CELEX: 51987PC0299
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T II of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1987) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                       COM(87 ) 299 final
                                                       Brussels , 6 July 1987
                                 Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
        for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T II of the
            Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1987 )
C0MC87 ) 299  final
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                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council Regulation ( RFC ) No 3700 /83 laying down the arrcjngameni s
applicable to trade with Cyprus as amended by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
3682 /85, provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the
importation into the Community of 300 tonnes of aubergines originating in
Cyprus , falling within subheading ex 07.01 T II of the Cos . .non Customs
Tariff .
The custams duties applicable within the limits of this quota are equal
to 40 % of the duties actually applied to third countries .
According to Council Regulation No . 449/86 determining thè arrangements
to be applied by thè Kingdctn of Spain and thè Fbrtuguese Ftepublic to
trade with certain third countries thè above mentioned tariff benefit
does not apply in Spain and Portuga ! -
Accordingly the tariff quota in question has to be opened .
As the method of administration to be applied tay ail Member States , the
Commission proposed the "greyhound system" .
This is the sub ject of the proposai annexed hereto .
Annex : 1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council .
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                                    NOTE
The tariff quota concerned might be modified in the context of the result
of the negotiations with the contracting country in view of the
conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Agreement in question .
Pending this , the proposed Regulation permits the respect of the
engagements contracted by the Cormunity .
The Gonmission reserves the possibility of modifying the proposai during
the procedure .
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                                                PROPOSAL      FOR A
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                    opening                and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                    quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T II of the Common
                                      Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1987)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            quantities as they may need, under the conditions and
                                                                    according to the procedure specified in Article 1 (2) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               whereas this method of management requires close
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                   cooperation between the Member States and the Commis¬
thereof,                                                            sion and the latter must in particular be able to monitor
                                                                    the rate at which the quota is used up and inform the
                                                                    Member States thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3700/83 of 22                   the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
December 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable               are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1983 ( ' ), as              Economic Union , all transactions concerning the admin ¬
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3682/85 (;), provides               istration of shares allocated to that economic union may
for the opening, in respect of the period 1 October to 30           be carried out by any one of its members,
November 1987 of a Community tariff quota of 300
tonnes of aubergines, falling within subheading 07.01 T II
of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in
Cyprus, at a rate of customs duty equal to 40 % of the
customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas,
therefore, the Community tariff quota in question should
be opened for this period ;
Whereas according to Article 1 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 449/86 of 24 February 1986 determining the
arrangements to be applied by the Kingdom of Spain and
the Portuguese Republic to trade with certain third coun ¬
tries (■’), the provisions applicable by Spain and Portugal to
trade with Cyprus shall be subject to the tariff treatment
and other trade rules applied to third countries enjoying
most favoured-nation treatment ; whereas, therefore, this
Regulation applies only to the Community as constituted
on 31 December 1985 ;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the
products concerned into all Member States until the quota
has been used up ; whereas, however, since the period of
application of the quota is very short it seems possible to
avoid allocating it among the Member States, without
prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such
(') OJ No L 369, 30 . 12. 1983, p. 1 .
(J) OJ No L 351 , 28 . 12. 1985, p. 9 .
( ') OJ No L 50, 28 . 2. 1986, p. 40.
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                        Article 1
1 . From 1 October to 30 November 1987 the duty on the import into the
    Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 for the following products
    is suspended at the level and in the limits of a Community tariff
    quota as follows :
Order N°           CCT                  Description               Quota  Quota
                heading                                           volume duty
                   N°                                              - t -  - % -
09.1405         07.01 T II         Aubergines ,                    300    6,4
                                   originating in
                                    Cyprus
       2. If an importer notifies an imminent importation of
       the product in question in a Member State and requests
       the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned
       shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corre¬
       sponding to these requirements to the extent that the
       available balance of the reserve permits this.
       3.    The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be
       valid until the end of the quota period.
                                Aritele 2
        1.   Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
       ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2) are
       carried out in such a way that imports may be charged
       without interruption against their accumulated shares of
       the Community quota.
        2. . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of
        the said goods have access to the quota so long as the
        residual balance of the quota volume allows this.
        3 . Member State shall charge imports of the said goods
        against their drawings as and when the goods are entered
        for free circulation.
        4. The extent to which the quota has been used up
        shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
        in accordance with paragraph 3 .
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      At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
      inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
                               Article 4
     The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
     closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
     with.
                               Article 5
     This Régulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1987 .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in ail Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                             For the Cauncil
                                                               The President
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               FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Proposition de règlement du Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion
d' un contingent tarifaire corrmunautaire d' aubergines de la sous-position
07.01 T II du tarif douanier commun , originaires de Chypre ( 1987 ).
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Comnunauté . L' impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' enploi dans la
Communauté .