Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING A TECHNICAL ADAPTATION OF COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO 715/90 ON THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (ACP STATES)
Date: 1993-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, overseas countries and territories, tariff exemption, tropical fruit

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Brussels, 29 October  1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

CONCERNING A TECHNICAL ADAPTATION OF COUNCIL  REGULATION 

(EEC) NO 715/9 0 ON THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL 

PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING  FROM THE PROCESSING OF 

AGRICULTURAL  PRODUCTS ORIGINATING  IN THE AFRICAN,  CARIBBEAN 

AND  PACIFIC  STATES  (ACP STATES) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Pursuant  to the ACP-EEC Lomé convention and Regulation  (EEC) No 715/9 0, 

pineapples, advocados, guavas, mangoes  and mangosteens originating  in the ACP 

states may  be  imported  into the Community  free of customs  duty. 

These  arrangements date  from the completion  of the customs union. 

Following  the recent  inclusion of these products  in the common organization of 

the market  in fruit and vegetables, a technical  adaptation  is required  to  include 

these products  in Article  15 of Regulation  (EEC) No 715/90 providing  for 

exemption  from customs duties  for fruit and vegetables. 

Such a technical  adaptation  is the aim of the attached  proposal  for a Regulation. 

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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No 

of 

concerning  a  technical  adaptation  of  Council 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  715/90  on  the  arrangements  applicable 
to  agricultural  products  and  certain  goods  resulting  from 
the  processing  of  agricultural  products  originating  in 
the  African,  Caribbean  and  Pacific  States  (ACP  States) 

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  the  African,  Caribbean  and  Pacific  States  (ACP  States)  are  granted 

exemption  from  customs  duties  for  pineapples,  advocados,  guavas, mangoes  and 

mangosteens  pursuant  to  the  Fourth  ACP-EEC  Convention'1)  and  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  7 1 5 / 9 0 (2),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4 4 4 / 9 2 <3); 

Whereas,  under  Regulation  (EEC) No  6 3 8 / 9 3 <4),  with  effect  from  1 January  1993, 

the  abovementioned  products  are  included  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72 

of  18  May  1972  on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in  fruit  and 

vegetables(^)  and  avocados,  guavas, mangoes  and  mangosteens  are  withdrawn  from 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  827/68  of  28  June  1968  on  the  common  organization  of 

the  market  in  certain  products  listed  in Annex  II  to  the  T r e a t y '6); 

(1) OJ  No  L  229,  17.8.1991,  p.  1. 
(2) OJ  No  L  84,  30.3.1990,  p.  85. 
(3) OJ  No  L  52,  27.2.1992,  p.  7. 
(4) OJ  No  L  6 9,  20.3.1993,  p.  7. 
(5) OJ  No  L  118,  20.5.1972,  p.  1  (Regulation  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  6 3 8 / 9 j (4) ). 

(6) OJ  No  L  151,  30.6.1968,  p.  16  (Regulation  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  2430/y3  (OJ  No  L  223,  2.9.1993,  p. 9 . ) ). 

Whereas,  following  the  abovementioned  amendment  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72, a 

technical  adaptation  should  be  made  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  715/90;  whereas  that 

adaptation  should  include  the  products  in  question  in  the  table  given  in  Article 

15  listing  fruit  and  vegetables  which  may  be  imported  free  of  customs  duties; 

whereas  that  technical  adaptation  should  take  effect  on  the  same  date  as  the 

amendment  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article  1 

The  following  products  are  hereby  inserted  in  the  table  given  in  Article  15(1)  of 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  715/90: 

CN  code 

Description 

"0804  30  00 

0804  40 

0804  50  00 

Pineapples 

Avocados 

Guavas, mangoes  and  mangosteens". 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  its  publication  in 

the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

It  shall  apply  from  1 January  1993. 

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

Member  States. 

L>one at, 

For  the  council 

The  President 

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