Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands
Date: 2001-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, European integration, customs territory (EU), single market, transitional period (EU)

C 154 E/282

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.5.2001

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 on the application of the
provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands

(2001/C 154 E/27)

COM(2001) 76 final (cid:151) 2001/0038(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 12 February 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
and in particular
subparagraph of Article 25(4)
thereof,

the first

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1) Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26
June 1991 on the application of
the provisions of
Community law to the Canary Islands established a transi-
tional period which authorised the Spanish authorities to
impose a tax on production and imports (APIM) on all
products entering or produced in the Canary Islands.

(2) Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 established a
transitional period to introduce progressively the Common
Customs Tariff (CCT) on the Canary Islands.

has improved during the transitional period, the full inte-
gration of the region would lead to a decline in industrial
and commercial activity and employment in the different
sectors concerned.

(6) However, in the short period available it was not possible
to determine the full impact of the termination or modifi-
cation of the existing measures on the economic and social
situation of the Canary Islands.

(7) It

is therefore appropriate in order to ensure for the
economic operators concerned a certain continuity in the
legal framework affecting their business to extend the tran-
sitional periods by one year.

(8) After the completion of the abovementioned evaluation the
Commission will make, if necessary, a new proposal taking
the
hereby into account
Treaty,

the aims of Article 299(2) of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 5 paragraph 1 and 6 and Article 6 paragraph 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 the date (cid:145)31 December 2000(cid:146)
shall be replaced by (cid:145)31 December 2001(cid:146).

(3) Both transitional periods expire on 31 December 2000.

Article 2

(4) In October and November 2000 the Spanish authorities
requested that the transitional periods and the measures
introduced on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91
shall be extended.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

(5) The request contained documentation which indicated that
even though the economic situation on the Canary Islands

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