CELEX: 51989PC0169
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) TOTALLY SUSPENDING CERTAIN CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE BY THE COMMUNITY OF TEN TO IMPORTS FROM SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            C0H C89) 169  final
                                            Brussels,25  April 1989
                        Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         totally suspending certain customs duties
             applicable by the Community of Ten
             to imports from Spain and Portugal
                (prtstnttd by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                          COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION
1. In December 1988 the Council authorized the Commission to begin negotiations
     with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland for the
  -. conclusion of additional protocols to the free trade Agreements between the
     Community and those countries in order to enable then to suspend totally
     their customs duties on imports from Spain of products covered by the
     Agreements.
     Those protocols are now being concluded.
 2. By Regulation (EEC) No 839/88 of 28 March 1988' the Council has already
     suspended totally the customs duties applied by the Community of Ten to
      industrial products and fishery products imported from Spain and Portugal
      once the level of such customs duties falls to 2 X or less.
3. By Regulation (EEC) No 3482/88 of t* November 1988 (2), the Council has
     already suspended by 5 points the customs duties that the Community of Ten
     applied on the importation of preparations and preserves of sardines from
     Spain and Portugal.
4a    Spain has requested that the Ten should^also suspend totally the customs
     duties on industrial products and fishery products.
5; In the interests of simplification and uniformity, it is proposed that
      Portuguese products - for which the tariff dismantling process is not yet
      complete - should also be covered by the total suspension of customs duties.
       !>
  6. The result of the proposed measure on the following products, originating
      in the countries indicated below, will be that the customs duties will also
      be removed (application of the additional protocoles of 1987/1988) :
      - Algeria           Tunas, prepared and preserved (CN Codes 1604 14 10 and
                                                                  1604 20 70)
       - Egypt            Shrimps, fresh of frozen (CN Codes 0306 13 and 0306 23)
       -•Tunisia          Tunas, prepared and preserved (CN Codes 1604 14 10 and
                                                                  1604 20 70)
       Community statistics for 1987 do not however mention any importations from
       the above countries.
  1
     0J L 87, 31.3.1988, p. 1.
   2
      0J No L 306 of 11.11.1988, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. In December 1988 the Council authorized the Commission to begin negotiations
      with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland for the
     .conclusion of additional protocols to the free trade Agreements between the
   . Community and those countries in order to enable them to suspend totally
      their customs duties on imports from Spain of products covered by the
      Agreements.
      Those protocols are now being concluded.
 2. By Regulation (EEC). No 839/88 of 28 March 1988 the Council has already
       suspended totally the customs dut-*tfs~applied by the Community of Ten to
       industrial products and fishery products imported from^Spain and Portugal
       once the level of such customs duties falls to 2 X or less.
 3. By Regulation (EEC) No 3482/88 of 7 November 1988 (2), the Council has already
       suspended by 5 points the customs duties that the Community of Ten applied on
      the importation of preparations and preserves of sardines from Spain and
       Portugal.
*• Spain has requested that the Ten should also suspend totally the customs
      duties on industrial products and fishery products.
5. ïn the interests of simplification and uniformity, it is proposed that
  . Portuguese products - for which the tariff dismantling process is not yet
    • complete - should also be covered by the total suspension of customs duties.
 °- For the foregoing reasons the Commission proposes that the attached proposal
      for a Regulation be adopted.
 1
     OJ L 87, 31.3.1988, p. 1.
    OJ No L 306 of 11.11.1988, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---          J»                         Proposal for
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                 of
totally suspending certain customs duties applicable by the Community of Ten
                        to imports from Spain and Portugal
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular
 Articles 33 and 192 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas the progressive dismantling of Spanish tariffs has notably improved
 access to the hitherto heavily protected Spanish market; whereas, however,
 the economic impact of the progressive reductions in the customs duties applied
 by the Ten to imports of Spanish industrial products is relatively modest
 because of the low level of the basic customs duties;
 Whereas in the interests of parallelism and non-discrimination identical measures
 should be applied in respect of Portuguese industrial products for which customs
 duties have not yet been abolished;
 Whereas measures should be taken to improve the new Member States' trade deficit.
  Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3482/88 of 7 November 1988 (1), the Council has
  already defined a specific system of partial suspension of customs duties for
  preparations and preserves of sardines, ,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
   The collection of customs duties applicable in the Community of Ten pursuant to
   the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to imports of the following products,
   from Spain and Portugal, shall be totally suspended :
   - products listed in Annex II to the Treaty in so far as they are the subject of
      Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organiza-
      tion of the market in fishery products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
      No ....;'.'  (3), excluding preparations and preserves of sardines
      of codes 1604 13 10 and ex 1604 20 50 (4) of the.Combined Nomenclature,
    - products not listed in Annex II to the Treaty,
                                        Article 2
    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,
                                                             For the Council
                                                             The President
    (1) 0J No I 306 of 11.11.1988, p. 1..
    (2) 0J. No L 379 of 31.12.1981, p. 1.V.
     (4) T*RIC codes 1604 20 50*11 and 1604 20 50*19, applicable on the date of entry into V
          force of the present Regulation.
 ---pagebreak---           FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
La suspension totale des droits de douane résiduels sur les produits
industriels et les produits de la pêche importés de l'Espagne dans les
Dix pourrait avoir un certain effet sur la compétitivité et l'emploi,
le désarmement tarifaire complet n'étant prévu que pour le 1er janvier
1993 (le 1er janvier 1996 pour certaines conserves de poissons).
Pour le Portugal, l'impact serait beaucoup plus inférieur parce que les
produits industriels portugais bénéficient déjà de l'exemption dans les
Dix.
 ---pagebreak---                              FICHE FINANCIERE
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120
2. Base juridique : art. 33 et 192 de l'acte d'adhésion de l'Espagne et du
                    Portugal
3- Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire :
   Proposition de règlement du Conseil portant suspension totale de certains
   droits de douane applicables par la Communauté à Dix aux importations de
   l'Espagne et du Portugal                            4
4. Objectif : accélérer le désarmement tarifaire entre les Dix et l'Espagne
              ainsi que le Portugal.
5. Pertes de recettes :
   Le projet de règlement du Conseil concerne les droits de douane basés sur
   la nouvelle nomenclature combinée, pour laquelle des données statistiques
   exactes quant aux importations en provenance de l'Espagne et du Portugal
   dans la Communauté dans sa composition au 31 décembre 1985 ne sont pas
   encore disponibles.
   Sur la base des importations totales, du nombre des lignes tarifaires
   concernées, de l'évolution du désarmement tarifaire ainsi que du fait que
   les droits de douane (D.D.) égaux ou inférieurs à 2 X sont suprimés lors
   de chaque réduction tarifaire (Règlement (CEE) N° 839/88 du Conseil du
   28 mars 1988 - J.O. n° L 87 du 31.3.1988, p. 1 ) , les pertes en D.D. sont
   estimées comme suit :
   a) Année 1989 (période du 1er juillet au 31 décembre);     43.959.000 Ecu
   b) Année 1990 :   27.814.000 Ecu
   c) Années 1991 et 1992 :
      négligeables du fait de l'application du Règlement N° 839/88 précité.
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- Commission of the European Communities
COM(89) 169 final
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
totally suspending certain customs duties applicable by the Community
of Ten to imports from Spain and Portugal
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
25.4.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L - 2985 Luxembourg
Series: DOCUMENTS
 1989 — 6 pp. — Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm
EN
ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-48883-2
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-166-EN-C
 ---pagebreak---                                             ISSN 0254-1475
COM(89) 169 final
DOCUMENTS
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
totally suspending certain customs duties
applicable by the Community of Ten to imports
from Spain and Portugal
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
02      11                                25.4.1989
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-166-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-48883-2
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