Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (first series 1992)
Date: 1992-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMV1UNITIES 

C0M(92) 269  fina I 

Brussels,  23  June  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No  3905/91  opening 

and  providing  for  the administration  of  Community  tariff 

quotas  for  certain  ihdustrial  products  (first  series  1992) 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3905/91  of  19 December  1991  opened  a series 

of  tariff  quotas  for  this year,  including  one  for  ferro-chromium 

containing  by weight  more  than 6% of  carbon  (order  No  09.2711),  which 

was  provisionaIIy  fixed  at  300 000  tonnes, and  another  for  synthetic 

poly-aIpha-olefin  (order  No  09.2727),  the volume  of  which  was  fixed at 

2 000  tonnes  and  the date of expiry  at  30 June  1992.1 

2. 

The grounds  for  increasing  the volume of  both  quotas  and  extending  the 

duration of  the second  to 31  December  were  considered  by  the Ad  Hoc 

Group  on  Economic  Tariff  Problems on 6 May. 

It emerges  that 

a)  Ferro-chromium  consumption  is expected  to remain  at  a  level  similar 

to  last  year  and,  since  there has been  no change  in the  structure 

or  volume  of  Community  supply,  the demand  for  non-preferentia I 

imports  from  non-member  countries should  therefore  remain  at a 

similar  level  to  last  year, namely  550 000  tonnes. 

b)  Consumption  of  synthetic  poly-aIpha-olefin  is expected  to remain at 

a  level  similar  to  last  year, namely  4 000  tonnes, and,  since  there 

is no Community  industry,  the volume of  the  quota  opened  for  the 

first  six  months of  this  year  should  be  increased  and  the  quota 

period  extended  untiI  31  December. 

The Commission  proposes  that  the quotas be  increased  by  250 000  tonnes  and 

2 000  tonnes  respectively  and  that  the quota  period  for  synthetic  poly-alpha-

olefin  be extended  to 31  December  1992. 

Such  is the purpose of  this proposaI. 

OJ  No L 370, 31.12.91, p.10 

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Council  Regutation  (EEC) No  ... /92 

of  ... 1992 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3905/91 opening 

and providing  for  the administration of Community  tariff 

quotas  for certain  industrial  products  (first  series  1992) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUflOPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty establishing  the European Economic Community, and 

in particular  Article  28 thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  frc« the Commission, 

Whereas Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3905/91 opened,  for  1992, Community  tariff 

quotas  for certain  industrial  products, and  in particular  ferro-chromium 

containing  by weight more than 6% of carbon  (order  No 09.2711) and  synthetic 

poly-alpha-olefin  (order  No  09.2727);1 

Whereas  the above Regulation provides  that  the volume of  the quota  for  ferro-

chromium  containing  by weight more  than 6% of carbon may be adjusted  in the 

course of  the year on  the basis of reaI demand; 

Whereas current  economic data suggests  that Community  demand  for non-Community 

imports of  the product  in question could  in the course of  the year  exceed  the 

volume  laid down  in the above Regulation; whereas  the same  is true of  synthetic 

poly-aIpha-olefin; whereas  the volume of  the quotas  in question  should 

therefore  be  increased  by  the amounts  indicated  in Article  1 below; whereas the 

period of  validity of  the second of  the two quotas should  be extended unti l 

31 December 1992, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

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OJ No L 370, 31.12.91, p.10 

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Article 1 

For order  Nos 09.2711  and  09.2727, the table  in Article  1(1) of Counci 

Regulation  (EEC) No  3905/91  is hereby  replaced  by  the  following  table-. 

Order  No 

CN  code 

Descr ipt ion 

Ouota 

Ouota 

Ouota 

voIume 

duty 

per iod 

(T) 

(%) 

09.2711 

7202  41  90 

Ferro-chromium  containing 

550 000 

from  1.1  to 

by weight  more  than 6% of 

31 .12.1992 

carbon 

09.2727 

ex3902 90 00  Synthetic  poly-alpha-

4 000 

from  1.1  to 

olefin having  a kinetic 

31.12.1992 

viscosity  of not  less than 
38x10_6m2s-1  (38 centi-

stokes) at  100*C, measured 

using  the ASTM D 445 method 

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Art icle 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 all 

Member  States. 

Done at  Brussels, 

For  the CounciI 

The President 

FINANCIAL  RECORD 

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Budget  line concerned  : Chap. 12 Art.  120 

2. 

Legal  basis  : Art. 28 of  the Treaty 

Title of  the  tariff measure concerned  : Proposal  for  a Council 

Regulation  (EEC) amending Regulation  (EEC) No 3905/91  opening  and 

providing  for  the administation of Community  tariff  quotas  for  certain 

industrial  products  (first  series  1992) 

4. 

0bject ive  : To ensure  an adequate  supply  for Community  user-industries 

5. 

Method of  calculation 

CCT  heading  : 

In i t i a I voIume : 

Volume  increase : 

Duty  to be applied 

Normal  CCT  duty: 

Duty-loss 

7202 41  90 

ex  3902 90 00 

300 000 T 

250 000 T 

0 % 

8  % 

2 000 T 

2 000 T 

0  % 

12,5 % 

Average  price per  tonne : 

1 278 ECU 

3 255 ECU 

Total  value : 

Duty-loss : 

319 500 000 ECU  6 510 000 ECU 

25 560 000 ECU 

813 750 ECU 

Compared  with  the  two  initial  quotas  : increased  duty-loss of  26 373 750 ECU 

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