CELEX: 51992PC0111(02)
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties, subject to a specific ceiling, on imports into the Canary Islands of certain tobaccos falling within CN headings 2402 and 2403

22 . 4 . 92                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 100 / 19
     Order No           CN code                                                        Description
      17.0645       9009                  Photocopying apparatus incorporating an optical system or of the contact type and thermo­
                                          copying apparatus
      17.0647       9010                  Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories (including
                                          apparatus for the projection of circuit patterns on sensitized semi-conductor materials), not
                                          specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes ; projection screens
      17.0649       9011                  Compound optical microscopes , including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or
                                          microprojection
      17.0651       9012                  Microscopes other than optical microscopes ; diffraction apparatus
      17.0653       9030                  Oscilloscopes , spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking
                                          electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading No 9028 ; instruments and apparatus for
                                          measuring or detecting alpha , beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations
      17.0655       Chapter 91            CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF
      17.0657       9207                  Musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (for
                                          example , organs , guitars , accordions)
      17.0659       Chapter 95            TOYS , GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES ; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) temporarily suspending autonomous Common
              Customs Tariff duties, subject to a specific ceiling, on imports into the Canary Islands of certain
                                          tobaccos falling within CN headings 2402 and 2403
                                                                 (92 /C 100/08 )
                                                              COM(92) 111 final
                                            (Submitted by the Commission on 27 March 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                     form part of the Community's customs territory and that
                                                                              the Common Customs Tariff shall be progressively
                                                                              introduced in the Canary Islands ; whereas, however, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         Common Customs Tariff and other import duties under
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                              the common agricultural policy shall not be applied to
thereof,                                                                      agricultural products until the specific supply
                                                                              arrangements provided for in Articles 2 and 10 of the
                                                                              Regulation enter into force ; whereas these arrangements
                                                                              are scheduled to come into force on 1 July 1992 ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                                   Whereas Decision 91 / 314 / EEC of 26 June 1991 setting
                                                                              up a programme of options specific to the remote and
                                                                              insular nature of the Canary Islands (Poseican) (J)
                                                                              provides that, in certain circumstances , imports of certain
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /91 of 26                            types of tobacco into the Canary Islands for use by its
June 1991 on the application of the provisions of                             industry may be exempted from Common Customs
Community law to the Canary Islands (*), as amended by                        Tariff duties ;
Regulation (EEC) No 284/92 of 3 February 1992 (2)
provides that from 1 July 1991 the Canary Islands shall
(') OJ No L 171 , 29 . 6 . 1991 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 31 , 7 . 2 . 1992 , p . 6 .                                       O OJ No L 171 , 19 . 6 . 1991 , p. 5 .
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Whereas , by letters dated 14 October and 15 November                          in question and is hence considered justified ; whereas ,
1991 , the relevant Spanish authorities provided details of                    however, the Regulation should apply only up to 30 June
the quantities and types of tobacco considered necessary­                       1992 so as not to prejudice any overall solutions which
each year for the abovementioned industry which should                         might be adopted for all types of tobacco under the
be imported into the Canary Islands duty-free from 1                           specific supply arrangements referred to above ;
July 1991 ;
                                                                               Whereas it is necessary to adopt provisions to ensure that
Whereas products falling within CN heading 2401 are                            the products for which suspension is requested are used
covered by the common agricultural policy and, conse­                          solely by the Canary Islands' industry within the ceiling
quently, their conditions of access to the Canary Islands'                     laid down ;
market must be dealt with under the specific supply
arrangements referred to above ; whereas, however,                             Whereas it would be advisable to make the relevant
measures must be taken for products falling within the                          Spanish authorities responsible for undertaking the
other CN headings referred to above ;                                           monitoring referred to above ; whereas , however, they
                                                                                should be requested to keep the Commission regularly
Whereas , in the case of tobacco imports , point 6.6 of                         informed,
Decision 91 / 314 / EEC states that such imports shall be
exempt from customs duty up to the amount required by
                                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the tobacco industry on the Canary Islands to cater for
local consumption and existing trade flows in manufa­
cutred tobacco and with due account for supply possi­
bilities offered by Community producers and the ACP                                                          Article 1
States ;
                                                                                1.     From 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 the Common
Whereas the Spanish authorities' request for the products                       Customs Tariff duties applying to the import of the
in question to be exempted from customs duties from 1                           following products into the Canary Islands shall be fully
July 1991 is intended to maintain supply to the industries                     suspended , subject to the ceiling laid down :
                    Order No            CN code                           Description of goods                          Ceiling
                                                                                                                       (tonnes )
                    09.0441          ex 240 2 10 00      Cigars (wrapped or not)                                        13 500
                                     ex 2403 10 00       Cigarette rag (finished mixture of tobacco for the
                                                         manufacture of cigarettes)
                                    ex 2403 91 00        'Homogenized' or ' reconstituted' tobacco,
                                                         whether or not put up in sheets or strip
                                     ex 2403 99 90       Expanded tobacco for the manufacture of
                                                         tobacco (')
               (') Monitoring arrangements for this end-use are laid down in the relevant Community provisions .
2 . The relevant Spanish authorities shall take the                            2 . The information to be sent on 15 April 1992 must
measures necessary to ensure the administration of the                         cover all imports since 1 July 1991 .
ceiling referred to in paragraph 1 . They shall inform the
Commission of these measures at the earliest oppor­                                                          Article 3
tunity.
                                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its
                             Article 2                                         publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                                Communities.
1 . In the case of the products referred to in Article 1 ,
the relevant Spanish authorities shall inform the                              It shall apply from 1 July 1991 .
Commission , no later than the fifteenth of each month ,
beginning on 15 April 1992 , of the volume of imports                          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and shall
exempted from duty during the preceding month .                                be directly applicable in all Member States .