CELEX: 51989PC0018
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Date: 1989-01-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM ( 89) 18   final
                                                      Brussels , 25january 1989
                              Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
          for certain products originating in Cyprus ( 1989 )
                         ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Cyprus ,
as supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and
procedures for implementation of the second stage of the Agreement
establishing an association between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions thereof,
provides for the opening of the following annual Community tariff
quotas in respect of imports into the Community tov-'
- 60 000 tonnes for new potatoes falling within CN code 0701 90 59,
- 2 500 tonnes for carrots falling within CN code 0706 10 00,
-      300 tonnes for aubergines ( egg-plants ) falling within CN code
   ex 0709 30 00 and
-   7 500 tonnes for fresh table grapes falling within CN codes
   ex 0806 10 15 and 0806 10 19,
originating in Cyprus .
However, under Article 18 of the Protocol in question, these volumes
are each year subject to an increase of 5X from the entry into force
of the Protocol ( 1.1.1988). They will consequently be 70 000, 2 750,
330 and 8 600 tonnes respectively in 1989 .
In the context of these tariff quotas , customs duties are to be
abolished progressively according to the same timetables and under
the same conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said
Protocol .
However , the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent
on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic
to the Community lays down that those two Member States will postpone ,
until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively,- implementation
of the preferential arrangements for the products covered by Regulation
( EEC ) N° 1035 /72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) N°
2238/88; consequently, the tariff quotas for carrots, aubergines
( egg-plants ) and fresh table grapes apply only for Community as
constituted on 31 December 1985 , whilst that for new potatoes applies
to the Community as present constituted .
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   These Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for the
   periods indicated in Article 1 of the present proposal for a
   Regulation .
2. In this case it is proposed that the whole of the quota volumes
   be held as Community reserves to which all Member States will
   have access in accordance with the procedure provided for in
   Article 1(2 ) of the proposal for a Regulation .
   As regards the method of adninistration to be applied by all Member
   States , the Commission proposes the " as and when" system .
   This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
   ANNEX : proposai for a Régulation
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 ---pagebreak---                                                Proposai for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                / 89
                                                      of
                  opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
                                           certain products originating in Cyprus ( 1989 )
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                                                                   preferential arrangements for the products covered by
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European '           Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                 common organization of the market in fruit and
 thereof,                                                          vegetables (5) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               2238/88 (*) ; whereas, consequently, the tariff quota for
                                                                    carrots , aubergines ( egg-plants ) and fresh
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   table grapes apply only to the Community as constituted
                                                                   on 31 December 1985, whilst that for new potatoes
                                                                   applies to the Community as at present consti ¬
                                                                    tuted;
      Whereas the Agreement establishing an Association
     between the European Economic Community and the                Whereas the Community tariff quotas
     Republic of Cyprus, as supplemented by the Protocol            should therefore be opened for the
     laying down the conditions and procedures for the              periods as shown in Article 1 ;
     implementation of the second stage of the said
     Agreement and adapting certain provisions thereof ('),      whereas, consequently, the above tariff quotas apply only
     provides for the opening of                                 to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
60 000 tonnes for new potatoes falling
within CN code 0701 90 59 from 16 May to                         Whereas the Community tariff quotas should therefore be
30 June ;                                                        opened for carrots for the period 1 April to 15 May 1988
  2 500 tonnes for carrots falling within                        and for aubergines (egg-plants) for the period 1 October
CN code ex 0706 10 00 from 1 April to                            to 30 November 1988 ;
15 May ;
      300 tonnes for aubergines ( egg-plants )                   Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure that all
falling within CN code 0709 30 00 from                           Community importers enjoy equal and uninterrupted
1 October to 30 November and                                     access to the abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted
 7 500 tonnes for fresh table grapes                             application of the rates laid down for those quotas to all
falling within CN codes ex 0806 10 15 and                        imports of the products concerned into all Member States
ex 0806 10 19 from 8 June to 4 August ,                          until the quotas have been used up ; whereas, in the
                                                                 present case, it would appear advisable not to allocate Che
originating in Cyprus ;                                          quotas among the Member States, without prejudice to
                                                                 the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantites
                                                                 as they may need, under the conditions and according to
                                         whereas, under
                                                                  the procedures specified in Article 3       ; whereas this
  Article 18 of the Protocol in question, these volumes are       method of administration requires close cooperation
   each year                                                      between the Member States and the Commission and the
  subject to an annual increase of 5 % from the entry into        latter must, in particular, be able to monitor the rate at
  force of the Protocol and will therefore be 70 000 ,            which the quotas are used up and inform the Member
   2 750, 330 and 8 600 tonnes respectively                       States accordingly ;
   in 1989 ;                               whereas, within the
  limits of these tariff quotas, the customs duties applicable    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
  are to be abolished progressively according to the same         the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  timetables and under the same conditions as laid down in
                                                                  are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
  Article? 5 and 16 of the said Protocol ;                         Economic Union, all transactions concerning the
                                                                  administration of quota shares allocated to that economic
    Whereas, however, the Protocol to the Association              union may be carried out by any of its members,
     Agreement between the European Economic Community
     and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession
     of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to
     the Community (*) lays down that those two Member
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     States will postpone, until 31 December 1989 and 31
     December 1990 respectively, implementation of the
     (') OJ No L 393, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 2.                                                  Article 1
     P) OJ No L 393, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 37.
     o(*) oj NO L y&< 2SV 9772hE i - 1
          OJ No L 19o , 26.7.83 , p.1 .                            1.    The customs duties applicable to imports into the
                                                                   Community                                           of the -_
                                                                   following products originating in Cyprus shall be
                                                                   suspended at the levels indicated and within the limits of
                                                                   the Community tariff quotas as shown below :
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                                                                                 Volume of    Rate of duty
Order No    CN code                               Description                    tariff quota
                                                                                                  (% )
                                                                                                               Appli cabi li ty
                                                                                 ( in tonnes)
09.1401   0701 90 59     New potatoes, fron 16 May to 30 June 1989              70 000             7,7          in the Comuni ty
                                                                                                                 as at present
                                                                                                                 constituted
 09.1403 ex0?06 10 00     Carrots fron 1 April to 15 May 1989                       2 750           5,5          in the Comuni ty
                                                                                                                 as consti tuted c
                                                                                                                 31 December 1985
 09.1405 ex0709 30 00    Aubergines (egg-plants) frem 1 October to                     330          5,2          in the Comuni ty
                         30 Novanber 1989                                                                        as constituted
                                                                                                             ‘   31 Decenber 1985
09.1407  ex0806 10 15     Fresh table grapes fron 8 Jure to 4 August                8 600           5,9          in the Comuni ty
                                                                                                                 as constituted oi
         exOSOó 10 19                                                                               7,2          31 December 1985
                  Within the limits of the tariff quota -for neu potatoes Spain and
               Portugalshall apply customs duties calculated in accordance
                  with the relevant provisions of the Protocol to the Associ¬
                  ation Agreement betwen the European Economic
                  Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on
                  the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and of the Portu ¬
                  guese Republic to the Community .
                                 Article 2
                       The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the
                       Commission , which may take all appropriate adn i ni st rati ve measures in
                       order to ensure effective adninistration thereof .
                                Article 3
                       If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into
                       free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit for a
                       product covered by this Regulation and if this declaration is accepted
                       by the customs authorities , the Member States concerned shall inform
                       the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from
                       the corresponding qouta 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 declarations of entry                 into free circulation by the
                       customs authorities of the Member States concerned to the extent that
                       the available balance so permits .
                       If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall return
                       them as soon as possible to the corresponding quota amount .
                       If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of
                       the qouta amount , allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with
                        respect to the requests . Member States shall be informed by the
                       Commission in accordance with the same procedures .
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      Artide 4
1.   Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
     their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged
     without interruption against their accumulated shares of the
     Community quota .
2.   Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products
     concerned have free access to the quotas for such time as the
     residual balance of the quota volumes so permits .
3.   Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their
     drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs
     authorities for free circulation .
4.   The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be de¬
     termined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with
     paragraph 3 .
      Article 5
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure
that this Regulation is complied with .
      Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1989 .
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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 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1-         Ligne budgé taire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.         Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.         Intitulé de la ire sure tarifaire :
           Proposition de règlement du Conseil portant ouverture et mode cte
           gestion de deux contingents tarifaires ccrmunautaire s de carottes
           et d' aubergines , originaires de Chypre ( 1989 )
4.              Objectif     : exécution d' une obligation contractuelle          ( Aocord
           CEF./ Chypre ) .'
5-         Mode de calcul :
     Désignation        Codes          Niveaux   Périodes    Droits   Droit   Prix     Perte
                                                                      de la     *
         des            NC                des     d' ap¬      à ap¬                    de re­
     marchandises                       plafonds plication pliquer    NC    . estime
                                           ( t)              -en %-    -en 1-   BEU/t   ( en ECU )
- Pomes de terre de     0701 90 59       70 000  15.5 - 30.6   7,7       21      335    3 118 850
   primeurs
-  Carottes             ex 0706 10 CX )   2 750  1.4 - 15.5    5,5       17      338       106 893
- Aubergines           ?x 0709 30 00         330 1.10 - 30.9   5,2       16   1 010         35 996
- Raisins frais de     ex 0806 10 15   1         8.6   -        5,9       18   1 115 1
                                                                                       1 265 787
   bole                ex 0806 10  19 J 8 600       4.8        7,2        22   1 004 J
   TÏÏAL                                                                                 4 527 526
  6.         Eterta de recettes :
             les maires rte surns étaient appliquées en 1368 .      La perte d: recettes
             s' est élévée à 3 196 590 ECU .
                                                                                                   *
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Ctette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagerient contractuel
de la Communauté . L' impact découlant de œtte concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adcpticn de œs contingents et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' emploi dans la
Corrmunauté .