CELEX: 51983PC0372
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1983) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                            Proposal f o ra
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           opening, a l l o c a t i n g and p r o v i d i n g    f o r the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a
          Community t a r i f f   quota   f o r aubergines f a l l i n g         within         subheading
        ex 07.01 T o f t h e Common Customs T a r i f f and o r i g i n a t i n g                  i n Cyprus
                                                    (1983)
                       (submitted to the Council                  by t h e C o m m i s s i o n )
 COM(83) 372 f i n a l
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The C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n   (EEC) N° ..../83 l a y i n g dawn t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s
a p p l i c a b l e t o t r a d e w i t h Cyprus p r o v i d e s  f o r t h e o p e n i n g o f a Community
t a r i f f quota f o rt h e importation              i n t o t h e Community o f 300 t o n n e s o f
aubergines o r g i n a t i n g i nCyprus, f a l l i n g           w i t h i n s u b h e a d i n g e x 07.01 T o f
t h e Common C u s t o m s        Tariff.
The c u s t o m s    duties applicable w i t h i n thel i m i t s o f t h i s quota areequal
t o 40 % o f t h e d u t i e s a c t u a l l y a p p l i e d t o t h i r d     countries.
Accordingly          the t a r i f f quota i n question            has t o be opened.
As t h e m e t h o d o f a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o b e a p p l i e d b y a l l Member S t a t e s , t h e
 Commission         proposes t h e "greyhound              system".
 This      i s thesubject o f t h eproposal                   annexed       hereto.
 ANNEX : 1 p r o p o s a l        f o ra Regulation          (EEC) of       the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Proposal        for a
                                  C O U N C I L R E G U L A T I O N (EEC)
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
               quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common
                                Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1983)
T H E COUNCIL OF T H E EUROPEAN                                   Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
                                                                  Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
                                                                  by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  concerning the administration of shares allocated to
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                                                         1
                                                                  that economic union may be carrk-. out by any one of
thereof,
                                                                  its members,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas                  Council Regulation (EEC) N o
  . . . . / 83                     .. laying down the arran­
gements applicable to trade with Cyprus 0*0                                                 Article  1
                 provides for the opening, i n respect of          1.      From 1 October until 30 November 1983, the
the period 1 October to 30 November 1983, of a                    Common Customs Tariff duty for aubergines, falling
Community tariff quota of 300 tonnes of aubergines,               within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common
falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common                Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus, shall be
Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus, at a rate of            suspended at 6-4 % within the limits of a Community
customs duty equal to 40 % of the customs duty in                 tariff quota of 300 tonnes.
the C o m m o n Customs Tariff ; whereas, therefore, the
Community tariff quota in question should be opened               W i t h i n the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall
for this period ;                                                 apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the
                                                                  1979 Act of Accession and the Protocol to the Agree­
                                                                  ment establishing an association between the Euro­
Whereas it is necessary, i n particular, to ensure to all
                                                                  pean Economic Community and the Republic of
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
                                                                  Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Hellenic
to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli­
                                                                  Republic to the Community.
cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all
imports of the products concerned into all Member
                                                                  2.       If an importer notifies an imminent importation
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
                                                                  of the product in question in a Member State and
however, since the period of application of the quota is
                                                                  requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State
very short it seems possible to avoid allocating it
                                                                  concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an
among the Member States, without prejudice to the
                                                                  amount corresponding to these requirements to the
drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as
                                                                  extent that the available balance of the reserve permits
they may need, under the conditions and according to
                                                                  this.
the procedure specified in Article 1 (2) ; whereas this
method of management requires close cooperation                    3.      The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall
between the Member States and the Commission and                   be valid until the end of the quota period.
the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate
at which the quota is used up and inform the Member
States thereof ;                                                                            Article  2
                                                                   1.       Member States shall take all appropriate measures
(1) 0J No L . ..,                                                  to ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2)
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are carried out in such a way that imports may be                                   Article 3
charged without interruption against their accumulated
shares of the Community quota.                              A t the request of the Commission, Member States
                                                            shall inform it of imports actually charged against the
                                                            quota.
2.    Each Member State shall ensure that importers of
the said goods have access to the quota so long as the
residual balance of the quota volume allows this.                                   Article 4
                                                            The Member States and the Commission shall collabo­
3.    Member States shall charge imports of the said        rate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
goods against their drawings as and when the goods          complied with.
are entered for free circulation.
                                                                                    Article 5
4.   The extent to which the quota has been used up
shall be determined on the basis of the imports             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
charged in accordance with paragraph 3.                     1983.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                        For the  Council
                                                                         The   President