CELEX: 51983PC0068
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus (1983) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                   COM(83)   68 final
                                                                   Brussels,      15 February 1983
                                                     Proposal f or a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   opening, a l l o c a t i n g and provi di ng for t he a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
                   of a Community t a r i f f quota f or c a r r o t s f a l l i n g within
                   subheading ex 07.01 G I I of t he Common Customs T a r i f f ,
                                    o r i g i n a t i n g in Cyprus (1983)
                         (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C O M (8 3 ) 68 final
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
A r ti c le 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3746/81 laying down the
arrangements applicable to trade with the Republic of Cyprus
beyond 31 December 1981 'provides for tne period 1 . 4 . to 15.5 .i9 8 o
for the opening of a Community t a r i f f quota for the importation
into the Community of 2 300 tonnes of c a r r o t s , o r ig in a t in g in
Cyprus, f a l l i n g within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common
Customs T a r i f f .
The customs duty applicable within the l i m i t s of t h i s quota
i s equal to 40% of the duty a c t u a l l y applied to t h ir d c ou n t r ie s .
Accordingly the t a r i f f quota in question should be opened. · ■ '
As for the method of administration to be applied by a l l Member
S t a t e s , the Commission proposes the "greyhound" system.
This is the subject-matter of the proposal annexed hereto.
 ANNEX :       1 proposal for a Regulation (EEC) of the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                                                      Proposal for a
                                          C O U N C IL R E G U L A T IO N (EEC)
               o p e n in g , a llo ca tin g and p rovid in g for the ad m in istra tio n o f a C o m m u n ity tariff
               q u ota for carrots fa llin g w ith in su b h ead in g ex 07.01 G II o f th e C o m m o n
                                       C u stom s T ariff a n d o rig in a tin g in Cyprus (198])
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 Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 3746/81                                    laying down the ar­
 rangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31
 December 1981 (') f as amended by
  Regulation (EEC) No 3532/82 ( 2 ) ,
                          provides, for the period 1 April to
  15 May 1982, for the opening of a Community tariff
  quota of 2 300 tonnes of carrots, falling within sub­
  heading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff
  and originating in Cyprus, at a rate of customs duty
  equal to 40 % of the customs duty in the Common
  Customs Tariff ; whereas the Community tariff quota
  should therefore be opened for this period ;
  Whereas it is lier essai y, in particular, to ensure tn all
  Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
  to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli­
  cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all
  imports of the products concerned into all Member
  States, until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
  however, since the period of application of the quota is
 very short, it seems possible to avoid allocating ft
 among the Member States, without prejudice to the
 drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as
 they may need, in the conditions and according to the
 procedure specified in Article 1 (2) ; whereas this
 method of management requires close cooperation
 between the Member States and the Commission ;
 whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to
monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and
inform the Member States thereof ;
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 rela­
ting to the administration of the shares allocated to
that economic union may be carried out by any one of
its members ;
 (1) 0J No L 374, 30.12.1981, p. 4
 (2) 0J No L 371, 30.12 .1982, p. 2.
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  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                         Article 1
  1.    From 1 April to 15 May 1982, the Common
  Customs Tariff duty for carrots falling within sub­
  heading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff
  and originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at 6-8 %
  within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 2 300
  tonnes.
  Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall
  apply the customs duties calculated in accordance with
  the relevant provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession
  and the Protocol of Adaptation.
 The Protocol on the definition of the concept of ‘origi­
  nating products’ and on methods of administrative
  cooperation (J), annexed to the Additional Protocol to
  the Agreement between the European Economic
  Community and Cyprus, shall be applicable.
2.     If an importer notifies an imminent importation
of the product in question in a Member State and
requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State
concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an
amount corresponding to these requirements to the
extent that the available balance of the reserve permits
this.
3. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall
be valid until the end of the quota period.
                         Article 2
 1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures
to ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2)
are carried out in such a way that imports may be
charged without interruption against their accumulated
shares of the Community quota.
 2.     Each Member State shall ensure that importers of
 the said goods have free access to the quota so long as
 the residual balance of the quota volume allows this.
(1)     0J L 3 3 9 , 2 8 . 1 2 . 1 9 7 7 , p . U.
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3. Member States shall charge imports of the said                                  Article 4
goods against their shares as and when the goods are
entered for free circulation.                               The Member States and the Commission shall colla­
4. The extent to which the quota has been                   borate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
exhausted shall be determined on the basis of the           complied with.
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
                       Article 3                                                    Article 3
At the request of the Commission, Member States
shall inform it of imports actually charged against the      This  Regulation    shall  enter into     force on    1
quota.                                                       Apr i l     198 3 „
             This Regulation shall be binding in its    tirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                      For the Counci l
                                                                      The Pr e s i d e n t