CELEX: 51987PC0614
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Date: 1987-12-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried grapes falling within No 0806 20 11 or 0806 20 19 of the combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                 opening and providing for the administration of a
                      Community tariff quota for dried grapes
                 falling within No 0806 20 11 or 0806 20 19 of the
                      combined Nomenclature and originating in
                                      Cyprus ( 1988 )
                            ( submitted by the Commission )
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                                      NOTE
This proposal allows for the conclusion and implementation from 1 January 1988
of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the
implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an
association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus
and adapting certain provisions thereof .
If this prospect is not realized , the Commission may withdraw this proposal or
amend it for the purpose of adapting it to requirements .
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1. The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Cyprus ,       as
   supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for
   the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an
   association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
   Cyprus and adapting certain provisions thereof , provides for the opening
   of an annual Community tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes for dried grapes in
   immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 15 kg , falling within
   No 0806 20 11 or 0806 20 19 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating
   in Cyprus . However , under Article 18 of the Protocol in question , this
   volume is subject to an annual increase of 5% from the entry into force of
   the Protocol , and will therefore be 1 575 tonnes in 1988 .
2. The proposed tariff arrangements      allow  for the entry   into  force on
   1 January 1988 of
   - the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the
     implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an
     association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
     Cyprus and adapting certain provisions thereof , and
   - the Combined Nomenclature based on the International Convention on the
      Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System .
   If this prospect is not realized , the Commission may withdraw the proposal
   or amend it for the purpose of adapting it to requirements .
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3. In the context of the tariff quota , customs duties are to be abolished
   progressively according to the same timetables and under the same
   conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol .
   Within the limits of the tariff quota , Spain and Portugal will apply
   customs duties calculated in accordance with the provisions of Council
   Regulation ( EEC ) No      / 87 laying down the arrangements applicable to
   trade between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand, and Cyprus , on the
   other .
   The tariff quota should therefore be opened for 1988 .
4. In view of the fact that the entire volume of imports has traditionally
   been placed on the market of just two Member States , it is _ proposed that
   the entire quota volume be held as a Community reserve to which all Member
   States will have access in accordance with the procedure provided for in
   Article 1(2 ) of the proposal for a Regulation .
   As regards the method of administration to be applied by all Member
    States , the Commission proposes the " as and when" system .
    This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
    ANNEX : Proposai for a Régulation
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                                      Proposai for
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No _ / 87
                                      of
      opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
          for dried grapes falling within No 0806 20 11 or 0806 20 19 of the
                    Combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus
                                          ( 1988 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,   and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Agreement establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and Cyprus , as supplemented by the Protocol laying down the
conditions    and procedures for the implementation of the ^econd stage of the
said Agreement and adapting certain provisions thereof , provides for the
opening of an annual duty-free Community tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes for
dried grapes falling within No 0806 20 11 or 0806 20 19 of the Combined
Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus ; whereas , under Article 18 of the
Protocol in question , this volume is subject to an annual increase of 5% from
the entry into force of the Protocol , and will therefore be 1 575 tonnes in
1988; whereas , within the limits of the tariff quota , Spain and Portugal will
apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the provisions of Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No       /87 laying down the arrangements applicable to trad^
between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand , and Cyprus , on the other ;
whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for 1988;
Whereas from the date on which the said quota is opened , the nomenclature used
in the Common Customs Tariff will be replaced by the Combined Nomenclature
based on the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System; whereas this Regulation must take account of that fact by
indicating the Combined Nomenclature codes within which the said products
fall ;
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Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all
Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied
consistently to all M»?mber States until the quota is exhausted ;                  whereas ,
however , the quota should not in . this case be allocated among the Member
States , without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such
quantities as they may need, under conditions and according to the procedure
laid down in Article 112 ); whereas this method of administration requires
close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter
must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used and
inform the Member States accordingly ;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the
Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning the administration of the
quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of
its members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                            Article 1
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988 the customs duty apolicable to imports
into the Community of the following products shall be suspended' at the level
indicated and within the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below :
    Seria *.  I   Combined   |           Description            Amount of | Rate of
      No      | Nomenclature j                               tariff quotajduty (Z )
                                                                ( tonnes )
  09.1413 | 0806 20 11 | Dried grapes in immédiate                1 575         Free
              | 0806 20 19 ( containers of a net capacity
              |              ( not exceeding 15 kg ,
               (             ( originating in Cyprus
 Within the limits of this tariff quota Spain and Portugal shall apply customs
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council
 Regulation ( EEC ) No           / 87 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade
 between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand, and Cyprus , on the other .
 2 . If an importer gives notification of imminent imports of the product in
 question into a Member State and applies to take advantage of the quota , the
 Member      State   concerned     shall  inform   the Commission    and   draw  an   amount
 corresponding to its requirements to the extent that the available balance of
 the reserve so permits .
 3.   The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valic: until the end of
 the quota period .                                     .
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                                   Artide 2
1 . Member States shad take ad appropriate measures to ensure that their
drawings pursuant to Article 1(2 )       enable imports to be charged without
interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota .
2.   Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the product concerned
have free access to the quota for such time as the residual balance of the
quota volume so permits .
3 . Member States shad charge imports of the said goods against their
drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs authorities for
free circulation .
4 . The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be determined on the
basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                    Article 3
At the request of the Commission ,     Member States shall inform it of imports
actually charged against the quota .
                                     Article 4
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that
this Regulation is complied with .
                                     Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
ad Member States .
 Done at Brussels ,
                                             For the Council
                                             The President