CELEX: 51987PC0613
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, falling within Nos 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(87 ) 613 final
                                                    Brussels , 4 December 1987
                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
  for cut flowers and flower buds , fresh , falling within Nos 0603 10 11
      to 0603 10 69 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in
            P    'S.              Cyprus ( 1988)
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                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Cyprus , as
   supplemented by 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 50 tonnes for cut flowers and flower
   buds , fresh ,  falling within Nos 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69 of the Combined
   Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus . However , under Articles 18 and 19
   of the Protocol in question, this volume is subject to an annual increase
   of 5% from the entry into force of the Protocol , and will therefore be
   52.5 tonnes in 1988 .
2. The purpose of   this proposal is to open the quota for the period from
   1 January to 31   October 1988 . As such , the quota volume calculated in
   accordance with   the terms of the Joint Declaration of the Contracting
   Parties annexed  to the said Protocol , which provides for the application
   of the pro rata  temporis clause , is fixed at 43.750 tonnes for the period
   in question .
3. 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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4. In the context of the tariff quota ,      customs duties are to be abolished
   progressively    according  to  the  same    timetables  and  under  the same
   conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol .
   Within the limits of the tariff quota ,         Spain and Portugal will apply
   customs duties calculated in accordance with the Protocol to the Agreement
   between the    EEC and   Cyprus consequent on the accession of Spain and
   Portugal .
5. 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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                                       Proposai for
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
       for cut flowers and flower buds , fresh , falling within Nos 0603 10 11 to
         0603 10 69 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus ( 1988 )
                             V
  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 ttje second stage of the said Agreement and adapting
  certain provisions thereof stipulates that cut flowers and flower buds ,
  fresh ,\ falling within Nos 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69 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 50
  tonnes ; whereas , under Articles 18 and 19 of the Protocol in question , this
  volume is subject to an annual increase of 5% from the entry into force of the
  Protocol , and will therefore be 52.500 tonnes in 1988; whereas , within the
• limits of the tariff quota , customs duties are to be abolished progressively
  according to the same timetables and under the same conditions as laid down in
  Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol ; whereas in the context of the said
  quota , Spain and Portugal will apply customs duties calculated in accordance
  with the Protocol tp the EEC-Cyprus Agreement consequent on the accession of
  Spain and Portugal ;
  Whereas roses with large or small flowers and carnations of the unifloral or
  multi floral type are covered by the quota only where they meet the conditions
  laid down by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No           / 87 fixing conditions for the
  application of reduced customs duties on imports of certain f loricultural
  products originating in Cyprus , Israel , Jordan or Morocco ; whereas these
  tariff advantages apply only to imports for which certain price conditions are
  complied with ;
  Whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period
  from 1 January to 31 October 1988 amounting, by virtue of the pro rata
  temporis clause , to 43.75 tonnes for the period in question;
  Whereas from the date on which the said quota is opened , 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 Regulation must take account of that fact by
  indicating the Combined Nomenclature codes within which the said products
  fall ;
  loj No L      ,          , p.
  ,0J No L      ,          , p.
   20J No L       ,         , p.
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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
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 January to 31 October 1988 the customs duty applicable to imports
into the Community 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 :
  Serial    Combined   |        Description           Volume of |            Rate of
    No    Nomenclature |                            tariff quota j          duty (X )
                No     I                              ( tonnes )  j
  09.1419  0603  10 51 | Cut flowers and flower         43.75       17 : from 1 January
           0603  10 53 jbuds of a kind suitable                     to 29 February
           0603  10 55 j for bouquets or for
           0603  10 61 | ornamental purposes ,                    1 15.4 : from 1 March
           0603  10 65 j fresh , dried, dyed,                     j to 31 May
           0603  10 69 jbleached, impregnated                     I
           0603  10 11 jor otherwise prepared :                   | 21 . 8 : from 1 June
           0603  10 13 j - fresh                                  j to 31 October
           0603  10 15 | – from 1 November to
           0603  10 21 j 31 May
           0603  10 25 j – from 1 June to
           0603  10 29 j 31 October ,
                       ( originating in Cyprus
Within the limits of this tariff quota Spain and Portugal shall apply customs
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Protocol
to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of Spain and Portugal .
2 . Cover by the tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1 ) may be interrupted
in the case of roses with large or small flowers and carnations of the
unifloral or multifloral type if is established at Community level that the
price conditions laid down by Regulation ( EEC ) No              /87 are not complied
with .
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collection of Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the products in
question and , where appropriate , reintroducing this Regulation on the dates
and for the products indicated in those regulations .
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 fo^ 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 qre 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 A
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 January 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                             For the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---              FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement
contractuel de la Canmunauté .    L' impact découlant de cette concession a
été pris en considérâtion lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce
contingent et il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la ccmpétitivité
et l' emploi dans la Communauté .