CELEX: 51993PC0222
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey (1993/1994)

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             COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                        COM(93) 222 final
                                                        Brussels, 19 May 1993
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                                         Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                 opening and providing for the administration of a Community
                     tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
                                          (1993/1994)
                                  (presented by the Commission)
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  Council Regulation (EEC) 4115/86 of December 1986 on imports into
    the Community of certain agricultural products originating in
    Turkey provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 90
    tonnes at zero duty for apricot pulp originating in Turkey.
2.  Within the limits of this tariff quota, Portugal applies customs
    duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) N"
    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.  The aim of this proposal is to open the quota concerned for the
    period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994.
4.  Concerning the administration of this tariff quota, it is proposed
    that the whole volume of the products subject to this tariff quota
    should form a Community reserve to which all Member States will
    have access according to the procedure laid down in Article 3 of
    the proposed Regulation.
This is the purpose of the attached proposal.
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                                                      C O U N C I L R E G U L A T I O N (EEC) N o                                /93
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                                                                               of
                            o p e n i n g and providing for t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a C o m m u n i t y tariff quota for
                                                       a p r i c o t p u l p o r i g i n a t i n g in T u r k e y (1993/94)
        THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                   laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to
        Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                                   all imports of the product in question into all the
        Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
                                                                                                   Member States until the quota is exhausted ;
        thereof,
                                                                                                    Whereas t h e d e c i s i o n for the o p e n i n g , in
        Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                          the e x e c u t i o n of i t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l
        Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC)                                               o b i I g a t i o n s , of t a r i f f q u o t a s should be
                                                                                                    taken by t h e Community; whereas, t o
        N o 4115/86 of 22 December 1986 on import into the
                                                                                                    e n s u r e t h e e f f i c i e n c y of a common
        Community of agricultural products originating in                                           a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e s e q u o t a s , t h e r e i s
        Turkey ('), provides for the opening by the Community of                                    no r e a s o n a b l e o b s t a c l e t o a u t h o r i s i n g
        an annual Community tariff quota of 90 tonnes at zero                                       t h e Member S t a t e s t o draw from the
        duty for apricot pulp originating in Turkey ; whereas such                                  quota-volumes the necessary q u a n t i t i e s
        a quota has been opened for the period up to 30 June                                        c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o a c t u a l imports; whereas
         1993 by Regulation (EEC) N o 1 9 4 9 / 9 2 ( 2 ) ; whereas the                             t h i s method of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n r e q u i r e s
        tariff quota in question should therefore be opened for                                     c l o s e c o o p e r a t i o n between the Member
                                                                                                    S t a t e s and t h e Commission and the l a t t e r
        the abovementioned volume for the period 1 July 1993 to
                                                                                                    must in p a r t i c u l a r be a b l e t o monitor
        30 June 1 9 9 4 ;                                                                           t h e r a t e a t which t h e q u o t a s are used up
                                                                                                    and Inform t h e Member S t a t e s
        whereas the Council has                  adopted Regulation (EEC)                           accordingly;
        N o 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrange-
                                                                                                    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
        ments for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one
                                                                                                    the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
         hand and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and
                                                                                                    are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
        Turkey on the other Q ;
                                                                                                    Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis-
         Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should                                    tration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its
         be ensured for all Community importers and the rates                                       members,
                                                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                                                         Article     I
                                                                                                     1.       From 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 the customs duty
                                                                                                    applicable to the following product, originating in Turkey,
                                                                                                     shall be suspended in the Community at the level and
                                                                                                    within the limit of the Commission tariff quota as shown
                                                                                                     herewith.
                                                                                                                                                     Amount
                                  CN code                                                 Description                                                of quota         Quota duty
                Order No
                                                                                                                                                   (in tonnes)            (%)
            09.0203           ex 2008 50 91          Apricot pulp neither containing added spirit nor added sugar in
                                                     immediate packings of a net content of 4,5 kg or more                                              90                 0
            (') Taric code 2008 50 91'20
            2.      Within    the framework of this tariff quota,                                                                            Article    3
                                              the Portuguese Republic shall
            apply a customs duty calculated in accordance with the
            relevant provisions of the Act of Accession and Regula-
            tion (EEC) N o 2573/87.                                                                     If an importer presents, in a Member State, a declaration
                                                                                                        of entry into free circulation including a request for prefe-
                                             Article   2                                                rential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation,
            The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be adminis-                                 and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authori
            tered by the Commission, which may take any appro-                                          ties, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the
            priate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient admi-                                  tariff quota, by means of notification to the Commission,
            nistration thereof.                                                                         a quantity corresponding to these needs.
                                                                                                        The requests for drawing, with (he indie                     on c«i Uîe (\7i\.
  (•) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1              D. 16..,                                                      of acceptance of the said dech-rrcov .' «t
  0 OJ No L 1 9 7 , 1 6 . 7 '            , P- s
                                                                                                        cated to the Commission wiîho»* uel ,
( 3 ) OJ No L 250. 1. 9. 1987, p. 1. Ammdcd by Regulation (EEC)
      No 4162/87 (OJ No L 396. 31. 12. 1987. P . 1).
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The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis         the quota for such time as the residual balance of the
of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into      quota volume so permits.
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member
State concerned, to the extent that the available balance
so permits.                                                                               Article 5
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.      The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                                closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available
balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a
pro rata basis with respect to the requests Member States
                                                                                          Article 6
shall be informed by the Commission of the drawings
made.
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                         Article 4
                                                                European Communities.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
product concerned have equal and continuous access to           It shall apply from 1 July 1993-
                 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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FINANCIAL RECORD
1.  Budget line concerned : Chap. t2 Art. 120
2.  Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.  Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for Council
    regulation opening and providing for the administration of a
    Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
    (1993/1994)
4.  Object ive : Fulfilment of an obligation stemming from a Council
    Regulation
5.  Method of calculation :
    CCT heading: ex 2008 50 91
    Volume of the quota: 90   T
    Duty to be applied: 0 %
    Normal CCT duty: 17 %
6.  Duty-toss :
    Value of goods : 770 ECU x 90 - 69 300 ECU
    Duty-loss : 69 300 ECU x 17 % - 11 781 ECU
    Compared with the preceding period (1.7.92 - 30.6.93) : no change
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