WRITTEN QUESTION E-2617/00 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. Black and white television sets/general system of preferences.
Date: 2000-08-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: certificate of origin, exemption from customs duties, generalised preferences, import, import policy, originating product, tariff preference, television equipment

18.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 113 E/135

(2001/C 113 E/138)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2617/00

by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 August 2000)

Subject: Black and white television sets/general system of preferences

Can the Commission clarify which imports into the EU are covered by the general system of preferences?

How have black and white television sets been dealt with under this scheme?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(26 September 2000)

The product coverage of the Community(cid:146)s scheme of generalized system of preferences (GSP) is laid down
in Annexes I and VII of Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 of 21 December 1998 applying a
multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 (1).

from the preferential

tariff rates, a product must (cid:145)originate(cid:146)

In order to benefit
in an eligible GSP
beneficiary country, according to the origin criteria laid down under the Community customs code
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community customs code (2), as amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/00 of 24 July 2000 (3). Furthermore, a GSP Form A certificate of
origin,
issued by the relevant governmental body of the beneficiary country must be presented when
clearing through customs in the Community.

Black-and-white television receivers of combined nomenclature code 8528 13 00 are covered by the
Community(cid:146)s GSP scheme. They are regarded as (cid:145)non-sensitive(cid:146) in the Community(cid:146)s current scheme, and
accordingly can be imported free of customs duty (Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2820/98), the
normal rate of the common customs tariff in 2000 being 2 %. By virtue of the graduation rules provided in
Article 3 of that regulation, duty-free admission does not apply to Malaysian products.

Two alternative origin criteria apply to these television receivers. The value of
the non-originating
materials used must not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, where the value of all non-
originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used or the value of the
non-originating materials used must not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product.

(1) OJ L 357, 30.12.1998.
(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993.
(3) OJ L 188, 26.7.2000.

(2001/C 113 E/139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2620/00

by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Unauthorised dumping of waste in Baæeza (LØon, Spain)

(1 August 2000)

There is an unauthorised waste tip in Baæeza which is posing serious problems for local residents. Waste is
being burnt in a dangerous manner and the situation is becoming worse every day.