Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)
Date: 1993-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC93) 367 final 

Brussels, 22 July 1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for certain agricultural  and industrial  products 
(fourth series 1993) 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1.  In response  to requests from Member  States the Commission, jointly with the 

appropriate government  experts, has been considering  the desirability of opening 
tariff quotas for a number of agricultural  and  industrual  products for  the second 
semester of 1993. 

2. Study of the question at meetings of  the "Economic Tariff Group" organized 

recently on 19 May  1993, indicated  that agreement would  be forthcoming  from the 
Member States on tariff quotas for  the following products with no resultant 
disturbance of  the markets concerned: 

-  Magnetic heads 

-  Steel  frame 

-  Glass granulate 

-  Glassfrit 

-  Glass  face-plate 

-  Glass face-plate 

400 000 pieces at 0% 

500 000 pieces at 0% 

60 T 

at 0% 

350 T 

at 0% 

345 000 pieces at 0% 

360 000 pieces at 0% 

-  Tuberous roots 

5 000 000 pieces at 0% 

This  is the aim of  this proposal 

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of 

opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  Community  tarif  quotas  for  certain 

agricultural  and  industrial  products  ( f o u r th 

s er  i es  1 9 9 3) 

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 

in 

industries 

Whereas  production 
the  Community  of  certain 
agricultural  and  industrial  products  will  remain  in  the 
course  of  1993  unable  to  meet  the  specific  requirements  of 
the  user 
the  Community;  whereas, 
consequently,  Community  supplies  of  products  of  this  type 
will  depend  to  a considerable  extent  on  imports  from  third 
urgent  Community 
the  most 
countries;  whereas 
requirements  for  the  products  in  question  should  be  met 
immediately  on 
terms;  whereas 
Community  tariff  quotas  at  zero  duty  should  therefore  be 
opened  within  the  limits  of  appropriate  volumes  for  a 
period  up  to  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; 

favourable 

the  most 

said  quotas  and 

Whereas  it  is  necessary,  in  particular,  to  ensure  for  all 
Community  importers  equal  and  uninterrupted  access  to 
the 
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; 

to  ensure 

Whereas  the  decision  for  the  opening  of  autonomous  tariff 
quotas  should  be  taken  by  the  Community;  whereas,  to 
ensure  the  efficiency  of  a  common  administration  of  these 
quotas,  there  is  no  obstacle  to  authorizing  the  Member 
the  quota-volumes  the  necessary 
States  to  draw  from 
quantities  corresponding 
imports;  whereas, 
however;  this  method  of  administration  requires  close 
cooperation  between 
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; 

the  Member  States  and 

to  actual 

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 
the 
Economic  Union, 
administration  of  the  quantities  drawn  by  that  economic 
union  may  be  carried  out  by  any  one  of  its  members, 

transactions 

concerning 

all 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article  1 

From  the  date  of  entry  into  forcé  of  this  Regulation 
1. 
until  31  December 1993 
the  duties  applicable  to imports 
of  the  following  products  shall  be  suspended  at  the  levels 
and  up  to  the  limits  of  the  Community  tariff  quotas 
shown  below : 

Order 
No 

CN code 
(1) 

Descr ipt ion 

03.2863 ex8473 30 90 

Thin-film magnetic  heads of Winchester 
technology capable of  recording  to a 
density of 78 tracks or more per milli 
metre, for  the  incorporation  in hard 
disc storage units with an external 
disc diameter  not exceeding  8,89  cm 
(3,5  inches) (a) 

Quota 
VoIume 

Quota 
Duty 

(%) 

400 000 
pieces 

09.2865 

ex8540 91  00 

Molybdenum  chrome steel  panel  for  the 
manufacture of 21,25 or  29  inches 
cathode-ray  tubes  (a) 

09.2867 

ex3207 40 90 

Glass granulate, containing  by weight: 

550 000 
pieces 

60 t 

-73% or more but not more  than 77% of 

si I icon diox ide, 

-12% or more but not more  than  18% of 

diboron  trioxide and, 

-  4% or more but not more  than 8% of 

polyethylene glycol. 

09.2869 ex3207 40 90 

Glassfrit, containing  by weight: 
-73% or more but not more  than 76% of 

350 t 

lead rnonox ide, 

-10% or more but not more  than 16% of 

z inc ox ide and, 

- 7% or more but not more  than  11% of 
diboron  trioxide  to be used  as a 
soldering  agent  for  the manufacture 
of cathodic  ray  tubes  intended  for 
color  reproduction. 

09.2871 

ex7011  20 00 

Glass face-plate: 
-with  a diagonal  measurement  of  554,5mm 

345 000 
pieces 

(±  2,5mm) and of dimensions of 
447,2x348 mm  (+1,5mm) or with 

-a diagonal  measurement  of 723mm (j:3mm) 

and of dimensions of 578 x 452,5 mm 
(±1,5mm),for  the manufacture of colour 
cathode-ray  tubes  (a) 

09.2873 

ex7011  20 00 

Glass face-plate: 
-with a diagonal  measurement  of 702 mm 

360 000 
pieces 

(±1 ,5mm) and of dimensions of 

578x452,5mm  (+1,5mm), for  the manufact 
ure of colour  cathode-ray  tubes  (a) 

09.2875 

6X0601  10 90 

Tuberous roots of  the species  "Rumohra 
adlantiformis", dormant, for  the 
manufacture of ornamental  plants  (a) 

5 000 000 
pieces 

(')  Set  Tarit  codes  in  the  Annex. 
(a)  Checks  on  ilieir  prescribed  enduite  «hull  be  carried  out  pursuant  to  the  relevant  Community  provision». 

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, 
shall,  by 
the  Member  State  concerned 
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  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  Council 

The  President 

ANNEX 

Tarie codes 

Order  No 

CN codes 

0 9 . 2 8 63 
0 9 . 2 8 65 
0 9 . 2 8 67 
0 9 . 2 8 69 
0 9 . 2 8 71 
0 9 . 2 8 73 
0 9 . 2 8 75 

ex 8473 30 90 
ex 8540 91 00 
ex  3207 40 90 
ex 3207 40 90 
ex 7011  20 00 
ex 7011  20 00 
ex 0601  10 90 

Taric codes 

8473 30 
8540 91 
3207 40 
3207 40 
7011  20 
7011  20 
0601  10 

90*85 
00*94 
90*30 
90*40 
00*40 
00*50 
90*10 

FINANCIAL RECORD 

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

2- Legal  basis  : Art. 28 of  the Treaty 

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  (4nd series  1993). 

4- Oblect ive  : To ensure an adequate supply  for Community user-industries. 

5. Method of calculation : 

Amount of 
quotas 

Pr ice 
(Ecu/uni t) 

Norma I 
rate 
( in %) 

Quota duty 

Duty-loss 

(in %) 

(in Ecus) 

Descr ipt ion 

of the 
products 

Magnetic heads 

Steel  frame 

400 000 
pieces 

550 000 
pieces 

60 

4 

4 

5,8 

Glass granulate 

60 t 

5 666 

3,7 

Glassfrit 

350 t 

2 500 

3,7 

Glass face 

plate 

345 000 
pieces 

Glass face-erre 

plate 

360 000 
pieces 

Tuberous roots 

5 000 000 
pieces 

10,6 

22 

0,7 

7 

7 

8 

Duty-loss for  1993  : 2 222 943 ecus 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

960 000 

127 600 

12 578 

32 375 

255 990 

554 400 

280 000 

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