CELEX: 51989PC0148
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Date: 1989-04-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, arrack and tafia originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) (1989/90) (presented by the Commission)

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                                            COM(89 ) 148 final
                                            Brussels , 7 April 1989
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Community
    tariff quota for rum , arrack and tafia originating in the
           African , Caribbean and Pacific States ( ACP )
                              ( 1989 / 90 )
                   ( presented by the Commission )
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                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Protocol No . 5 , annexed to the Third Lane Oonventicn , which was
signed on 8.12.1984, provides that the products falling within CN
codes 2208 40 10 , 2208 40 90, 2208 90 11 and 2208 90 19 ( rum,
arrack, tafia) , originating in the ACP States , shall be imported
duty free into the Ccrrrnunity . These preferential arrangements are
restricted to a quantity which is to be fixed annually by the
Ccmnunity on the basis of the largest quantities imported annually
frcm the ACP States during the last three years for which statistics
are available , increased by an annual growth rate of 37 % of the
market of the United Kingdom and 27 % on the market of the other
Member States . But if the quota volume calculated on this basis is
less than 172 000 hi the volume should be fixed at this level of
172 000 hi .
By Regulation No 1820/87 regarding application of ACP-CEE Council of
Ministers Decision 2 /87 relative to advance implementation of a
protocol to the third ACP-EEC Oonventicn subsequent to the accession
of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities , the Council has
established arrangements for trade between the Kingdom of Spain and
the Portuguese Republic on the one hand and the PCP States on the
other . The result is that the imports of the products in question
into these two countries benefit frcm the tariff quota . However , as
regards the quota duties , which will be applicable , particular
provisions are provided for in the abovementianed Protocol .
The preferential arrangements should therefore be brought into force
- by the opening of a Ccmnunity tariff quota for rum, arrack and
 tafia originating in the ACP States .
                                     •W
 Because of the particularities on the rum market , the normal quota
period ranges from 1 July to 30 June .
 ---pagebreak---  4.        Oamunity imports of the goods concerned during the last three years
           were as follows :
                                           ( in hectolitres of pure alcohol )
                                              1986         1987       1988
            Benelux                         6 407          6 265      7 389
             Dermark                        2 020           1 884     2 038
            Germany                       36 183          33 570     42 523
             Greece                             50             50
            Spain                               90            244          -
             France                         1 637           1 929     1 216
             Ireland                        2 151           2 060     2 189
             Italy                             437            800       806
            Portugal                             -              7          •
            United Kingdom                69 757          72 040     63 525
                                         118 737         118 848    119 686
    The quota volune to be taken into account an this basis for the
    period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 19' 90 should be 157 594 hectolitres .
    This volume is less than the threshold established by Protocol No 5 ,
    amended by abovementioned Regulation ( EEC ) No 1820 / 87 . Consequently , the
    quota volume must be fixed at 172 000 hi .
5 . Following the decision of the Court of Justice of 27 September 1988 ( case
     51 / 87 ) , it is appropriate not to provide shares for allocation among
    Member States .
   In this case it is proposed that the whole of the quota volunes
   be held as Community reserves to which all Member States will
   have access in accordance with the procedure provided for in
   Article 3        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 .
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6. Hie annexed table shows in detail the amounts actually charged ,
   against the tariff quotas in question during the periods
   1984/85 , 1985 /86 f 1986 /87 and 1987 /88 .
7. It is proposed that the draft for a Council Regulation described
   above should be approved ( see annex ).
 ---pagebreak---                                              A C P - Rum , arrack and tafia
                   CN Codes        : 2208 40 10 , 2208 40 90 ; 2208 90 11 and 2208 90 19
                        Amounts actually charged against the tariff quota opened for
                                          1934 / 85 , 1985 / 86 , 1986 /87 and 1987 /81
                       1984 / 35                          1985 / 86                    1986 / 87                      1987 / 88 *
Member State Volume of        Amount           Volume of       Amount         Volume øf          Amount          Volume of          Amount
                              actúa l ly       the quota       actual         the quota          actúa l ly      the quota          actual
             the quota
                              charged                          chargee)y                         charged                            cnargeciy
                 - hi -     - hi -     - X -       - hi -       - hi -   - X-  - hi-           -»hl »       -X-   -hi-             -h l­    -%-
 Bene lux       8 325         5 804       70      9 010        6 735     75      9 340         6 295         67   9 099            7 094      78
 Denmark        2 770         2 088       75      2 890        2 055     71      3 080         t 144         70   2 976            1 975      66
 Germany       49 614       42 624        86    44 400        31 751     71    53 150         31 288         59  53 034          40 367       76
 Greece            131            18      14           50           50 100           50             50      100       50               50   100
 Spain                                                                             290              90       31     290               244     84
 France         3 450         1 196       35      2 760        2 760   100       2 600         2 092         80   2 938            1 261      43
                                                     4
 Ireland        3 345         2 084       62      3 200        2 281     71      3 180         2 100         66   3 096            2 232      72
  Italy            560           424      76          710         567    80        725            533        74      791              725     92
 Portuga 1                                                                           35               7      20       35                 -
                                                                                                                                               0
 Uni ted                                                                       99 550        74 285          75  99 691           70 690      71
              105 970       63 888        60   106 980        69 205      65
  Kingdom
  EC         174 165       118 126        68   170 000       115 404      68  172 000      118 884           69 172 000        124 638        72
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Proposai for a
                '                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                       of
                  opening       .        and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                  quota for rum, arrack and tafia originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                 States (ACP) ( 1989 to 199Q
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          particularities peculiar to the market in rum the quota
                                                                  period ranges from 1 July to 30 June ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas, having regard to the levels reached by imports
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                of the products concerned into the Community '
thereof,                                                                              during the past three years for which
                                                                  statistics are available, the annual quota volume would
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               amount to 157 594 hectolitres of pure alcohol ; whereas
                                                                  this volume being less than the threshold established by the dbove–
                                                                   mentioned protocol                 , the quota volume for the
Whereas Protocol 5 annexed to the Third ACP-EEC                   period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 must be fixed at
Convention , signed at Lome on 8 December 1984 (’),               1 72 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol ;
provides that products originating in the African,                       Wfrsse«s it » in pastietsSar wpsessiy is (reasss® t® aM
Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) which fall within CN                  GsaaffiMawsy itmpsstssB eqsd e®d uaiEs&sswsgSsd essssa
codes 2208 40 10 , 2208 40 90 , 2208 90 1 1 and 2208 90 19               to the eboverraentiosted qu&a ur.A                appli­
shall, until the entry into force of a common organization               cation of the rate kid dttm for that qaflts to all
of the market in spirits, be allowed into the Community                  imports of the proeSuiea concerned into all Member
                                                                         States until the quota he* been used up ;
free of customs duties under conditions such as to permit
the development of traditional trade flows between the                    hfoereas , following the dicission of the Court
ACP States and the Community and between the Member                       of Justice of 27 Septsnher 1988 ( case 51 /87),
States ; wheres the Community shall fix each year the
quantities which may be imported free of customs duties
                                                                            appropriate not to provide for allossEsoffl aaaoag
                                                                            States, without prejudice to die dssmag, oa tise            . j
on the basis ot the iargest quantities imported annually                    quota, of such quantities as they may need, undss. ■
from the ACP States into the Community in the past                          conditions and according to a procedure to S3®
three years for which statistics are available, increased by                determined ; whereas this method of sdministrariea
an annual growth rate of 37 % on the market of the
United Kingdom and 27 % on the other markets of the
                                                                            requires close cooperation between the Member States
                                                                            and the Commission and the latter must in particular h#
Community ; whereas, however, in accordance with                            able to monitor the rate fct which the tsaSi quail ®:     :
Article 3 ( 1 ) of the Protocol to the Third ACP-EEC                        and inform the Member States acctssdsngly ;             :
Convention consequent on the Accession of the
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
European Communities (2), implemented in advance by
Regulation ( EEC) No 1820/87 (2), the minimum quantity                      Whereas, since the       Kingdom o!      Belgium, the
in Article 2 (a), second subparagraph, of Protocol 5 on                     Kingdom of the Netherlands tnd the Grand Duchy of
rum has been increased to 172 000 hectolitres ;                             Luxembourg sre united within and jointly represented
                                                                            by the Benelux Bconomic Union, any operation
                                                                            concerning the administration of the quota share* allo¬
Whereas, pursuant to the said Protocol , the Kingdom -of
Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall become                              cated to that economic union may be carried out by
contracting parties to the said ACP-EEC Convention ;                        any of its members,
whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1820/87 provides for
special arrangements for the quota duties to be applied by                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those two Member States ; whereas by reason of the
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                                                                                                                                            f
                                                                                                         Article 1
                                                                                1 . From 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 the following
                                                                                products originating in 'the ACP States shall be imported
                                                                                duty free into the Community within the limits of the
                                                                                relevant Community tariff quota mentioned :
                                                                                                           Quota volume
                 Order No     CN code                             Description                              (in hi of pure     Quota duty
                                                                                                               alcohol)
             09.1605         2208 40 10     Rum, arrack and tafia                                             172 000           Free
                             2208 40 90
                             2208 90 11
                             2208 90 19
                                        2.   Within the limit of this quota,)
                                                   the Kingdom ot Spain ana the Portuguese
                                        Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in
                                        accordance with the Act of Accession and Regulation
                                        (EEC) No 1820/87.
                             Article 2
                                                                               If the quantities requested are greater than the available
 The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be                            balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a
 administered by the Commission, which may take any                            pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States
 appropriate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient                     shall be informed by the Commission . of the drawingo
 administration thereof.
                                                                                made .
                            Article 3
                                                                                                         Article 4
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of
entry into free circulation including a request for                            1 . Member States shall take all approDriate measure' r '
preferential benefit for a product covered by this                            ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 3 er. '
Regulation , and if this declaration is accepted by the                        imports to be charged without interruption' against :
customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall                         accumulated shares of the Community quota .
draw, from the tariff quota, by means of notification to
the Commission , a quantity corresponding to these needs.                     2. Each Member State shall ensure that impor
                                                                              the products concerned have free access to the qu' A
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date                     such times as the balance of the tariff quota so peicu >
of acceptance of the said declaration, must                  be
communicated :o the Commission without delay.                                 3 . Member States shall charge imports of              .■ . c
                                                                              products against their drawings as ird when the £ ,
The drawings arc granted by the Commission on the basis                       entered with the customs authorities under                  i
      the date ol acceptance of the declaration of entry into                 declarations of entry into free circulation.
     -• - irculjrmn bv the customs authorities of the Member
 ■CLic cc ncerned . rc the extent that the available balance                  4.     The extent to which the quota has been used up
   ■ P'-rm.ts                                                                 shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
                                                                              in accordance with paragraph 3.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
                                                                                                        Article 5
                                                                              At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
                                                                              inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
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                                                                     Artide 6
                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                ♦ s»
                                                         For the Council
                                                           The President                          v*
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FICHE FIISANCIEPE
1.       Ligne budgétaire concernée : Giap . 12 art . 120
2.       Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.       Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du
         Conseil portant ouverture                  et mode de gestion d' un
         contingent tarifaire ccrrmunautaire pour le rhum , l' arak et le
         tafia , originaires des Etats ACP ( 1989 /90 )
4.       Objectif :   Application d' une obligation contractuelle ( Conventicn
         Lomé III )
5.       Mode de calcul   :
         Codes NC            :   2208 40 10 ; 90 et 2208 90 11 ; 19
         Volumes du contingent : 172 000 hl a.p . ( période 1.7.39-30.6.90 )
         Droits à appliquer :     exemption
         Droits du T.D.C. : - 1 BCU/hl par % vol + 5 BCU/hl (- 2 1 )
                               - 1 ECU/hl par % vol     (+ 2 1 )
6.       Fferte de recettes :
         Estimation :    39 529 hl en récip . 2 1 ou moins
                        132 471 hl en récip . plus de 2 1
        La perte s' élève à 17 397 645 ECU . Pour la période précédente
         ( 1.7.1988 au 30.6.1989 ) une perte de 17 450 240 ECU a été
         inscrite .
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Cette proposition est formulée en conformité a\ec un engagement contractuel
de la Conmunauté . L' impact découlant de œtte concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de œ contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' enploi dans la
Conmunauté .