PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR DRIED FIGS AND CERTAIN DRIED GRAPES COMING FROM SPAIN ( 1990 )
Date: 1989-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC89) 391  f i n al 

Brussels,  27  July 1989 

Proposal  for a 

opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  Community  t a r i ff 

e 
quotas  for  dried  figs  and  certain  dried  grapes  coming  from 

Spain 

(1990) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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1. Articles 30 and 75 of the Act of Accession provide for the phasing-out 
of customs duties on Imports lato the Community as constituted on 
31 nsosmber 1960 of agricultural products  coming from  Spain. This 
aflpllftfl  inter 
following Oasaunlty tariff quotas for produots produced in Spain: 

alia  to the gistoss duties to be levied under the 

(i) 900 tonnes of dried figs falling within GV oode ex 0604 90 90; and 
(il) 1 900 tonnes of dried grapes falling within CH oode 0606 20 11, 

0606 90 19, ex 0606 20 91 or ex 0606 20 99 

coming from Spain. 

2. Ob 1 January  1990 the duties in question are  reduced to37,5Xof the 

basio duties. 
Council Regulation (SBC) Ho 4161/87 of 22 December 1987 laid down, 
ocosequent on the entry Into force of the Qcmhlnert Nomenclature, the 
basio duties to be adopted within the Community as constituted on 
31 TVrwrihftr 1960 for the purpose of calmlatlTtg the successive 
reductions provided for In the Aot of Aoooooion of Spain and Portugal. 
These tariff Beasures do not apply to Portugal since Regulation (SBC) Hô 
3792/80 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural 
produots between Spain and Portugal InrilurtaB special provisions on this 
* 
subject. 

The above mentioned tariff quotas should therefore be opened In the 
OoBflunity as constituted on 31 December 1966 for the period 1 January to 
31 P f ^ f ^T  1990; the customs duties applicable should be oalonlaftert In 
accordance with the appropriate provisions  as in the Act of Accession 

of Spain and Portugal. 

3. 

The  proposai for a Regulation does not provide for 

them to be allocated among the Member States: the latter m il drew 
quantities from the leseuve to oover their needs under the prooedure 
as set out in Article 3 of the proposed  Regulation. 

it is the purpose of the attached proposal. 

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Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

. . . / 89 

of  lé  December 1988 

and providing for die administration of Community tariff quotas for dried figs and 

certain dried grapes coming from Spain  (1990) 

THE  COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  die  Treaty  establishing  the  European 
Economie Communsty, 

Whereas all Community importers should be masmi  equal 
and continous access to the said quotas and taastajp am» laid 
down for the quotas should  be applied cosmwmcty to all 
imports of the products in question into all Mamfecr States 
until the quota is exhausted; 

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Articles 30 and 75 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Articles  30  and  75  of  the  Act  of 
Accession, the customs duties applicable to imports into the 
Cotnmunity  as constituted  on  31  December  1985  of  the 
following  products coming from Spain are to be phased out 
within the limits of Community tariff quotas of 200 tonnes of 
dried figs falling within CN code ex 0804 20 90 and 1 900 
tonnes  of  certain  dried  grapes  falling  with  CN  code 
0806 2011,0806 20 19, ex 0806 20 91 or ex 0806 20 99; 
whereat on 1 January 1990 die duties in question are to be 
reduced  to  37,5  X°f  A* °**»c duties; whereas the said basic 
duties are those laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
4161 /87 of 22 December 1987 laying down, consequent on 
the entry into force of the combined nomenclature, the basic 
duties to be adopted within the Community as constituted at 
31  December  1985  for  the  purpose  of  calculating  the 
successive reductions provided for in the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal ( ' ); whereas the said tariff quotas should *• * 
therefore be opened  for  1990; 

whereas, it is appropriate to take the 
necessary measures to ensure  efficient 
Community  administration  of this  tariff 
quota  while offering  the Member  States the 
opportunity  to draw  from the quota  volume 
the necessary  quantities  corresponding to 
actual  imports; whereas  this method of 
administration  requires  close  cooperation 
between the Member  States and the 
Commission; 

Whereas since Belgium, the Netherlands aad 
are united  within  and  jointly  represented  by the Benelux 
the 
Economic  Union,  any  operation 
administration of the quota, 

concerning 

may be carried out by any one of its members, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3792/85  of  20 
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to 
in  agricultural  products  between  Spain  and 
trade 
Portugal (a),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
222/ 88 ('), lays down special arrangements for imports into 
Portugal of  the products  in question coming  from Spain; 
whereas the Community tariff quotas should therefore apply 
only  to  the  Community  as  constituted  at  31  December 
1985; 

Article  1 

From  1 January to  31  December  1990 the customs duties 
applicable to imports into the Community as constituted at 
31 December 1985 of the following products coming from 
Spain shall be suspended at the levels indicated below and 
within  the  limits  of  Community  tariff  quotas  as  shown 
below: 

Soul 
No 

CNcwk 

09.0301 

ex 0104 20 90 

Dried figs in  immediate  containers  of  a  net  capacity  not 

09.0303 

0*062011 
08062019 
ex 0806 20 91 
ex 0806 20 99 

Dried frapes in immediate containers of a net capacity not 
exceeding 15 kg 

Volume of tariff quota 
(tonna) 

last of dory 

200 

1900 

1,1 

Ave 

(») OJ No L 395,31.12.1987, p. 1. 
(«) OJ No L 367, 31.12.1985, p. 7. 
(») OJNoL21,1.2.19ft,  p. 1. 

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Article  2 

The tariff quotas referred to in Article  1 shall be managed 
by  the  Commission,  which  may  take  all  appropriate 
administrative  measures  in  order  to  ensure  effective 
administration  thereof. 

Article  } 

If an  importer presents in a Member State a declaration of 
entry  into  free  calculation,  including  a  request  for 
preferential  benefit  for  a  product  covered  by  this 
Regulation  and  if  that  declaration  is  accepted  by  the 
customs  authorities,  the  Member  States  concerned  shall 
inform  the  Commission  and  draw  an  amount  corres 
ponding  to  its  requirements  from  the  corresponding 
quota  amount 

The  drawing  requests,  with  indication  of  the  date  of 
acceptance  of  the  said  declarations,  must  be  transmitted 
to  the  Commission  without  delay. 

The  drawings  are  granted  by  the  Commission  by 
reference  to the date of  acceptance  of  the  declarations of 
entry  into  free  circulation  by  the  customs  authorities of 
the  Member  Sûtes  concerned  to  the  extent  that  the 
available  balance  so  permits. 

If  a Member State  does  not  use  the  quantities  drawn, it 
shall return them as soon as possible to the corresponding 
quota  amount 

States  shall  be 
accordance  with  the  same  procedures. 

informed  by  the  Commission 

in 

Article  4 

Each Member  State shall ensure that 
importers of the product  concerned  have 
equal and continuous  access to the quota 
for such  time as the residual  balance 
of the quota  volume so permits. 

Article  5 

The  Member States  and  the  Commission  shall  cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 

If  the  quantities  requested  are greater  than  the  available 
balance of the quota amount allocation  shall  be made on 
a  pro  rata  basis  with  respect  to  the  requests.  Member  Ct  This Regulation shall enter into force on  January  1990, 

Article  6 

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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FICHE D'IMPACT  SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI 

Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement  contractuel 

de la Communauté. L'impact  découlant de cette concession a été pris en 

considération  lors de la prise de décision d'adoption  de ces contingents et 

il n'aura pas un caractère sérieux  sur  la compétitivité et  l'emploi dans 

la Communauté. 

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