Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2000-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 11.04.2000
COM(2000) 201 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of
autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.

2.

In response to requests from several Member States, the Commission’s departments,
together with the government experts concerned, considered to open and increase
autonomous tariff quotas for certain industrial products.

Following the discussion, at a meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, it
was concluded that the Member States could approve new quotas and increases for
the products covered by the proposal for a Regulation, without disturbing the markets
for such products.

Hence the attached proposal for a Regulation.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of
autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/962, the Council opened Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; Community demand for the
products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions; Community
tariff quotas should therefore be opened at zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes
and increased in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, while avoiding any
disturbance to the markets for these products.

Having regard to the economic importance of the said Regulation for European
industry and the requirement that it enter into force on 1 July 2000, it is necessary to
invoke the ground of urgency referred to in point I (3) of the additional Protocol to the
Treaty of Amsterdam on the role of national parliaments in the European Union.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2000, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2505/96 shall be amended as follows:

–

order number 09.2950: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 5.000
tonnes.

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2

OJ L
OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/1999 (OJ L 331,
23.12.1999, p.17 ).

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The table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is amended by the table set out in the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 2000, except for Article 1 which shall apply from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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Amount of
quota
4.000 tons

Quota duty
(%)
0

Quota period

1.7.-31.12.2000

1.000 tons

705 tons

0

0

1.7.-31.12.2000

1.7.-31.12.2000

CN code

TARIC code

Description

ANNEX

Order
No
09.2986

ex 3824 90 95

74

09.2987

ex 3905 91 00

09.2988

ex 4823 90 50
ex 4823 90 90

93

30
13

by

by

by

20%

0,5%

tertiary amines containing:
of
more
of
more
of

Mixture of
weight
-
60%
or
dodecyldimethylamine,
weight
-
or
dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine,
-
weight
hexadecyldimethylamine, or more
Copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol
(EVOH)
Paper of a kind used for the production of
electrolytic capacitors (condensor paper),
made up from other material
than
esparto, containing not more than 5
mg/kg of sulphate and not more than 1
mg/kg of chlorine , having a thickness of
25 µm or more but not exceeding 80 µm
and a width of not more than 800 mm

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96
opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products.

2.

BUDGET HEADING(S) INVOLVED

Chapter 12, Article 120 (1210 + 1060)

3.

LEGAL BASIS

Article 26 of the Treaty

4.

4.1

5.

5.1

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION

General objective

To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on favourable terms.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Method of calculating total cost of operation (relation between individual and
total costs)

Product
description

Variation in quota
volume
(Units/tonnes)

Variation in
estimated
€

price (

/Unit)

Variation in
normal duty (%)

(CCT 2000)

Variation
in quota
duty
(%)

Mixture

09.2986

Copolymer

09.2987

Paper

09.2988

+ 4.000 t

0

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 t)

+ 1.000 t

1.470)

0

6,5)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 t)

+ 705 t

5.378)

0

8,9)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 t)

6.153)

4,6 (average
duty))

0

0

0

Expected variation
in the loss of
revenue in relation
to the previous
€
quota period (in
)

+ 382.200

+ 478.642

+ 199.541

€

.

Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + 1.060.383

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6.

FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES

Provisions on the management of tariff quotas include the measures needed to
prevent and protect against frauds and irregularities.

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