CELEX: 51994PC0188
Language: en
Date: 1994-05-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) opening and providing for the administration of one autonomous Community tariff quota for a fishery product (Fourth series 1994)

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                                         Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (FC^
                        opening and providing for the administration of
                           one autonomous Community tariff quota for
                             a fishery product (Fourth series 1994)
                                 (presented by the Commission)
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  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 renewing a tariff quota for a
    fishery product, valid until 30 June.
2.  Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic
    Tariff" group meetings, it has been determined that the opening of
    one tariff quota for the following product could have the agreement
    of the Member States without disturbing the market for such a
    product :
    - Eels: 5 000 tonnes at 0 %
This is the purpose of this proposal
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                                opening and providing for the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of
                                    one autonomous Community t a r i f f quota for
                                      a f i s h e r y product (Fourth s e r i e s 1994)
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty e s t a b l i s h i n g the
European Community, and in p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e                    Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous
28 thereof,                                                                     tariff quotas should be taken by the Community ;
                                                                               whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adminis-
Having        regard        to    the    proposal        from     the          tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to
Commission,                                                                    authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-
                                                                               volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual
Whereas production                in the Community of a                        imports ; whereas this method of administration requires
fishery product is unable t o meet the s p e c i f i c                         close cooperation between the Member States and the
requirements of the user industries in the                                     Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
Community supplies of products of t h i s type                                 monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and
w i l l depend to a considerable extent on imports                             inform the Member States accordingly ;
from t h i r d c o u n t r i e s ; whereas the most urgent
Community           requirements f o r the product                  in
question should be met immediately on the most
 favourable terms; whereas the Community t a r i f f                          Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
quota a t zero duty should therefore be opened                                Community imports equal and uninterrupted access to
w i t h i n the l i m i t s of the appropriate volume                         the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica-
 for a period from 1 July 1994 u n t i l 30 June                              tion fo the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of
 1995, taking account of the need not to d i s t u r b                        the products concerned into all Member States until the
 the markets f o r such a product nor the s t a r t i n g                     quotas have been used up ;
 out or development of Community production.
                                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                          Article I
                                                                               1.        From 1 July 1994 until 30 June 1995 the
                                                                              duty applicable to imports of the following
                                                                              product shall be suspended at the level and up
                                                                               to the limit of the Community tariff quota
                                                                               shown below:
                                                                                                    Amount          Quota
          Order           CN code                                                                                                  Date
                                                             Description                            of quota        duty
           No                 (')                                                                                                of expiry
                                                                                                  (in tonnes)        (%)
         09.2701       ex 0301 92 00      Eels (Anguilla spp.), live, fresh, chilled or              5 000            0        30. 6. 19^5
                       ex 0302 66 00      frozen, intended for processing by curing or
                       ex 0303 76 00      skinning enterprises or for use in the industrial
                                          manufacture of products falling within CN
       (')      Taric codes    0301  92    00*10,    0302    66    00*10,    0303      76    00*10
       (a) Checks on use for this specific purpose shall he carried oui under ilu- relev.int Community provisions
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                          Article 2                              If a Member State does not use a drawing in full, it shall
                                                                 return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed       volume as soon as possible.
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate
administrative measures to ensure that they are managed          If the quantities requested arc greater than the available
efficiently.                                                     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
Where an importer submits a product covered by this                                          Article 4
Regulation for release for free ciruclation in a Member
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran-     Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho-         product in question have equal and continuous access to
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the       the quota for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi-           volume so permits.
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             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 to the dates on which the customs authori-
ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries         This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai-   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
lable balance so permits.                                        liu ropea n Co m m u n it ies.
                  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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        FINANCIAL RECORD
        1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
        2.    Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
        3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
              Regulation opening and providing for the administration of one
              autonomous Community tariff quota for a fishery product (Fourth
              series 1994)
        4.    Objective      To ensure an adequate supply        under favourable
              conditions for Community user-industries
        5.    Method of calculation :
              CN Codes:                           ex0301 92 00
                                                  6X0302 66 00
                                                  ex0303 76 00
              Quota volume:                         5 000 T
              Duty to be applled:                   0 %
              Normal duty:                          3 %
        6.    Duty-loss :
              Unit value:                           6 969 ECU/T
              Total value:                         34 845 000 ECU
              Duty-loss                             1 045 350 ECU
              Compared with the preceding period, there is an increase in duty-
              loss of 1 045 350 - 948 150 - 97 200 ECU.
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