CELEX: 51992PC0546
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen peas originating in Sweden (1993)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         C0M(92) 546 f i n a l
                                         B r u s s e l s , 15 December 1992
                           Proposal  for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     opening and providing for the administration of a
           Community t a r i f f quota for frozen peas
                    originating i n Sweden
                                (1993)
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    The Agreement in form of an exchange of letters between the
       European Economic Community and Sweden concerning
      agriculture and fisheries, approved by the Council Decision
      of 15 September 1986 (1), provides for the opening of an
      annual Community tariff quota of 6 000 tonnes for frozen
      peas falling within subheading ex 07.02 B of the Common
      Customs Tariff and originating in Sweden. The rate of duty
      to be applied under this tariff quota is reduced to 6% to
      the import of this product within the Community.
2.    The purpose of this proposal is to implement the tariff
      quota for the period 1st January to 31 December 1993.
      Account is taken of the entry into force on 1st January
      1988 of the Combined Nomenclature in place of the Common
      Customs Tariff.
3.    The proposal does not provide for the quota volumes to be
      allocated among the Member States, which will make drawings
      from the quota volumes to cover actual imports.
(1) O.J. No. L 328 Of 22.11.1986, p. 89
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                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                           192
                                                  of
                  opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                                       frozen peas originating in Sweden (1993
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the decision for the opening, i n the execution of
                                                                   i t s international obligations, of t a r i f f
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                 quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to
thereof,                                                          ensure the efficiency of a common administrât ion of these
                                                                  quotas, there i s no reasonable obstacle to authorising
                                                                  the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the
                                                                  necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                whereas this method of administration requires close
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic                cooperation between the Member States and the Commission
Community and the Kingdom of Sweden was concluded                 and the latter must i n particular be able to monitor the
on 22 July 1972; whereas following the accession of                rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the
Spain and Portugal to the Community, an Agreement in              Member States accordingly;
the form of an Exchange of Letters has been concluded
and approved by Council Decision 86/558/EEC (') ;
                                                                        Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
Whereas the said Agreement provides for the opening of                  the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
a 6 000-tonne Community tariff quota at a reduced rate of               are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
duty for frozen peas originating in Sweden                              Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis-
                                   ; whereas, therefore, the            tration of this quota may be carried out by any one of its
tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 1              members,
January to 31 December 1993;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid
                                                                                                Article 1
down for the quota should be applied consistently to all
imports until the quota is exhausted ;                                  1. From 1 January to 31 December 1993 the customs
                                                                       duty applicable to imports of the following products
                                                                       originating in Sweden, shall be suspended at the level
                                                                       indicated and within the limits of a Community tariff
                                                                       quota as shown below:
                                                                                                       Amount
     Order No        CN code                              Description                                  of quota      Quota duty
                                                                                                     (in tonnes)        (%)
 09.0613            0710 21 00  Frozen peas originating in Sweden                                       6 000
                ex 0710 2900Q                                                                                           6
                                                                                                                                  !
 O T»ric code 0710 29 00 ' 10.
 {') OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 89.
 ---pagebreak--- 1
    2P The Protocol on thé definition of the concept of
   originating products and on methods of administrative
   cooperation, annexed to the Agreement between the
   European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
   Sweden shall be applicable.
                              Article 2
    If an importer presents, in a Member State, a declaration
   for release for free circulation, including a request for
   preferential -benefit for a product covered by this
   Regulation and if this declaration is accepted by the
   customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall
   inform the Commission and draw an amount corre-
   sponding to its requirements from the quota amount, j
   The drawing requests, with indication of the date of I
   acceptance of the said declarations, must be transmitted '
   to the Commission without delay.
   The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by
   reference to the date of acceptance of the declarations for i
   release for free circulation by the customs authorities of !
   the Member State concerned to the extent that the
   available balance so permits.
   If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
   shall return them as soon as possible to the quota
   amount.
   If the quantities requested are greater than the available,
   balance of the quota amount, allocation shall be made on
   a pro rata basis with respect to the request. Member States
   shall be informed by the Commission thereof.
                             Article 3
  Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
  products concerned have equal and continuous access to
  the quota for such time as the residual balance of the'
  quota volume so permits.
                             Article 4
 Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
 closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
 with.
                            Article 5
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 199 3
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                              For the Gommai
                                                                The Pnsidem
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 ---pagebreak---       FINANCIAL RECORD
      1.       Budget Une oonoerned : Chap. 12 art. 120
      2.       Legal basis : art. 113 of the Treaty
     3.        Title of the tariff measure oonoerned : Proposal for a
               Council Regulation opening and providing for the
               administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen peas
               originating in Sweden (1993).
     4.       Objective : Fulfilment of contractual obligations between
              EEC/Sweden.
     5.       Method of calculation :
              -  CN codes:                         0710 21 00 and ex 0710 29 00
              -  volume of the quota: 6 000 tonnes
              -  duty to be applied:                6 %
              -  normal duty:                      18 %
     6.       Duty-loss :
              - unit value (ecus) :                858
              - total value (eous):                5 148 000
              - Loss (ecus):                       617 760 ecus
Oonpared with 1992, decreased loss of 26 415 eous.
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