CELEX: 51995PC0649
Language: en
Date: 1995-12-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92 temporarily derogating from implementation of Community anti-dumping measures on imports into the Canary Islands of certain sensitive products

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51995PC0649

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92 temporarily derogating from implementation of Community anti-dumping measures on imports into the Canary Islands of certain sensitive products  /* COM/95/649 FINAL - ACC 95/0335 */  

Official Journal C 054 , 23/02/1996 P. 0004

Proposal  for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92 temporarily derogating from  implementation of Community anti-dumping measures on imports into the Canary Islands of certain  sensitive products(96/C  54/05)COM(95) 649 final - 95/0335(ACC)(Submitted by the  Commission on 11 December 1995)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113  thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92  (1) introduced special measures for applying anti-dumping  duties to imports into the Canary Islands of certain sensitive products; whereas these measures are  designed to ensure optimum conditions for the supply of these products, to take account of  particular problems in a given sector of local production intended for local consumption or  tourism, and/or to allow access for consumer goods; Whereas the special arrangements set out in Article 1 (2) and Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No  1602/92 provide for full exemption from anti-dumping duties from 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1995,  and the gradual increase of anti-dumping duties by 20  % per year from 1 January 1996, to become  payable in full on 1 January 2000; Whereas by letter of November 1995, the Spanish authorities requested that the first period of full  exemption from payment of anti-dumping duties should be extended for another year so that the  gradual collection of these duties should not start until 1 January 1997; whereas a similar  extension is proposed with respect to the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties on imports  of the same products into the Canary Islands under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1605/92  (2) of 15  June 1992; Whereas it seems appropriate to allow operators in the Canary Islands an additional year to adjust  to the new tariff arrangements being introduced; Whereas it entails a simple alteration to the timetable contained in the special arrangements for  anti-dumping duties within the transitional period expiring on 31 December 2000 laid down by  Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91  (3) of 26 June 1991 on the application of the  provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands; Whereas Article 1 (2) and Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92 should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92 is replaced by the  following: 'Under the specific arrangements referred to in paragraph 1: - from 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1996, full exemption from anti-dumping duties shall be granted; - from 1 January 1997, collection shall be gradually increased in accordance with the details given  in Annex II.`Article 2 In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1602/92, the timetable for the gradual  collection of anti-dumping duties payable on import into the Canary Islands of products listed in  Annex I is replaced by the following timetable. >TABLE>Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its  publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and diretly applicable in all Member  States.(1) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 24. Regulation amended by Regulation  (EC) No 3257/94 (OJ No L 339, 29. 12. 1994, p. 8).  (2) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 31.  (3) OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 1. Regulation amended by Regulation (EEC) No 284/92 (OJ No L 31,  7. 2. 1992, p.  6).