss of 8 870 739 - 8 291 229-579 510 ecus. 
ISSN 0254-1475 
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