CELEX: 31990R3259
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3259/90 of 8 November 1990 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fruits and fruit juices

15 . 11 . 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 316 / 63
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3259 / 90
                                                          of 8 November 1990
                      opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fruits
                                                             and fruit juices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal
                                                                         and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates
                                                                         laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to
                                                                         all imports of the products in question into all Member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    States until the quotas are exhausted ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,
                                                                         Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure
                                                                         efficient administration of the tariff quotas at Community
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       level by providing for Member States to draw against the
                                                                         quota volumes such quantities as they may need to cover
                                                                         actual imports as recorded; whereas this method of
Whereas pursuant to the Agreement with the United States                 administration requires close cooperation between Member
of America on the Mediterranean preferences, citrus and                  States and the Commission ;
pasta, the Community has undertaken to suspend
provisionally and in part the customs duties applicable to
certain fruits and fruit juices within the limits of                     Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of
Community tariff quotas of appropriate volumes and of                    the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are
varying duration; whereas in order to ensure the balance of              united within , and jountly represented by , the Benelux
reciprocal concessions provided for in the Agreement, the                Economic Union , any operation concerning the
Commission may, by means of a Regulation , suspend the                   administration of quantities drawn by that economic union
application of the tariff measures in question ;                         may be carried out by any one of its members,
Whereas the use of these tariff quotas is, however,
conditional on presentation to the Community customs
authorities of a certificate of authenticity issued by the               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
competent authorities of the country of origin certifying
that the products comply with the specific characteristics
laid down;
                                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas Community tariff quotas for sweet oranges of                      1 . The customs duties applicable to imports of the
high quality , citrus hybrids known as 'Minneolas' and                   following products shall be suspended during the periods ,
certain types of frozen concentrated orange juice should                 at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff
therefore be opened for all or part of 1991 ;                            quotas shown below:
                                                                                                                  Quota        Rate of
       Series               CN code
                                                         Description                      Quota per lod          volume         duty
        No                     (a)                                                                               (tonnes)       (% )
     09.0025       ex 0805 10 11 , 15 ,   Sweet oranges of high quality                 From 1 February          20 000          10
                    19 , 41 , 45 , 49                                                      to 30 April
                                                                                              1991
     09.0027        ex 0805 20 90         Citrus hybrids known as 'Minneolas'           From 1 February          15 000           2
                                                                                           to 30 April
                                                                                              1991
     09.0033        ex 2009 11 99         Frozen concentrated orange juice having        From 1 January            1 500         13
                                          a degree of concentration of up to 50         to 31 December
                                          degrees Brix, in containers of two litres           1991
                                          or less, not containing blood orange
                                          concentrate
(a ) See Taric codes in Annex III.
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2. Within the limits of these tariff quotas, the Kingdom of                                       Article 4
Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions          Where an importer presents a product covered by this
of the 1985 Act of Accession .                                        Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member
                                                                      State , applying to take advantage of the preferential
                                                                      arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs
                            Article 2                                 authorities, the Member State concerned shall , by notifying
                                                                      the Commission , draw an amount corresponding to its
1 . For the purposes of this Regulation:                              requirements from the quota volume .
( a) sweet oranges of high quality means oranges of similar
     varietal   characteristics which     are mature ,    firm ,      Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the
     well-formed , at least fairly well coloured , of fairly          entries were accepted , must be sent to the Commission
     smooth texture and are free from decay, broken skins             without delay.
     which are not healed, hard or dry skins, exanthema ,
     growth cracks, bruises (except those incident to normal
     handling and packing), and are free from damage
     caused by dryness or mushy condition, split, rough ,             Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in
     wide or protruding navels, creasing, scars, oil spots ,          chronological order of the dates on which the customs
     scale , sunburn , dirt or other foreign material, disease ,      authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the
     insects or damage caused by mechanical or other                  entries for release for free circulation , to the extent that the
     means, provided that not more than 15 % of the fruit             available balance so permits.
     in any lot fails to meet these specifications and ,
     included in this amount, not more than 5 % shall be
     allowed for defects causing serious damage and ,                 If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
     included in this latter amount, not more than 0,5 %              return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
     may be affected by decay;                                        volume as soon as possible .
( b) citrus fruit hybrids known as 'Minneolas' means                  If the quantities requested are greater than the available
     hybrids of the citrus fruit variety 'Minneola' (Citrus           balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated
     paradisi Macf. CV. Duncan and Citrus reticulata                  among applicants pro rata . The Commission shall inform
     blanca CV . Dancy);                                              the Member States accordingly.
(c) frozen concentrated orange juice having a degree of
     concentration of up to 50 degrees Brix means orange
     juice that has a density of 1,229 g/ cm3 or less at
     20 °C .                                                                                      Article 5
                                                                      Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
2 . Use of the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall         products in question have equal and continuous access to
be subject to :                                                       the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
                                                                      volume so permits.
— presentation , in support of the entry for release for free
     circulation, of a certificate of authenticity conforming
     to one of the models in Annex I , issued by the
     competent authorities of the country of origin — listed
     in Annex II — certifying that the products shown on it                                       Article 6
     possess the specific characteristics referred to in
     paragraph 1 , or                                                 Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely
                                                                      to ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
— in the case of concentrated orange juice, presentation to
     the Commission before importation of a general
     attestation in which the competent authority of the
     country of origin certifies that concentrated orange
                                                                                                  Article 7
     juice produced in that country does not contain the
     juice of blood oranges. The Commission shall inform
     the Member States to enable them to notify the customs           The Commission may , by means of a Regulation , suspend
     departments concerned.                                           the application of the tariff quotas opened for by this
                                                                      Regulation if the reciprocity provided for in the Agreement
                                                                      is no longer ensured.
                             Article 3
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate                                                 Article 8
 administrative measures to ensure that they are managed
efficiently.                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 8 November 1990.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 P. ROMITA
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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGA TOI — BIJLAGE / — ANEXO /
                                        MODELOS DE CERTIFICADO
                                        MODELLER TIL CERTIFIKAT
                                    MUSTER DER BESCHEINIGUNGEN
                                      ΥΠΟΔΕΙΓΜΑ ΠΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΥ
                                          MODEL CERTIFICATES
                                         MODELES DE CERTIFICAT
                                         MODELLI DI CERTIFICATO
                                      MODELLEN VAN CERTIFICAAT
                                        MODELOS DE CERTIFICADO
 ---pagebreak---    1 Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                                2 Number                                     00000
\  3 Consignee (Name, full address, country)
                                                                                                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
                                                                                                 FRESH SWEET ORANGES ' HIGH QUALITY'
                                                                                           4 Country of origin                       5 Country of destination
   6 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport                                       7 Supplementary details
   8 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GOODS                                                   9 Gross         10 Net
                                                                                                                                         weight           weight
                                                                                                                                         (kg)             (kg)
  11 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY
     1 hereby certify that the above sweet oranges consist of oranges of similar varietal characteristics which are mature , firm , well-formed , fairly
     well-coloured , of fairly smooth texture and are free from decay , broken skins which are not healed , hard or dry skins , exanthema , growth cracks ,
     bruises (except those incident to proper handling and packing), and are free from damage caused by dryness or mushy condition , split , rough , wide or
     protruding navels , creasing , scars , oil spots , scale , sunburn , dirt or other foreign material , disease , insects or damage caused by mechanical or other
     means , provided that not more than 15 % of the fruit in any lot fails to meet these specifications and , included in this amount , not more than 5 % shall
     be allowed for defects causing serious damage, and , included in this latter amount, not more than 0,5 % may be affected by decay .
  12 Competent authority ( Name , full address, country)
                                                                                                               ( Signature )                         ( Seal )
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---  1 Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                       2 Number                                00000
 3 Consignee (Name, full address, country)
                                                                                            CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
                                                                                                      FRESH MINNEOLA
                                                                                                        /
                                                                                4 Country of origin                  5 Country of destination
 6 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport                              7 Supplementary details
 8 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GOODS                                     9 Gross         10 Net
                                                                                                                          weight           weight
                                                                                                                          (kg)             (kg)
11 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY
    1 hereby certify that the citrus described In this certificate are fresh citrus hybrid of the variety Minneola [ Citrus paradisi Macf. C. V. Dun­
    can and Citrus reticulata bianco C.V. Dancy).
12 Competent authority (Name, full address, country)
                   •
                                                                                                 (Signature)                          (Seal)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---    1 Exporter (Name, full address, country)                                2 Number                                     00000
   3 Consignee (Name, full address, country)
                                                                                        CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
                                                                                       CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE
                                                                           4 Country of origin                     S Country of destination
       /
   6 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport                       7 Supplementary details
  -8 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — OETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GOODS                                 9 Gross                 10 Net
                                                                                                                         weight                 weight
                                                                                                                          N
  11 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY
     1 hereby certify that the above frozen concentrated orange juice his a density of 1,229 g/cm* or less and does not contain blood orange
     juice.
jl2 Competent authority (Name, full address, country)                                                         ...... .... , On ...........
i                                                                                           ( Signature )                                  ( Seal )
i
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ANEXO II - BILAG li — ANHANG II - ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II - ANNEXE II - ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II - ANEXO II
                           País de origen                                    Autoridad competente
                          Oprindelsesland                                    Kompetent myndighed
                          Ursprungsland                                       Zuständige Behörde
                         Χώρα καταγωγής                                        Αρμόδια υπηρεσία
                         Country of origin                                    Competent authority
                           Pays d'origine                                     Autorité compétente
                          Paesi di origine                                    Autorità competente
                        Land van oorsprong                                     Bevoegde autoriteit
                          Pais de origem                                     Autoridade competente
             1 . Para los 3 contingentes — For de 3 kontingenter — Für die 3 Kontingente — Για τις 3 ποσοστώσεις — For
                 the 3 quotas — Pour les 3 contingents — Per i 3 contingenti — Voor de 3 contingenten — Para os
                 3 contingentes
             Estados Unidos
             De Forenede Stater
             USA
             ΗΠΑ
             USA                                      United States Department of Agriculture
             États-Unis d'Amérique
             Stati Uniti
             Verenigde Staten
             Estados Unidos da América
             Cuba
             Cuba
             Kuba
             Κούβα
             Cuba                                     Ministère de "agriculture
             Cuba
             Cuba
             Cuba
             Cuba
             Argentina
             Argentina
             Argentinien
             Αργεντινή
                                                      Direción Nacional de Producción y Comercialización de la Secretaría
             Argentina                                de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca
             Argentine
             Argentina
             Argentinië
             Argentina
             2. Únicamente para los híbridos de agrios conocidos por el nombre de « Minneolas » — udelukkende til
                 krydsninger af citrusfrugter, benævnt »Minneolas« — Nur für Kreuzungen von Zitrusfrüchten, bekannt
                 unter dem Namen „Minneolas" — μόνα για τα υβρίδια εσπεριδοειδών γνωστά με την ονομασία
                 « Minneolas » — Only for citrus fruit known as 'Minneolas ' — Uniquement pour les hybrides d'agrumes
                 connus sous le nom de « Minneolas » — Solo per ibridi d'agrumi conosciuti sotto il nome di « Minneolas » —
                 Uitsluitend voor kruisingen van citrusvruchten die bekend staan als „minneola's" — Somente para os
                 citrinos híbridos conhecidos pelo nome de « Minneolas »
             Israel
             Israel
             Israel
             Ισραήλ
             Israel
                                                      Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection and Inspec
                                                      tion
             Israël
             Israele
             Israël
             Israel
             Chypre
             Cypern
             Zypern
             Κύπρος
                                                      Ministry of Commerce and Industry
             Cyprus                                   Produce Inspection Service
             Chypre
             Cipro
             Cyprus
             Chipre
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ANEXO III - BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III - ANNEX III — ANNEXE III - ALLEGATO III — BIJLAGE III -
                                                       ANEXO III
                                Número de orden         Código NC       Código Tarie
                                  Løbenummer            KN-kode          Tàric-kode
                              ■ Laufende Nummer          KN-Code         Tarie-Code
                                 Αύξων αριθμός         Κωδικός ΣΟ      Κωδικός Tarie
                                    Order No             CΝ code         Tarie code
                                 Numéro d'ordre          Code NC         Code Tarie
                                 Numero d'ordine        Codice NC       Codice Tarie
                                  Volgnummer             GN-code         Taric-code
                                Número de ordem         Código NC      Código Tarie
                            09.0025                  ex  0805 1011           » 10
                                                     ex  0805 10 15          » 10
                                                     ex  0805 10 19          ♦ 10
                                                     ex  0805 10 41          * 18
                                                     ex  080510 45           • 18
                                                     ex  0805 10 49          • 18
                            09.0027                  ex 0805 20 90           • 13
                                                                             • 23
                            09.0033                   ex 2009 11 99          * 10