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: 2001-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: industrial product, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 26.04.2001
COM(2001) 228 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.

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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)

The Council opened by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/962 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;

(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 2001, Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as follows:

–

–

order number 09.2711: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
700.000 tones;

order number 09.2727: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 10.000
tones;

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OJ C , , p. .
OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2802/2000 (OJ L 331,
27.12.2000, p.55).

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order number 09.2976: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
1.200.000 units;

order number 09.2993: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to
120.000.000 m².

The tariff quotas listed in the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.

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.

Article 2 shall apply from 1 July 2001.

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

Order
No

09.2601

CN code

TARIC code

Description

ex 8407 90 10

30

Four-stroke petrol engines of a cylinder
capacity not exceeding 250 cc, for use in
the manufacture of products of sub-
heading 8432 29 50 or 8433 20 10 (a)

Amount of
quota
60.000 units

Quota duty
(%)
0

Quota period

1.7. - 31.12.2001

09.2985

ex 8540 91 00

32

09.2991

ex 2846 90 00

20

09.2995

ex 8536 90 85
ex 8538 90 99

09.2998

09.2999

ex 2924 29 90

ex 7011 20 00

95
93

55

10

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)
Rare earth chloride, containing by weight
57 % or more of
lanthanum trichloride
heptahydrate, in solid form
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)
5'-Chloro-3-hydroxy-2',4'-dimethoxy-2-
naphthanilide
Glass
diagonal
measurement from the outer edge to the
outer edge of 70,8 cm (– 0,2 cm) or 72,4
cm (–
0,2 cm) and having a light
transmission of 80% (–
3%) by a
reference thickness of the glass of 11,43
mm

face-plate with

a

300.000
units

2.700 tonnes

30.000.000
units

12 tonnes

460.000
units

0

0

0

0

0

1.7. - 31.12.2001

1.7. - 31.12.2001

1.7. - 31.12.2001

1.7. - 31.12.2001

1.7. - 31.12.2001

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

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5.0

5.1

DATE: 03.04.2001
APPROPRIATIONS:

BUDGET HEADING:
Chapter 12, Article 120 (1210 + 1060)
TITLE:
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.
LEGAL BASIS:
Article 26 of the Treaty
AIMS:
To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on favourable terms.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

12 MONTH
PERIOD

CURRENT
FINANCIAL
YEAR

FOLLOWING
FINANCIAL
YEAR

(EUR million)

(EUR million)
98.448.578

(EUR million)

CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET

EXPENDITURE
-
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
-
-
REVENUE
-
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
NATIONAL
-

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
OTHER

OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC

5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:

6.0

6.1

See annex
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF
THE CURRENT BUDGET?

6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3 WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS?
OBSERVATIONS:

YES

NO
NO
NO

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Effective from 1.1. 2001:

Product
description

Variation in
quota volume
(Units/tons)

Variation in
estimated
€

price (

/Unit)

ANNEX

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

09.2711

Olefin

09.2727

Motors I

09.2976

Film

09.2993

+ 300.000 t

0

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

400.000 t)

4.466)

+ 2.500 t

0

7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

7.500 t)

+ 300.000 u

3.766)

0

8,3)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

900.000 u)

+ 72.000.000 m²

63)

0

2,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

48.000.000 m²)

0.07)

8,3)

0

0

0

0

+ 93.786.000

+ 781.445

+ 510.300

+ 418.320

Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + 95.496.065

€

.

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Effective from 1.7.2001:

Product
description

Variation in quota
volume
(Units/tons)

Variation in
estimated
€

price (

/Unit)

Variation in
normal duty (%)

(CCT 2001)

Variation
in quota
duty
(%)

Motors II

09.2601

Flat masks

09.2985

Chloride

09.2991

Keypads

09.2995

Naphtanilide

09.2998

Face-plates

09.2999

+ 60.000 u

0

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 u)

+ 300.000 u

63)

0

2,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 u)

+ 2.700 t

17,5)

0

2,7)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial price:

0 t)

+ 30.000.000 u

666)

0

3,2)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial price:

0 u)

+ 12 t

2,9)

0

2
(average duty))

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial duty:

0 t)

+460.000 u

12.258)

0

6,5)

0

(initial volume:

(initial price:

(initial price:

0 u)

49)

4)

0

0

0

0

0

0

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

+ 102.060

+ 141.750

+ 57.542

+ 1.740.000

+ 9.561

+ 901.600

Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + 2.952.513

€

.

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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