COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 272flnal 
Brussels, 15 June 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community 
tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel 
(1993/1994) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Articles 1 and 2 of the fourth Additional Protocol to the Cooperation 
Agreement between the EEC and Israel provide for the opening of a 
Community tariff quota for the import into the Community of: 
9 500 tonnes of melons, falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90 
(period 1.11 - 31.5) 
or iginat ing in Israel. 
2. The volume of this tariff quota must be increased by 5% each year, as 
from 1 January 1992, by application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1764/92^1), modifying the system applicable to the importation into 
the Community of certain agricultural products originating in 
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, 
Syr ia or Tun isia. 
3. This Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period 
from 1 November 1993 to 31 May 1994. 
4. With regard to the administration of this quota, it is proposed that 
the whole of the quota volumes be held as Community reserves to which 
all Member States will have access in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation. 
This is the purpose of the attached proposal. 
Annex : one proposal for a Regulation 
(1) 0J No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No m 
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
certain melons originating in Israel (1991/94) 
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 Article 1 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to 
the Cooperation Agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the State of Israel (') provides 
for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the 
import into the Community of 9 500 tonnes of melons, 
falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, originating in 
Israel, (from 1 November to 31 May); 
Whereas the volume of this tariff quota must be increased 
by 5 % each year, as from 1 January 1992 
by application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 
of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the 
import into the Community of certain agricultural 
products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, 
Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (2) ; Whereas all Community importers should be ensured 
equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the 
duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied 
consistently to all imports of the product in question into 
all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; 
Whereas the decision for the opening, in 
the execution of its international 
obligations, of tariff quotas should be 
taken by the Community; whereas, to 
ensure the efficiency of a common 
administration of these quotas, there is 
no reasonable obstacle to authorising 
the Member States 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, any operation concerning the adminis­
tration of these quotas may be carried out by any of its 
members, 
whereas the Community tariff quotas in ques­
tion should therefore be opened for the period from 1 
November 1993 to 31 May 1994; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
From 1 November 1993 to 31 May 1994 the customs 
duties applicable to imports into the Community of 
melons originating in Israel shall be suspended, at the 
levels and within the limits of the Community tariff 
quota shown below : 
Order 
No 
09.1329 CN code 
M 
ex 0807 10 90 Description 
Melons Period 
1.11.1993 to 31.5.1994 Amount 
of quota 
(tonnes) 
1078^ Quota duty (%) 
-o-
(a) Taric codes : 
09.1329 ex 0807 10 90 0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 90QI2 
90Q13 
90QI4 
90Q23 
90Q24 
90Q31 
90f)33 
900)3* 
90Q43 
90Q44 
8 OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 36. 
OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9. 0 OJ No L 396, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. 
. Article 2 
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed 
by the Commission, which may take all appropriate 
administrative measures in order to ensure efficient mana­
gement thereof. 
Article 3 
Where an importer enters a product covered by this 
Regulation under a declaration for free circulation in a 
Member State and applies to take advantage of the prefe­
rential arrangements and that declaration is accepted by 
the customs authorities the Member State concerned shall, 
by notifying the Commission, draw an amount correspon­
ding to its requirements from the quota volume. 
Requests, for drawings, indicating the date of acceptance 
of the said declarations, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. 
' • . - • 
The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by 
reference to the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry for free circulation, to the extent that the available 
balance so permits. 
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it 
shall return them to the 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 applications pro rata. The" Commission shall 
inform the Member States of the drawings made. 
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
product in question have equal and continuous access to 
the quotas for as long as the balance of the quota volume 
as 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 day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 November 199 j^ 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. LeaaI basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : 
Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons 
originating in Israel (1993/1994). 
4. Object ive : Fulfilment of contractual obligations of the Community 
(Agreement EEC/Israel) 
5. Method of calculation : 
CCT heading: 10 789 t 
Volume of the quota: 0 % 
Normal duty: 11 % 
6. Duty-loss : 
Unit value 1 551 ECU 
Total value : 16 733 739 ECU 
Duty-loss (11%) 1 840 711 ECU 
Compared with the preceding period: increased of duty-loss : 
1 840 711 ECU - 1 730 792 ECU - 109 919 ECU. 
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