Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995)
Date: 1995-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, electronic equipment, processing industry, supply, tariff quota, third country

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  08.05.1995 
COM(95) 165  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  ffiC) 

opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995) 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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1. 

2. 

Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of the Commission have examin 
Government experts concerned, the question of opening in 1995 tariff quotas for various products. 

Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic Tariff Questions" group 
meetings, it has been determined that the opening of tariff quotas for the following products 
could have the agreement of the Member States without disturbing the markets for such 
products: 

Methanol 
Trifluoroethanol 
Sulphate turpentine 
Read/write heads 

510COOT 
168 T 
15 000 T 
70 000 pieces 

at  0% 
at  0% 
at  0% 
at ,0% 

This is the aim of this proposal. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

795 

of 

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opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995) 

THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European 
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  28  thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas production in the community of certain industrial products 
will remain in the course of 1995 unable to meet the specific 
requirements of the user industries in the Community;  whereas, 
consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will 
depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; 
whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in 
question should be met immediately on the most favourable 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 1995 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets 
for such products nor the starting out or development of Community 
production; 

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

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

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION 

Article  1 

From the date of entry into force of the present regulation, to the date 
specified in the following table, the customs duties applicable to 
imports into the Community of the products listed below shall be 
suspended at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff 
quotas shown below: 

Order 
number 

CN Code 

TARIC 
code 

Description 

Amount of 
quota 

Quota 
duty 
(%) 

End of 
quota period 

31.12.1995 

09.2885 

2905  11 00 

Methanol (methyl alcohol) 

510 000 T 

09.2887 

ex 2905 50 10 

*10 

2,2,2  -trifluoroethanol 

09.2889 

3805  10 90 

Sulphate turpentine 

168 T 

15 000 T 

0 

0 

0 

30.06.1995 

31.12.1995 

09.2891 

ex 8473 30 90 

•75 

Read/write heads of magneto-resistive 
technology, whether or not fixed on a carrier 
arm, capable of recording to a density of not less 
than 169 tracks per mm (4 300 TPI), for use in 
the manufacture of 3,5 inch type hard disc 
storage units (a) 

70 000 
pieces 

0 

31.12.1995 

i 
! 

(a)  Checks on their prescribed end use shall be carried pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. 

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  arran 
gements,  and  the  entry  is  accepted  by  the  customs  autho 
rities,  the  Member  State  concerned  shall,  by  notifying  the 
Commission,  draw  an  amount  corresponding  to  its  requi 
rements  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. 

Drawings  shall  be  granted  by  the  Commission  in  chrono 
logical  order  of  the  dates  on  which  the  customs  authori 
ties  of  the  Member  States  concerned  accepted  the  entries 

for  release  for  free  circulation,  to  the  extent  that  the  avai 
lable  balance  so  permits. 

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  allo 
cated  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  5 

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 3rd 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 

FINANCIAL RECORD 

1. 

Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 

Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation opening and 
providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products 
(2nd series 1995). 

Objective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries. 

Method of calculation : 

Description 

Quantities 

Price 
Ecus/unit 

Normal rate 
(%) 

Quota duty 
(%) 

Duty loss 
(Ecus) 

Methanol 

510 000 T 

336 

12,3 

Trifluoroethanol 

168 T 

646 

Sulphate turpentine 

15 000T 

457 

Read/write heads 

70 000 
pieces 

74 

7.4 

3,2 

3,2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

21077280 

8 031 

219 360 

165 760 

Total duty loss:  21 470 431 Ecus. 

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