Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey (1992/1993)
Date: 1992-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, stone fruit, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(92)229  final 

Brussels,  2  June 1992 

Proposai  for a 

ÇQUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

opening  and providing  for the administration of a Community 

tariff  quota  for apricot  pulp originating  in Turkey 

(  1992 / 1993 ) 

(presented  by the Commission) 

M y 
I L 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1.  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  4115/86  of  December  1986 on  imports  into 

the  Community  of  certain  agricultural  products  originating  in 

Turkey  provides  for  the opening  of  a Community  tariff  quota  of  90 

tonnes  at  zero  duty  for  apricot  pulp  originating  in  Turkey. 

2.  Within  the  limits  of  this  tariff  quota,  Spain  and  Portugal  apply 

customs  duties  calculated  in accordance  with  Council  Regulation 

(EEC) N*  2573/87  of  11  August  1987  laying  down  the  arrangements  for 

trade  between  Spain  and  Portugal  on  the one  hand  and  Algeria, 

Egypt,  Jordan,  Lebanon,  Tunisia  and  Turkey  on  the  other. 

3.  The  aim  of  this  proposal  is  to open  the  quota  concerned  for  the 

period  1 July  1992  to  30  June  1993. 

4.  Concerning  the  administration  of  this  tariff  quota,  it  is  proposed 

that  the  whole  volume  of  the  products  subject  to  this  tariff  quota 

should  form  a Community  reserve  to which  all  Member  States  will 

have  access  according  to  the  procedure  laid  down  in Article  3 of 

the  proposed  Regulation. 

This  is  the  purpose  of  the  attached  proposal. 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No 

/ 92 

of 

o p e n i ng  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  a  C o m m u n i ty  tariff  q u o ta  for 
apricot  pulp  originating  in  Turkey  (1992/93) 

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, 

the  Annex 

agricultural 

into 
import 
products  originating 

to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
Whereas 
the 
4115/86  of  22  December  1986  on 
Community  of 
in 
Turkey  ('),  provides  for  the  opening  by  the  Community  of 
an  annual  Community  tariff  quota  of  90  tonnes  at  zero 
duty  for  apricot  pulp  originating  in  Turkey  ; whereas  such 
a  quota  has  been  opened  for  the  period  up  to  30  June 
199 2  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No1550/91 (2);  whereas 
the 
tariff  quota  in  question  should  therefore  be  opened  for 
the  abovementioned  volume  for  the  period  1 July  199^  to 
30  June  199  3 

into  all 

imports  of 

in  question 

the  product 

laid  down  for  the  quota  should  be  applied  consistently  to 
all 
the 
Member  States  until  the  quota  is  exhausted  ; whereas  it  is 
appropriate  to  take  the  necessary  measures  to  ensure  effi 
cient  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  the  Kingdom  of  Belgium,  the  Kingdom  of 
the  Netherlands  and  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxembourg 
are  united  within  and  jointly  represented  by  the  Benelux 
Economic  Union,  any  operation  concerning  the  adminis 
tration  of  the  quota  may  be  carried  out  by  any  one  of  its 
members, 

Whereas  the  Council  has  adopted  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
1059/88  of  28  March  1988  laying  down  the  arrangements 
applicable  to  Greece's  trade  with  Turkey (•');  whereas  the 
Council  has  also  adopted  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2573/87 
of  11  August  1987  laying  down 
the  arrangements  for 
trade  between  Spain  and  Portugal  on  the  one  hand  and 
Algeria,  Egypt,  Jordan,  Lebanon,  Tunisia  and  Turkey  on 
the  other (4),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
4162/87  0; 

Whereas  equal  and  continuous  access  to  the  quota  should 
be  ensured  for  all  Community  importers  and  the  rates 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article  1 

From  1 July  199  2to  30  June  199.J  the  customs  duty 
1. 
applicable  to  the  following  product,  originating  in  Turkey, 
shall  be  suspended  in  the  Community  at  the  level  and 
within  the  limit  of  the  Commission  tariff  quota  as  shown 
herewith  : 

Order  No 

CN  code 
(') 

Description 

Amount  of 
quota 
(in  tonnes) 

Quota  duty 
(%) 

09.0203 

ex  2008  50 9! 

Apricot  pulp  neither  containing  added  spirit  nor  added  sugar  in 
immediate  packings  of  a  net  content  of  4,5  kg  or  more 

90 

0 

(')  Tarn  code  2008  50 91 '20 

(')OJ  No  L  380  31  12  1986,  p.  16 
(J) oj  No  L  144,  8.6.1991,  p.  1. 
O  OJ  No  L  104,  23.  *  198H,. p.  4. 
O  O)  No  L  250,  I.  9.  W»7,  p.  1. 
O  OJ  No  L  396.  31.  12.  I'M*?,  p.  I. 

the 

framework  of 

the 
2.  Within 
Kingdom  of  Spain  and 
the  Portuguese  Republic  shall 
apply  a  customs  duty  calculated  in  accordance  with  the 
relevant  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Accession  and  Regula 
tion  (EEC)  No  2573/87. 

tariff  quota, 

this 

Article  2 

The  tariff  quota  referred  to  in  Article  1 shall  be  adminis 
tered  by  the  Commission,  which  may  take  any  appro 
priate  measure  with  a  view  to  ensuring  the  efficient  admi 
nistration 

thereof. 

State  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  tariff  quota. 

If  the  quantities  requested  are  greater  than  the  available 
balance  of  the  tariff  quota,  allocation  shall  be  made  on  a 
pro  rata  basis  with  respect  to  the  requests.  Member  States 
shall  be  informed  by  the  Commission  of  the  drawings 
made. 

Article  3 

Article  4 

If  an  importer  presents,  in  a  Member  State,  a  declaration 
of  entry  into  free  circulation  including  a  request  for  prefe 
rential  benefit  for  a  product  covered  by  this  Regulation, 
and  if  this  declaration  is  accepted  by  the  customs  authori 
ties,  the  Member  State  concerned  shall  draw,  from  the 
tariff  quota,  by  means  of  notification  to  the  Commission, 
a  quantity  corresponding  to  these  needs. 

The  requests  for  drawing,  with  the  indication  of  the  date 
of  acceptance  of  the  said  declaration,  must  be  communi 
cated  to  the  Commission  without  delay. 

The  drawings  are granted  by  the  Commission  on  the  basis 
of  the  date  of  acceptance  of  the  declaration  of  entry  into 
free  circulation  by  the  customs  authorities  of  the  Member 

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

importers  of 

that 

Artulc 

5 

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

Article  6 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  1  July  1992 

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

Done  at  Luxembourg, 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

FINANCIAL RECORD 

1.  Budget  Iine concerned  : Chap. 12 Art. 120 

2.  Legal  basis  : Art. 113 of the Treaty 

3.  Title of  the tariff measure concerned  : Proposal  for Council 

regulation opening and providing  for the administration of a 

Community  tariff quota  for apricot pulp originating  in Turkey 

4.  Object ive : Fulfilment of an obligation stemming  from a Counci 

Regulat ion 

5.  Method of calculation : 

CCT heading: ex 2008 50 91 

Volume of  the quota: 90  T 

Duty  to be applied: 0 % 

Normal CCT duty: 17 % 

6.  Duty-loss : 

Value of goods  : 735 ECU x 9 0 - 66  150 ECU 

Duty-loss  : 66 150 ECU x 17 % - 112 455 ECU 

Compared witlr the preceding period  (1.7.91 - 30.6.92) : no change 

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