CELEX: 51979PC0187
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) OPENING, ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FRESH OR CHILLED TOMATOES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 M OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF, ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC-STATES AND IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES (1979/80) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(79)187 final
                                                 Brussels , 10th April 1979
                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                      OPENING ,, ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
              ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FRESH OR
                    CHILLED TOMATOES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING
                      EX 07.01 M    OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ,      .
                      ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND
                         PACIFIC-STATES AND IN THE OVERSEAS
                        COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES       ( 1979 / 80 )
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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C0M(79 ) 187 final
 ---pagebreak---                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 28 February 1978 , the Council defined in Regulation ( EEC) n 430 / 78
( OJ n° L 59 of 1.3.1978 , p. 48) the tariff treatment applicable to
fresh or chilled tomatoes falling within subheading ex 07.01 M of
the CCT , originating in the ACP States and the OCT .
Article 1 of that Regulation provides for the opening of -a Community
tariff quota of 1.000 tonnes of the product in question at duties equal
to 40% of the CCT duties , with a minimum charge of 2 u , a / 100 kg , for
the period from 15 November to 15 April . By this article , the applica-*-
bility of this provision ends on 29 February 1980 . Consequently for
the volume of the quota to be fixed^for the period of 15 November 1979
to 29 February 1980 the prorata temporis clause is applicable (= 7 / 10
of the quota) .                 . "
It is therefore necessary to open a tariff quota of 700 tonnes for the
period concerned , by means of the proposal in annex .
The Commission proposes the "grey hound system" as form of administration
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                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                 ZlTfr 7OCK tmS -,a ?,d frOVkli!:8 for the administration of a Communis u-iU
                 quota for fresh or dulled tomatoes falling within subheading 07 OiTfJflhl
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                                  *nd ,M *"ic overseas countries and territories ( / 979 /80"'
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
   COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,, and in particular Articles 43
  and 113 thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
  ment ( ' ),
  Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 430/78 (2) provides for ^he opening by the Commu­
 nity of a Community tariff quota of 1 000 tonnes of
 fresh or chilled tomatoes falling within subheading ex
 07.01 M I of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
 in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the
 overseas countries and territories ; whereas the quota
 period runs from 15 November               to 15 ; April t
          whereas the customs duty applicable to , the''
 quota is set at 4-4 %, with a minimum charge of two
 units of account per 100 kilograms net weight ;
Whereas th1S- Regulation" is; valid oruyuntU 29 February 1980; whereAs,' t'h^for-
the prorata temporls clause Is applicable for the fixing of the quota volume for
the .period 15 November 1979 to 29 February 1930; „hereas a Community tariff qu„ta
of 700 tonnes should therefore be opened for t;ie p;eriod in question
      Whereas it is necessary in particular W ensure to all
     Community importers equal and uninterrupted, access
     to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­
     cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all im­
     ports of the products concerned into all Member States
     until the quota has been used up; whereas, however, ,
     since the tariff quota involved is of a relatively iow
     volume and the period of application is very short, it
     seems possible to allocate the whole quota volume to    1  method of management requires ctosc cooperation
     the Community reserve and to provide for the possibil­  j  between the Member Stares and the Commission and
     ity of those Member States in which needs might arise   ;  the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate
     drawing appropriate quantities from that reserve;       ! at which the quota is used up and inform the Member
     whereas the shares thus drawn from the reserve must be  ( States thereof;
     valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this
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 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
 of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
 bourg arc united in and              • represented bv the
 Benelux Economic Union, any operation rela­
 ting to the administration of the shares
 allocated to that                                         .
 economic Union may be carried out by any one of its
 members,                          s
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION;
                          Article Î
   t . For the period 15 November 197g to 15 Feb -.
 19g0,a Community tariff quota of 700 tonnes shall
  be opened in the Community for fresh or chilled
  tomatoes falling within subheading ex 07.01 M I of
  the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the
  African , Caribbean and Pacific States and in the over­
  seas countries and territories.
        Within this tariff quota the Common Customs
, Tariff duty applicable to the products shall be
  suspended at 4-4 % with a minimum charge of two
  units of account per 100 kilograms net weight.
 2. The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
 graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
   . If the need should arise for the products in question
 in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appropriate
 share from the reserve, providing that the size of the
 reserve so permits .
 4. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be
 valid until 29 February i 980 ,
 ---pagebreak---                        Article 2                                                      A rticle
 1.   The Member States shall take all measures neces­      The Member Stales and the - Cemwissien shall ee=
sary to ensure that                      shares drawn       operate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation
pursuant to Article 1 are opened in such a way that          >s complied with .
changes may be made without interruption against
their accumula tedshares of the Community quota.
                                                                                     Article    5
2.    Member States shall ensure that importers of the
said products established in their territory have free      The rules of origin applicable to the products
access to the shares allocated to them .                     imported under this Regulation shall be, respectively,
                                                             those of Protocol i annexed to the ACP-EEC Conven­
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the             tion of Lome concerning the definition of the concept
said goods against their shares as and when the goods        of 'originating products' and the methods of adminis­
are entered with customs authorities for home use.           trative cooperation , and those of Annex II to Council
A.    The extent to which a Member State has used up         Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June 1976 on the associa­
                                                             tion of the overseas countries and territories with the
its share shall be determined on the basis of the
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.              European Economic Community ( ').
                       Arliclt     3                                                  Article   g
At the request of the Commission, Member States              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
shall inform it of imports actually charged against          following its publication in the Official Journal of
their shares.                                                 the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                              (') OJ No L 176, 1 . 7. 1976, p. 8.