Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel (1993/1994)
Date: 1993-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, fruit vegetable, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(93)  272flnal 

Brussels,  15 June  1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

opening  and providing  for  the administration of a Community 
tariff  quota  for certain melons originating  in Israel 
(1993/1994) 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

s* 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

Articles  1 and  2 of  the fourth Additional  Protocol  to the Cooperation 
Agreement  between  the EEC and  Israel  provide  for  the opening of a 
Community  tariff quota  for  the  import  into the Community  of: 

9  500 tonnes of melons, falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90 
(period  1.11 - 31.5) 

or iginat ing  in  Israel. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

The volume of  this tariff quota must  be  increased by 5% each year, as 
from  1 January  1992, by application of Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 
1764/92^1), modifying  the system applicable  to the  importation  into 
the Community  of certain agricultural  products originating  in 
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,  Israel, Malta, Morocco, 
Syr ia or Tun isia. 

This Community  tariff  quota  should  therefore be opened  for  the period 
from  1 November  1993 to 31 May 1994. 

With  regard  to the administration of  this quota,  it  is proposed  that 
the whole of  the quota  volumes be held as Community  reserves  to which 
all Member  States will  have access  in accordance with  the procedure 
provided  for  in Article 3 of  the proposed  Regulation. 

This  is the purpose of  the attached  proposal. 

Annex  : one proposal  for  a Regulation 

(1)  0J  No L 181,  1.7.1992, p. 9 

P r o p o s al 

f or  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No  m 

opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  a  Community  tariff  quota  for 
certain  melons  originating  in  Israel  (1991/94) 

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, 

Whereas  Article  1  of  the  Fourth  Additional  Protocol  to 
the  Cooperation  Agreement  between 
the  European 
Economic  Community  and  the  State  of  Israel (')  provides 
for  the  opening  of  a  Community  tariff  quota  for  the 
import  into  the  Community  of  9 500  tonnes  of  melons, 
falling  within  CN  code  ex  0807  10 90,  originating  in 
Israel,  (from  1  November  to  31  May); 

Whereas  the volume  of this tariff  quota  must be  increased 
by  5 %  each  year,  as  from  1 January  1992 

by  application  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1764/92 
of  29  June  1992  amending  the  arrangements  for  the 
the  Community  of  certain  agricultural 
import 
products  originating  in  Algeria,  Cyprus,  Egypt,  Israel, 
Jordan,  Lebanon,  Malta,  Morocco,  Syria  and  Tunisia (2) ; 

into 

Whereas  all  Community  importers  should  be  ensured 
equal  and  continuous  access  to  the  said  quotas  and  the 
duty  rates  laid  down  for  the  quotas  should  be  applied 
consistently  to all  imports of  the  product  in  question  into 
all  Member States until  the quotas  are exhausted ; 

in 

to 

i ts 

the  o p e n i n g, 

these  quotas, 

the  e f f i c i e n cy  of  a  common 

t h e re 
to  a u t h o r i s i ng 

i n t e r n a t i o n al 
t a r i ff  quotas  should  be 

Whereas  the  d e c i s i on  for 
t he  e x e c u t i on  of 
o b l i g a t i o n s,  of 
t a k en  by  t he  Community;  whereas, 
ensure 
a d m i n i s t r a t i on  of 
no  r e a s o n a b le  o b s t a c le 
t he  Member  S t a t es 
quota-volumes 
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  the  Commission  and  the 
must 
t he  r a te  at  which  the  quotas  are  used  up 
and 
a c c o r d i n g l y; 

to  draw  from  the 
the  necessary  q u a n t i t i es 

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

Inform  the  Member  S t a t es 

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  these  quotas  may  be  carried  out  by  any  of  its 
members, 

whereas  the  Community  tariff  quotas  in  ques 
tion  should  therefore  be  opened  for  the  period  from  1 
November  1993  to  31  May  1994; 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION 

Article  1 

From  1  November  1993  to  31  May  1994  the  customs 
duties  applicable  to  imports  into  the  Community  of 
melons  originating  in  Israel  shall  be  suspended,  at  the 
levels  and  within  the  limits  of  the  Community  tariff 
quota  shown  below : 

Order 
No 

CN  code 
M 

Description 

Period 

Amount 
of  quota 
(tonnes) 

09.1329 

ex  0807 10 90 

Melons 

1.11.1993 to 31.5.1994 

1078^ 

Quota  duty  (%) 

-o-

(a)  Taric  codes : 

09.1329 

ex 0807 10 90 

0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 
0807 10 

90QI2 
90Q13 
90QI4 
90Q23 
90Q24 
90Q31 
90f)33 
900)3* 
90Q43 
90Q44 

8 OJ  No  L  327,  30.  11.  1988,  p.  36. 

OJ  No  L  181,  1.  7.  1992,  p.  9. 

0  OJ  No  L  396,  31.  12.  1987,  p.  1. 

.  Article  2 

The  tariff  quota  referred  to  in  Article  1 shall  be  managed 
by  the  Commission,  which  may  take  all  appropriate 
administrative  measures  in  order  to  ensure  efficient  mana 
gement  thereof. 

Article  3 

Where  an  importer  enters  a  product  covered  by  this 
Regulation  under  a  declaration  for  free  circulation  in  a 
Member  State  and  applies  to  take  advantage  of  the  prefe 
rential  arrangements  and  that  declaration  is  accepted  by 
the  customs  authorities  the  Member  State concerned  shall, 
by  notifying  the  Commission,  draw  an  amount  correspon 
ding  to  its  requirements  from  the  quota  volume. 

Requests,  for  drawings,  indicating  the  date  of  acceptance 
of  the  said  declarations,  must  be  sent  to  the  Commission 
without  delay. 

' 

• 

. 

- 

• 

The  drawings  shall  be  granted  by  the  Commission  by 
reference  to  the  date  of  acceptance  of  the  declaration  of 

entry  for  free  circulation,  to  the  extent  that  the  available 
balance  so  permits. 

If  a  Member  State  does  not  use  the  quantities  drawn  it 
shall  return  them  to  the  quota  volume  as soon  as  possible. 

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

Article  4 

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

Article  5 

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

Article  6 

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

into  force  on 

It  shall  apply  from  1  November  199  j^ 

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

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

FINANCIAL  RECORD 

1. 

Budget  line concerned  : Chap. 12 Art. 120 

2. 

LeaaI basis  : Art. 113 of  the Treaty 

3. 

Title of  the tariff measure concerned  : 

Proposal  for a Council  regulation  (EEC) opening  and providing  for  the 
administration of a Community  tariff quota  for certain melons 
originating  in  Israel  (1993/1994). 

4. 

Object ive  : Fulfilment  of contractual  obligations of  the  Community 
(Agreement  EEC/Israel) 

5. 

Method of calculation : 

CCT heading: 10 789 t 
Volume of  the quota: 0 % 
Normal  duty:  11 % 

6. 

Duty-loss : 

Unit  value 
Total  value  : 
Duty-loss  (11%) 

1 551  ECU 
16 733 739 ECU 
1 840 711  ECU 

Compared  with  the preceding  period:  increased of duty-loss : 
1 840 711  ECU - 1 730 792 ECU - 109 919 ECU. 

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