CELEX: 51987PC0687
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Commumnity tariff quota for certain wines of fresh grapes in containers holding more than 2 l falling within No 2204 29 25, 2204 29 29, 2204 29 35 or 2204 29 39 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                               COM(87 ) 687 final
                                               Brussels , 9 December 1987
                                    Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     opening and providing for the administration of a Commumnity tariff
             quota for certain wines of fresh grapes in containers
               holding more than 2 l falling within No 2204 29 25 ,
                   2204 29 29, 2204 29 35 or 2204 29 39 of the
                     Combined Nomenclature and originating in
                                     Cyprus ( 1988 )
                           ( submitted by the Commission )
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                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Article 19 of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for
   the 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
   an annual Community tariff quota of 26 000 hi for certain wines of fresh
   grapes in containers holding more than 2 l falling within No 2204 29 25 ,
   2204 29 29 , 2204 29 35 or 2204 29 39 of the Combined Nomenclature and
   originating in Cyprus .
2. The proposed tariff arrangements allow for the entry into force on
   1 January 1988 of
   - the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the
     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 , and
   - the Combined Nomenclature based on the International Convention on the
     Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System .
   Should this not come about , the Commission may withdraw the proposal or
   amend it for the purpose of adapting it to requirements .
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3. In the context of the tariff quota , customs duties are to be abolished
   progressively according to the same timetable and under the same
   conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol .
   However , Council Regulation ( EEC ) No      / 87 laying down the arrangements
   applicable to trade between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand , and
   Cyprus , on the other , stipulates that , from the date of its entry into
   force , Spain will apply a duty reducing the gap between the rates of basic
   duty and of preferential duty ,           whereas Portugal will postpone
   implementation of the preferential arrangements for the products in
   question until the start of the second stage .
4. In accordance    with the  Council   Decision    concerning  the Mediterranean
   policy of the enlarged Community ( Council Doc . 10723 / 1 / 85 of 6 December
   1985 ), there is no need to allocate quota shares to the Member States .
   Consequently , the entire quota volume will be held as a Community reserve .
   As regards the method of administration 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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                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
    for certain wines of fresh grapes in containers holding more than 2 l
     falling within No 2204 29 25 , 2204 29 29, 2204 29 35 or 2204 29 39 of the
               Combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus ( 1988 )
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 19 of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures
for the implementation of ^ he second stage of the said Agreement and adapting
certain provisions thereof stipulates that certain wines of fresh grapes in
containers holding more than 2 l falling within No 2204 29 25 , 2204 29 29 ,
2204 29 35 or 2204 29 39 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in
Cyprus shall be imported into the Community at reduced rates of duty within
the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 26 000 hi ; whereas , within
the limits of the tariff quota , the customs duty applicable is to be abolished
progressively according to the same timetable and under the same conditions as
laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol ; whereas , however . Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No      /87 laying down the arrangements applicable to trad£
between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand , and Cyprus , on the other ,
stipulates that , from the date of its entry into force , Spain will apply a
duty reducing the gap between the rates of basic duty and of preferential
duty, whereas Portugal will postpone implementation of the preferential
arrangements for the products in question until the start of the second stage ;
Whereas the wines in question are subject to compliance with the free-at-
frontier reference price ; whereas , in order that such wines-may benefit from
this tariff quota . Article 54 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 822 / 87, as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3390 / 87 , must be complied with ;
Whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period
from 1 March to 31 December 1988;
Whereas from 1 January 1988, the nomenclature used in the Common Customs
Tariff will be replaced by the Combined Nomenclature based on the
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding
System; whereas this proposal must take account of that fact by indicating the
Combined Nomenclature codes within which the said products fall ;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all
Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied
consistently to all imports of the product in question into all the Member
States until the quota is exhausted ; whereas , however , the quota should not
in this case be allocated among the Member States , ; without prejudice to the
drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under
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conditions and according to the procedure laid down in Article 1(2 ); whereas
this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member
States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor
the rate at which the quota is used and inform the Member States accordingly ;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium ,       the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the
Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning the administration of the
quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of
its members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
1 . From 1 March to 31 December 1988 the customs duty applicable to imports
into the Community , with the exception of Portugal , of the following products
originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at the level indicated and within the
limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below :
I Serial 1   Combined   1           Description          | Volume of [ Rate of          I
I   No   1 Nomenclature !                                | tariff quotai duty ( % ) I
         1      No      I                                1     ( hi )   j
         1              1                                1              I
         1              | Wine of fresh grapes ,         |
         1              1 including fortified wines ;    |              I
         1              Igrape must other than that      |              I
         1              ¡of heading No 2009 :            |              I
         1              1 - other wine ; grape must with |              I
         1              1 fermentation prevented or |                   I
         1              1 arrested by the addition of |                 I
         1              1 alcohol :                      |              I
         1              1 – other :                      |              !
         1              I - other :                      |              I
         1              1 - of an actual alcoholic j 26 000             I
         1              1      strength by volume not |                 I
         1              1      exceeding 13% voi :       |              !
         !              I -- other :                     |
109.14231 2204 29 25 I - white                           I1             i ƒ ECU / hl I
         ! 2204 29 29 I - other                          |_7            i 9,9
         1              I - of an actual alcoholic |                    I
         1              I      strength by volume        |              I
         1              j      exceeding 13% voi but j                  !
         1              I      not exceeding 15% voi : |                I
         1              I - other :                      |
         1 2204 29 35 j - white                          jI             ! 12,1 ECU / hl I
                                                                            I
         ! 2204 29 39                                      I            I
                        ¡originating in Cyprus           |              I
         1              I                                I              I
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Within the Limits of this tariff quota Spain shall apply customs duties
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regulation
( EEC ) No      / 87 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade between
Spain and Portugal , on the one hand, and Cyprus, on the other .
2 . The wines in question shall be subject to compliance with the free-at-
frontier reference price . In order that they may benefit from this tariff
quota , Article 54 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 822/ 87 must be complied with .
3 . If an importer gives notification of imminent imports of the product in
question into a Member State and applies to take advantage of the quota , the
Member    State   concerned shall  inform   the  Commission  and  draw  an  amount
corresponding to its requirements to the extent that the available balance of
the reserve so permits .
4 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be valid until the end of
the quota period .
                                     Artide 2
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their
drawings pursuant to Article 1(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 product concerned
have free access to the quota for such time as the residual balance of the
quota volume 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 quota has been used up shall be determined on the
basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
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At the request of the Commission ,     Member States shall inform it of imports
actually charged against the quota .
                                     Article 4
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that
this Regulation is complied with .
                                     Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1988 .
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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             FICHE D ' IMPACT SUR IA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement
contractuel de ia 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 Oomnunauté .