Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 715790 as regards the inclusion of seedless table grapes falling within CN code ex 0806 10 15
Date: 1994-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, grape, overseas countries and territories, processed foodstuff, quantitative restriction, tariff reduction

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(94) 231  final 
Brussels,  03.06.1994 

94/0137  (ACC) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 715/90 as regards  the 
inclusion of seedless  table  grapes  falling 
within CN code ex 0806 10 15 

(presented by the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Under Council Regulation  (EEC) No 715/90 of  5 March  1990 on the  arrangements 

applicable to agricultural products and certain  goods resulting  from the 

processing  of agricultural  products originating  in the ACP States or in the 

overseas countries and territories  (OCT), the products concerned  are 

accorded  total or partial exemption  from import  duties within  the European 

Union  (EU) until 29 February  2000, the date of expiry  of the 

Lomé convention. 

The attached  proposal  for a Regulation  seeks to determine,  in response to a 

request by the ACP states, special  import  arrangements  applicable  to 

seedless table grapes  (CN code ex  0806  10 15) originating  in those 

countries. 

This product  is of particular economic  importance  to Namibia,  an ACP 

country. 

Since the supply of table grapes originating  in the ACP states occurs, for 

the most  part, outside the periods in which this product  is produced  and 

marketed  in the EU, the EU could  feasibly  accord  in respect of the product 

in question  full reduction of import  duties over the period  from  15 November 

to the end of February,  subject  to quantitative  limits, without  in any way 

jeopardizing  the pricing of the product within the EU. 

As regards the impact  of this measure on small businesses  in the EU, 

indications  are that there will be no immediate  economic  effects, though the 

longer-term  situation cannot  be  foreseen. 

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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending Regulation (SBC) No 715/90 as regards 
the inclusion of seedless table grapes falling within 
CN code ex 0806 10 IS 

THE COUNCIL OF TEE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to -the Treaty establishing the European Community, and In 
particular Article 113 thereof. 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the 
arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting 
from the processing of agricultural products originating in. the ACP states 
or in the overseas countries and territories  (OCT)^, as last amended by 
Regulation (EC) No 235/942, accords the products in question total or 
partial exemption from import duties? 

Whereas, on account of the economic importance of seedless table grapes for 
certain ACP States, this product should be accorded a full reduction of 
customs duties, subject to quantitative limits, over the period from 
15 November to the end of February; 

Whereas these arrangements take account of the possibilities offered by the 
Community market for out-of—season products, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

1  OJ No I. 84, 30.3.1990, p. 85. 
2  OJ No L 30, 3-2.1994, p. 12. 

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Article 1 

The product mentioned hereafter shall be inserted in Article 16 of 
Regulation  (EEC) No 715/90: 

CN code 

Description 

(*) 

Reduction 
% 

Quota (TQ) 
Reference 
quantity (ROJ 
(T) 

0806 

0806 10 

Grapes, fresh or 
dried: 
— fresh: 
—  table grapes; 
—  from 1 November 
to 14 July: 

ex 0806 10 15 

other: 

- Seedless table 

grapes: 
- from 15 November 
to 31 December 
- from 1 January 

100 

TQ 450 

to end of February 100 

RQ 50 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the first 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 

For the Council 
The President 

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1. BUDGET  HEADING  : 1 000 

APPROPRIATIONS  : ECU  1 023.A million 

2. TITLE  : Proposal  for a Council  Regulation amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 715/90 by extending  its coverage 

to include seedless table grapes falling  within CN code ex 0806  10 15 originating  in the 
African, Caribbean and Pacific  (ACP) States. 

3. LEGAL  BASIS  :  Article  113 of the Treaty 

4. AIMS 

Reduction  of customs duties over  the period  from  15 November  to the end of  February on 500 tonnes of 
table grapes 

5. FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD  OF  12 MONTHS 

CURRENT  FINANCIAL  YEAR 

FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  YEAR 

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5.0  EXPENDITURE 

- CHARGED  TO THE EC BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS) 

- NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 

- OTHER 

5.1  REVENUE  ' 

- OWN  RESOURCES OF  THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

- NATIONAL 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2 METHOD OF  CALCULATION 

Loss of  revenue 

p.m. 

p.m. 

1996 

1997 

1998 

1999 

500 tonnes x ECU 500/tonne = ECU 250 000 

Customs duties »  18% 

ECU 250 000 x 18% = ECU 45 000 x 1.207  (DR) = ECU 0.05  million  (B) 

6.0  CAN  THE PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  FROM APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN THE RELEVANT  CHAPTER  OF  THE CURRENT  BUDGET ? 

6.1  CAN  THE PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS OF  THE CURRENT  BUDGET ? 

6.2  WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET BE NECESSARY  ? 

6.3  WILL  FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS  BE NECESSARY  ? 

COMMENTS : 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

A 

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