CELEX: 51989PC0343
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN WINE OF DESIGNATED ORIGIN, ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA ( 1990 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM (89) 343  final
                                                    Brussels, 12  July 1989
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
      certain wine of designated origin, originating in Algeria (1990)
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    TVse Cooperation Agreement between t h e ObranuniLy end MyrrLa provides
      in A r t i c l e 20, as amended by t h e Additional Protocol t o rjiat.
      Agreement, for t h e opening of an annual d u t y - f r e e Gti..nur*.!.ty t^jrifj:
      quota for the import of 200 000 h e c t o l i t r e s of c e r t a i n win^. of
      /•saignatad o r i g i n , in containers r a i d i n g two l i t r e s or l e 3 s , and
       f i l i n g >achin CN code ex 2204 21 25, »x 21?* 21 29, -x 2204 21 33,
      or ax 2204 21 39.
      v j i i h i n the Limits of t h i s tarif-     ^ u o t a , 3 p ^ n sha':' apply the -us" ^3
      :'r..:t-/ c a l c u l a t e d according t o the Council Regulation (EEC" No 2573/3"" of
      "! 1 August 1937 Laying' down the arrangements f o r trade between Spain and
      Portugal on the one hand and A l g e r i a on the o t h e r . This r e g u l a t i o n also
     provides f o r Portugal t o defer u n t i l 31 December 1990 t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of
     the p r e f e r e n t i a l arrangements f o r these p r o d u c t s .
        Therefore, t h i s t a r i f f      quota should be opened f o r 1990.
  2 . As regards t h e method o f a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f t h i s quota i t i s proposed
        t h a t t h e e n t i r e quota volume be h e l d as a Community reserve t o which
        a l l Member States w i l l have access i n accordance w i t h t h e procedure
       provided f o r i n A r t i c l e 3 of the proposal f o r a Regulation.
        This i s t h e purpose o f t h e a t t a c h e d p r o p o s a l .
       ANNEX :           Proposal f o r a R e g u l a t i o n .
 ---pagebreak---                                                       Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION EEC No
                                                         of
                    opening                and providing for the administration of a Communit> tariff quota for
                                    ccrcjin wine of designated origin, orii;tii.iiini; in Algeria t 1 9 9 0 )
 THE COUNUl OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.
                                                                          whereas, i t
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       is appropriate to take the necessary measures
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                           to ensure efficient Community administrai ion
 thereof,                                                                    of this tariff quota while offering the
                                                                             Member States the opportunity to draw from
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                          the quota volume the necessary quantities
                                                                            .corresponding to actual imports; whereas
 Whereas Article 20 of the Cooperation Agreement between                     this method ot administration requires
 the European Economic Community and the People's                             close cooperation between the Member States
 Democratic Republic of Algeria:.'' as amended by the                         and the Commission;
 Additional Protocol to that Agreement-.- provides that
 certain wine of designated origin falling within CN codes ex
 2204 21 25, ex 2204 21 29, ex 2204 21 35 or ex                            ; Wljere^a^fccethe Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of ti
 2204 21 39 originating in Algeria shall be exempt from                     Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are unit*
 customs duties on import into the Community within the                     w k h ^ a a ^ p j p d y represented by the Benelux Econom
 limits of a Community tariff quota oi 200 000 hectolitres;                  Uttoa^asypOfttxaaon concerning the administration of d
 whereas the wine must be put up in containers holding two                   quota,                                         may be can
 litres or less; whereas the wine must be accompanied either                 out by any one of its members.
 by a certificate of designation of origin in accordance with the
 model given tn Annex D to the Agreement or, by way of
 derogation, by a document VI I or a VI 2 extract annotated
 in compliance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
 3590/85 (»):
 Whereas, however. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87
of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade
 between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria,
 Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on the
other {*) provides for the Portuguese Republic to defer until
 31 December 1990 the application of the preferential
 arrangements for the products in question; whereas,
consequently this Regulation does not apply to Portugal;
 whereas the Community tariff quota in question should be
opened for 19 9 0 ;
 Whereas the wine in question is subject to compliance with
 the free-at-fronticr reference price; whereas, in order that
such wine may benefit from this tariff quota. Article 54 of
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 ( J ) as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2964/88 (•) must be complied
with;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be
ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down
for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of
the products in question into the Member States until the
quota is exhausted;
(')  OJ No I lh.\. r . 9. 1978. p. :.
(-)  OJ No L 2V~. 21. 1U. 1*87. p. 1.
(J)  OJ No 1. .14.». 20. 12. I¥85, p. 20.
C)   OJ No L 2.50, 1.9. 1987. p. I.
(')  OJ No L 84. 2" 3. 1987, p. 1.
(*)  OJ No L 269. 29. 9. 1988. p. 5.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                - 2 -
                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     Article 1
                                         1.     From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the customs
                                         duties applicable in the Community, with the exception of
                                         Portugal, to imports of the following products originating in Algeria, shall be
                                         suspended at the level and within the limits of a Community
                                         tariff quota as shown below:
     OrdeKNo       •'"*'•  CNcode                                  Deneriprioa                             Amount of quota       Quota, duty
                                                                                                                  (hi)              (%)
                       ex 2204 21 25      Wines entided to one of the following designations of
                       ex 2204 21 29      origin:
    09.1001 '   |      ex 2204 21 35
                       ex 2204 21 39
                                          Ain Besera-Bouira, Medea, Coteaux du Zaccar, Dahra,                200 000             free
                                          Coteaux de Tlemcen, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume
                                          not exceeding 15% vol, in containers holding two litres or less
    Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain                        The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of
    shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with
                                                                                      the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into free
    Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87.
                                                                                      circulation by the customs authorities of the Member State
                                                                                       concerned, to the extent that the available balance so
    2.    The wine in question is subject to observance of the                         permits.
    free-at-frontier reference price.
                                                                                       If .i Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall
    The wine in question shall benefit from this tariff quota on                       return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
    condition that Article 54 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is
    complied with.                                                                     If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                                                                                       balance of the       quota, allocation shall be made on a pro
    3.    Each wine, when imported, shall be accompanied                               rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be
    either by a certificate of designation of origin, issued by the                    informed by the Commission o f t h e - d r a w i n g s Made.
    relevant Algerian authority or, by way of derogation, by a
    document VI1 or a VI 2 extract annotated in compliance
    with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85, in                                                                                        - ?ti<,
    accordance with the model annexed to this Regulation.                                                              Article 4
                               Article 2                                                    Each Menfaer State shall ensure that inporters
                                                                                            of the product concerned have equal and con-
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be administered
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate                                            tinua* access to the quota for such tise a»Y;;
measure with a view to ensuring the efficient administration                                 the residual balance of the quota voUiaf so,/
thereof.                                                       *.                            permits.
                                                                                                                                                     '*'
                              Article 3
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of -                                                         Article 5
entry into free circulation including a request for preferential
benefit for a product covered by this Regulation..and if this                            The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the                                  closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
Member State concerned shall draw, from the tariff quota,                                with.
by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity
corresponding to these needs.
                                                                                                                     Article 6"
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date of
acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
the Commission without delay.
                                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                                States.
                                Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                   15. We hereby certify that the wine described in this certificate is wine produced within the wine district of
                                       ...          and is considered by Algerian legislation as entitled to the designation of origin '
                                      The alcohol added to this wine is alcohol of vinous origin.
                                      Nous certifions que le vin décrit dans ce certificat a été produit dans la zona de              et est reconnu,
                                      suivant la loi algérienne, comme ayant droit à la dénomination d'origine c -              ».
                                      L'alcool ajouté à ce vin est de l'alcool d'origine vinique.
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 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art.120
2.      Base juridique : art. 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du
        Conseil portant ouverture/ et mode de gestion d'un contingent
        tarifaire communautaire de certains vins d'appellation d'origine,
        relevant des codes NC ex 2204 21 25, ex 2204 21 29, ex 2204 21 35
        et ex 2204 21 39, originaires d'Algérie (1990).
4.      Objectif : Exécution d'une oligbation contractuelle (Accord
        CEE/Algérie).
5«      Mode de calcul :
        Volume du contingent : 200 000 hl
        Droit à appliquer : exemption
        Droit du T.D.C.   : 14,5 ECU/hl et 16,9 ECU/hl
                            0 « 15,7 ECU/hl
6*      Perte de recettes :
        La perte de recettes à inscrire pour l'année 1990 s'élève à
        3 140 000 ECU. La perte réelle estimée sur la base des
        importations à prévoir :
        5 628 x 15,7 ECU - 88 360 ECU.
        En 1989 une perte réelle de recettes de 143 489 ECU a été inscrite
 ---pagebreak---               FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté.   L'impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de ce contingent et
il n'aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans la
Communauté.
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- Commission of the European Communities
COM(89) 343 final
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
for certain wine of designated origin, originating in Algeria (1990)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 12.7.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L - 2985 Luxembourg
Series: DOCUMENTS
 1989 — 8 pp. — Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm
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ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-52018-3
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-312-EN-C
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of
a Community tariff quota for certain wine of
designated origin, originating in Algeria (1990)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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