CELEX: 51994PC0437
Language: en
Date: 1994-10-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (1st series 1995)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN CQMVTCJNITIES
                                        C0M(94) 437 final
                                        Brussels, 27.10.1994
                         Proposal for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
       opening and providing for the administration of
         Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
                      and industrial products
                         (1st series 1995)
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       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 opening in 1994 tariff quotas for
       various products.
       Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic
      Tariff" group meetings, it has been determined that the opening of
       tariff quotas for the following products could have the agreement of
       the Member States without disturbing the markets for such products:
      VanadIumoxides                          8  000 T        0%
      Ferro-chromium 6% of carbon          300   000 T        0%
      Sweet cherries                          2  000 T       10%
      Ferro-phosphorus                      35   000 T        0%
      Sour cherries                           2  000 T       10%
      Poly-alpha-oléfin                       5  500 T        0%
      Boysenberries                           1  500 T        0%
      PoI yv i nyIpyr roIi done                  100 T        0%
      Raw Magnesium                           1  800 T        0%
      Raw Magnesium                           1  100 T        0%
      Flat-rolled products                       600 T        0%
      Polyvinyl butyral                       9  000 T        0%
      Magnetrons                           650   000 pièce    0%
      Ferro-chromium 1.5 % of carbon        15   000 T        0%
      Montmor iI Ionite                     1
                                              0  000 T        0%
      4-benzylbiphenyl                           400 T        0%
      Solid extract of wood resin             1  200 T        0%
      Bromochloromethane                         370 T        0%
      1-alkenes                               8  000 T        0%
      3,3-d imethyIbutanone                      750 T        0%
      1-chIoro-3,3-d i me t hyI but anone        550 T        0%
      Mushrooms                                  630 T        0%
      O-Cresol                              13   000 T        0%
      Glutathione                                 15 T        0%
      DiisopropyInaphtalene                    2 000 T        0%
      2,2 isopropyIidene bis                     600 T        0%
      Magnetic heads                        70   000 p ièces  0%
      Glass granulate                             80 T        0%
      Glass face-plate                     650   000 pièces   0%
      Static memory                     40 000   000 pièces   0%
      1,2 Bis (pentabromophenyl) ethane          300 T        0%
      Chlorosulphonated polyethylene           6 000 T        0%
This is the aim of this proposal.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                     Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No          /
                                                     of
                 opening and providing for the administration of Comnunity tariff quotas
                    for certain agricultural and industrial products (1st series 1995)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous
 Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,                 tariff quotas should be taken by the Community ;
                                                                 whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adminis-
                                                                 tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-
                                                                 volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual
                                                                 imports ; whereas, however, this method of administration
 Whereas production in the Community of certain agricul-
                                                                  requires close cooperation between the Member States
 tural and industrial products will remain in the course of
                                                                 and the Commission and the latter must in particular be
1995 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user
 industries in the Community ; whereas, consequently,            able to monitor the rate at which the quotas arc used up
Community supplies of products of this type will depend          and inform the Member States accordingly ;
to a considerable extent on imports from third countries ;
whereas the most urgent Community requirements for
the products in question should be met immediately on
the most favourable terms ; whereas Community tariff
quotas at reduced or at zero duty should therefore be
opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a
period up to                   31 December 1995 taking
account of the need not to disturb the markets for such
products nor the starting out or development of Commu-
nity production ;                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica-                                 Article 1
tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of
the products concerned into all Member States until the
quotas have been used up ;                                      From 1 January 1995 until the date shown in the table
                                                                below, the customs duties applicable to imports into the
                                                               Community of the products listed below shall be
                                                               suspended at the levels and within the limits of the
                                                               Community tariff quotas shown below :
                                                                    2,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                           Amount of      Quota
   Order    CN code                                                                                       duty       End of
                                                       Description                            quota             quota period
     No          (')                                                                       (in tonnes)    (%)
09.2703  ex 2825 30 00    Vanadiumoxidcs and hydroxides, not in the form of powder,       8 000 T           0   31.12.1995
                          exclusively for the production af alloys (a)
092711      7202 41 91    Ferro-chromium c o n u i n i n g by weight more than 6 % of                       0   31.12.1995
                                                                                         300 000 T
            7202 41 99    carbon
092713                    Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not excee-
                          ding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of
                          chocolate products (a) :
         ex 2008 60 19    — with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight                  1    2 000 T 10 + AGR 31.12.1995
         ex 2008 60 39    — with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight          .,                   10
092717   ex 7202 99 19    Ferro-phosphorus c o n u i n i n g by weight 15 % or more of                      0   31.12.1995
                                                                                          35 000 T
                          phosphorus, intended for the manufacture or refined phos-
                          phoric iron or steel (a)
09.2719                   Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a
                          diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the
                          manufacture of chocolate products (a) :
         ex 2008 60 19    — with a sugar content exceeding 9 %                                         10 + AGR
                                                                                           1   2 000 T          31.12. 1 9 9 5
         ex 2008 60 39    -*- with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight                             10
09.2727  ex 3 9 0 2 90 00 Synthetic poly-alpha-olcfin having a kinetic viscosity of not    5 500 T          0   31. 12. 1 9 9 5
                          less than 36 x 1 0 - t m' s"~' (38 centistokes) at 100 ° C .
                          measured using the ASTM D 445 method
09.2729  ex 0811 90 99    Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added           1 500 T     12   31.12. 1995
                          sugar, for the processing industry (a)
09.2731  ex 3905 90 00    Polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles        100 T        0   31.12.1995
                          of which are less than 38 micrometres and which has a solu-
                          bility in water at 25 ° C of less than, or equal to 1 , 5 % by
                          weight and which is intended for the pharmaceutical indus-
                          try (a)
092741   ex 8104 11 00    Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than                                  31.12.1995
                                                                                          1 800 T           0
                          99,95 % in the form of ingots, intended for the manufac-
                          ture of elements used in the nuclear industry (a)
 092744  ex 8104 11 00    Unwrought magnesium having a purity of not less than               1 100 T        0   3 1 . 12. 1 9 9 5
                          99,95 % in the form of ingots, for the manufacture of
                          zirconium sponge (a)
092781   ex 7226 10 91    Flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, cold-rolled,      600 T         0   31.12.1995
                          grain oriented, of a width not exceeding 500 mm, of a thick-
                          ness of 0,23 mm or less, with a nominal magnetic inversion
                          loss rate of 0,8 W/kg or less determined by the Epstein
                          method with a current of 50 cycles and one induction of 1,7
                          testa
09.2791  ex 3905 90 00    Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production          9 000 T      0   3 1 . 12. 1 9 9 5
                          of film for laminated safety glass (a)
                                                                            J
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                        Quota
  Order      CN code                                                                                   Amount                End of quota
                                                               Description                                             duty
    No           (')                                                                                   of quota
                                                                                                                        (%)
                                                                                                                                  period
 092797   ex 8540 41 00    Magnetrons with a power output of not more than 1 000                      650 000            0    31.12.1995
                           W, for the manufacture of microwave ovens (a)                                pieces
09.2799  ex 7 2 0 2 49 90  F e r r o - c h r o m i u m c o n t a i n i n g " more t h a n 1,5X          15 0 0 0 T         0   31.12. 1995
                          b u t n o more t h a n 4% by w e i g h t o f c a r b o n
                           a n d n o t more t h a n 70% of chromium
092809   ex 3802 90 00     Acid-activatcd.montmorillonite for the manufacture of self-                     10 000 T        0   3 1 . 12. 1 9 9 5
                           copy paper (a)
09.2811  ex 2902 90 90     4-benzylbiphenyl                                                                   400          0   3 1 . 12 1 9 9 5
09.2829  ox 3823 90 98     Solid extract of the residual insoluble in aliphatic solvents                    1 200          0   31. 1 2 . 1 9 9 5
                           obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having
                           the following characteristics :
                           — a resin acid content by weight not exceeding 30 %
                          — an acid number not exceeding 110, and
                          — a melting point of not less than 100 ° C
092837   ex 2903 40 98     Bromchloromcthane                                                              370 T            0   31.12. 1995
09.2841  ex 2712 90 90     Blend of 1-alkenes containing by weight 80 % or more of                          8 000 T .      0   31.12.1995
                           1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms
                                                                                                                     1       1
09.2845  ex 2914 19 00    3,3-Dimethylbutanone                                                                750 T        0   31.12. 1995
09.2847  ex 2914 70 90     1 -Chloro-3,3-Dimethylbutanone                                                     550 T        0   31.12.1995
09.2849  ex 0710 80 60    Mushrooms o f t h e s p e c i e s Auricular la p o l y t r l c h a ,             630 T           0   31.12. 1995
                          e i t h e r s t e a m e d , b o i l e d or f r o z e n , for the manu-
                          f a c t u r e or prepared meals ( a ) ( b )
09.2851  ex 2907 12 00    O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98.5 %                              13 0 0 0 T         0   31.12. 1995
09.2853  ex 2930 90 80    Glutathione                                                                           15 T       0   31.12. 1995
09.2857  ex 2902 90 90     Diisopropylnaphtalene, mixed isomers                                         2 000 T            0   31.12. 1995
092859   ex 2929 49 90     2,2 isopropylidene-bis(/>-phenyIeneoxydiethanol) solid                form     600 T            0   31.12. 1995
 09.2863 ex 8473 30 90     Thin-film magnetic heads of Winchester technology                               70 000         0    31.12. 1995
                           (microsliders) capable of recording to a density of 78                          pieces
                           tracks or more per millimetre, for the incorporation in
                           hard disc storage units with a n external disc diameter not
                           exceeding 8,89 cm (3,5 inches) (a)
                                                                                          H
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                      Quota
 Order             CN code                                                                                             Amount
                                                                                                                                      duty
                                                                                                                                           r.nd of quota
                                                                         Description                                   of quota                period
   No                   (')                                                                                                           {%)
09.2867         ex 3207 40 90         Glass granulate, conuining by weight :                                         80 tonnes         0   31 12. 1995
                                      — 73 % or more but not more than 77 % of silicon
                                           dioxide,
                                      — 12 % or more but not more than 18 % of diboron
                                           trioxide and
                                      — 4 % or more but not more than 8 % of polyethylene
                                           glycol
092871          ex 7011 20 00                                                                                       650 000            0   31. 12. 1995
                                       Glass face-plate:
                                                                                                                        pieces
                                      — with a diagonal measurement of 723 mm ( ± 3 mm)
                                          and of dimensions of 602 x 477 mm ( ± 2 mm), for
                                          the manufacture of colour cathode-ray tubes (a)
09.2873         ex 8542 11 23         Static random access memory of C-MOS technology                               40 000 000         0   31. 12. 1995
                                      (CMOS SRAM), with a storage capacity of 32 K x 8 bits                             pieces
                                      and an access line exceeding 55 ns, in the form of a
                                      monolithic integrated circuit, contained in a housing the
                                      exterior dimensions of which do not exceed 17 x 39
                                      mm. with not more than 32 connections and bearing :
                                      — an identification marking consisting of or including
                                           one of the following combinations of figures and
                                           letters :
                                           KM 62256                M5M 5256           PD 43256
                                      — other identification markings relating to devices
                                           complying with the abovementioned description
09.2877         ex 2903 69 00          1,2-Bis(penubromophenyl)ethane                                               300 tonnes         0   31. 12. I99Ç
09.2881         ex 3901 90 00         Chlorosulphonated polyethylene                                                 6 o :00 X        0       31. 12. 1995
 (') See Taric codes in the Annex.
 (a) Checks on the.r prescribed end use shall be carried pursuant to the relevant Community p r o v i n s
 (1,) > W W
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                                      ™     • " 0 * " ' " * « * l « ™ « i n , » earned ou, by rcta,. o, cater.ng u n d e r t a l ^ s
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 ---pagebreak---                             Article 2                              for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai-
                                                                   lable balance so permits.
 The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed       If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
 by the Commission, which may take any appropriate                 return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
 administrative measures to ensure that they arc managed           volume as soon as possible.
 efficiently.
                                                                   If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                                                                  balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo-
                                                                  cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall
                                                                  inform the Member States of the drawings made.
                           Article 3
                                                                                             Article 4
Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this
 Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member          Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran-      products in question have equal and continuous access to
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho-          the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the        volume so permits.
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi-
rements from the appropriate quota volume.
                                                                                             Article 5
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission             The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
without delay.                                                    closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chrono-                                       Article 6
logical order of the dates on which the customs authori-
ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                           <r
 ---pagebreak---                   ANNEX
              TARIC codes
Order Nos. CN codes       TARIC codes
09.2703    6X2825  30 00  *10
09.2711      7202  41 91
             7202  41 99
09.2713    6X2008  60 19  *10
           ex2008  60 39  *11
09.2717    6X7202  99 19  *19
09.2719    ex2008  60 19  •20
           6X2008  60 39  *20
09.2727    6X3902  90 00  *95
09.2729    6X0811  90 99  *10
09.2731    6X3905  90 00  *94
09.2741    6X8104  11 00  *30
09.2744    6X8104  11 00  *40
09.2781    6X7226  10 91  *20
09.2791    6X3905  90 00  *91
09.2797    6X8540  41 00  *91
09.2799    6X7202  49 90  *10
09.2809    6X3802  90 00  *10
09.2811    6X2902  90 90  *50
09.2829    6X3823  90 98  *50
09.2837    6X2903  40 98  *10
09.2841    6X2712  90 90  *30
09.2845    6X2914  19 00  *20
09.2847    ex2914  70 90  *10
09.2849    6X0710  80 60  *10
09.2851    6X2907  12 00  *10
09.2853    6X2930  90 80  *16
09.2857    6X2902  90 90  *80
09.2859    6X2929  49 90  *10
09.2863    6X8473  30 90  *80
09.2867    ex3207  40 90  *30
09.2871    6X7011  20 00  *70
09.2873    6X8542  11 23  *26
09.2877    6X2903  69 00  *20
09.2881    6X3901  90 00  *94
 ---pagebreak---    FINANCIAL RECORD
   1.        Budget        I I n e concerned : Chap. 12 A r t . 120
   2.        Legal b a s i s : A r t . 28 of the Treaty
   3.        T i t l e o f the t a r i f f measure concerned : Proposal f o r a Council
            R e g u l a t i o n opening and p r o v i d i n g f o r the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of Community
             t a r i f f quotas f o r c e r t a i n a g r i c u l t u r a l and i n d u s t r i a l products ( 1 s t
            s e r i e s 1995).
   4.       Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply f o r Community u s e r -
             industries.
   5.       Method o f c a l c u l a t i o n :
Description of                Quantities     Price        Normal              Quota duty             Duty-loss
 the products                              (ECU/unit)        rate ( i n X)      ( i n X)              ( i n ECUS)
Vanadiumoxldes                   8 000 T      5 104            5.5                  0                2 245 760
Ferro-chromium                300 000 T        1 478           8                    0               35 472 000
   6X of carbon
Sweet cherries                   2 000 T       1 963          32                  10                      863 720
Ferro-phosphorus                35 000 T         245           5                    0                     428 750
Sour c h e r r i e s             2 000 T      1 960           32                  10                      862 400
Poly-alfo-                       5 500 T      3 766           12.5                  0                2 589 125
   olefines
Boysenberries                    1 500 T      5 104            5.5                  0                     421 080
Polyvinylpyrro-                    100 T      3 465           12.5                  0                      43 312
   I i done
Flat-rolled                        600 T      2 362                                                        85 032
   products
Polyvinyl     butyral            9 000 T      4 064           12.5                                   4 572 000
Ferro-chromium                  15 000 T      1 416            8                                     1 699 200
       1.5X
MontmoriIlonite                 10 000 T         728           5.7                                        414 960
4-benzylbiphe-                     400 T     16 914            6.3                                        426 232
   nyl
Rosin from wood                  1 200 T J    1 214            4.6                                         67 012
                                         I
Bromochloro-                       370 T j    2 958            7,4                                         80 990
  methane
1-alkenes                        8 000 T        926            4.4                                       325 952
 ---pagebreak---   Description of          Quantities    Price    Normal       Quota duty  Duty-loss
   the products                       (ECU/unlt)  rate (in X)   (in X)     (in ECUS)
  3.3-0imethylbu—               750 T     6 117      7.1                     325 730
      tanone
  1-chloro—3,3—                 550 T    3 704       6.6                      134 455
    d ime thyIbutanone
  Mushrooms                    630 T    20 837     18                     2 362 915
  O-cresol                  13 000 T      1 036     2.1                      282 828
  Glutathione                    15 T  299 248      7.6                      341 142
  Di isopropylnaph-          2 000 T      1 102     6.3                      138 852
    talene
 mixed isomers
 2,2- isopropyIi-              600 T     4 032      6.6                      159 667
          dene bis
 ChIorosuIphonoted           6 000 T     3 645     12.5                   2 733 750
   polyethylene
 Magnesium                   1 800 T     7 541      5.3                      719 411
 Magnesium                   1 100 T     7 541      5.3                      439 640
 Magnetrons              650 000 p.          24     5.1                      795 600
 Magnetic heads            70 000 T          66     4                        184 800
 Glass granulate                80 T     6 246      3.7                        18 488
 Glass face-plate          650 000 p.        11     7                       500 500
 Static memory         40 000 000 p.          3    14                    16 800 000
 1.2 Bis (pento-               300 T     2 100      7.6                       47 880
   bromophenyl)
   ethane
Total duty loss: 76 583 183 Ecus:
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