CELEX: 51993PC0129
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                           C0M(93) 129 final
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                                       COUNCIL RFGULATION (EEC)
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                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation is to allow the
importation, free of duty, into the Community of certain
mixtures of malt sprouts and residues from the sifting of
barley, within the limits of a Community tariff quota, for the
period 1 April to 31 December 1993.
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                                                  Proposal for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
       o p e n i n g and p r o v i d i n g f o r t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of Community
                         t a r i f f q u o t a s f o r c e r t a i n m i x t u r e s of
                            malt s p r o u t s and b a r l e y s c r e e n i n g s
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Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a number of the products referred to in Article 1
of this Regulation have qualified for suspension of duty
within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 35 000
tonnes for the period from 1 January to 31 March 1993,
under Council Regulation (EEC) No 470/93 i1';
Whereas it is appropriate to open further Community
tariff quotas, for a total of 85 000 tonnes, for these
and similar products for the period from 1 April to 31
December 1993;
  Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
   Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said
   quotas and to guarantee the uninterrupted application of the
   exoneration from collection of the duties to all imports of
   the products concerned into all Member States until the quota
    has been used up;
     (1) O.J. No L 50 of 2.3.1993, p. 1
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Whereas the decision to open autonomous tariff quotas should
be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency
of a common administration of these quotas, there is, however,
no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the
quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual
imports; whereas this method of administration nevertheless
requires close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform
the Member States accordingly;
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, all transactions concerning the administration of the
quotas may be carried out by any one of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                           Article 1
From 1 April until 31 December 1993, the customs duties and
the agricultural levies applicable to imports of the products
listed below shall be suspended, within the limits of the
Community tariff quotas shown below:
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Order no     CN code (a)       Description                      Amount of
                                                                  quota
09.2903    ex 2309 90 31  Preparation consisting of a         71 000 tonnes
                          mixture of malt sprouts and of
                          barley screenings before the
                          malting process (possibly including
                          other seeds) with barley cleanings
                          after the malting process, and
                          containing by weight 15,5% or more
                          of protein
           ex 2309 90 41  Preparation consisting of a
                          mixture of malt sprouts and of
                          barley screenings before the
                          malting process (possibly including
                          other seeds) with barley cleanings
                          after the malting process, and
                          containing by weight 15,5% or more
                          of protein and not more than 23 % of
                          starch
09.2905    ex 2309 90 31  Preparation consisting of a         14 000 tonnes
                          mixture of malt sprouts and of
                          barley screenings before the
                          malting process (possibly including
                          other seeds) with barley cleanings
                          after the malting process, and
                          containing by weight 12,5% or more
                          of protein
           ex 2309 90 41  Preparation consisting of a
                          mixture of malt sprouts and of
                          barley screenings before the
                          malting process (possibly including
                          other seeds) with barley cleanings
                          after the malting process, and
                          containing by weight 12,5% or more
                          of protein and not more than 28%
                          of starch
 (a) See Taric codes in the Annex.
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                           Article 2
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by
the Commission, which may take any appropriate administrative
measures to ensure that it is managed efficiently.
                           Article 3
Where an importer presents a product covered by Article 1 for
release for free circulation in a Member State, applying to
take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the entry
is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State
concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount
corresponding to its requirements from the appropriate quota
volume.
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without
delay.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological
order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the
Member States concerned accepted the entries for release for
free circulation, to the extent that the available balance so
permits.
If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
return any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as
soon as possible.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available
balance of the quota volume the balance shall be allocated
among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the
Member States of the drawings made.
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                           Article 4
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products
listed in Article 1 have equal and continuous access to the
quota for as long as the balance of the quota volume so
permits.
                           Article 5
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely
to ensure that Articles 1 to 4 of this Regulation are complied
with.
                           Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                  For the Council
                                   The President
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             ANNEX
          Tarie Code
Order No CN code       Taric code
09.2903  ex 2309 90 31 *10
         ex 2309 09 41 *60
09.2905  ex 2309 0 31  *05
         ex 2309 90 41 *50
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                      FINANCIAL RECORD
   Budget line concerned: Chap. 10 art. 100
   Title of the tariff measure concerned
   Proposal for a Council Regulation opening and providing
   for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
   certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings
3. Legal basis: Art. 113 of the Treaty
4. Objective:
   Opening duty-free tariff quotas for the above products.
5. Cost of this measure:
   On the basis of the available information, the cost of
   this operation is expected to be of the order of
   7 000 000 ECU.
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