Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) increasing the volume of the Community tariff quotas opened for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products
Date: 1991-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 428  final 

Brussels,  4  November  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EECÏ 

increaaing the volume of the Community  tariff quotaa 
opened for 1991  in reapect of 
certain  industrial producta 

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(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1.  Council  Regulations  (EEC) No  3402/901  and  No  3913/902 opened 

autonomous  tariff  quotas  for  1991  in respect  of: 

130 t at  zero duty  for  polyvinylpyrrolidone, 

-  8 500 t at  zero duty  for  montmor111onIte, 

75  t at  zero duty  for  4-benzylbiphenyl, 
51  t at  zero duty  for AC  catalysts. 

2.  In response  to  the  requests  filed  by  some Member  States,  the 

Commission,  together  with  government  experte, examined  the  advisability 
of  increasing  the volume of  these  tariff  qi3tas,  in  line with  the 
additional  requirements  expressed.  A  favourable  decision  should  be 
acceptable  to all  the Member  Sates, without  disrupting  the  Community 
market  for  these  products. 

1  OJ  L 328, 28.11.1990, p.1 
2  0J  L 375, 31.12.1990, p.5 

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Proposal  fora 

COUNCIL REGULATION No 

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increasing the volume of the Community tariff quotas 
opened by Regulations (EEC) No 3402/901 and 3913/902 
in respect of certain  industrial  products 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUN IT I TES, 

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 Regulations (EEC) No 3402/90 and 3913/90 opened Community 
tariff quotas at zero duty  in respect of certain  industrial products for 
the period from 1 January to 31 December 1991, 

Whereas, on the basis of the  latest statistics concerning these products 
for the current year, it is estimated that the Community's  immediate 
additional  requirements for  imports from non-member countries are higher 
than those  initially provided for; whereas the quota volumes should be 
increased to cover those requirements, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The volume of the Community tariff quotas opened by Regulations (EEC) 
No 3402/90 and 3913/90 in respect of the products  listed below shall be 
increased within the limit of the quantities shown  in respect of each of 
them: 

Number 

CN code 
(*) 

Product 

Volume 
of quota 
(t) 

Quota 
Duty 
(X) 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

09.2731  ex 3905 90 00 

Polyvinylpirrolidone 

10 

09.2809  ex 3802 90 00 

Acid activated 
montmoriI IonIte, for use 
in the manufacturing of 
self-copy paper  (a) 

250 

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(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

09.2811  ex 2902 90 90 

4-benzylbiphenyl 

65 

0 

09.2813  ex 3815 90 00 

Catalysts  in the form of 
small cylindrical granules 
of a length of between 5 mm 
and 8 mm, consisting of a 
mixture of  iron oxide, 
molybdenum and bismuth, for 
use  in the production of 
acrylIc acid (a) 

40 

0 

(1) 0J L 328, 28.11.1990, p.1 
(2) OJ L 375, 31.12.1990, p.5 
(a) checlcs on end use are carried out pursuant  to the relevant  Community 

provisions 

(*)  the TARIC codes are annexed 

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 Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Serial number 

CN 

TARIC 

09.2731 
09.2809 
09.2811 
09.2813 

ex 3905 90 00 
ex 3802 90 00 
ex 2902 90 90 
ex 3815 90 00 

*94 
*10 
*50 
*55 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

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1.  Budget heading  involved: Chapter  12 Art. 120 

2.  Legal basis: Art. 28 of the Treaty 

3.  Description of tariff measure: Proposal  for a Council  Regulation 

increasing the volume of Community  tariff quotas opened  in respect of 
certain  industrial products. 

4.  Objective: to ensure that the Community's additional needs are met 

under favourable terms. 

5.  Method of calculation 

Products 

Quantity 

Price in 
ECU/unit 

Normal 
Duty 
(%) 

Quota 
Duty 
(%) 

Loss of 
revenue 
(ECU) 

Polyvinyl- 
pirrolidone 

4-benzyl- 
b1phenyI 

10 t 

2 852 

12.5 

65 t 

13 917 

6.3 

AC catalysts 

40 t 

26 860 

6.6 

Montmorlllonite  250 t 

600 

5.7 

3 565 

56 990 

70 910 

8 550 

140 015 

6.  Loss of revenue: compared  to the initial quotas opened on 

1 January 1991»  loss of revenue goes up to ECU 140 015. 

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