CELEX: 51994PC0231
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 715790 as regards the inclusion of seedless table grapes falling within CN code ex 0806 10 15

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       C0M(94) 231 final
                                                       Brussels, 03.06.1994
                                                       94/0137 (ACC)
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                                         Proposal for a
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the
overseas countries and territories (OCT), the products concerned are
accorded total or partial exemption from import duties within the European
Union (EU) until 29 February 2000, the date of expiry of the
Lomé convention.
The attached proposal for a Regulation seeks to determine, in response to a
request by the ACP states, special import arrangements applicable to
seedless table grapes (CN code ex 0806 10 15) originating in those
countries.
This product is of particular economic importance to Namibia, an ACP
country.
Since the supply of table grapes originating in the ACP states occurs, for
the most part, outside the periods in which this product is produced and
marketed in the EU, the EU could feasibly accord in respect of the product
in question full reduction of import duties over the period from 15 November
to the end of February, subject to quantitative limits, without in any way
jeopardizing the pricing of the product within the EU.
As regards the impact of this measure on small businesses in the EU,
indications are that there will be no immediate economic effects, though the
longer-term situation cannot be foreseen.
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 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
               amending Regulation (SBC) No 715/90 as regards
            the inclusion of seedless table grapes falling within
                             CN code ex 0806 10 IS
THE COUNCIL OF TEE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to -the Treaty establishing the European Community, and In
particular Article 113 thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the
arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting
from the processing of agricultural products originating in. the ACP states
or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)^, as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 235/942, accords the products in question total or
partial exemption from import duties?
Whereas, on account of the economic importance of seedless table grapes for
certain ACP States, this product should be accorded a full reduction of
customs duties, subject to quantitative limits, over the period from
15 November to the end of February;
Whereas these arrangements take account of the possibilities offered by the
Community market for out-of—season products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1  OJ No I. 84, 30.3.1990, p. 85.   L
2  OJ No L 30, 3-2.1994, p. 12.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 1
The product mentioned hereafter shall be inserted in Article 16 of
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90:
  CN code           Description             Reduction       Quota (TQ)
                       (*)                      %           Reference
                                                            quantity (ROJ
                                                                 (T)
  0806              Grapes, fresh or
                    dried:
  0806 10           — fresh:
                    — table grapes;
                    —   from 1 November
                        to 14 July:
  ex 0806 10 15          other:
                      - Seedless table
                        grapes:
                        - from 15 November
                          to 31 December      100          TQ 450
                        - from 1 January
                          to end of February 100           RQ 50
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at                                     For the Council
                                            The President
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 ---pagebreak---  1. BUDGET HEADING : 1 000                                               APPROPRIATIONS : ECU 1 023.A million
 2. TITLE : Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 by extending its coverage
            to include seedless table grapes falling within CN code ex 0806 10 15 originating in the
            African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States.
 3. LEGAL BASIS :  Article 113 of the Treaty
4. AIMS
    Reduction of customs duties over the period from 15 November to the end of February on 500 tonnes of
    table grapes
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS           PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS    CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR    FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                      94
5.0 EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
       - NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
       - OTHER
5.1 REVENUE '
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)           p.m.                     p.m.
       - NATIONAL
                                      1996               1997               1998              1999
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
      Loss of revenue
      500 tonnes x ECU 500/tonne = ECU 250 000
      Customs duties » 18%
      ECU 250 000 x 18% = ECU 45 000 x 1.207 (DR) = ECU 0.05 million (B)
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                       YES/NO
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                       YES/NO
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                       YES/NO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                       YES/NO
COMMENTS :
                                                          A
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