CELEX: 51996PC0283
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) modifying Regulation (EC) 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     Brussels, 20.06.1996
                                                     COM(96) 283 final
                                    Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
modifying Regulation (EC) 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of
      Community tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of the
   Commission have examined, in conjunction with the Government experts
   concerned, the question of increasing in 1996 the tariff quota for Ferro-
   chromium.
2. Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic Tariff
   Questions" group meetings, it has been determined that the increase of tariff
   quotas for this product could have the Agreement of the Member States
   without disturbing the markets for such products,
                                     I
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No ..../
                                                        of
   modifying Regulation (EC) 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of
            Community tariff quota for certain agricultural and industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                                             Article I
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                In the Regulation (EC) n° 3059/95 the tabic shown in the
Whereas production in the Community of Ferro-chromium           Annex is replaced, for the order n° 09.2711 by the tabic shown
containing by weight more than 4 % of carbon will remain in     in the Annex of this Regulation.
(he course of 1996 unable to meet the specific requirements of
the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently,                                 A rlick 2
Community supplies of this product will depend to a             This Regulation shall enter into force on the 7th day following
considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas    its publication in the Official Journal of the European
the most urgent Community requirements for the product in       Communities.
question should be met immediately on the most favourable
terms;                                                          It shall be apply from 1 January 1996.
Whereas by Regulation (EC)n°3059/951 the Council opened,        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
for 1996 Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and   applicable in all Member States.
industrial products; whereas the volume of the quota for Ferro-
chromium (Order Nr. 09.2711) should be increased;               Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                            For flic ( 'ouncil
                                                                                                            The President
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   O.J. n° L 326, 30.12.1995, p 19, as amended by Regulation (EC) No. /96 (OJ n° L                , p. )
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 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX
  Orcter   CN Code  Taric                  Description                    Amount oi    Quota        Quota
 Number             Code                                                    Quota   ! f>uty         psrtod
09.2711  7202 41 10       Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 650 000 T  i   0       1.1.1996-
         7202 41 91       % of carbon                                                           31.12.1996
         7201 41 99                                                                          i ,.,. . . . — t J l . - „
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 ---pagebreak---                                      FINANCIAL RECORD
 1.     Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2       Legal basis : Art 28 of the Treaty
3.      Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation modifying Regulation
         (EC) 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quota for
         certain agricultural and industrial products.
4.      Objective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community processing-industries.
5.      Method of calculation :
          Description      Variation on      Variation on   Variation   Variation on   Assessed variation on
                              Quantities     price              on      Quota duty     Duty loss against the
                                 (Unit)      (Ecus/unit)     normal           (%)      preceding Quota period
                                                               Duty                          (Ecus)
                                                               rate
      Ferro-Chromium         + 100 000 T            0            -1,6           0             8 276 800
                           (initial volume : (initial price  (duty rate
                              550 000 T)         1 478)       in 1995:
                                                                  7,2
                                                              in 1996:
                                                                 5,6)
Total loss of duty against the preceding Quota period : 8 276 800 Ecu
Fight against fraude : The provisions concerning the management of tariff quotas stipulate
the necessary measures to assure prevention and protection against fraude and irrégularités.
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