CELEX: 51993PC0472(01)
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) reducing the variable components applicable to certain goods originating in the Czech Republic resulting from the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                           COM(93) 472 final
                                                           Brussels, 6 December 1993
                                           Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
           reducing the variable components applicable to certain goods originating in
           the Czech Republic resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                     referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No       /93
                                            Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
           reducing the variable components applicable to certain goods originating in
           the Slovak Republic resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                     referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No       /93
                                   (presented by the Commission)
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In accordance with the additional Protocols initialled between the
Community and, respectively, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic,
the agreement initialled with the former Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic applies to each of these new States with the amendments referred
to In each of the Protocols concerned.
The Czech and Slovak Republics have informed the Community that they have
mutually agreed to share, in a ratio of 2 to 1, the quota initially
established in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2109/92 of 28 July 1992
pursuant to Protocol 3 of the agreement with the former Czech and Slovak
Federal Republic.
Article 2(2) of Protocol 3 of the agreement with the former Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic provides that, for the determination of the
agricultural component of the levy, account is to be taken of the
measures adopted pursuant to Article 14 of the agreement. Article 8 of
the additional Protocols concerned provides that the reductions in the
levy for the agricultural products listed in Annex XI I lb, in particular
the agricultural products considered to be basic products, are to apply
from 1 January 1994. In addition, the abovementioned Annex XI I lb also
refers to the percentage reductions in the levy and the quotas concerned
from that date.
The aim of these proposals for regulations is therefore to apply
Protocol 3 to each of the new States, taking as a reference quota for the
reduction of the mobile components the value also adopted in Regulation
(EEC) No 2109/92 (ECU 3 624 000, which corresponds to the value of
 imports of the goods listed in the Annex to Protocol 3 in 1990), while
also covering the same period as that for the basic products listed in
Annex XI I lb to the agreement.
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                           JNCIL RFftULATION < f-ç }
                reducing the variable components applicable to
               certain goods originating in the Czech Republic
                       resulting from the processing of
              agricultural products referred to in the Annex to
                          Regulation (EC) No         /93
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,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No       /93 of          1993 laying down the
trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing
of agricultural products*1^ establishes the method of calculation of
variable components applicable to goods referred to in Table 1 of Annex B
thereto;
Whereas, Article 1 of the Supplementary Protocol, between the European
Economic Community and the Czech Republic^2* to the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel
Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the
other part, on trade and trade related matters provides that the latter
shall apply to the Czech Republic with the amendments referred to therein;
Whereas Article 2(2) of Protocol No 3 to the Interim Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of
the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade
related matters provides that account shall be taken of the measures, as
amended by the Additional Protocol<3) to the above mentioned Interim
Agreement, in force since 1 July 1993^4^ adopted pursuant to Article 14 of
the Agreement. Whereas the said measures provide in particular for a 20%
 levy reduction during the first year, a 40% reduction during the second year
and a 60% reduction from 1 July, applicable to skimmed milk powder and
butter and to barley within the limits of quantities established on the
basis of traditional imports of these products increased by an average of
10% for each year;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2109/92 of 28 July 1992 reducing the
variable components applicable to certain goods originating in the former
(1)  OJ L n°
(2)  OJ L n°115, 30.4.1992, p.1.
(3)  OJ n° L 195, 4.8.1993, p. 47
(4)  Council Decision OJ n°L195, 4.8.1993, p.42
 ---pagebreak--- Czech and Slovak Federal Republic,(5) on the basis of a method equivalent
to that for agricultural products used in the composition of the goods
referred to in Protocol 3, has taken as a reference for the establishment of
the quota reducing these variable components the value of the goods subject
under the Agreement to the collection of an agricultural levy component
imported from the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic during 1990, increased
by 10% for the year 1992; whereas, by virtue of the exchanges of letters
between the Commission of the European Communities, of the one part, and the
Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, these countries
have stated that they have mutually agreed to share the quota in a ratio,
respectively, of 2 to 1 ;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 8 of the Supplementary Protocol, the sharing
of the quotas referred to in Annex XI I lb is applicable to skimmed milk
powder and butter and to barley from 1 January 1994; whereas, taking account
of the measures adopted for the abovementloned agricultural products used in
the composition of the goods listed in the Annex to Protocol 3, it is
necessary to provide for a reduction of the variable components of the said
goods and the quota concerned applicable from the same date and during the
successive periods referred to in Table 1 of the Annex to Protocol 3;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                   Art icle 1
1. From 1 January 1994, goods originating in the Czech Republic listed in
    Annex 1 to this Regulation shall be subject to a reduced variable
    component determined in accordance with Article 2 within the limits of an
    ad valorem quota of ECU 3 140 800 for the year 1994, 3 382 400 for the
    year 1995 and 3 624 000 for the year 1996 and successive years.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, goods meeting the conditions
    established by Protocol No 4 to the Agreement are considered to be
    "originating goods".
                                   Art icle 2
The reduced variable components shall be calculated by reducing the
difference, established in accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No      /93, between the average threshold price and the average cif price or
 free-at-frontier price for each basic product by 30%, except that the
difference established for basic products falling within Chapter 4 of the
Combined Nomenclature (dairy products) and for barley shall be reduced by
60%.
 (5) OJ L No 212, 28.7.1992, p. 4.
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The amounts thus obtained shall apply to the quantities of basic products
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the goods concerned in
accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No      /93.
                                  Article 3
The variable components applicable to goods listed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No     /93 but not listed in the Annex to this Regulation
and to goods admitted once the quota referred to in Article 1 has been
exceeded shall be those established directly pursuant to Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No     /93.
                                  Art icle 4
This Regulation shall enter into force the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from
1 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
a I I Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                         For the CounciI
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                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                reducing the variable components applicable to
               certain goods originating in the Slovak Republic
                       resulting from the processing of
              agricultural products referred to in the Annex to
                          Regulation (EC) No      /93
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,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No      /93 of         1993 laying down the
trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing
of agricultural products^1* establishes the method of calculation of
variable components applicable to goods referred to in Table 1 of Annex B
thereto;
Whereas Article 1 of the Supplementary Protocol, between the European
Economic Community and the Slovak Republic^2), to the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel
Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
the other part, on trade and trade related matters provides that the latter
shall apply to the Slovak Republic with the amendments referred to therein;
Whereas Article 2(2) of Protocol No 3 to the Interim Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of
 the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade
related matters provides that account shall be taken of the measures adopted
pursuant to Article 14 of the Agreement. Whereas the said measures, as
amended by the Additional Protocol(3) to the above mentioned Interim
Agreement, in force since 1 July 1993 (4) , provide in particular for a 20%
 levy reduction during the first year, a 40% reduction during the second year
and a 60% reduction from 1 July 1993 applicable to skimmed milk powder and
butter and to barley within the limits of quantities established on the
basis of traditional imports of these products increased by an average of
 10% for each year;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2109/92 of 28 July 1992 reducing the
variable components applicable to certain goods originating in the former
 (1) OJ N°L
 (2) OJ L n°115, 30.4.1992,p.1
 (3) OJ n° L195, 4.8.1993, p.47
 (4) Council Decision, OJ n°L 195, 4.8.1993, p.42.
 ---pagebreak---                                   ¥
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic,^5^ on the basis of a method equivalent
to that for agricultural products used in the composition of the goods
referred to in Protocol 3, has taken as a reference for the establishment of
the quota reducing these variable components the value of the goods subject
under the Agreement to the collection of an agricultural levy component
imported from the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic during 1990, increased
by 10% for the year 1992; whereas, by virtue of the exchanges of letters
between the Commission of the European Communities, of the one part, and the
Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, these countries
have stated that they have mutually agreed to share the quota in a ratio,
respectively, of 2 to 1;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 8 of the Supplementary Protocol, the sharing
of the quotas referred to in Annex XI I lb is applicable to skimmed milk
powder and butter and to barley from 1 January 1994; whereas, taking account
of the measures adopted for the abovementioned agricultural products used in
the composition of the goods listed in the Annex to Protocol 3, it is
necessary to provide for a reduction of the variable components of the said
goods and the quota concerned applicable from the same date and during the
successive periods referred to in Table 1 of the Annex to Protocol 3;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
1. From 1 January 1994, goods originating in the Slovak Republic listed in
   Annex 1 to this Regulation shall be subject to a reduced variable
   component determined in accordance with Article 2 within the limits of an
   ad valorem quota of ECU 1 570 400 for the year 1994, 1 691 200 for the
   year 1995 and 1 812 000 for the year 1996 and successive years.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, goods meeting the conditions
   established by Protocol No 4 to the Agreement are considered to be
   "originating goods".
                                  Art icle 2
The reduced variable components shall be calculated by reducing the
difference, established in accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No     /93, between the average threshold price and the average cif price or
free-at-frontier price for each basic product by 30%, except that the
difference established for basic products falling within Chapter 4 of the
Combined Nomenclature (dairy products) and for barley shall be reduced by
60%.
(5) OJ L No 212, 28.7.1992, p. 4.
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The amounts thus obtained shall apply to the quantities of basic products
considered to have been used in the manufacture of the goods concerned in
accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No      /93.
                                  Article 3
The variable components applicable to goods listed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No     /93 but not listed in the Annex to this Regulation
and to goods admitted once the quota referred to in Article 1 has been
exceeded shall be those established directly pursuant to Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No     /93.
                                  Art icle 4
This Regulation shall enter into force the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from
1 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
a I I Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                          For the Counci
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