CELEX: 51991PC0006
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-23
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) NO 3275/90 OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS BOUND IN GATT FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 C0M(91)    6 final
                                                 Brussels, 23 January 1991
                                      Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REgyiATlQN (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 opening and providing
    for 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 quotas bound
         i n GATT for 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
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  By its decision of 21 December 1990, the Council approved
    an exchange of letters between the European Economic
    Community and the USA for the purpose of extending by one
    year the agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6
    of the GATT.
    It follows that, with effect from 1 January 1991, the
    Community must
        increase by 50 000 cubic metres the volume of the
        tariff quota for plywood of coniferous species, opened
        by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 of 8 November
        1990C1);
        open a Community tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 %
        duty for dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00.
2.  The purpose of the annexed proposal for a regulation is to
    bring these measures into force on 1 January 1991, in
    accordance with the above-mentioned Council decision.
(1) OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3.
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for a
                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No     /90
                             of
    amending Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 opening and providing
      for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound
          in GATT for certain agricultural and industrial
                               products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3275/90 of 8 November 1990^),
the Council opened a certain number of Community tariff quotas
for 1991 for agricultural and industrial products, including a
duty-free tariff quota of 600 000 cubic metres for plywood of
coniferous species; whereas by its Decision of 21 December
1990(2), the Council approved an exchange of letters between
the European Economic Community and the United States of America
having the purpose of extending until 31 December 1991 the
agreement concluded in 1987 under Article XXIV.6 of the GATT;
whereas this decision implies an increase of the volume of the
above-mentioned tariff quota by 50 000 cubic metres, and the
opening of a tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10 % duty for
dried onions of CN code 0712 20 00; whereas the above-mentioned
regulation should consequently be amended,
(1)    OJ No L 315, 15.11.1990, p.3
(2)    OJ No L     ,             , p.
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   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                        Article 1
            The table shown i n A r t i c l e 1 of Regulation (EEC)
            No 3275/90 s h a l l be replaced by the following :
  Order     CN code                                                                                     Quota      Rate of
                                             Description                           Quota period         volume      duty
    No                                                                                                 (tonnes)     (%)
D9.0005     (Hi)2 40 90 Herring, subject to compliance with the reference      From 16 June             34 000        0
            05o3  50 90 prices                                                 1991 to 14
            0304  10 93                                                        February 1992
         ex 0304  10 98
            0304  90 25
 09.0007 ex 0305 51  10 Cod of the species Cadus morhua or Gadus ogac From 1 January to                 25 000        0
         ex 0305 51  90 and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, 31 December 1991
            0305 59  11 salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces
            0305 59  19
         ex 0305 62  00
            0305 69  10
 09.0009 ex 0302 69 65  Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or From 1 January to          2 000       8
         ex 0303 78 10  frozen                                                 31 December 1991
         ex 0304 90 47
 09.0011 ex 0304 20 29  Frozen cod fillets (Gadus      morhua)                 From 1 January to         10 000       8
                                                                               31 December 1991
 09.0013 ex 4412 19 00  Plywood of coniferous species, without the addition    From 1 January to    650 000     m'     0
         ex 4412 99 90  of other substances :                                  31 December 1991
                        — Of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, the faces of
                            which are not further prepared than the peeling
                             process
                        — Sanded, and of a thickness greater than 18,5
                             mm
            4801 00 10  Newsprint (') :                                        From 1 January to
                                                                               31 December 1991
 09.0015                — From Canada                                                                  600 000        0
 09.0017                — From other third countries                                                     f0 000        0
 09.0019    7202 21 10  Ferro-silicon                                          From 1 January to         12 600        0
            7202 21 90                                                         31 December 1991
            7202 29 00
 09.0021    7202 30 00  Ferro-silico-manganese                                 From i January to         > H 550      0
                                                                               31 De:-<*mber I 99 i
 09.0023 ex 7202 49 10  Ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 %         Fro      January to        2 ">0        0
         ex 7202 49 50  by weight of carbon and more than 30 % but not         31      inber ?
                        more than 90 % of chromium (super-refined ferro-
                        rhromium
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                                                                                                                  Quota   Rate of
      Order         CN code                               Description                          Quou period       volume    duty
        No             W                                                                                         (tonnes)  {%)
09.0035         0712 20 00          Dried onions, whole, cut,                             from 1               12 000       10
                                    sliced, broken or in powder,                            January to
                                    but not further prepared                              31 December
                                                                                                 1991
     09.0039        0805 30 10     Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus       limonum)             From 15 January        10 000
                                                                                           to 14 June 1991
     09.0041        0X02 I i 90    Almonds, whether of not shelled, other than bitter      From 1 January to      AS 000
                    0H02 12 90     almonds                                                 31 December 1991
  (a) See Taric codes annexed.
  (') Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions determined by the relevant Community provisions.
                                                           Article 2
                       This regulation shall enter into force on the
                       seventh day following its publication in the
                       Official Journal of the European Communities.
                       It shall apply from 1 January 1991.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
          applicable in all Member States.
          Done in Brussels,
                                                                                                            For the Council
                                                                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---            FICHE FINANCIERE
           1.     Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120
           2.     Base juridique : article lia.
           3.     Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement
                  du Conseil modifiant le Règlement (CEE) n° 3275/90, portant
                  ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires
                  oommunautalres consolidés au GATT pour certains produits
                  agricoles et industriels.
           4.     Objectif : Respecter les décisions prises par le Conseil
                  dans sa décision adoptée le 21 décembre 1990.
            5.    Perte de recettes :
 Désignation des  Quantités   Prix en   Droit        Droit contin-        Perte de
    produits                écus/unlté normal (en %) genta Ire (en %) recettes (en ecus)
)lgnons secs     12 000 t      2 743       16             10             1.974.960
jontre-p laqués  50 000 m3       447       10               0            2.235.000
je conifères
                                                                         4.209.960
                  Par rapport à l'année 1990, augmentation des pertes de
                  4.209.960 écus - 3.888.640 écus (1.808.640 H- 2.080.000)
                  321.320 écus.
 ---pagebreak---          FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
Ces propositions sont formulées en conformité avec une décision
du Conseil adoptée en date du 21 décembre 1991, visant à
reoonduire pour une année les dispositions d'un accord conclu en
1987 avec les Etats-Unis d'Amérique. L'impact découlant de ces
oonoesslons a été pris en considération lors de la prise de
déoision d'adoption de ces mesures et il n'aura pas un caractère
sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans la Communauté.
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