CELEX: 51988PC0792
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of unilateral tariff quotas for coffee, unroasted and not free of caffeine, and cocoa beans, whole or broken (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                             COM ( 88 ) 792 final
                                                              Brussels , 15 December 1988
                                        Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         opening, allocating and providing for the administration of unilateral
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           tariff quotas for coffee , unroasted and not free of caffeine , and
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                           cocoa beans , whole or broken ( 1989 )
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                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  In the context of the accession negotiations and to take into account
    the traditional trade flows between Spain and Latin America , the
    Community proposed to open for the first three years of the transitional
    period, ending on 31 December 1988, duty-free Community tariff quotas for
    the following products :
CN code                        Description                     Quota volume
0901 11 00                   Coffee , unroasted and not free : 40 000 tonnes
                             of caffeine
1801 00 00                   Cocoa beans , whole or broken      10 000 tonnes
    After consideration of the tariff measures to be adopted in 1989 for these
    products , in conformity with the joint declaration contained in the text
    of the act of Accession, COREPER considered it desirable at its meeting
    on 20 October 1988, that the Commission should propose for 1989 the
     renewal of the two quotas in question while maintaining for Spain the
    principal benefit in order to take into account the special situation
    of this country vis- a- vis Latin America .
     This is the subject of this proposal .
      Taking into account the intentions shown throughout the negociations to take
      account of the traditional trade flows of Spain with Latin American, which
      are stated in the declaration C1 ) annexed to the Act of Accession of 1985 ,
      and also the concessions agreed from 1 March 1986 by Spain for the products
      in question originating in ACP States , the Commission considers that it is
      advisable , for these products , to continue to allocate to Spain virtually
      the whole of the quotas , through a larger initial share than would result
      from the traditional method of calculation of the share .
      ( 1 ) 0J L 302 , 15.11.1985 , p. 495
 ---pagebreak---                                                              Proposai for
                                                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                             opening, allocating and providing for the administration of unilateral tariff quotas for coffee,
                             unroasted and not freed of caffeine , and cocoa beans , whole or broken ,
                                                                                                          ( 1989)
          THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
          Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
          Economic Community , and in particular Article 28
          thereof,
          Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                            conformity with the conclusions
          Whereas . in |            of the accession negotiations , and in
          order to take into account the traditional trade flows between
          Spain and Latin America , the Community opened                    (°r
          the first three years of the transitional penod| duty-free_that is, until 31 December 1986,
          unilateral Community tariff quotas                       ot 40
          tonnes for coffee , unroasted and not freed of caffeine
                  and of 10 000 tonnes for cocoa beans , whole or
          broken ; whereas , for the sane reasons , these tari ff measures are to be renewed for
          191)9, while taking into account, as in previous years, the special position of Spain,
           granting to this Member State the biggest part of the tariff quotas in question;
            Whereas , in particular , equal and continuous access to the
            quotas should be ensured lor all importers , and the rate of
            duty for the tariff quotas s!,>, JM be applied consistently to all
            imports until the quotas are used up ;
            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 measure concerning the administration of the
            shares allocated to that economic union may be earned out
            by any one of its members ,
            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
             1.   From 1 January to 31 December 198?, the customs
            duties applicable to imports of the following products shall
            be suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of
            Community tariff quotas as shown herewith :
      Order                                                                                     Quota volume         Race of duty
       No
                         CN code                                 Description                       ( tonnes'             (V
09.2733              0901 11 00             Coffee , unroasted and not freed of caffeine           40 000                 0
09.2735              1801 00 00             Cocoa beans , whole or broken , raw or roasted         10 000                 0
                                                                                                                                  3
 ---pagebreak---            2.     Imports of the products in question may not be charged
           against these tariff quotas if they are already free of customs
           duties under other preferential tariff arrangements.
                                    Article 2
           1 . The Conmnity tariff quotas referred to in Article 1
           shall be allocated among the Member States; the shares shall ,
           subject to Article 5 , be valid from 1 January to 31 December
           1989, and shall be as follows :
                                              0901 11 00       1801 00 00
              Spain                            37 525            9 405
              Other Member States                2 475              595
2. The quantities allocated to Member States other than Spain shall be managed by the
    Commission according the following provisions :
 If an importer presents in                   one of these Member States a declaration of entry into
 free circulaiton ,          including a request for preferential benefit for a
 product oovered by this Fteguletion and if this declaration is accepted by
 the customs authorities ,                 tie Member State concerned shall inform the
 Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from
 the corresponding amount .
 The drawing requests , with indication of the date of acceptance of the
 said declarations , must be transmitted to the Commission without delay .
 The drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date of
 acceptance of the declarators of entry into free circulation by the
 customs authorities of the                   Nfember State          ocnoemed to the extent that
 the available balance so permits .
 If a Nfember State does not use the quantities drawn , it shall return
 them as soon as possible to the corresponding amount .
 If the quantites requested are greater than the available balance of
 the said      amount , allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with
 respect to the requests , timber States shall be informed by the
 Comoission in accordance with the same procedures .
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               The Commission shall keep an account of the shares drawn
               by the Member States pursuant to Article 2           and shall ,
               as soon as the information reaches it , inform each State of the
              extent to which the quota amount has been used ip .
                                        Article   4
             1.     Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
            ensure that additional drawings of shares pursuant to Article
            2 are carried out in such a way that imports may be charged
             without interruption against their accumulated shares of the
            Community quota .
             2.     The Member States shall ensure that importers of the
            products in question have free access to the shares allocated
            to them .
             3.     The Member States shall charge imports of the
            products in question against their shares as and when the
            products are entered with the customs authorities for free
            circulation .
            4.      The extent to which a Member State has used up its
             share shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
             in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                        A ritele   5
             At the request of the Commission , the Member States shall
             inform it of imports actually charged against their shares .
                                        Article    6
             Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely
            to ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
                                       A rticle    7
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January \ 9fl? .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                         The President
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.   Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.   Base juridique : art . 28 du traité
3.   Intitulé de la masure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du Conseil
     portant ouverture , répartition et mode de gestion de contingents
     tarifaires autonomes pour le café non torréfié et non décaféiné et le
     cacao en fèves et brisures de fèves
4.   Objectif : "tenir compte des courants d' échanges traditionnels de
     1 ' Espagne avec l' Amérique latine , dans le cadre de l' adhésion .
5.   Mode de calcul :
                                         café                                cacao
     - Volume des contingents         40.000 tonnes          10.000 tonnes
     - Droits à appliquer              :      0  %                             0 %
     - Droits                            5 %                    3 %
6.   Perte de recettes :
     valeur d' une
     tonna ( en écus )                          3 753,40                  3 223,85
     valeur
     totale ( en écus )                150 136 000           32 238 500
     perte                               7 506 800              967 155
                                                8 473 955 écus
      Par rapport à 1988, diminution des pertes de recettes de
     8 607 431 écus - 8 473 955 écus = 133 476 écus .
 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
La    présente   préposition   vise  l' ouverture  de  contingents tarifaires
autonomes destinés à couvrir , à des conditions favorables , les besoins des
industries utilisatrices . Elle aura pour effet de permettre à œs
industries de concurrencer celles des pays tiers sur les marchés de la
Ccrrmunauté et des pays tiers et de maintenir ou mène d' améliorer l' emploi
dans la Oorrmunauté . Elle permettra d' autre part de tenir compte des
relations connerciales particulières de l' Espagne avec les pays de
1 ‘ Amérique latine .