Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2000-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

EN

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels,07.11.2000
COM(2000) 694 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) 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 whether to open,
increase and extend 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, increases or
extensions to quotas for the products covered by the proposal for a Regulation,
without disturbing the markets for such products.

Hence the attached proposal for a Regulation.

2

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) 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)

(3)

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 reduced or zero rates of duty for
appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing tariff
quotas, while avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products;

It is no longer in the Community’s interest to maintain a Community tariff quota on
some of the products covered by the above Regulation, and those products should
therefore be removed from the table in Annex I;

In view of the large number of amendments coming into effect on 1 January 2001 and
in order to clarify matters for the user, the table in Annex I to the above Regulation
these amendments should be replaced by the table in the Annex to this Regulation;

(4)

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 09.2799: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 47.000
tons;

1

2

OJ C , p.
OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2255/2000 (OJ L 258,
12.10.2000, p. 14).

3

–

–

–

–

order number 09.2939: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
260.000.000 units;

order number 09.2949: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
16.000.000 units;

order number 09.2959: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 80.000
tons;

order number 09.2985: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
200.000 units.

Table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is replaced 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 January 2001, except
1 January 2000.

for Article 1, which shall apply from

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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ANNEX

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Order
No
09.2703

09.2711

09.2713

09.2719

ex 2825 30 00

ex 7202 41 10

ex 7202 41 91

ex 7202 41 99

10

10

10

10

ex 2008 60 19

10

ex 2008 60 39

11/19

ex 2008 60 19

ex 2008 60 39

09.2727

ex 3902 90 90

09.2729

ex 0811 90 95

09.2799

ex 7202 49 90

09.2809

ex 3802 90 00

09.2829

ex 3824 90 95

09.2837
09.2841

ex 2903 49 80
ex 2712 90 99

09.2849

ex 0710 80 69

09.2851

ex 2907 12 00

09.2853
09.2859

ex 2930 90 70
ex 2909 49 90

09.2867

ex 3207 40 80

20

20

93

10

10

10

19

10
10

10

10

35
10

10

09.2881
09.2889

ex 3901 90 90
3805 10 90

92
-

Amount of
quota
13.000 tons

Quota duty
(%)
0

Quota period

1.1. - 31.12.

400.000 tons

0

1.1. - 31.12.

2.000 tons

1.1. - 31.12.

10 (1)

10

2.000 tons

1.1. - 31.12.

10 (1)

10

0

7.500 tons

1.1. - 31.12.

1.500 tons

12

1.1. - 31.12.

40.000 tons

10.000 tons

1.600 tons

700 tons
10.000 tons

700 tons

13.000 tons

15 tons
1.300 tons

310 tons

6.000 tons
20.000 tons

0

0

0

0
0

0

0

0
0

0

0
0

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

for

not

added

sugar,

having

cherries

(Prunus

exceeding

intended for

Vanadium oxides and hydroxides, only for
the production of alloys(a)
Ferro-chromium containing by weight
more than 4 % of carbon for
the
manufacture or as additive of iron or steel
of Chapter 72 or for the manufacture of
nickel alloys of Chapter 75 of Combined
Nomenclature (a)
Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a
diameter
19,9 mm,
stoned, intended for the manufacture of
chocolate products (a):
- with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by
weight
- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 %
by weight
cerasus),
Sour
marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not
exceeding 19,9 mm,
the
manufacture of chocolate products (a):
- with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by
weight
- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 %
by weight
Synthetic
a
poly-alpha-olefin
viscosity of not less than 38 x 10 -6 m² s -1
(38 centistokes) at 100 °C, measured
using the ASTM D 445 method
Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not
containing
the
processing industry(a)
Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more
but not more than 4 % by weight of
carbon and not more than 70 % by weight
of chromium
Acid-activated montmorillonite for
manufacture of self-copy paper (a)
Solid extract of the residual
insoluble in
aliphatic solvents obtained during the
extraction of resin from wood, having the
following characteristics :
- a resin acid content not exceeding 30
% by weight
- an acid number not exceeding 110, and
- melting point of not less than 100 °C
Bromochloromethane
Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by
weight or more of 1-alkenes of a chain-
length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms
Mushrooms of
polytricha (uncooked
cooked
steaming or boiling),
for
manufacture of prepared meals (a)(b)
o-Cresol having a purity of not less than
98,5 % by weight
Glutathione
2,2’-Isopropylidene-bis
phenyleneoxy)diethanol, in solid form
Glass granulate, containing by weight :
- 73 % or more but not more than 77 %
of silicon dioxide,
- 12 % or more but not more than 18 %
of dibroron trioxide
and
- 4 % or more but not more than 8 % of
polyethylene glycol
Chlorosulphonated polyethylene
Sulphate turpentine

the species Auricularia
by
the

or
frozen,

the

(p-

5

09.2913

09.2914

ex 2401 10 41
ex 2401 10 49
ex 2401 10 50
ex 2401 10 70
ex 2401 10 90
ex 2401 20 41
ex 2401 20 49
ex 2401 20 50
ex 2401 20 70
ex 2401 20 90
ex 3824 90 95

10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
26

09.2915

ex 3824 90 95

27

09.2917
09.2918
09.2919

2930 90 14
ex 2910 90 00
ex 8708 29 90

09.2933
09.2935

ex 2903 69 90
3806 10 10

09.2935

3806 10 10

09.2939

ex 8543 89 95

09.2945
09.2947

ex 2940 00 90
ex 3904 69 90

09.2949

ex 8543 89 95

09.2950

ex 2905 50 20

09.2954
09.2955
09.2957

ex 2926 90 99
ex 2932 19 00
ex 8507 90 98

-
50
10

30
-

-

43

10
95

44

20

55
60
10

Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether
or not cut in regular size, having a custom
value of not less than
450 per 100 kg
net weight, for use as binder or wrapper
for the manufacture of products falling
within subheading 2402 10 00 (a)

€

6.000 tons

0

1.1. - 31.12.

38.000 tons

60 tons

600 tons
500 tons
2.600 units

2.600 tons
60.000 tons

50.000 tons

260.000.000
units

800 tons
1.300 tons

16.000.000
units

5.000 tons

100 tons
200 tons
70.000.000
units

0

0

0
0
0

0
0

0

0

0
0

0

0

0
0
0

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 30.6.

1.7. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.
1.1. - 31.12.

of

the

active

dispersed

temperature
consisting

Aqueous solution containing by weight
not less than 40 % of dry betaine-extract
and 5 % or more but not more than 30 %
by weight of organic or inorganic salts
Silicon dioxide having a purity of 99 % or
more by weight, in the form of spherical
particles
in monoethylene
glycol
Cystine
1,2-Epoxybutan
Foldings bellows for the manufacture of
articulated buses(a)
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
Rosin and resin acids, obtained from
fresh oleoresins
Rosin and resin acids, obtained from
fresh oleoresins
Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), other
compensated
than
oscillators,
and
passive elements mounted on a printed
circuit, contained in a housing bearing:
- an identification marking consisting of or
including
following
of
one
alphanumeric combinations:
1012TDK, 1019TDK, EK304, MQC403,
MQC404, MQE001, MQE041, MQE042
MQE051, MQE201, MQE411, MQE501,
URAE8X956A, URAB8,
URAE8X960A,
VD2S40, VD2S41, VD5S07
- or other identification markings relating
to devices complying with the above
mentioned description
D-Xylose
Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form,
for the preparation of paint or varnish for
coating metal (a)
Temperature
oscillator,
comprising a printed circuit on which are
mounted at least a piezo-electric crystal
and an adjustable capacitor, contained in
a housing bearing:
- an identification marking consisting of or
including
following
of
one
alphanumeric combinations:
3211A-ANF50,
111, TXO2603
- or other identification markings relating
to devices complying with the above
mentioned description
for the manufacture of
2-Chloroethanol,
liquid thioplasts of subheading 4002 99
90(a)
3-[Trifluoromethyl] phenylacetonitrile
Flurtamone (ISO)
Stamped cylindrical can,
in non-alloy
an
post-nickel-plated,
steel,
accumulator, of a diameter of 13 mm or
more but not exceeding 17 mm, and of a
height of 27 mm or more but not
exceeding 70 mm

5111B-ANL51, TCXO-

compensated

the

for

6

09.2959

ex 4804 41 91
ex 4804 41 99
ex 4804 51 90

09.2964

ex 5502 00 80

09.2966

ex 2839 19 00

09.2975

ex 2918 30 00

09.2976

ex 8407 90 10

10
10
10

20

20

10

10

09.2978

ex 4804 52 90

10

09.2979

ex 7011 20 00

15

09.2980

ex 4810 32 10
ex 4810 32 90

09.2981

ex 8407 33 90
ex 8407 90 80
ex 8407 90 90

09.2982
09.2983

ex 2903 69 90
ex 2909 30 38

09.2985

ex 8540 91 00

10
10

10
10
10

20
10

32

09.2986

ex 3824 90 95

76

09.2987

ex 3905 91 00

93

65.000 tons

1.200 tons

12.000 tons

500 tons

900.000
units

48.000 tons

600.000
units

52.000 tons

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12

1.1. - 31.12

1.1. - 31.12

1.1. - 31.12

210.000
units

0

1.1. - 31.12

2.600 tons
3.200 tons

300.000
units

14.000 tons

0
0

0

0

1.1. - 30.6.2001
1.1. - 30.6.2001

1.1. - 30.6.2001.

1.1. - 31.12.

2.000 tons

0

1.1. - 31.12.

a

for

process,

sulphate

face-plate with

Kraft paper and paperboard, weighing
more than 150 g/m2, only consisting of
unbleached virgin fibres obtained by the
chemical
the
manufacture of products falling within
heading 3921 (a)
Filament
tow of cellulose produced by
organic solvent spinning (Lyocell), for use
in the paper industry (a)
Crystalline disodium disilicate, containing
by weight:
- 59 % or more of silicon-dioxide
and
- 30 % or more of disodium oxide
Benzophenone-3,3':4,4'-tetracarboxylic
dianhydride
Four-stroke petrol engines of a cylinder
capacity not exceeding 250 cc, for use in
the manufacture of lawnmowers of sub-
heading 8433 11 (a)
Kraft paper and paperboard, bleached
uniformly throughout the mass, weighing
250 g/m² or more ,
for use in the
manufacture of liquid food containers (a)
Glass
diagonal
measurement from the outer edge to the
outer edge of 80,9 cm (–
0,2 cm) and
having a light transmission of 80% (– 3%)
by a reference thickness of the glass of
11,43 mm
Kraft paper and paperboard,
in rolls,
bleached uniformly throughout the mass,
coated on one side with kaolin and/or
calcium carbonate, weighing more than
150g/m² but less than 400 g/m², for use in
the manufacture of liquid food containers
(a)
rotary
Spark-ignition
internal
engines,
having a cylinder capacity of not less than
300 cc and a power of not less than 6 but
not
the
15,5
exceeding
manufacture of:
- self-propelled lawn mowers, with a seat
of sub-heading 8433 11 51
-
tractors of subheading 8701 90 11,
having the main function of a lawn mower
or
- four stroke mowers with motor of a
nominal cylinder capacity of 480 cm³ of
subheading 8433 20 10 (a)
1,2-Bis (penthabromophenyl) ethane
Bis (penthabromophenyl) ether

reciprocating

combustion

piston

kW,

for

or

Flat masks of a length of 691,6 mm (– 0,2
mm) and a height of 407,7 mm (– 0,2
mm), with a width of the slots at the end
of the central vertical axe of 155
micrometer (– 8 micrometer)
Mixture of tertiary amines containing:
- 60% by weight of
dodecyldimethylamine, or more
- 20% by weight of
dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine, or more
- 0,5% by weight of
hexadecyldimethylamine, or more
Copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol
(EVOH)

7

09.2988

ex 4804 31 51
ex 4804 31 90
ex 4805 29 90
ex 4805 60 90
ex 4823 90 50
ex 4823 90 90

10
10
10
30
30
13

09.2991

ex 2846 90 00

20

09.2992

ex 3902 30 00

93

09.2993

ex 3920 10 28

93

09.2994

ex 6903 90 80

20

09.2995

ex 8536 90 85
ex 8538 90 99

95
93

1.500 tons

0

1.1. - 31.12.

2.600 tons

1.400 tons

48.000.000
m²

50.000 units

30.000.000
units

0

0

0

0

0

1.1. - 30.6.2001

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 31.12.

1.1. - 30.6.2001

1.1. - 30.6.2001

for

capacitors

in solid form,

Paper of a kind used for the production of
electrolytic
(condensator
paper), made up from materials other
than made up exclusively from 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 100 µm and a
width of not more than 800 mm
Rare earth chloride, containing by weight
lanthanum trichloride
57 % or more of
heptahydrate,
the
manufacture of fluid cracking catalysts (a)
Propylene-butylene copolymer, containing
by weight not less than 60% but not more
than 68% of propylene and not less than
32% but not more than 40% of butylene,
of a melt viscosity not exceeding 3.000
mPa at 190° C, as determined by the
ASTM D 3236 method,
for use as an
adhesive in the manufacture of products
falling within subheading 4818 40 (a)
Polyethylene film with a thickness of not
more than 23 m m but not exceeding 27
m m, with a weight of not more than 32
g/m² but not exceeding 42 g/m² and with
a water vapour permeability of not
less
than 900g/m² per day
Silicon carbide reactor tubes and holders
designed for insertion into diffusion and
oxidation furnaces
of
semiconductor materials (a)
Keypads,
- comprising a layer of silicone and
polycarbonate keytops
or
- wholly of silicone or wholly of
polycarbonate, including printed keys,
for the manufacture or repair of mobile
radio-telephones of subheading 8525 20
91 (a)

for production

(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.

(b) However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.

(1) The specific additional duty is applicable.

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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)

A. Effective in 2000:

Product
description

Variation in
quota volume
(Units/tons)

Variation in
estimated
€

price (

/Unit)

Variation in
normal duty
(%)

Variation in
quota duty
(%)

Expected
variation in the
loss of revenue in
relation to the
previous quota

period (in

€
)

Ferro-
chromium

09.2799

VCO

09.2939

TCO

09.2949

+ 12.000 t

0

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

35.000 t)

4.466)

+ 125.000.000 u

0

7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

135.000.000 u)

+ 4.000.000 u

1,9)

0

3,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

12.000.000 u)

Kraft Paper

+ 15.000 t

1,9)

0

3,7)

0

09.2959

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

65.000 t)

515)

2,8)

9

0

0

0

0

+ 3.751.999

+ 8.787.500

+281.200

+ 216.300

Flat masks

09.2985

+ 50.000 u

0

0

0

+ 23.625

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

150.000 u)

17,5)

2,7)

Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + 13.060.624

€

.

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B. Effective from 2001:

Note: this table lists only products from the annex to the Regulation, which have a
financial incidence.

Product
description

Variation in quota
volume
(Units/tons)

Variation in
estimated
€

price (

/Unit)

Variation in
normal duty (%)

(CCT 2001)

Variation
in quota
duty
(%)

Ferro-
chromium
09.2711

Ferro-
chromium

09.2799

VCO

09.2939

TCO

09.2949

Glass
faceplates

09.2979

Ethane

09.2982

Ether

09.2983

Flat masks

09.2985

Mixture

09.2986

EVOH

09.2987

Paper

09.2988

- 200.000 t

0

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

600.000 t)

+ 5.000 t

1.478)

0

4)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

35.000 t)

4.466)

+ 125.000.000 u

0

7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

135.000.000 u)

+ 4.000.000 u

1,9)

0

3,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

12.000.000 u)

+ 400.000 u

1,9)

0

3,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

200.000 u)

- 1.900 t

52,5)

0

4)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

4.500 t)

- 3.000 t

3.200)

0

5,5)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

6.200 t)

+ 150.000 u

2.000)

0

5,5)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

150.000 u)

+ 10.000 t

17,5)

0

2,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

4.000t)

+ 800 t

1.470)

0

6,5)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

1.200 t)

+ 795 t

5.378)

0

8,9)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

705 t)

6.153)

2,2 (average
duty))

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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

- 11.824.000

+ 1.563.100

+ 8.787.500

+281.200

+ 840.000

- 457.600

- 330.000

+ 70.875

+ 955.500

+ 382.913

+ 107.615

Chloride

09.2991

Copolymer
09.2992

Film

09.2993

Pipes

09.2994

Keypads

09.2995

+ 2.600 t

666

+ 1.400 t

2.075

+ 48.000.000 m²

0.07

+ 50.000 u

400

+ 30.000.000 u

2,9

3,2

8,3

8,3

5

2

(average duty)

0

0

0

0

0

+ 55.411

+ 241.115

+ 278.880

+ 1.000.000

+ 1.740.000

Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + 6.185.454

€

.

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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