Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey (1993/1994)
Date: 1993-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, fruit product, stone fruit, tariff quota

Si"- §#'  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(93) 222 final 

Brussels,  19 May 1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

opening  and providing  for the administration  of a  Community 

tariff  quota  for apricot  pulp  originating  in Turkey 

(1993/1994) 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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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, Portugal  applies 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  1993 to 30 June  1994. 

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. 

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o p e n i ng  and  providing  for  t he  a d m i n i s t r a t i on  of  a  C o m m u n i ty  tariff  quota  for 

a p r i c ot  p u lp  o r i g i n a t i ng 

in  T u r k ey  (1993/94) 

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 

to  Council  Regulation 

(EEC) 
Whereas 
No  4115/86  of  22  December  1986  on  import  into  the 
Community  of  agricultural  products  originating 
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 
1993  by  Regulation  (EEC)  N o 1 9 4 9 / 9 2 (2);  whereas  the 
tariff  quota  in  question  should  therefore  be  opened  for 
the  abovementioned  volume  for  the  period  1 July  1993  to 
30  June  1 9 9 4; 

adopted  Regulation  (EEC) 

whereas  the  Council  has 
No  2573/87  of  11  August  1987  laying  down  the  arrange 
ments  for  trade  between  Spain  and  Portugal  on  the  one 
hand  and  Algeria,  Egypt,  Jordan,  Lebanon,  Tunisia  and 
Turkey  on  the  other Q ; 

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

laid  down  for  the  quota  should  be  applied  consistently  to 
the 
the  product 
all 
Member  States  until  the  quota  is  exhausted  ; 

in  question 

imports  of 

into  all 

to 

in 

i ts 

the  o p e n i n g, 

t h e se  q u o t a s, 

i n t e r n a t i o n al 
t a r i ff  q u o t as  should  be 

Whereas  t he  d e c i s i on  for 
the  e x e c u t i on  of 
o b i I g a t i o n s,  of 
taken  by  t he  Community;  whereas, 
e n s u re  t he  e f f i c i e n cy  of  a  common 
a d m i n i s t r a t i on  of 
t h e re 
no  r e a s o n a b le  o b s t a c le  to  a u t h o r i s i ng 
t he  Member  S t a t es  to  draw  from  the 
q u o t a - v o l u m es  t he  n e c e s s a ry  q u a n t i t i es 
c o r r e s p o n d i ng  to  a c t u al 
t h is  method  of  a d m i n i s t r a t i on  r e q u i r es 
c l o se  c o o p e r a t i on  between  the  Member 
S t a t es  and  t he  Commission  and  the 
must 
t he  r a te  at  which  t he  q u o t as  are  used  up 
and  Inform  t he  Member  S t a t es 
a c c o r d i n g l y; 

in  p a r t i c u l ar  be  a b le  to  monitor 

imports;  whereas 

l a t t er 

is 

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, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION : 

Article 

I 

1. 
From  1 July  1993  to  30  June  1994  the  customs  duty 
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  91 

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

90 

0 

(') Taric  code  2008 50 91'20 

2.  Within 

the 

framework  of 

this 

tariff  quota, 

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. 

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. 

Article  3 

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. 

(•)  OJ  No  L  380,  31.  12. 1 
0  OJ  No  L  1 9 7,  1 6 .7  ' 

D.  16.., 
,  P-  s 

( 3)  OJ  No  L 250.  1. 9.  1987,  p.  1. Ammdcd  by  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  4162/87  (OJ  No  L  396.  31.  12.  1987.  P.  1). 

The  requests  for  drawing,  with  (he  indie 
of  acceptance  of  the  said  dech-rrcov 
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cated  to  the  Commission  wiîho»*  uel  , 

on  c«i  Uîe  (\7i\. 

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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 
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  4 

the  quota  for  such  time  as  the  residual  balance  of  the 
quota  volume  so  permits. 

Article  5 

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

Article  6 

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

Each  Member  State  shall  ensure  that  importers  of  the 
product  concerned  have  equal  and  continuous  access  to 

It  shall  apply  from  1  July  1993-

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

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

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FINANCIAL  RECORD 

1.  Budget  line concerned  : Chap. t2 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 

(1993/1994) 

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

Regulation 

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-toss : 

Value of goods  : 770 ECU  x 90 - 69 300 ECU 

Duty-loss  : 69 300 ECU x 17 % - 11 781  ECU 

Compared with  the preceding  period  (1.7.92 - 30.6.93)  : no change 

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