COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 274 final 
Brussels, 7 July 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ÏFC.) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products 
(third series 1993), and amending the Council Regulations 
(EEC) Nos. 3913/92 and 3914/92 
opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural, chemical and 
industrial products 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In response to requests from Member States the Commission, Jointly 
with the appropriate government experts, has been considering the 
desirability of opening on the one hand new tariff quotas for various 
agricultural and industrial products for the second six-months of 
1993, and on the other hand, of amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 
3913/92 of 17.12.1992*1> and 3914/92 of 19.12.1992 (1). 
2. With respect to the opening of new quotas, the study of the question 
at meetings of the Economic Tariff Problems Group, most recently on 7 
April 1993, indicated that agreement would be forthcoming from the 
Member States on tariff quotas for the following products with no 
resultant disturbance of the markets concerned: 
- Eels 5 000 T at 0% 
Solid extract of rosin 600 T at 0% 
Ferro-chromium 250 000 T at 0% 
Diisopropyinaphtalene. 500 T at 0% 
mixed isomers 
2,2 isopropyHdene-bis(p- 480 T at 0% 
phenyIeneoxyd i ethanoI 
IsopropyIidene-bis(p- 150 T at 0% 
phenoxyethyI)dimethacrylate 
3. With respect to the amendment of the above-mentioned regulations, it 
is recalled that the Council opened various tariff quotas for 1993 by 
these regulations. One of these tariff quotas was ferro-chromium 
with 6% carbon (order No 09.2711) and the volume was fixed at 300 000 
tonnes; another was for certain types of mushroom (order No 09.2849) 
ami the volume was fixed at 410 tonnes. 
(1) O.J. No L 395 of 31.12.1992 
It seems absolutely necessary to increase the volume of the first 
quota and to extend the scope of the second of these quotas if the 
needs of Community industries are to be satisfied. 
It emerges that 
a) consumption of ferro-chromium with 6% carbon is expected to reach 
a level equivalent to 1992 and, since there has been no change in 
the structure or volume of Community supply, the demand for non-
preferential imports from non-member countries should reach the 
level of 550 000 tonnes; 
b) the description of the quota opened for certain types of mushroom 
should be widened in order to enable it to be used fully. 
The Commission proposes that the quota for ferro-chromium with 6% 
carbon be increased by 250 000 tonnes, and to simplify the 
description of the quota opened for certain types of mushroom. 
Such is the purpose of this proposal. 
sal fix Proposa Tfîor a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of ./93 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
certain agricultural and industrial (3rd series 1993), and 
amending the Council Regulations (ŒC) Nos 3913/92 and 3914/92, opening and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain 
agricultural, chemical and industrial products 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economie Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of certain indus­
trial products will remain in the course of the second half 
of 1*93 and of the first half of 1994, 
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 Commu­
nity tariff quotas at zero duty should therefore be opened 
within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period from 
l July 1993, and , until 31 
December 1993 or until 30 June 1994, taking account of the 
need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the 
starting out or development of Community production ; Whereas the decision for the opening, 
of autonomous 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 it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 
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 by Regulation (EEC) No 3913/92('), the Council 
opened, for 1993, Community tariff quotas for certain 
industrial products, and in particular ferro-chromium 
containing by weight more than 6 % of carbon (order 
No 09.2711); 
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 
tame is tree of synthetic poly-alpha-olefin ; whereas the 
volume of the quota in question should therefore be 
increased ; 
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3914/92 (1), the 
Cowncil opened, for 1993, a Ccmrrity tariff 
quota for certain types of Bushrooro; 
Whereas the benefit of this quota should be 
extended to other import needs and the description 
of this quota should consequently be amended; 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 ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
(') OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1991 1. From 1 July , and/ as 
appropriate unti I 31 December 1993 or 30 Jine iy94, 
the duties applicable to imports of the following products shall be 
suspended at the levels and up to the limits of the 
Community tariff quotas shown below : 
—1> 
Order Nô CN code 
(•) 
09.27U1 ex 0301 92 00 
!ex 0302 66 00 
ex 0303 76 00 
09.2829 
09.2857 
09.2859 
09.2861 ex 3823 90 98 
PX2902 90 90 
bx2909 49 9d inscription Amount of 
(in tonnes} j 
Eels (Anguilla spp.), live, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, intended for processing by curing 
or skinning enterprises ot for use in the 
industrial manufacture of products falling 
within CN code 1604 (a) 
Solid extract of the residuai insoluble in aliphatic solvents 
obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having the 
following characteristics: 
— a resin acid content by weight not exceeding 30%, 
— an acid number not exceeding 110, and 
— a melting point of not less than 100°C 
Diisopropylnaphtalene, mixed isomers 
2,2 iscprxpylioene-bis(p-phenyleneoxydiethanol) 
b<2916 14 00| Isoprxpyliclere-bis(pr-pherioxyethyl) dimethacry-
late 5 000 -t 
600 
500 
480 
150 ^iU: 
'3Û.6.W 
31.12.1993 
31J2J993 
31.12.1993 
31.12.1993 
(1) See Taric codes in the Annex. 
(a) The end-use of this product will be monitored in accordance with the relevant Community 
provisions. 
2. For order Nos 09.2711 , the table in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3913/92 is 
hereby replaced by the following table : 
'Order 
No 
09.2711 CN code 
7202 41 90 Description 
Ferro-chromium 
containing by weight 
more than 6 % of 
carbon Quota 
volume 
(tonnes) 
550 000 Quota 
duty 
(%) 
0 Quota 
period 
from 1. 1 to 
31. 12. 1992 
3. For order No 09.2849, the table in Article 1(1) of Regulation No 3914/92 is 
hereby replaced by the following table: 
Order ~ 
No 
09.2849 CN code 
ex 0710 80 60 Description 
Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha steamed or 
boiled, cut into strips of a width of 6 mm or more but not more 
than 8 mm, for the manufacture of prepared meals (a) Quota 
volune(T) 
420 Quota 
dutyO) 
0 Quota 
period 
from 1.1 to 
31.12.1993 
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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. 
Article 3 
Where an importer submits a product 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 for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai­
lable balance so 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 
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 
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 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 all Member 
Done at Luxembourg, 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANN£:X 
Tarie codes 
Order N' CN codes Tarie codes 
09.2701 
09.2829 
09.2849 
09.2857 
09.2859 
09.2861 ex0301 
ex0302 
ex0303 
ex3823 
ex0710 
ex2902 
ex2909 
ex2916 92 00 
66 00 
76 00 
90 98 
80 60 
90 90 
49 90 
14 00 0301 92 
0302 66 
0303 76 
3823 90 
0710 80 
2902 90 
2909 49 
2916 14 00*10 
00*10 
00*10 
98*50 
60*10 
90*80 
90*10 
00*20 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. LeoaI 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 (third 
series 1903), and amending the Council Regulations Nos. 3913/92 and 
3014/92 opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agriculture!, chemical and industrial 
products. 
4. Qtoi»ctiye : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
industries 
*• léittati Qf ça'ÇuUtiftr» : 
Description of 
the products 
* Ouant ities 
<T) Pr ice 
ECU/un i t Normal 
rate 
(*) Quota duty 
(%) Duty-Ioss 
(€CU) 
Solid extract 
©f resin 
Ferro-chromium 
Oi isoprepyln*ph 
tal#r»e, mixed 
isomers & 000 
•00 
250 000 
600 
t,2 isofpropyl i* 
êsi»s fais(p-pfr»-
*yf*mexyd isifea-
Mi) 4m 
»4»Ci P*mr*oxy-
iscrr4tt« IK} * «17 
1 102 
1 341 
1 000 
.3 ®*7 
7 111 3 
7,6 
6,3 
f,S 
7,4 0 90S 5&0 
50 251 
26 820 000 
31 500 
11* 170 
78 *32 
A**tti*ftat duty-Is** f#r i*fi : 2* 0*2 4#3 ICU 
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