CELEX: 51988PC0066
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Date: 1988-02-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing a Community supervision for the imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Canary Islands (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                          СOМ(88 ) 66 final
                                          Brussels, 29 February 1988
    agricultural products originating in the Canary Islands
                               ( 1988 )
                  ( submitted by the Commission )
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . In ReyuLation ( EHC ) No . 1391 /87 , Articles 4 and 6 , the Council has
    decided lor tlie folLowmy ayricultural products , oriyinatiny in tne
    Oanary IsLands a proyressive reduction of the custans duties applicanle
    in the liinits of reference quantities with the possibility for the
    Cccimunity to replace in future the facilities oy a system of tanff
    quotas íf ít should anjear that under the preferential system iinported
    quantities exceed , during the course of e detennined year , the reference
    quantities laid down , and if smultaneously these iiaports cause damaye
    on the Conmunity market :
    -    2 100 tonnes avocados , falliny within CN codes 0804 40 10 and
               0804 40 90 ( 1.1 - 31.12 )
           100 tonnes melori4/weigliing 600 grams or less , falling under CN
               code ex 0807 10 90 ( 1.1 - 31.3 ) and
           100 tonnes kiwis , falling under CN code 0810 90 10 ( 1.1 - 30.4 ) ,
2 . If , during a given year and within a pre-established period , the volume
    of imports of one of these products exceeds the reference quantity , tne
    CofTmissiai , having regard to an annual review of trade flows which it
    shall carry out , may , starting from the following year , make tne product
    in question subject to a Community tariff quota , the volume of which
    shall be equal to the reference quantity .
3 . The implementation of the system of " reference quantities " and the
    obligation foreseen to ensure that tne imports benefit under the
    preferential system require the adoption of precise Cannon rules to be
    applied uniformly by all the Member States . These requirements may be
    setting up a Ccumunity system of surveillance of imports originating in
    Canary Islands . To tint end the Memlxsr States must take appropriate
    neasures to permit the rapid collection of statistical returns for the
    whole Conmijnity . In the connection imports of the products in quest ion
    should Ui recorded only as and wnen they are entered with Custans
    autiioritiss for free circulation accompanied by a movement certificate
    conforming to tne iaid down rules of oriyine .
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These amounts will be established by each Member State according to the
following time-scale :
- by 1st July 1988, the amounts set off for products mentioned under
     order nos 17.0003 and 17.0005 ,
-    by 15th October 1988, the cumulative amounts set off for the period
     from 1 January up to 30 September , and by the 15th day of each
     following month those set off during the preceding month , for the
     product mentioned under order No 17.0001 .
The surveillance system will require quick action and close cooperation
between the relevant departments of the Member States and the
Conmissicn . Since the products in question belong to the sensitive
products category and imports at reduced duties may disturb the
Corrrnunity market , it is absolutely essential that all the Member States
observe strictly the abovementioned time limits .
This is the purpose of the attached proposai .
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                                                     Proposai for a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                   establishing a Community supervision for the imports of certain agricultural products
                                                  originating in the Canary Islands £ jjj y "2J
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,                                  ,
                                                                       1.                            Jmports into the Community
                                                                       of certain goods originating in the Canary Islands shall be
                                                                       subject to Community supervision and to annual reference
                                                                       quantities .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1391 / 87
of 18 May 1987 concerning certain adjustments to the                   The description of the goods referred to in the preceding
arrangements applied to the Canary Islands ( ' ), and in               subparagraph , their order numbers, their tariff headings
particular Articles 4 , 6 and 10 thereof,                              and statistical numbers and the levels and periods of
                                                                       application of the reference quantities are indicated in the
                                                                       annexed table .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     2. Quantities shall be charged against the reference
                                                                       quantities as and when products are entered with customs
                                                                       authorities for free circulation and accompanied by a
                                                                       movement certificate.
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 1391 / 87 , the Council
has decided for certain agricultural products, originating in          If the movement certificate is submitted ‘a posteriori’, the
the Canary Islands a progressive reduction of the customs              goods shall be charged against the corresponding reference
duties applicable in the limits of reference quantities with           quantity at the moment when the goods are entered for free
the possibility for the Community to replace in future the             circulation .
facilities by a system of tariff quotas if it should appear that
under the preferential system imported quantities exceed,              The extent to which the reference quantities are used up
during the course of a determined year, the reference                  shall be determined at Community level on the basis of the
 quantities laid down, and if simultaneously these imports             imports charged against them in the manner defined in the
cause damage on the Community market; whereas the                      first subparagraph .
 application of such a system demands that the Community               The Member States shall periodically inform the
 is regularly informed of the development of these imports             Commission of imports effected in accordance with the
 originating in the Canary Islands; whereas it is therefore            above rules; such information shall be supplied under the
 indicated to submit the imports of these products to a                conditions laid down in paragraph 3 .
 system of supervision;
                                                                   The Member States shall forward to the
                                                                    ommission :
                                                                      not later than the 1st July 1988 , the final
                                                                      amounts set off for products mentioned under                  I
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an                 order Nos 17.0003 and 17.0005
 administrative procedure based on setting off imports of             by the 15th October 1988 , the cumulative
the products in question against the reference quantities at          amounts set off for the period from 1 January
Community level , as and when these products are entered              up to 30 September , and by not later than the
 with customs authorities for free circulation ;                      15th day of each following month those set
                                                                      off during the preceding month , for the
                                                                      product mentioned under order No 17.0001 .
                                                                                          Article 2
 Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and The Member States and the Commission shall
 particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States cooperate                 closely to ensure that this Regulation
                                                                   is complied with .
 and the Commission; whereas the latter must, in
                                                                                          Article 3
 particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts set off
 against the reference quantities and keep the Member day          This Regulation shall enter into force on the
 States informed ;
                                                                          of its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                   of the European Communities .
                                                                   It shall apply from 1 January 1988 .
                                                                   lliis Regulation shall be binding in its
                                                                   entirety and directly applicable in all
  ( ' ) OJ No L 133 , 22. 5 . 1987 , p. S.                         Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                    The President
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                                                                   I
 Order     CN              rvDescription
                                  . *·                             R eference quantity
  No       No                                                           - tonnes -
                      Dates , figs pineapples , avocados .
                      guavas , mangoes and mangosteens , fresh or
                      dried :
        0804 40       - Avocados :
17.0001 0804 40 10    – from 1 December to 31 May                           2 100
        0804 40 90    – from 1 june to 30 November
                      Melons ( including watermelons )   and papayas
                      ( papayas ), fresh :
        0807 10       - Melons ( including watermelons ) :
        ex 0807 10 90 – other
17.0003               - Melons each weighing 600 grams or
                             less from 1 January to 31 March                   100
                      other fruit , fresh :
         0810 90      - other :
        ex 0810 90 10 – kiwifruit ( Actinidia Chinensis Planch .)
17.0005               - from 1 january to 30 April                             100