Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) reducing the variable components applicable to certain goods originating in Hungary resulting from the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to Regualtion (EEC) No 3033/80 (1992)
Date: 1992-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, fixing of prices, import price, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(92) 214  final 

Brussels, 21  May 1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

reducing  the variable  components  applicable to 

certain  goods originating  In Hungary  resulting  from 

the processing of agricultural  products  referred  to in the Annex to 

Regulation  (EEC) No 3033/80  (1992) 

(presented  by the Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

Protocols  No  3  to  the  Agreements  with  Poland  and  Hungary  provide  for 

reductions  In  the  variable  components  from  1 May  within  the  limits  of 

quotas  laid  down  therein. 

in  the  case  of  Poland,  the  quota  concerns  reductions  in  the  variable 

components  only,  whereas  in  the  case  of  Hungary  the  fixed  components 

previously  applicable  are  also  reintroduced  when  the  quota  is exceeded. 

The  reductions  In  the  variable  components  for  1992  are  10%  for  each 

basic  product,  except  for  those  for  which  reduced  levies  are  provided 

for  in  the  case  of  importation  in  the  unaltered  state,  in  which  case 

the  reduction  applicable  to  the basic  product  is 20%. 

Article  2(2)  of  Protocol  No  3  to  the  Agreement  with  the  Czech  and 

Slovak  Federal  Republic  provides  that  "in  determining  the  agricultural 

component  to be  levied,  account  shall  be  taken  of  the  measures  adopted 

pursuant  to Article  14 of  the  (interim) Agreement". 

The  arrangements  necessary  for  the  establishment  of  a  quota  for  dairy 

produce  used  in  the  manufacture  of  Imported  goods  could  not  be 

finalized  with  the  Czechoslovak  authorities,  so  a  reduction  in  the 

variable  components  similar  to  those  contained  in  the  two  other 

Agreements  is  proposed  for  the  application  of  this  paragraph  of  the 

Agreement  with  the Czech  and  Slovak  Federal  Republic. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

reducing  the variable components applicable to 

certain goods originating  in Hungary  resulting from 

the processing of agricultural  products referred  to  in the Annex to 

Regulation  (EEC) No 3033/80 (1992) 

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  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3033/80 of  11 November  1980  laying 

down  the trade arrangements applicable  to certain  goods  resulting  from 
the  processing  of  agricultural  products,1  as  last  amended  by 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  1436/90,2  which  establishes  the  method  of 

calculation  of  variable  components  applicable  to goods  referred  to  in 

its annex, 

Whereas Article 4(3) of Protocol  No 3 to the  Interim Agreement  between 

the  European  Economic  Community  and  the  European  Coal  and  Steel 

Community of  the one part and the Republic of Hungary of  the other part 

provides  for  reductions  In  the  variable  components  for  certain  goods 

referred  to  in Annex  2 within  the  limit of  quotas  fixed  in Annex  1 to 

the said Protocol; 

1  0J No L 323, 29.11.1980, p. 1 

2  0J No L 138, 31.5.1990, p. 9. 

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Whereas  under  Article 1(2)  of  Protocol  No 3  the  Joint  Committee  can 

extend  the  lists  of  processed  agricultural  products  covered  by  the 

Protocol ; 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  N°  521/92  of  27  February  1992  relative  to 

the opening and method of administration of Community  tariff quotas and 

tariff  ceilings  for  certain  Industrial  and  agricultural  products, 

originating  in  Hungary,  Poland  and  the  Czech  and  Slovak  Federal 
Republic  (CSFR) (1992)3, establishes  the rules necessary  to administer 

the quotas referred  to by the present Regulation; 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  N°  519/92  of  27  February  19924  adopted 

detailed  rules  of  application  of  articles  24  and  25  of  the  Interim 

Agreement  between the European Economic Community and the European Coal 

and Steel  Community of  the one part and  the Republic of Hungary of the 

other  part  on  trade  and  trade  related  matters, whereas  these  measures 

need  to be made applicable to the transformed  agricultural  products not 

covered  by  Annex  I I  of  the  Treaty  referred  to  by  the  present 

RegulatIon; 

Whereas  article  8  of  Protocol  N°  3  provides  for  the  application  of 

reduced variable components from  1 May 1992. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

3  OJ No L 56, 29.02.1992, p. 12 
4  OJ N° L 56, 29.02.1992, p. 6 

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Article 1 

1.  From  1 May  to  31  December  1992, goods originating  In Hungary  listed 

In  annex  shall  be  subject  to  a  reduced  variable  component 

determined  In  accordance  with  Article  2  within  the  limits  of  the 

quotas  referred  to  In Annex  ll  to Regulation  (EEC) No 521/92. 

2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation,  goods  meeting  the  conditions 

established  by  Protocol  No  4  to  the  Agreement  are  considered  to  be 

"originating  goods". 

ArtIcle  2 

The  reduced  variable  components  applicable  for  the  three-monthly 

periods  1 May  to  31  July,  1 August  to  31  October  and  the  period 

1 November  1992  to  31  December  1992  shall  be  calculated  as  follows. 

The  difference,  established 

In  accordance  with  Article  6(2)  of 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  3033/80,  between  the  average  threshold  price  and 

the  average  elf  price  or  free-at-frontier  price  for  each  basic  product 

shall  be  reduced  by  10%,  except  that  the  difference  established  for 

common  wheat  shall  be  reduced  by 20%. 

The  amounts  thus  obtained  shall  apply  to  the  quantities  of  basic 

products  considered  to  have  been  used  in  the  manufacture  of  the  goods 

concerned  pursuant  to Article  4(1) of  Regulation  (EEC) No 3033/80. 

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Article  3 

The  variable  components  applicable  to  goods  listed  In  the  Annex  to 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  3033/80  but  not  listed  in  the  annex  to  this 

Regulation  and  to  goods  listed  In  that  Annex  for  quantities  exceeding 

the  quotas  fixed  In  Annex  II  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  521/92  shall  be 

those  established  directly  pursuant  to  Article  6  of  Regulation  (EEC) 

No 3033/80. 

The  quotas  are  administered  In  conformity  with  the  dispositions  of 

Regulation  (EEC) N° 521/92. 

Article  4 

For  the  application  of  safeguard  measures  to  goods  referred  to  In  the 

annex  pursuant  to  the  dispositions  of  articles  24  and  25  of  the 

Agreement  articles  5 and  6 of  Regulation  (EEC) N°  519/92  are  applicable 

notwithstanding  the  terms of  Its article  8. 

Article  5 

If  the  Joint  Committee  decides  to  add  new  goods  to  the  annexes  of 

Protocol  N°  3  pursuant  to  Article  1(2)  of  Protocol  N°  3,  the  Council, 

acting  by  a  qualified  majority,  shall  take  the  measures  necessary  for 

the  Implementation  of  such  decisions. 

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Article  6 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  Into  force  the  day  of  Its  publication  In 

the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

it  shall  apply  from 

1st  May  1992. 

This  Regulation  Shall  be  binding 

In  Its  entirety 

and 

directly 

applicable  in  all  Member  States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  CouncI I 

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ANNEX 

Description 

Sweet  corn  (uncooked  or cooked  by  steaming  or boiling  in water),  frozen 

Sweet  corn  provisionally  preserved  (for  example,  by  sulphur  dioxide  gas.  in brine, in 
suiohur  water  or  in  other  preservative  solutions),  but  unsuitable  in  that  state  for  imme 
diate  consumption 

Sugar  confectionery  (including  white  chocolate),  not containing  cocca  ;  excluding 
liquorice  extract  containing  more  than  10  %  by  weight  of sucrose  but  not  containing 
other  added  substances,  falling  within  subheading  No  1704  90  10 

JW) 

Chocolate  and  other  food  preparations  containing  cocoa  <kj 

Malt  extract:  food  preparations  of flour,  meal,  starch  or malt  extract,  not  containing 
cocoa  powder  or  containing  cocoa  powder  in  a  proportion  by  weight  of  less  than  SO  °/o, 
not  elsewhere  specified  or  included  ;  food  preparations  of  goods  of heading  Nos  0401 
to  0404,  not  containing  cocoa  powder  or  containing  cocoa  powder  in  a proportion  by 
weight  of less  than  10  %,  not  elsewhere  specified  or included 

Pasta,  whether  or not  cooked  or otherwise  prepared  excluding  stuffed  pasta  falling 
within  subheadings  1902  20  10  and  1902  20  30  %  COUSCOUS,  w h e t h er  or 
not  nrepared 
Tapioca* and  substitutes  therefor,  prepared  trom  starcn  in  cne  torm  of Makes,  grains, 
pearls,  sittings  or similar  forms 

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Prepared  foods  obtained  by  the  swelling  or  roasting  of cereals  or  cereal  products  (for 
example  corn  flakes);  cereais,  other  than  maize  (corn),  in grain  form,  pre-cooked or 
otherwise  prepared 

Bread,  pastry,  cakes,  biscuits  and  other  bakers'wares.  whether  or  not  containing  cocca, 
communion  wafers,  empty  cachets  of a kind  suitable  for  pharmaceutical  use,  sealing 
wafers,  nee  paper  and  similar  products 

CN code 

0710 40 00 

0711 90 30 

ex 1704 

1806 

1901 

ex 1902 

1903 

1904 

1905 

2001 90 30 

Sweet  corn  prepared  or preserved  by  vinegar  or acetic  acid 

2004 90 10 

2005 30 00 

2008  99  85 

2101  10  99 

2 1 01  20  90 

2I01 30 19 

2101 30 99 

2105 

ex 2I06 

2202 90 91 
2202 90 95 
2202 90 99 

Sweet  corn  prepared  or preserved  otherwise  than  by  vinegar  or acetic  acid  ;  frozen 

Sweet  corn  (Zea  mays  var.  saccharata)  prepared  or  preserved  otherwise  than  by  vinegar 
or  acetic  acid  ;  not  frozen 

Sweet  corn,  otherwise  prepared  or  preserved,  not  containing  added  spirit  or  added  sugar 

Preparations  with a basis of extracts,essences 
and  concentrates of coffee  or with a basis of 
coffee,  other  than  those  of  subheading  C-A 2101  10 91 

extracts,  essences  and  concentrates  of  tea  or rr.ate 
and  preparations  with a basis  of  these  extracts,  or 
with a basis  of  taa  or mate,  other  than  those of 
subheading  CN  2101  20 10 

Roasted  coffee  substitutes  excluding  roasted  chicory 

Extracts,  essences  and  concentrates  of  roasted  coffee  substitutes  excluding  those of 
roasted  chicory 

. *  .  . 

Ice  cream  and  other  edible  ice.  whether  or not  containing  cocoa 
Food  preparations  not  elsewhere  specif.ed  or  included  other  than  those  falling  w i ^n 
subheadings  2106  10  10  and  2106  90  91  and  other  than  flavoured  or coloured  sue-ar 
syrups 

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Non-alcoholic  beverages,  not  including  fruit  or  vegetable  juices  of heading  No  2009 
containing  products  of Nos  0401  to  0404  or  obtained  from  products  of hcadinc  Nos 
0401  to 0404 

* 

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) Other  than  goods  of  subheadings  CN  170^+ 90  51,  1704 90  CQ 

1806 20 80,  1806  20 95,  1806  90 90 and  2106  90 00  containing 
70 ?i or more  by weigh* of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar 
expressed  as  sucrose) 

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