CELEX: 51988PC0679
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 486/85 ON THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

6. 1. 89                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 4/7
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 on the
              arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing
              of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                                               overseas countries and territories
                                                      COM(88) 679 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 2 December 1988)
                                                         (89/C 4/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           of those quotas does not prevent the importation of
                                                                   products originating in ACP countries within the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              abovementioned overall limit of 10 000 tonnes per year;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   whereas provision should be made for laying down
thereof,                                                           detailed rules of application to ensure equality of access
                                                                   for all the exporting countries concerned to the quota of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 10 000 tonnes,
Having regard       to  the   opinion   of   the   European        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Parliament,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26
February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agri-              Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 is hereby amended as
cultural products originating in the African, Caribbean            follows:
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and terri-
tories ('), as last amended by (EEC) No 1301/87 (2),               1. The heading of Title V, 'Cereals' is replaced by the
provides for the total or partial exemption from import                following: 'Cereals and cereals' substitute products'.
duties for agricultural products originating in the
abovementioned countries; whereas, on account of the               2. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 9:
importance of yams and similar products intended for                   '3.   Products covered by CN codes 0714 10 91 and
human consumption for the economy of those States,                     0714 90 11 shall be exempt from import duties within
countries and territories, such products should be eligible            the overall limit of 10 000 tonnes per year. The quan-
for a total exemption from import duties within the                   tities of products originating in GATT member
annual limit of a total quota of 10 000 tonnes;                        countries shall be charged against the quota fixed in
                                                                      Article 1 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 430/87.
Whereas the products in question are subject to Council               The quantities of products originating in countries not
Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 of 9 February 1987                          members of GATT shall be charged against the quota
concerning the import arrangements applicable to                       fixed in Article 1 (2) (d) of that Regulation. The
products falling within subheading 07.06 A of the                      exhaustion of the latter quotas may not however
Common Customs Tariff and coming from third                            prevent the release for free circulation of the products
countries, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68                     in question exempt from import duties within the
on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by                   abovementioned overall quantity of 10 000 tonnes.'
Regulation (EEC) No               ; whereas the quantities
released for free circulation exempt from import duties                                       Article 2
of products originating in GATT member countries
should be charged against the quota fixed in Article 1 (2)         The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 430/87 and those orig-                  shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
inating in non-member countries of GATT should be                  down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75.
charged against the quota fixed in Article 1 (2) (d) of
that Regulation, providing that the possible exhaustion                                       Article 3
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
(') OJ No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, p. 4.
C) OJ No L 123, 12. 5. 1987, p. 3.                                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1987, p. 9.                                   directly applicable in all Member States.