CELEX: 51988PC0557
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Communitytariff quotas for onions and new potatoes originating in Egypt (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                 COM ( 88 ) 557 final
                                                Brussels , 18 October 1988
                               Proposai for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
        for onions and new potatoes originating in Egypt ( 1989 )
                      ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the EEC-Egypt Cooperation
    Agreement provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for
    imports into the Community of :
     (i) 4 900 tonnes of onions falling within CN code 0712 20 00 from 1
         January to 31 December ; and
    (ii) 98 000 tonnes of new potatoes falling within CN code ex 0701 90 51
         from 1 January to 31 March ,
    originating in Egypt .
    Within the limits of these tariff quotas customs duties are to be phased
    out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in
    Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession .
    The quota duty applicable in 1989 to onions falling within CN code
    0712 20 00 is to be 5% until the erga onm.es quota of 12 000 tonnes at
    10% provided for in Regulation (EEC) No       /88 is exhausted . If and
    when the latter is exhausted , a preferential duty of 8% is to apply .
    Within the limits of these tariff quotas Spain and Portugal are to apply
    customs duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No
    2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade between
    Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Egypt on the other .
    Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for onions from 1
    January to 31 December 1989 and for new potatoes from 1 January to 31
    March 1989 .
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2 . Pursuant to the Council Decision concerning the Mediterranean policy of
    the enlarged Community (Council document 10723/ 1 /85 of 6 December 1985 ),
    the quotas should not be allocated among the Member States . The entire
    quota volumes will therefore constitute Community reserves .
    The Commission proposes that the Member States administer the quotas by
    charging imports "as and when" .
3 . That is the purpose of the attached proposal .
Annex : Proposai for a Régulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposai for
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No _ / 88
                                    of
       opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
       quotas for onions and new potatoes originating in Egypt ( 1989)
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 Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt1
provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the
Community of :
- 4 900 tonnes of onions falling within CN code 0712 20 00 from 1 January
   to 31 December ; and
- 98 000 tonnes of new potatoes falling within CN code ex 0701 90 51 from
   1 January to 31 March ,
originating .in Egypt ;
Whereas , within the limits of these tariff quotas , customs duties are to be
phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in
Articles 75 aid 243 of the Act of Accession of Spain azd Portugal ; whereas
the quota duties for 1989 are equal to 50% of the basic duties ;
Whereas the quota duty applicable in 1989 to onions falling within CN cede
0712 20 00 is to be 5% until, the erga omnes quota of 12 000 tonnes at 10%
provided for in Regulation (EEC) No          /882 is exhausted ; whereas , if and
when the latter is exhausted , a preferential duty of 8% is to apply ;
Whereas within the limits of the said tariff quotas Spain and Portugal are
to apply customs           calculated .in accordance with Council Regiuation
(EEC ) No 2573/ 87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade
between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and. Algeria , Egypt , Jordan ,
Lebanon , Tunisia and Turkey on 'the other ; 3 whereas Community tariff quotas
should, therefore be opened for onions from 1 January to 31 December 1959
and for new potatoes from 1 January to 31 March 1989 ;
Whereas all Cormu'dty importers should be ensured equal and continuous
access to the said, qu.ote-s and the duty rates laid down for the quotas
should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question
into all Member States until ■’the quota is exhausted ; whereas the quotas
should not in this instance be allocated among the Member States , which
should , however , be able to draw against the quota such quantities as they
may need , "under the conditions and according to "the procedure set out in
Article 1(2 ); whereas "this method of administration requires close
cooperation between the Member States aid. the Commission and the latter
must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas axe used
aid. inform the Member States accordingly ;
1 OJ No L 297 , 21.10.1987 , p. 11 .
2 CüNoL         ,          1988 , p.
3 OJ No L 250 , 1.9.1987 , p. 1 .
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          Whereas since Belgium , the Netherlands and. t^oKembourg are united within and
          jointly represented by die Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning
          the administration ox die quota sliares allocated to that economic 'anion may
          be carried out by any one of juts meiribers ,
          HAS ADOFTED ililS RETKILATION :
                                              Art icle 1
          1 . The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the
              following products orig±natii.g in Egypt shall be suspended at the levels
              indicated below and within die limits of Community uariff quctas as
              shown below :
Serial        CN code                   Description                 Volume of     Pate of
  No                                                              tariff quota     duty
                                                                    ( tonnes )      (*)
09.1701       0712 20 00    Onions , from 1 January to 31
                            December 1969                           4 SOd            51
09.1705   ex 0701 90 51     New potatoes , from 1 January to
                            31 Mardi 1989                          93 000            7,5
l       If end when the erga ornnes quota opened by Peculation (ELC ) Pc        / 6<3 is
        exhausted , a preferential duty of 6% shall apply .
              Within the limits of these tariff quotas Spain aid Portrgai shall apply
              duties calculated in accordance with Regulation ( 33C ) No 1 113/ 87 .
          2 . If consignments of products subject to the tariff quctas in question
              have been imported or are expected to be imported within die next
              faux-teen days , the Member State concerned shall , by notifying the
              Commission , draw an amount corresponding to its requirements to the
              extent that the available balance of the quotas so permits .
          3 . Should the Member State fail to use the quantities it has drawn vi.thin
              the period of fourteen days referrei to above , it shall , by telex to the
              Commission , return any unused quantities to the reserve as soon as
              possible .
                                              Art icle 2
          1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that die
              ■ racings which they have made pursuant to Article 1(2 ) enable imports to
              be charged without interruption against their accumulated chares of the
              ^^ nuonicy quotas .
          2 . 7-ach Member Stare shall ensure that importers of the px-oovoxs in
              question have free access to the quotas for as long as u:e eiance of
              ths quota Volume so r- -omits .
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3 . Member States shall charge Imports of the products in question against
    their drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs
    authorities for free circulation .
4 . Depletion of the quotas shall be measured on the basis of the imports
    charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                  Article 3
Member States shall inform the Commission at its request of imports
actually charged against the quotas .
                                  Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Januqr>i989 .
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 .    Tjiqne budijétaire concernée : Gvip . 12 art . 120
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        Maso juridique : art - 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règ Louent: du
        Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion de contu agents
        tarifaires comnunauta ires d' oignons et de pomnes de terre de
        primeurs , originaires d' Egypte ( 1989 )
        Objectif : Exécution d' une obligation contractuelle (.accord
        CHS/ Egypte )
5-      Moae de calcul            Oignons         Pannes de terre de
                                                  primeurs
        - Code de la N.C.     : 0712 20 00           ex 0701 90 51
        - Volume du contingent   : 4 900 tonnes          98 000 ronnes
        - Droit à appliquer :         5 %                  7,5 %
        - Droit au T.D.C.     :  15 %                      15 %
        - Prix 0 par tonne :     1 447 ECU /t              261 ECU /t
                                 709 030               1 913 350
6.      Perte de recettes   :
        In perte de recettes à inscrire pour l' année 1989 s' élève à
        2 627 380 ECU .
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE EL' L' OPIDI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
ae la Communauté . 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' emploi dans la
Communauté .