Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain hand made products and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and chenille
Date: 1992-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: tariff quota, textile product

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(92) 89  final 

Brussels, 16 March  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91  and 3878/91 
opening and providing  for  the administration 
of Community  tariff quotas for certain hand made products 
and certain handwoven  fabrics, pile and chenille 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulations  (EEC) Nos  3877/91  and  3878/91  opening  and  providing  for 
the  administration  of  Community  tariff  quotas  for  certain  hand  made 
products  and  certain  handwoven  fabrics, pile  and  chenille  renewed 
for  1992  the  tariff  measures  accorded  each  year  in respect  of  hand 
made  products  originating  in certain  developing  countries. 

2.  Brazil  exports  products  similar  to  those  from  the other  countries 

listed  in annex  to  the  regulations. 
Brazilian  authorities,  it  is proposed  to  include  Brazil  in  the  list 
of  countries  entitled  to  the  tariff  quotas. 

Following  a  request  from  the 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulations (EEC) No 3877/91  and 3878/91 opening  and providing 
for the administration of Community  tariff  quotas  for certain hand made 
products and certain handwoven  fabrics, pile and chenille  (1992) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty establishing  the European Community,  and  in 
particular  Article  113 thereof, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

Whereas Council  Regulations  (EEC) Nos 3877/91  and  3878/911 opened 
Community  tariff  quotas for  1992  in respect  of certain  hand made 
products from a number  of countries;  whereas  the quotas are  reserved 
for products accompanied  by a certificate  recognized  by  the competent 
Community  authorities conforming  to one of  the models annexed  to the 
Regulations;  whereas certificates must  in addition be  issued by 
recognized  authorities  in the country of manufacture, certifying  that 
the goods  in question are hand made; 

Whereas  the Brazilian  authorities have applied  to benefit  from  these 
tariff measures, whereas  they have sent  the Commission  of  the European 
Communities  the name of  the authority empowered  to endorse the 
necessary  certificates and have  indicated  their willingness to comply 
with all obligations under  the Regulations; 

Whereas  it has been established  that certain products originating  in 
Brazil  have characteristics similar  to products  from other  developing 
countries covered by Regulations  (EEC) Nos 3877/91  and 3878/91; 
whereas the said Regulations should accordingly  be amended  to cover 
products from Brazil  as well, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulations  (EEC) Nos 3877/91  and 3878/91  are hereby  amended as 
follows: 

The following  text  is added  to the end of Annex  III and  the end of 
Annex  11: 

in the column marked  "country of manufacture":  BrasiI 

BrasiIien 
BrasiIien 
Bpa£iAla 
BraziI 
BresiI 
Brasile 
BraziIie 
BrasiI 

The following  text  is added  to the end of Annex  III and  the end of 
Annex  II  in the column marked  "competent  authority": 

Conselho Nacional  de Associacoes 
Comerciais - CONASC SCS - Ed. Paldcio do Comercio 
I andar 70318 - Brasilia DF 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall  enter  into force on the day of  its publication  in 
the Official  Journal  of  the European Communities. 

It shall  apply  from  1 April  1992. 

This Regulation shall  be binding  in its entirety and directly 
applicable  in all Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For  the Council 
The President 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

1.  Budget  heading:  Chapter  12, Article  120 

2.  Legal  basis:  Article  113 of  the  Treaty 

Name  of  tariff  measures:  Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  (EEC) 
amending  Regulations  (EEC) Nos  3877/91  and  3878/91  opening  and 
providing  for  the  administration  of  Community  tariff  quotas  for 
certain  hand  made  products  and  certain  handwoven  fabrics,  pile  and 
chenilie. 

Aim-,  to give  Brazil  entitlement  to certain  tariff  measures. 

5.  Method  of  caleu I at ion/loss of  revenue: 

This  will  not  affect  measures  adopted  for  1992,  but  simply  extends 
the  list  of  countries  entitled  to  the  annual  tariff  quotas  (the 
quota  volumes  remain  the  same). 

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