* i COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(93) 366 def. 
Bruxelles, 22 luglio 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92 opening and providing 
for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
certain industrial products (second series 1993) 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY M£MÔ*ANOUM 
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92 of 19 December 1992<1> opened a 
series of tariff quotas for the year 1993, including one for 
magnetrons (order No 09.2797), which was fixed at 400 000 pieces. 
2. The grounds for increasing the volume of this quota were considered 
by the Ad Hoc Group on Economic Tariff Problems on 19 May 1993. 
The commission proposes that the quota be increased by 100 000 
pieces. 
Such is the purpose of this proposal 
(1) 0J No L 395 of 31.12.1992, p. 12 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /93 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92 opening and providing 
for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain 
industrial products (second series 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92C> opened, for 1993, Community 
tariff quotas for certain industrial products, and in particular magnetrons 
(order No 09.2797); 
Whereas current economic data suggests that Community demand for non-
Community imports of the product in question could in the course of the 
year exceed the volume laid down in the above Regulation; whereas the 
volume of the quota in question should therefore be increased by the amount 
indicated in Article 1 below; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Art icle 1 
For order No 09.2797, the table in Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 3914/92 is hereby replaced by the following table: 
Order 
No 
09.2797 CN code 
ex 8540 41 00 Description 
Magnetrons with a power output of less than 1 000 W, for the 
manufacture of mircrowave ovens (a) Amount 
of quota 
5 00 000 
pieces Quota 
duty 
( %) End of 
quota 
period 
31. 12. 1993 
C) Tariccodc: ex8540 41 00*91 
(a) Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. 
(1) OJ No L 395 of 31.12.1992, p. 12 
Article 2 
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 
a 11 Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounciI, 
The President 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned: Chap. 12, Art. 120 
2. Leoal basis: Art. 28 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned: Proposal for a Council 
Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92 opening and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
certain industrial products (second series 1993) 
4. Object ive: To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industries. 
5. Method of calculation: 
CN code ex8540 41 00 
Initial volume 400 000 pieces 
Volume increase 100 000 pieces 
Duty to be applied 0% 
Normal duty 5,1% 
6. Duty-loss: 
Average price 22 ECU 
Total value 2 200 000 ECU 
Duty-loss 112 200 ECU 
Compared with the initial quota: increased duty-loss of 112 200 ECU 

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