PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) NO 3275/90 OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS BOUND IN GATT FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Date: 1990-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91)  6 

final 

Brussels,  23  January  1991 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REgyiATlQN  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3275/90  opening  and  providing 
for  t he  a d m i n i s t r a t i on  of  Community  t a r i ff  quotas  bound 
in  GATT  for  c e r t a in  a g r i c u l t u r al  and  i n d u s t r i al 
products 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

By its decision of 21 December  1990, the Council approved 
an exchange of letters between the European Economic 
Community and the USA for the purpose of extending by one 
year the agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6 
of the GATT. 

It follows that, with effect from 1 January 1991, the 
Community must 

increase by 50 000 cubic metres the volume of the 
tariff quota for plywood of coniferous species, opened 
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 of 8 November 
1990C1); 

open a Community  tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % 
duty for dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00. 

2. 

The purpose of the annexed proposal for a regulation is to 
bring these measures into force on 1 January  1991, in 
accordance with the above-mentioned Council decision. 

(1)  OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 
of 

/90 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 opening and providing 
for the administration of Community  tariff quotas bound 
in GATT for certain agricultural and industrial 
products 

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 by Regulation  (EEC) No 3275/90 of 8 November  1990^), 
the Council opened a certain number of Community  tariff quotas 
for 1991 for agricultural and industrial products, including a 
duty-free tariff quota of 600 000 cubic metres for plywood of 
coniferous species; whereas by its Decision of 21 December 
1990(2), the Council approved an exchange of letters between 
the European Economic Community and the United States of America 
having the purpose of extending until 31 December  1991 the 
agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6 of the GATT; 
whereas this decision implies an increase of the volume of the 
above-mentioned  tariff quota by 50 000 cubic metres, and the 
opening of a tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % duty for 
dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00; whereas the above-mentioned 
regulation should consequently be amended, 

(1)  OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3 

(2)  OJ No L 

, 

, p. 

\Jf 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

The  table  shown  in  A r t i c le  1  of  Regulation  (EEC) 
No  3275/90  s h a ll  be  replaced  by  the  following  : 

Order 
No 

CN  code 

D9.0005 

09.0007 

(Hi)2 40  90 
05o3  50  90 
0304  10 93 
ex  0304  10 98 
0304  90  25 

ex  0305  51  10 
ex  0305  51  90 
0305  59  11 
0305  59  19 
ex  0305  62  00 
0305  69  10 

09.0009 

ex  0302  69  65 
ex  0303  78  10 
ex  0304  90  47 

Description 

Quota  period 

Herring,  subject  to  compliance  with  the  reference 
prices 

From  16  June 
1991  to  14 
February  1992 

Quota 
volume 
(tonnes) 

34  000 

Cod  of  the  species  Cadus  morhua  or  Gadus  ogac 
and  fish  of  the  species  Boreogadus  saida,  dried, 
salted  or  in  brine,  whole,  headless  or  in  pieces 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

25 000 

Silver  hake  (Merluccius  bilinearis),  fresh,  chilled  or 
frozen 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

2  000 

09.0011 

ex  0304  20  29 

Frozen  cod  fillets  (Gadus  morhua) 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

10 000 

09.0013 

ex  4412  19 00 
ex  4412 99  90 

Plywood  of  coniferous  species,  without  the  addition 
of  other  substances  : 

From  1  January  to 
31  December  1991 

650  000  m' 

—  Of  a  thickness  greater  than  8,5  mm,  the  faces  of 
which  are  not  further  prepared  than  the  peeling 
process 

—  Sanded,  and  of  a  thickness  greater  than  18,5 

mm 

09.0015 
09.0017 

09.0019 

4801  00  10 

Newsprint  (') : 

—  From  Canada 
—  From  other  third  countries 

Ferro-silicon 

7202  21  10 
7202 21  90 
7202 29  00 

09.0021 

7202 30  00 

Ferro-silico-manganese 

09.0023 

ex  7202 49  10 
ex  7202 49  50 

Ferro-chromium  containing  not  more  than  0,10  % 
by  weight  of  carbon  and  more  than  30  %  but  not 
more  than  90  %  of  chromium  (super-refined  ferro-
rhromium 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

600  000 

f0  000 

12 600 

From  i  January  to 
31  De:-<*mber  I 99 i 

> H  550 

Fro 
31 

January  to 
inber  ? 

2  ">0 

_.  J 

Rate  of 
duty 
(%) 

0 

0 

8 

8 

0 

0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

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Order 
No 

CN  code 
W 

Description 

Quou  period 

09.0035 

0712 20  00  Dried onions, whole, cut, 

sliced, broken or in powder, 
but not further prepared 

from 1 
January to 
31 December 
1991 

Quota 
volume 
(tonnes) 

Rate  of 
duty 
{%) 

12 000 

10 

09.0039 

0805  30 10 

Lemons  (Citrus  limon,  Citrus 

limonum) 

From  15  January 
to  14  June  1991 

10 000 

09.0041 

0X02  I i  90 
0H02  12 90 

Almonds,  whether  of  not  shelled,  other  than  bitter 

almonds 

From  1 January  to 
31  December  1991 

AS  000 

(a)  See Taric  codes  annexed. 
(')  Entry  under  this  subheading  is  subject  to  conditions  determined  by  the  relevant  Community  provisions. 

Article 2 

This regulation  shall enter into force on the 

seventh day following its publication in the 

Official  Journal of the European  Communities. 

It shall apply  from 1 January  1991. 

This Regulation  shall be binding in its entirety and directly 

applicable in all Member  States. 

Done in Brussels, 

For the Council 

The  President 

FICHE FINANCIERE 

1. 

Ligne budgétaire concernée  : Chap. 12 art. 120 

2. 

Base juridique  : article lia. 

3. 

Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire  : Proposition de règlement 
du Conseil modifiant le Règlement  (CEE) n° 3275/90, portant 
ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires 
oommunautalres consolidés au GATT pour certains produits 
agricoles et industriels. 

4. 

Objectif  : Respecter les décisions prises par le Conseil 
dans sa décision adoptée le 21 décembre 1990. 

5. 

Perte de recettes : 

Désignation des 
produits 

Quantités 

Prix en 
écus/unlté 

Droit 

normal (en %) 

Droit contin 
genta Ire (en %) 

Perte de 

recettes (en ecus) 

)lgnons secs 

12 000 t 

2 743 

jontre-p laqués 
je conifères 

50 000 m3 

447 

16 

10 

10 

0 

1.974.960 

2.235.000 

4.209.960 

Par rapport à l'année  1990, augmentation des pertes de 
4.209.960 écus - 3.888.640 écus (1.808.640 H- 2.080.000) 
321.320 écus. 

FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI 

Ces propositions sont formulées en conformité avec une décision 
du Conseil adoptée en date du 21 décembre  1991, visant à 
reoonduire pour une année les dispositions d'un accord conclu en 
1987 avec les Etats-Unis d'Amérique.  L'impact découlant de ces 
oonoesslons a été pris en considération lors de la prise de 
déoision d'adoption de ces mesures et il n'aura pas un caractère 
sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans la Communauté. 

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