CELEX: 51991PC0505
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) establishing Community surveillance for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon which are subject to reference quantities ( 1992 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                          C0M(91) 505 final
                                          Brussels,  9 December 1991
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
    establishing Community surveillance for certain agricultural products
 originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta,
 Morocco and Lebanon which are subject to reference quantities (1992)
                        (presented by the Commission)
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                           Explanatory Mgmorarrâum
1.   The Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the European
      Economic Community and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, (Israel), Tunisia,
      Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon provide for the progressive
      reduction of the customs duties applying to certain agricultural
      products originating in those countries, by means of a system of
      reference quantities.
2.    The customs duties applied to the products in question are to be
      phased out according to the same timetables and at the same rates as
      laid down in Articles 75, 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession.
3.    By Council Regulation (EEC) N" .../91 of     1991 amending the
      arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural
      products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
      Malta, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia, the Community has unilaterally
      increased the amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of
      3% or 5% per year starting on 1 January 1992, and therefore they are
      for 1992 at the levels shown in the annexe.
4.    The implementation of these regulation, does not imply the adoption
      of common rules other than those actually applied uniformly by all
      Member States for the purposes of external trade statistics of the
      Community. Given that in most cases, the period of validity for
      reference quantities is shorter than the calender year, the competent
      authorities within the Commission responsible for examining the
      possibility of making a certain product subject to a tariff quota in
      accordance with the provisions of article 3 (1) of the Council
      Regulation (EEC) n' 451/90, may obtain the necessary data for this
      examination, from the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
That is the aim of the attached proposal.
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                                Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N* .../91
                                      Of
   establishing Community surveillance for certain agricultural products
       originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria,
    Malta, Morocco and Lebanon which are subject to reference quantities
                                    (1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the
European Economic Community and Cyprus (1), Egypt (2), Jordan (3), Israel
(4), Tunisia (5), Syria (6), Malta (7), Morocco (8) and Lebanon (9), have
been concluded; whereas these Protocols provided for the progressive
reduction, subject to reference quantities and to a Community surveillance
within a set timetable, of the customs duties applicable to certain
agricultural products originating in those countries and covered by the
respective Agreements;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) n' 451/89 of 20 February 1989 concerning
the procedure to be applied to certain agricultural products originating in
various Mediterranean third countries (10) has determined the surveillance
procedure in question;
Whereas by Council Regulation (EEC) n" .../91 of ...1991 amending the
arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural
products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta,
Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (11), the Community unilaterally increased the
amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of 3% or 5% per year
starting on 1 January 1992, and that therefore they are for 1992 at the
levels shown in the annexe.
(1) 0J N* L 393, 31.12.1987, p. 2
(2) 0J N* L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 11
(3) OJ N* L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 19
(4) OJ N' L 327, 30.11.1988, p. 36
(5) 0J N* L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 36
(6) 0J N" L 327, 30.11.1988, p. 58
(7) 0J N* L 81, 23.3.1989, p. 1
(8) 0J N' L 224, 13.8.1988, p. 18
(9) 0J H' L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 28
(10) OJ N" L 52, 24.2.1989, p. 7
(11) 0J N"       Of        1991
 ---pagebreak---                  Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities
                 within the Commission to establish an annual trade
                 balance sheet for each of the products and. if necessary, to
                  put into application the arrangement P ^ e d ' o r in
                  Article 3 < U f the Regulation (EEC) N o 451/89above-
               mentioned, of the products are subject to a statistical
               surveillance ;
               Whereas imports of the product, in question « c h a r g e d
                against the reference quantities at Community level
                within pre-established timetables, as and when the
                products are entered with the customs authorities for free
                circulation ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to esta-
   i n 1992     bashfteference quantities for those products listed ,n the
                Annex ;
                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                           Article 1
                 1.    Imports into the Community of certain products
                originating in Cyprus, ..                Egypt, Jordan, Israel,
and Lebanon     Tunisia, Syria, Malta          Morocco^ shall be subject
                 to reference quantities within the established
                 timetables and t o a s t a t i s t i c a l surveillance.
                The description of the products referred to in the first
                subparagraph, their serial numbers, their CN codes, Taric
                codes and the quantities and timetable applying to the
                reference quantities are given in the table in the Annex.
                2.     Amounts shall be charged by Member States against
                the reference quantities as and when products are entered
                with customs authorities for free circulation, accompanied
                by a movement certificate conforming to the rules laid
                down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the
                concept of originating products annexed to each
                Agreement with the countries concerned.
                Where the movement certificate is produced at a later
                date, the amount shall be charged against the corres-
                ponding reference quantity at the date of acceptance of
                the declaration of release for free circulation.
                 The extent to which the reference quantities are used up
                 shall be determined at Community level on the basis of
                 the imports charged against them in the manner defined
                 in the first subparagraph, as communicated to the Statis-                                /•-i\
                 tical Office of the European Communities, i n application of Regulations (EEC) N° 2658/87 and
                                                                                     (EEC) N° 1/36/75 (2)
                                           Article 2
                 The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                 closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
                                           Article 3
                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1         January
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at
                                                                            For tht Council
                                                                             The President
            ( I ) OJ N° L 256, 7.9.19S7, p. 1
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                                                                                     - >     -
     Serial                                                                                                                          Reference
                    CN code            TARIC code                  Description (a)                  Timetable            Origin       quantity
      No
                                                                                                                                    (in tonnes)
                       (2)                 (»)                            <«)                            (5)               W             (7)
   18.0010       ex 0701 90 51       0701 90 51*10    New potatoes                              1. 1. - 3 1 . 3.     Tunisia       2 678
                                     0701 90 51'20
   18.0015           0701 90                                                                    1. 1. - 15. 5.                     309Ù
                                     0701 90 59-10    New potatoes                                                  [Malta
                 ex 0701 90
                             5}                                                               16. 5 . - 3 1 . 5.
 18.0030 4x 0703 20 00 07032000*10                     Garlic                                 1.2-31.5               Egypt         1 680
                                   07032000*20
                                   07032000*30
   18.0040       ex 0707 00 I I     0707 00 MM 2      Cucumbers of a length not excee-               1. - 28. 2.     Egypt           >!o 5
                                                      ding 15 cm                                     1. - 28. 2.     Jordan
                                                                                                     1 . - 2 8 . 2.  Malta               S 2.
   18.0050      e x 0709 10 00     0 7 0 9 1 0 OOlOArtichokes                                   1.10. - 31.12.       Egypt             105
                                   0709 10 00*20                                                1 . 1 0 . - 31.12.   Cyprus
                                                                                                                                       105
 18.0060 4x 0709 30 00 07093000*20                    Aubergines(egg-plants)                  15.1-30.4              Israel        1 260
                                   07093000*30
   18.0070           0709 60 10                       Sweet peppers                             1. 1. - 31.12.       Morocco
                                                                                                                                   1 050
   18.0080           0712 20 00                       Onions, dried                             1. I. - 31.12.       Syria
                                                                                                                                       735
   18.0090       ex 0712 90 90      0712 90 90*20     Garlic, dried                             1. 1. -      3L12.   Egypt         1 050
   18.0100           0713 10 111                      Peas, for sowing                         1.    I. -    3L12.   Morocco           420
                     0713 10 I 9 j
18.U110           0713   10 90                          Dried leguminous                         1.1-31 .,12         Lebanon      2 310
                  0713   20 90                          vegetables
                  0713   31 9U
                  0713   32 90
                  un3    33 90*
                  0713   39 90
                  0713   40 90
                  0713   50 90
                  U713   90 90
  18.0120 j 0304 40 10                                Avocados                                 1.1.-31.12             Israel     : 2 'J'JU
               ' 0804 40 90
    18.0130       ex 0806 10 15       0806  10 15*50   Fresh table grapes                        1.2.-       30. 6.   Israel       1 995
                                      0806  10 I 5*60
                                     0806   10 15*70
                                      0806  10 15*80
                                      0806  10 15*91
    I 8.0 I 40    ex 0807 10 90       0807 10 90*13    Melons of a weight not exceeding          1. I. - 31. 3.       Egypt            105
                                      0807 10 90*JJ    600 grams                                 1. 1. - 31. 3.       Jordan           105
    18.0150      ex 0810 90 10 P 8 1 0 9 0 1 0 * 1 0 Kiwifruit        (Actinidia   Chinensis                          Israel         ~2Tu~
                                                       Planch.)                                  1. 1. - 30. 4.       Cyprus           21U
                                                                                                 1. 1. - 30. 4.       Morocco          21U
                                                                                                 1. 1. - 30. 4.
 18.0160        ext$12 90 9u\û812 90 9 0 * l \            C i t r u s f r u i t cemminuted
                                    1JB12 90 90*2^                                             \ 1.1-51.. 12        V'Uracl          1 i55
  18 0190           2008 30 51                          Grapefruit segments                       1.1-31.12               Israel    14 385
                    20Û8 30 71
 ---pagebreak---     * :.  -4.VO       xoûd J U 61                           Apricots                                    I.  1. -   31.12.   Morocco              6 615            — / . -
                                      .......
                           -                                Grapefruit
18 0210          ex2008 30 7920083079*10                                                                1.1-31.12            Israel              2 100
                                     20083079*20 Oranges and lemons
                                                            r/Yrrnini i t P H
18 0220           ex2008 30 9120083091*H ./Grapefruit segments
                  ex2008 30 91                         12
                                                                                                                             Israel            3 045
                                                       13 JGrapefruit
                  ex2008 30 91                         19 (
                                                     ?i Pulp of citrus f r u i t
                                                     91 Citrusfruit ujfiminutea                       \
     18.0230       ex 2008 50 99       2008 50 99*10         Apricots and peaches in         halves      I.  1. -   31.12.   Morocco             63ÛÛ
                   ex 2008 70 99       2008 70 99*10        (including nectarine halves)
   18.0240 2009 20 11                                       Grapefruit juice                            1.1.-31.12            Israel            30 135
                    2009 20 19
                    2009 20 99
                                                            Grapefruit juice                            1.1.-31.12             Morocco               840
    18.0245 2009 20 99
  (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of the producta is to be considered as
         having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the application of the C N code.
         Where ex C N code positions are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the C N code and contaponding description
         taken together.
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FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
      regulation establishing Community surveillance for certain
      agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel
      Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and Lebanon which are subject to
      reference quantities (1992)
4.    Object ive : Setting up of a community surveillance for certain
      agricultural products to allow the Commission to apply measures
      forseen by Article 1 of additional protocols to agreements between
      the ECC and the above-mentioned Mediterranean countries.
5.    The application of the provisions of this regulation do not lead to
      losses of supplementary receipts.
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