CELEX: 51991PC0515
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Council Regulations ( EEC ) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 and 3163/91 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Jordan, Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt ( 1992 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(91)515  final
                                              Brussels, 13 December 1991
                                   Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
        amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 and 3163/91
                   opening and providing for the administration of
                         Community tariff quotas for certain
                         agricultural products originating in Jordan,
                  Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992)
                            (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   By Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91 No 1910/91 and 3163/91 the Council
opened Community tariff quotas at a reduced rate» of duty or duty free for
the following products and quantities in particular:
     300 tonnes, 50 tonnes, 17 000 tonnes and 65 tonnes of cut flowers and
     flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes,
     fresh, falling within CN code 0603 10, originating respectively in
     Morocco, Jordan, Israel and Cyprus (1 November to 31 October),
  -  86 000 tonnes of tomatoes, fresh or chilled, failing within
     CN code ex 0702 00 10, originating In Morocco (15 November to
     31 October), of which 15 000 tonnes in April,
     293 000 tonnes, 7 000 tonnes, 103 242 tonnes and 1 051 tonnes of
     oranges, fresh, falling within CN code ex 0805 10, originating
     respectively in Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia (1 July to 30 June
     for Israel and Egypt, 1 July to 15 October for Morocco and 1 May to
     30 June for Tunisia),
     14 200 tonnes of mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
     Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh, falling within
     CN code ex 0805 20, originating in Israel (1 July to 30 June), and
     9 500 tonnes of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90,
     originating in Israel (1 November to 31 May).
2. By Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3416/91 of 25 November 1991 on certain
residual duties applicable in 1991 in the framework of the successive
reductions in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
the residual duties, applicable to imports into the Community of Ten of
certain agricultural products from Spain and Portugal, shall be suspended
totally, as from 29 november 1991. The same concession should be accorded
 to the same products originating in certain third countries of the
Mediterranean.
3.   Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 on the
élimination in two stages of certain customs duties applied in trade
between the Community of ten and Spain and Portugal under the Mediterranean
Agreements, the residual customs duties applicable to products from Spain
and Portugal will be eliminated in two oqusi instalments on 1 January 1992
 and 1 January 1993.
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Furthermore, by Council Regulation (EEC) No    /91 of ... 1991 amending the
arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural
products originating In Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta,
Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or Yugoslavia, the Community unilaterally extended
the same concession to products of the same kind originating in those
Mediterranean non-member countries.
4.  Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No .../91 the volumes of the
tariff quotas in question are to be increased in equal annual instalments
of 3 or 5% from 1 January 1992.  Since, however, the crop year or the quota
period for these products started before that date, the volume of this
increase should be set on a case-by-case basis taking account of the
seasonal nature of Imports and the average imports of each of these
products during the same periods in 1989 and 1990.  The rates of the quota
duties and the quota volumes should therefore be modified accordingly.
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91
        and No 3163/91 opening and providing for the administration
                   of Community tariff quotas for certain
                    agricultural products originating in  Jordan,
             Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992)
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 by Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91,1 No 1910/912 and No 3163/913
the Council opened Community tariff quotas at a reduced rate of duty or
duty free for the following products and quantities thereof in particular:
    300 tonnes, 50 tonnes, 17 000 tonnes and 65 tonnes of cut flowers and
    flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes,
    fresh, falling within CN code 0603 10, originating respectively in
    Morocco, Jordan, Israel and Cyprus (1 November to 31 October),
  - 86 000 tonnes of tomatoes, fresh or chilled, falling within
    CN code ex 0702 00 10, originating in Morocco (15 November to
    31 October), of which 15 000 tonnes in April,
    293 000 tonnes, 7 000 tonnes, 103 242 tonnes and 1 051 tonnes of
    oranges, fresh, falling within CN code ex 0805 10, originating
    respectively in Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia (1 July to 30 June
    for Israel and Egypt, 1 July to 15 October for Morocco and 1 May to
    30 June for Tunisia),
 t   0J No L 144, 8.6.1991, p.3.
a    0J No L 170, 29.6.1991, p.8.
3    OJ No L 300, 31.10.1991. p.3,
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     14 200 tonnes of mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
     Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh, falling within
     CN code ex 0805 20, originating in Israel (1 July to 30 June), and
     9 500 tonnes of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90,
     originating in Israel (1 November to 31 May);
Whereas by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3416/91 of 25 November 1991 on
certain residual duties applicable in 1991 in the framework of the
successive reductions in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, the residual duties, applicable to imports into the Community of
Ten of certain agricultural products from Spain and Portugal, shall be
suspended totally, as from 29 november 1991; whereas the same concession
should be accorded to the same products originating in certain third
countries of the Mediterranean (1).
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 on
the elimination in two stages of certain customs duties applied in trade
between the Community of ten and Spain and Portugal under the Mediterranean
Agreements (2), the residual customs duties applicable in 1991 to products
from Spain and Portugal will be eliminated in two equal instalments on
1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993; whereas, furthermore, by Council
Regulation (EEC) No .../91 of ... 1991 amending the arrangements for
 imports into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or
Yugoslavia (3), the Community unilaterally extended the same concession to
products of the same kind originating in those Mediterranean non-member
countries; whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No .../91 the
volumes of the tariff quotas in question are to be increased in equal
annual instalments of 3 or 5% from 1 January 1992; whereas, however, the
crop year or the quota period for these products started before that date,
the volume of this increase should be set on a case-by-case basis taking
account of the seasonal nature of imports and the average imports of each
of these products during the same periods in 1989 and 1990; whereas the
rates of customs duty and the volumes of the quotas in question should
therefore be modified and set at the levels indicated for each in Articles
1, 2 and 3 of this Regulation,
 (1) 0J No L 324, 26.11.1991, p. 11.
(2) OJ No L      ,           . p.
 (3) OJ No L     ,           , p.
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          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                              Article 1
          Regulation (EEC) No 1551/91 is hereby amended as follows:
          The table in Article 1 Is replaced by the following table:
i         1            r
|Order to |    CN code            Description                          Origin | Anoint of j             Quota duty
                                                                              | auota       j              00
!         I                                                                   | (in tonnes) |
                                                                   i.         L
                        Fresh cut f \atmn end f[omr buds of o kind                         \Frm 1 Ktovsnber to 26 r&Msrter
i         Î              suitable for ornementa! purposes:                                 |1991 : 4.2
jœ.1114 fOSQS 10 51     - Fran 1 Nansnbsr to 31 My                  iMoreoco         307   |Fros 29 hbvwte-r to
I         !œœ 1053                                                                         J31 Doeanter 1991: 0
(09.1152 JQ503 10 55                                                 Jordan         51.5    JFrerrc 1 January to 31 October
!œ,13Q6 JO30B1O61                                                    Israel      17 421     \m& 0
          jceceioto
          |0803 1 0 ©
 |C9.142D |                                                                                  Fran 1 hfcMsrber to
                                                                                              31 Deosnber 1991: 10.8
           10605 1011      Fran 1 Jwe to 31 October                                           Fran 1 «January to 31 My
           |08Q3 10 13                                                                        1992: 5.4
           |06CB10 15                                                                       \Ftm 1 Juns to
           |0@03 10 21                                                                        31 October 1992: 7.6
           |O80S1O25
           {0903 10 29
                                                              Article 2
           Regulation (EEC) No 1910/91 is hereby amended as follows:
            In the table in Article 1 the following order numbers are amended as
            foI Iows:
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i
lOrxfer Ko     CNcods                 Description                          Origin Guota \*>l»ms            Rate of
                (a)                                                               (in tames)
                                                                                                                              H
     (1)        (2)                         (3)
          4
                                                                                                                               I
lœ.1117     ex 0732 00 10 Tanatoss fresh or chi I led, fran                                     - from 15 hfcMsnber to        H
                           15 Nomber 1991 to 30 April 1992                                          31 Decsrber: 3.6 KON
                                                                                                    BU 0.6/100 kg/bet
                                                                                                - f ran 1 January to
                                                                                                    29 February:
                                                                                                    BUO.I/WOka/iet 1
                                                                                                - f r a n l lybrch to30April:
                                                                                                    2.4 MM BU 0.3/100 kg/het
                           Of which:
I09.1118    ex 0732 00 10 Tanatoss, fresh or chi I led, from             |Mxccco     15 903      2.4 MM
                           1 to 30 April 1992                                                    EEU 0.4/100 kg/net
                                                                                                                              H
  09.1323      C605 10 11 Fresh oranges, from 1 July 1991 to              Israel    301 579
               0305 10 15 30 Jure 1992                                    Egypt       7100       2.8
               0305 10 19
  09.1737      0905 10 21
               O3C5 10 25                                                                        )0
               0905 10 29
               0905 10 31
               0905 10 35                                                                        )0
               0905 10 39
                                                                                                        f ran 16 October to
               0905 10 41                                                                              31 Decerber 1991: 6.6
               090510 45                                                                                f ran 1 January to
               0905 10 49                                                                              31 March 1992: 3.3
                                                                                                      ' fran1 July to
            ex 0605 10 70                                                                               15 October 1991: 5.0
                                                                                                        fran 1 Apr! I to
                                                                                                        30 June 1992: 2.5
                                                                                                      • f ran 16 October to
                                                                                                        31 Deosnber 1991: 6.6
            ex 0905 10 90                                                                             • f ran 1 January to
                                                                                                        31 March 1992: 3.3
 109.1121      0905 10 21 Fresh oranges, f ran 1 July to                            201 910
  09.1207      090510 25 15 October 1991, from 1 January to               Tunisia    24 954
               0905 10 29 31 March 1992. end fran1 May to 30 J u l 1992
               0905 10 31
               0905 10 35
               0905 10 39
            ex 0905 10 41
            ex 0905 10 45                                                                          fran1 January
            ex 0905 10 49                                                                          to 31 March 1992: 3.3
            ex 0905 10 70                                                                       | - f ran 1 Apr 11 to
                                                                                                    30 June 1992: 2.5
            ex 0905 10 90                                                                        — f ran 1 January to
                                                                                                    31 March 1992: 3.3
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i           r—                 1                                     •—         i               —i                       r—                                  i
I (D       |           (2)     |                   (3)                          |         (4)       |       (5)          |                   (6)             |
109.1325   jex 0335 20 10 JMndorlns (including tangerines and                    j Israel           j H 619               | ( - fran 1 July to 31 Decenber    |
|           |exOBQ5 20 30 |satsunas); cltmentines, wi I kings                     |                   J                    | ( 1991:6.6                        |
j          jex 0805 20 50 jand shni 1er citrus hybrids, fresh,                  j                   j                     j ( - fran 1 January to 30 Juie    j
|           jex 0805 2070 jfran 1 July 1991 to30 J i m 1992                      j                   j                    | ( 1992:3.3                        |
|           |ex 0905 20 90 |                                                     I              I            I                                                I
                                                                                                                 0
|           jex 0805 20 90 |MinneolaB, fresh, fran 1 July 1991                   I          I           I                                                     I
|           |                   | to 30 June 1992                                 I             I            I                                                 I
 |09.1125   |ex 0905 20 10 |Mndarins (Including tangerines end                  |Marocco | 48 933                         | ( - fran 1 January to 30 Jure    |
 |          |exO905 20 30 |satsuras); clsrantlnss, wi I kings                     |                   |                    | ( 1992:3.3                        |
 |          |ex 0B05 20 50 |cnd sknilor citrus hybrids, fresh,                    I                   I                    |(                                  I
 |          |ex 0B35 20 7D |from 1 January to 30 Jine 1992                          I             I            I                                                 I
 |           |ex 0905 20 901                                                        I             I            I                                                 I
                                                                                                                     0
 |           | ex 0905 20 90 |Mtmeolas, fresh, fran 1 January                      I          I           I                                                     I
 |           |                  | to 30 Juw 1992                                   I             I            I                                                 I
 (a) See Taric codes in the Annex.
(1) This specific custom duty Is only levied when it «weeds 2k 3i VQfaTOD.
                                                                        Article 3
           Regulation (EEC) No 3163/91 is hereby modified as follows:
           The table in Article 1 is replaced by the following table
 i                 1                   1               1                              1                           1                                     1
 |0rder Kb        |CN code (a)          | Description   |   Period                      | Amount of quota |                  Quota duty CO                 I
 t              i             l             l                                         I (tomes)                   j                                      |
 |09.1329         jex 0907 10 90      JMslcns          j 1.11.1991 to 31.5.1992       j    9 623                  j - f r a n 1.11 to 28.11.1991: 4.9 j
 |       |                            j                j                              j                           j - f r a n 29.11 to 31.12.1991 :3,6|
 j                i            l             l                                        j                           |-fran 1.1 to 31.5.1992 : 0           |
 I                 1                   1                1                              I                           I                                     I
 (a) Taric codes:
   09.1329          ex 0937 10 90 O907 10 90(*)12
                                      080710 90(*)13
                                      O9071090(*)M
                                      0907 10 90(*)23
                                      090710SO(*)24
                                      09Q71090(*)31
                                      03D7 10 90(*)33
                                      O3Q710 90(*)34
                                      090710 90(*)43
                                      OB07X)90(*)44
                                                                        Article 4
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
           Official Journal of the European Communities.
              It shall be applicable from 29 November 1991.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
            a 11 Member States.
            Done at Brussels,
                                                                             For the CounciI
                                                                             The President
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                                                       FINANCIAL STATEMENT
           1.    Budget heading: Chapter 12, Article 120
           2.    Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty
           3.    Title of the tariff measure: Proposition for a Council Regulation
                 amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1551/91, No 1910/91 and 3163/91
                 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                 for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Morocco, Jordan,
                 Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992)
           4.    Aim: Amendment of tariff measures already in force to take account of
                 the entry into application of the New Mediterranean Policy on
                 1 January 1992
           5.    C a l c u l a t i o n method:
rTOOUCt               OX cods          Origin             Proposed  Dub/ to be  Qt duties AMsrags   Further
description                                   vol uns     velum     cpplied          X    estimated loss of
                                              of quota    of quota      %                 price in  revenue (EEU)
                                               in tomes   in                              Eayt
Flowers, fresh         0X33 10 11 to tA            300        307     0          17         4022        24 524
                       69              JO           50.0       51.5   0         24          4022         4349
                                        IL      17 000     17 421                           4Q22     1 826 642
                                       or           65         65      5.4       17         30Q0            760
                                                                      7.6       24
 Tanatoss, fresh       ex 0702 00 10 MK         86 GOO     87 752                11           749      611 237
Oranges, fresh         ex 0905 10       IL    293 000     301 579   0 2.9      013            353    2 153 0*1
                                       BS        7 000      7100    0 2.9      013            296       40 285
                                       MK     103 242     201910    0 2.9         5           391      810 162
                                       TU        1051      24954    0 2.9         5           393      197 271
Mndarins, fresh        ex 0905 20      VL       14 200     H 619       3.3      20          1 533      413 372
                                       MK                  48 933      3.3      20            516      176 764
Mslcns                 sxO907 1090 IL            9500       9623       2.4       11         1 407      545 412
           6.    Loss of revenue
                 The additional loss of revenue will be ECU 6 803 819.
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