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Date: 1988-02-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing import mechanisms for certain processed products obtained from sour cherries and originating in Yugoslavia (submitted by the Commission)

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                                             COM(88 ) 67 final
                                             Brussels , 26 February 1988
                                  Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   establishing import mechanisms for certain processed products obtained
               from sour cherries and originating in Yugoslavia
                         ( submitted by the Commission )
C0MC88 ) 67 final
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 10 December 1987 the Councll signed the Addltional Protocol adopting the
Coopération Agreement with Yugoslavia conséquent on the enlargement of the
Community to include Spain and Portugal .
The Additional Protocol provides for the customs duty charged on imports of
certain processed products obtained from sour cherries and originating in
Yugoslavia to be dismantled , and in exchange Yugoslavia has undertakan to
limit its exports of these products to the Community and to observe certain
price conditions .
The aim of this proposal for a Regulation is to establish the necessary import
mechanisms for these products in order to ensure that the provisions laid down
by the Additional Protocol are properly applied .
These mechanisms provide for the issue of import licences to be suspended as
soon as the volume of imports for which licences have been requested exceeds
the level fixed , for a minimum import price system to be set up and for a
countervailing charge to be applied should the minimum price not be observed .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                                             •1
                 establishing import mechanisms for certain processed
         products obtained from sour cherries and originating in Yugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the
common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables * 1 J
and in particular Articles 15(3 ) and 17(2 ) thereof,                                   '
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Additional Protocof^to the Cooperation Agreement between the
European Economic Community and Yugoslavia concluded consequent on the
accession of Spain and Portugal         provides for the establishment of a system
of minimum import prices for processed products obtained from sour cherries ,
referred to in the Additional Protocol as "morello cherries ", for a maximum of
19 900 tonnes each calendar year ;                       t
Whereas the marketing year laid down in Regulation ( EEC ) ’No 426 /86 for the
products in question should be used for the management of these arrangements ;
( 1 ) OJ No L 49 , 27.2.1986, p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 389, 31.12.1987, p. 73
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Whereas the said Additional Protocol provides for the possibility of a
countervailing charge being collected where the minimum import price for a
product is not observed ;
Whereas the minimum price for processed products obtained from sour cherries
should be fixed , taking into account the price of Community products , the
prices of products originating in Yugoslavia and the level of customs duties ;
Whereas frozen cherries , whether or not containing added sugar , are marketed
either with or without stones and there are substantial differences between
the prices of such products ;  whereas it is therefore necessary to establish a
range of minimum prices ;
Whereas the current monetary situation results in a difference between the
minimum price fixed in ECU and the same price converted into national currency
using the representative rate of exchange ; whereas this could lead to a
distortion of trade ; whereas this risk can be averted by use of a coefficient
when converting from ECU to national currency ;
Whereas the issue of import licences should be suspended as soon as the volume
of imports for which licences have been requested exceeds 19 900 tonnes ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                     Article 1
1. A minimum import price shall be fixed for processed products obtained from
    sour cherries , listed in Annex I and originating in Yugoslavia for each
   marketing year . The minimum price may vary according to the type and
   presentation of the products .
2. The minimum price shall be fixed :
       on the basis of the price of products imported from Yugoslavia during
       the marketing year preceding that for which the price is to be fixed
       with reference to the price trend for Community products and raw
       materials during the year for which the import price is to be fixed , and
       having regard to the level of customs duties .
3. The minimum price for these products shall apply during the marketing year
   fixed for cherries in syrup pursuant to Regulation ( EEC ) No 426 /86 .
                                    Article 2
1. Where the minimum import price referred to in Article 1 is not observed , a
   countervailing charge in addition to customs duty shall be imposed .
2. The amount of the countervailing charge shall vary according to the import
   price .
                                    Article 3 •
1. The countervailing charge shall be fixed with reference to the minimum
   price applying on the day of importation .
 ---pagebreak---  2 . The minimum price and thè amount of thè countervailing charge expressed in
     national currency may be adjusted by a monetary coefficient in order to
     avoid distortions in trade between Meinber States .
                                       Article 4
 For products listed in Annex II and originating in Yugoslavia , th Commission
shall suspend the issue of the licences provided for in Article 15 of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 426 /86 as soon as the volume of imports for which import
 licences have been requested exceeds 19 900 tonnes in a given calendar year .
                                       Article 5
1.   Detailed rules for thè application of this Regulation , thè minimum import
     price and thè amount of thè countervailing charge shall be fixed in
     accordance with thè procedure provided for in Artide 22 of Regulation
     ( EEC ) No 426 / 86 .
2.   Where necessary the Commission shall adopt the monetary coefficient
     provided for in Article 3 ( 2 ).
                                      Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities ,
 It shall app^y from the day on which the Additional Protocol
enters into force .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
ail Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
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                                   ANNEX I
Combined Nomenclature                         Description
   0811               Fruits and nuts , uncooked or cooked by steaming or
                      boiling in water , frozen , whether or not containing
                      added sugar or other sweetening matter :
   0811 90            – Other
                      – Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter :
ex 0811 90 10         - With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight :
                      - Cherries
                      - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                      - Not stoned
                      - Other
ex 0811 90 30         - Other :
                      - Cherries
                      - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                      - Not s ton 1
                      - Other
                      – Other :
ex 081 L 90 90        - Other :
                      - Cherries
                      - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                      - Not stoned
                      - Other
   2008               Fruit , nuts and other edible parts of plants ,
                      otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not
                      containing added sugar or other , sweetening matter or
                      spirit , not elsewhere specified or included :
   2008 60            - Cherries :
                      – Not containing added spirit :
                      - Containing added sugar , in immédiate packings of
                          a net content exceeding l kg :
   2008 60 51         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
                      - Containing added sugar , in immédiate packings of
                          a net content not exceeding 1 kg :
   2008 60 61         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
                      - Not containing added sugar , in immédiate packings
                          of a net content :
                      - Of 4.5 kg or more :
   2008 60 71         - Sour cherr es ( Prunus cerasus )
                      - Of less than 4.5 kg :
   2008 60 91         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
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                                    ANNEX II
 Combined Nomenclature                          Description
       0811             Fruits and nuts , uncooked or cooked by steaming or
                        boiling in water , frozen , whether or not containing
                        added sugar or other sweetening matter :
       0811 90          – Other :
                        – Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter :
 e -c 0811 90 10        - With a sugar content exceeding 13Ï by weight :
                        - Cherries
                        - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                       - Not stoned
                       - Other
ex 0811 90 30          - Other :
                       - Cherries
                       - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                       - Not stoned
                       - Other
                       – Other :
ex 0811 90 90          - Other :
                       - Cherries
                       - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ):
                       - Not stoned
                       - Other
      0812             Fruit and nuts , provisionally preserved ( for example ,
                       by sulphur dioxide gas , in brine , in sulphur water or
                       in other preservative solutions ), but unsuitable in
                       that state for immediate consumption :
ex f 812 10 00         - Cherries :
                       – Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
      2008             Fruit , nuts and other edible parts of plants ,
                       otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not
                       containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or
                       spirit , not elsewhere specified or included :
      2008 60          - Cherries :
                       – Not containing added spirit :
                       - Containing added sugar , in immédiate packings
                           of a net content exceeding 1 kg :
      2008 60 51       - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
                                                                                »
 ---pagebreak---                            ANNED II ( Contd )
Combined Nomenclature                   Description
Code
                      - Containing added sugar , in immediate packings of
                        a net content not exceeding 1 kg :
   2008 60 61         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
              t
                      - Not containing added sugar , in immediate packings
                        of a net content :
                      - Of 4.5 kg or more :
   2008 60 71         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
                      - Of less than 4.5 kg :
   2008 60 91         - Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus )
 ---pagebreak---                    Fiche d' information TARIC
Codes NC + TARIC              Désignation des marchandises
081190 10 * 21 .
             29
 081190 30 * 21
           * 29
 081190 90 * 51
            * 59
  081210 00  *  10      Cerises   acides   ( Prunus cerasus )