Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (1ste series 1993)
Date: 1992-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMVIUNITIES 

C0MC92) 522 final 

Brussels,  10 December  1992 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

opening  and providing  for  the administration of 

Community  tariff quotas for certain agricultural 
and  industrial  products 
(1st series  1993) 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

c 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Subsequent  to requests made by various Member  States, the Services of 
the Commission have examined,  in conjunction with  the Government 
experts concerned, the question of opening  in 1993 tariff  quotas for 
var ious products. 

Following this examination, which  took place during  the  "Economic 
Tariff" group meetings,  it has been determined  that  the opening of 
tariff quotas for the following products could  have  the agreement of 
the Member  States without  disturbing  the markets  for such products: 

Ferro-chromium 6% of carbon 
Sweet cherries: 
Fer ro-phosphorus: 
Sour cherries: 
Poly-alpha-oléfin: 
Boysenberr ies: 
PoI yv i nyIpyr roIi done 
Extra pure magnesium 
Extra pure magnesium: 
Flat-rolled  products 
Polyvinyl  butyral: 
Sucrose stéarate: 
Ferro-chromium  1.5  to 2% of carbon: 
Montmor iI Ionite: 
4-benzylbiphenyl : 
Manganese: 
Solid extract of wood resin: 
Bromochloromethane: 
1-alkenes: 
3-phenoxybenzaIdehyde: 
3,3-d i met hyI butanone: 
1-chIoro-3,3-dImet hyIbut anone: 
Ferro-niobium: 

300 000 
2 000 
8 000 
2 000 
4 000 
1 500 
100 
1 700 
100 
300 
6 500 
51 
15 000 
10 500 
400 
3 500 
600 
330 
8 000 
300 
700 
900 
4 000 

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0% 
10% 
0% 
10% 
0% 
12% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
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0% 
0% 
0% 
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0% 
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This  is the aim of  this proposal 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) No 

/ 92 

of 

3 

opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  Community  tariff  quotas  for  certain 
agricultural and industrial  products  ( f i r st  series 1993) 

THE  COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European 
Economic  Community,  and  in  particular  Article  28 
thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

in 

to  meet 

industries 

the  specific 

Whereas  production 
the  Community  of  certain 
agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course 
requirements 
of  199 3  unable 
of 
in  the  Community;  whereas, 
the  user 
consequently,  Community  supplies of products of this  type 
will  depend  to  a  considerable  extent  on  imports  from 
third  countries;  whereas  the  most  urgent  Community 
requirements  for  the  products  in  question  should  be met 
immediately  on the most  favourable  terms; 

Whereas Community tariff  quotas at reduced or at zero duty 
should  therefore  be opened  within  the limits of  appropriate 
volumes  for a period  up to 30 June 
or 31  December 
1993 taking  account of the need  not to disturb the markets 
for  such  products  nor the starting  out or  development  of 
Community  production; 

whereas  the  decision  for  the  opening  of  autonomous 
t a r i ff  quotas  should be  taken  by  the  Community; 
whereas,  to  ensure  the  efficiency  of  a  common adninis-
tration  of  these  quotas,  there  is  no  reasonable  obstacle 
to  authorising  the  Member States  to  draw  from  the  quota-
volumes  the  necessary  quantities  corresponding  to 
actual  imports;  whereas  this  method of  actoinistration 
requires  close  cooperation  between  the  Member  States  and 
the  Commission and the  latter  must  in  particular  be  able 
to  monitor  the  rate  at  which  the  quotas  are  used up and 
inform  the  Member States  accordingly; 

Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary  measures to 
ensure  efficient  Community  administration  of  these  tariff 
quotas while offering  the Member  States the opportunity to 
draw  from  the  quota  volumes  the  necessary  quantities 
corresponding  to  actual  imports;  whereas  this  method  of 
administration  requires  close  cooperation  between  the 
Member  States  and the Commission  and the latter  must in 
particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas art-
used  up and inform  the Member  States  accordingly; 

Whereas  it  is  necessary,  in  particular,  to  ensure  for  all 
Community importers equal and uninterrupted  access to the 
said  quotas  and to ensure the uninterrupted  application of 
the  rates  laid  down  for  the  quotas  to  all  imports  of the 
products concerned  into all Member  States until the quotas 
have  been  used up; 

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, all transactions concerning the administration  of the 
quantities drawn  by that economic union may be carried out 
by any one of its members, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article  1 

1955 

1. 
From  1 Januaryjuntil  the date shown in the table below 
the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community 
of the products  listed  below  shall be suspended  at the levels 
and within the limits of the Community  tariff  quotas  shown 
below: 

" 

Quota  duty 
(%) 

End  of 
quota  period 

0 

1 

31.  12.  1993 

Order No 

CNcode 
(1) 

09.2711 

7202 41 90 

Ferro-chromium 
containing  by  weight 
more 
than  6 %  of 
carbon 

Description 

Amount of 
rfTta 

09.2713 

Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 
19,9  mm,  stoned,  intended  for  the  manufacture  of  chocolate 
produas ('): 

ex 2008 60 19 

—  With  a sugar content  exceeding  9%  by weight 

1 

2 000 

10  +  AGR 

ex 2008  60 39 

—  With  a sugar content  not exceeding  9 % by weight 

09.2717 

ex 7202 99 19 

Ferro-phosphorus  containing  by  weight  15%  or  more  of 
phosphorus,  intended for the manufacture of refined  phosphoric 
iron  or steel (') 

09.2719 

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a diameter 
not exceeding  19,9 mm, stoned, intended  for the manufacture of 
chocolate  products ('): 

10 

0 

8 000 

31.  12.  1 9 93 

31.  12. 93 

ex 2008 60 19 

—  with  a sugar content exceeding  9 % 

cx_2008  6039 

—  with  a sugar content  not exceeding 9 % by weight 

1 
J 

2 000 

10  +  AGR 

10 

31  12.  1993 

Order  No 

CN  code 
(1) 

09 "!~7"'7 

ex  3902  90  00 

Description 

Synthetic  poly-sslpha-olefin  having  a  kinetic  viscosity  of  not  less 
than 38  x  1 0- 6m2s~  1(38centistokes)at 100  °Cmeasured  using 
the  ASTM  D 445  method 

V 

"" 

Quota  duty 
(%) 

End  of 
quota  pcrscd 

0 

31.12.1993 

~~t 

A 
Amount  o! 

-8Sa 
4  000 

09.2729 

ex 0811  90  9? 

Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added  sugar, 
for  the  processing  industry  ( a) 

500 

12 

31.  12.  1993 

09.2731 

ex  3905 90  00 

Polyvinylpyrrolidone,  presented  in powder  form,  the  particles  of 
which  are  less than  38 micrometres  and  which  has  a solubility  in 
water at 25  °C of less than, or equal to 1,5 % by weight and which 
is intended  for  the  pharmaceutical  industry  (.a) 

iCb 

0 

31.  1 2 . 93 

09.2741 

ex  8104  11  00 

Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than 99,95 % in 
the form  of ingots, intended for the manufacture  of elements used 
in  the  nuclear  industry^) 

1  700 

0 

31.12.1993 

09.2744 

ex  8104  U  00 'Unwrought  magnesium  having  a  purity  of  not  less  than  99,95  % 
in  the  form  of  ingots, for  the  manufacture  of  zirconium  sponge (') 

09 2781 

ex  7226  10 91  jFlat-roIled  products  of  silicon-electrical  steel,  cold-rolled,  grain 
oriented,  of  a  width  not  exceeding  500  mm,  of  a  thickness  of 
J0.23  mm  or  less,  with  a  nominal  magnetic  inversion  loss  rate  of 
o,8  W/kg  or  less  determined  by  the  Epstein  method  with  a 
current  of  50  cycles  and  one  induction  of  1,7  tesla 
i 

100 

! 

0 

300 

. 
° 
1 i 

31.12.1993 

31.12.1993 

09.2791 

ex  3905  90  00 

Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production of  film 
for  laminated  safety  glass  ( a) 

6  500 

09.2799 

ex 7202  49  90 

Ferro-chromium  containing  more  than  1,5 %,  but  not  more  than 
2 %  by  weight  of  carbon  and  not  more  than  55 %  of  chromium 

15  000 

09.2809 

ex 3802 90  00 

Acid-activated  montmorillonite  for  the  manufacture  of  self-copy 
paper  (a) 

10  500 

09.2811 

ex  2902  90  90 

4-Benzylbiphenyl 

09.2815 

ex 3823 90  98 

Mixtures  of  sucrose  stearate 

400 

51 

09.2821 

ex  8111  00  11 

Electrolytic  manganese  of  a purity  by  weight  of  99,7 %  or  more, 
for  the  manufacture  of  non-ferrous  alloys (9) 

3  500 

09.2829 

ex 3806  90  00 

Solid extract of wood  resin, not soluble in aliphatic  hydrocarbons 
having a resin acid content of 30 % or less, a melting point of over 
100  °C  and  an  acid  number  lower  than  110 

6 00 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

31.  12.  93 

31.  12.  93 

31.  12.  93 

31.  12.  93 

30.6.1993 

31.  12.  1993 

50.6.19V5 

09.2837 

ex  2903 40 98 

Bromochloromethane 

330 

0 

31.12.1993 

i 

— 

Order  No 

CNcode 
(1) 

09.2841 

ex  2712  90  90 

Description 

Amount  of 
quota 
quot; 

Quota  duty 
(%) 

End  of 
quota  period 

Blend  of  1-alkenes  containing  by  weight  8 0%  or  more  of 
| 
1-alkenes  of  a  chain-length  of  20  or  22  carbon  atoms 

o  UUÛ 

o 

31J2.1993 

09.2843 

ex  2912  49  00 

3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde 

300 

o 

,31.12.1993 

09.2845 

ex  2914  19  00 

3,3-Dimethylbutanone 

09.2847 

ex  2914  70  90 

1 -Chloro-3,3-Dimethylbutanone 

703 

900 

61m12.1993 

31.12.1993 

09.2849 

7202 93 0u  Ferro-niobiun 

4000 

0 

31.12.1993 

( l ) S ee  Taric  codes  in  the  Annex. 
(a)The  end-use  of  this  product  will  be  monitored  in  accordance  with  the  relevant  Community  provisions. 

Article  2 

The  tariff  quotas referred  to  in Article  1 shall  be  managed 
by  the  Commission,  which  may  take  any  appropriate 
administrative  measures  to  ensure  that  they  are  managed 
efficiently. 

Article  3 

Where  an  importer  presents  a declaration  covered  by  this 
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, 
applying to take advantage of the preferential  arrangements, 
and  the  entry  is  accepted  by  the  customs  authorities,  the 
Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, 
draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the 
appropriate  quota  volume. 

Requests  for  drawings,  indicating  the  date  on  which  the 
entries  were  accepted,  must  be  sent  to  the  Commission 
without  delay. 

in 
Drawings  shall  be  granted  by 
chronological  order  of  the  dates  on  which  the  customs 
authorities  of  the  Member  States  concerned  accepted  the 
entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the 
available  balance so  permits. 

the  Commission 

If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall return 
any  unused  portion  to  the corresponding  quota  volume  as 
soon  as possible. 

If  the  quantities  requested  are  greater  than  the  available 
balance of the quota  volume, the balance shall  be allocated 
among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the 
Member States of  the drawings made. 

Article  4 

Each  Member  State  shall  ensure  that  importers  of  the 
products in question have equal and continuous access to the 
quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume 
so permits. 

Article  S 

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 January  1995 

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

Done  at  Brussels, 

For the CotnciL 
The President 

ANNEX 

> 

TARIC codes 

CN codes 

/TARIC codes 

2008 60 19 
2008 60 39 
2008 60 39 

/ 
/ 
/ 

10 
11 
19 

7202 99 t9 / 

20 

2008 60 19 
2008 60 39 

/ 

3902 90 00 

0811 90 99 

3905 90 00 

/ 

/ 

/ 

/ 

20 

20 

95 

10 

94 

8104  11 00 

/ 

30 

8104 11 00 

7226 10 91 

3905 90 00 

/ 

/ 

/ 

7202 49 90 

3802 90 00 

2902 90 90 

3823 90 98 

/ 

/ 

/ 

/ 

8111  00 11 

3823 90 98 

2903 40 98 

2712 90 90 

2912 49 00 

/ 

/ 

/ 

/ 

40 

20 

95 

10 

10 

50 

41 

20 

50 

10 

30 

/ 

10 

2914  19 00 

2914 70 90 

/ 

/ 

20 

10 

Order  Nos 

09.2713 

09.2717 

09.2719 

09.2727 

09.2729 

09.2731 

09.2741 

09.2744 

09.2781 

09.2791 

09.2799 

09.2809 

09.2811 

09.2815 

09.2821 

09.2829 

09.2837 

09.2841 

09.2843 

09.2845 

09.2847 

FINANCIAL RECORD 

1. 

Budget  t ine concerned  : Chap. 12 Art. 120 

2. 

Legal  basis  : Art. 28 of  the Treaty 

<F 

3. 

Title of  the tariff measure concerned  : Proposal  for a Council 
Regulation opening  and providing  for  the administration of  Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural  and  industrial  products  (1st 
series  1993). 

4. 

Object ive  : To ensure an adequate supply  for Community user-
industrles. 

Method of calculation 

Descr ipt ion 

of  the 
products 

Quant i-
t ies 
(T) 

Pr ice 
(Ecu/unit) 

Norma I 
rate 
(in %) 

Quota  duty 

Duty-loss 

(in %) 

(in Ecus) 

300 000 

Ferro-chromium 
6% of  carbon 
Sweet  cherries 
2 000 
Ferro-phosphoru: 
;  8 000 
Sour cherries 
2 000 
Poly-alpha-olef«n 4 000 
500 
Boysenberr ies 
100 
PolyvinyIpyrro-

Ii done 
Magnesium 
Magnesium 
Flat-rolled 
products 
Polyvinyl 
butyral 

1 700 
100 
300 

1 341 

8 

1 781 
223 
1 779 
3 417 
1 471 
3 143 

6  840 
6  840 
2  143 

32 
5 
32 
12.5 
18 
12.5 

5.3 
5.3 
6 

6  500 

3 687 

12.5 

Sucrose stearat( 
Ferro-chromium 

51 
15 000 

8  776 
1 285 

1 .5% 

Mcntmor i Sloni te 
4-benzyIbiphe-

10 500 
400 

661 
15 342 

nyl 

Manganese 
Bromochloro-

methane 
1-aIkenes 
Wood resin 
3-phenoxybenzal-

dehyde 

3,3-Dimethylbu~ 

tanone 

1-chloro-3,3-
dimethyIbutanoi 

ie 

3 500 
330 

8  000 
600 
300 

700 

900 

1 509 
2 604 

840 
1 102 
14 437 

5 549 

3 360 

Ferro-niobium 

4  000 

7  000 

7.6 
8 

5.7 
6.3 

4.5 
7.4 

4.4 
4.6 
6.9 

7.1 

6.6 

4.9 

0 

10 
0 
10 
0 
12 
0 

0 
0 
0 

0 

0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

32 184 000 

783 640 
89 200 
782 760 
1 708 500 
44 130 
39 287 

616 284 
36 252 
38 574 

2 995 687 

34 015 
1 542 000 

395 608 
386 618 

237 667 
65 543 

295 680 
30 415 
298 845 

275 785 

199 584 

1 372 000 

Compared with quotas opened  in 1992, 
40 612 758 - 3 839 316 ecus 

increased  loss of  44 7/4  516 ~ 

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