Proposal for a Council Regulation on the use of inward processing arrangements in the management of certain agricultural markets
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural market, agricultural product, customs procedure suspending duties, export (EU), inward processing

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Proposal

for a Council Regulation on the use of

inward processing arrangements in the

management of certain agricultural markets

(2001/C 120 E/18)

COM(2000) 868 final (cid:151) 2000/0349(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 22 December 2000)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

taken enabling the operators concerned to switch smoothly,
when economic factors dictate, from a Community to a
non-Community supply source.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) The use of inward processing arrangements for agricultural
the agri-food industries on
products must help put
permanently
competition with
terms
non-Union countries and at the same time preserve the
outlets for Community agricultural products.

equitable

of

(5) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 and the corre-
sponding provisions of the other Council regulations on
the common organisation of the markets are not suited
to the needs of flexible and efficient market management
within the rules applicable under the World Trade Organi-
sation Agreement on Agriculture.

(6) Since the measures necessary for implementing this Regu-
lation are (cid:145)management measures(cid:146) within the meaning of
Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June
1999 laying down the procedures for
the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2),
the
in accordance with
they
management procedure laid down in Article 4 of
that
Decision, Article 7(3) thereof applying,

adopted

should

be

and milk products (1)

(2) Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
the
corresponding
milk
regulations on the
provisions of
common organisation of
the
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
from the Commission, may in special cases prohibit the
use of inward processing arrangements wholly or in part.

and
the other Council

the markets provide that

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the products listed in Annex I to the Treaty the use of
inward processing arrangements may be
suspended or
temporarily restricted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 3.

(3) Preservation of

the outlets for Community agricultural
products is subject
the
to the rules applicable under
World Trade Organisation Agreement on Agriculture and
thus requires skilful management of
the various export
mechanisms available, including, if necessary, rapid action
to temporarily restrict or suspend the inward processing
arrangements.

Article 2

To meet
the need for a smooth changeover from periods
during which refunds are granted on Community goods to
those when they are no longer available on the same goods,
measures facilitating the use of inward processing arrangements
to obtain from products listed in Annex I to the Treaty other
products listed therein may be adopted in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 3.

(4) Maintaining the competitiveness of agri-food undertakings
against
those outside the Community and fostering a
favourable investment and employment climate require a
flexibility in operating the inward processing
degree of
system so as
to guarantee visibility and security of
the rules
supply.
applicable to agricultural products, for swift action to be

therefore be possible, under

It must

Article 3

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products established by Article
41 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 and the corresponding
management committees for the other Council regulations on
the common organisation of the markets.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1670/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10).

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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reference

to this paragraph the
is made
2. Where
management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply and Article 7(3) of
that Decision
shall be complied with.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from . . .

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be one month.

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