CELEX: 51988PC0497
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for sweet peppers, salad beetroot, dried grapes and certain types of concentrated grape juice originating in Cyprus (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM ( 88 ) 497 final
                                                     Brussels , 29 September 1988
                                Proposai for a
                          COUNCIL  REGULATION
    opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
   quotas for sweet peppers , salad beetroot , dried grapes and pertain
     types of concentrated grape Juice originating in Cyprus (1989)
                    ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Agreement establishing an association between the European Economio
Community and the Republio of Cyprus , as supplemented by the Protocol
laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the
second stage of the said Agreement and adapting certain provisions
thereof , provides for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas for
Imports into the Community of :
    (i) 300 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within CN code 0709 60 10 ;
 (il) 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroot falling within CN code ex
          0709 30 00 ;
(1 .1.1 ) 1 500 tonnes of dried grapes in containers of 15 kg or less
          falling within CN code 0806 20 11 , 0806 20 19 , ex 0806 20 91 or ex
          0806 20 99 ; aid
 (iv) 3 000 tonnes of certain types of concentrated grape juioe falling
          within CN code 2009 60 51 , 2009 60 71 , ex 2009 60 90 or ex
          2204 30 91 ,
originating in Cyprus .
However , under Article 18 of the Protocol in question , these quantities
are subject to an annual increase of 5% from the entry into force of the
Protocol . The quotas in 1989 will accordingly be 330 tonnes , 1 650
tonnes , 1 650 tonnes and 3 300 tonnes respectively .
Within the limits of these tariff quotas customs duties are to be phased
out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in
Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol .
However , the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the EEC and
Cyprus consequent on the accession of Spain and Portugal provides that
for sweet peppers and salad beetroot those Member States are to postpone
application of the preferential arrangements until 31 December 1989
(Spain) and 31 December 1990 (Portugal). Likewise , Portugal is to
postpone application of the preferential arrangements for vine products
until the start of the second stage .
 ---pagebreak---     The tariff quota for sweet peppers and salad beetroot therefore applies
    only to the Community as constituted on 31 Deoember 1985 , that for dried
    grapes applies to the Community as at present constituted and that for
    grape Juice to the Community excluding Portugal .
    The appropriate Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for
    1989 .
2 . Since virtually all imports of these products have traditionally gone to
    the markets of one or two Member States , it is proposed that the entire
    quota volumes be held as Community reserves to which all Member States
    will have access under the procedure laid down in Article 1(2) of the
    proposal for a Regulation.
    The Commission proposes that the Member States administer the quotas by
    charging Imports "as and when" .
3 . That is the purpose of the attached proposal .
Annex : 1 proposai for a Régulation.
                                                                              1
 ---pagebreak---                                       Proposai for
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . //88 88
                                      of
       opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
      quotas for sweet peppers , salad beetroot , dried grapes and pertain
         types of concentrated grape Jnioe originating in Cyprus ( 1989)
THE OOÜNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN OCMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Articles 18 and 19 of the Agreement establishing an association
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus , as
supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for
the implementation of the second stage of the said Agreement and adapting
certain provisions thereof , 1 provide for the opening of annual Community
tariff quotas for :
   (i ) 300 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within GN code 0709 60 10 ;
  (11 ) 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroot falling within CN ex code 0709 30 00 ;
(ill ) 1 500 tonnes of dried grapes In immediate containers of a net
         capacity not exceeding 15 kg falling within CN code 0806 20 11 ,
         0806 20 19 , ex 0806 20 91 or ex 0803 20 99 ; and
  (iv) 3 000 tonnes of pertain types of concentrated grape juice falling
         within CN code 2009 60 51 , 20)9 60 71 , ex 2009 60 90 or ex
          2204 30 91 ,
originating in Cyprus ;
Whereas , pursuant to Article 18 of the Protocol in question , these
quantities are subject to an annual increase of 5% from the entry Into
force of the Protocol , and the quotas In 1989 will accordingly be 330
tonnes , 1 650 tonnes , 1 650 tonnes and 3 300 tonnes respectively ; whereas ,
within the limits of these tariff quotas , the customs duties applicable are
to be phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided
for in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol ;
Whereas , however , the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the
accession of the Kingdom of Spain aid the Portuguese Republic to the
Community2 provides that for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No
1038/72,3 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1113/88 , 4 those Member
States are to postpone application of the preferential arrangements until
31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively ; whereas pursuant to the
said Protocol Portugal is to postpone application of the preferential
arrangements for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the
common organization of the market in wine5 until the start of the second
stage ; whereas the tariff quota for sweet peppers aid salad beetroot
accordingly applies only to the Community as constituted on 31 December
1985 , that for dried grapes applies to the Community as at present
constituted , and that for concentrated grape juice applies to the Community
excluding Portugal ;
Whereas these Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for 1989 ;
1   OJ  NO  L 393 , 31.12.1987 , p. 1 .
2   OJ  NO  L 393 , 31.12.1987 , p. 36
3   OJ  NO  L 118 , 20.5.1972 , p. 1 .
4   OJ  No  L 110 , 29.4.1988 , p. 33 .
5   OJ  NO  L 84 , 27.3.1987 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---          Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous
         access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas
         should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question
         into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; whereas , in view of
         the limited use made of these quotas and the fact that virtually all
         imports of the products in question are to the markets of one or two Member
         States , the quotas should not in this instance be allocated among the
         Member States , which should , however , be able to draw against the quota
         such quantities as they may need , under the conditions and according to the
         procedure set out in Article 1(2); whereas this method of administration
         requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and
         the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the
         quotas are used and inform the Member States accordingly ;
         Whereas since Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg are united within and
         Jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning
         the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may
         be carried out by any one of its members ,
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                            Article 1
         1 . (a) From 1 January to 31 December 1989 the duties applicable to imports
                 into the Community of the following products originating in Cyprus
                 shall be susperded at the levels indicated below and within the
                 limits of Community tariff quotas as shown below :
Serial      CN code           Description           Volume of   Rate of   Applicability
  No                                                 tariff      duty
                                                      quota      (%)
                                                     (tonnes )
09.1409     0709 60 10   Sweet peppers                  330      3,6        in the
                                                                          Community as
                                                                          constituted
                                                                             on 31
                                                                          December 1985
09.1411 ex 0706 90 90    Salad beetroot               1 650      6,9        in the
                                                                          Community as
                                                                          constituted
                                                                             on 31
                                                                          Deoember 1985
09.1413     0806 20 11   Dried grapes , in            1 650     Free        in the
            0806 20 19   immediate containers of                          Community as
        ex 0806  20 91   a net capacity not                                at present
        ex 0806  20 99   exceeding 15 kg                                  constituted
 ---pagebreak--- Serial  !    CN code           Description                                    Volume of     Rate of  Appi icabi 1 Ity
  to    !                                                                        tariff      duty
        1
        1                                                                          quota     (%)
        1
        1                                                                        ( tonnes )
        1
        1
09.1421 !    2009         Fruit Juices ( Including grape most ) and vegetable )
        1
        1                 Juices , unfermented , not containing added sugar   )
        1
        1                or other sweetening matter :                         )
        !    2009 60      -Grape Juice ( Including grape must ):              )
        1
        1                 –Of a density not exceeding 1.33 g/ση 3 at 20°C :   )
        1
        1                 –Of a value exceeding 18 ECU per 100 kg net         )
        1
        t                    weight :                                         )
        1    2009 60 51   -Concentrated                                       )
        1
        1                 –Of a value not exceeding 18 ECU per 100 kg net     )
        1
        1                    weight :                                         )
        1
        1                 -With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by       )
        1
        1                     weight :                                        )
        !    2009 60 71   -Concent rated                                      ) 3 300         22.9     in the
        lex 2009 60 90    -Other :                                            )             + AD S/1 Community
        1
        1                 -Concentrated within the meaning of                 )                      excluding
        1
        1                      additional note 6 to Chapter 20 of the          )                     Portugal
        1
        1                      Combined tomenclature                           )
        1
        1                                                                      )
        !    2204         Wine of fresh grapes , Including fortified wines ;   )
        1
         1                grape must other than that of heading No 2009 :      )
        1
        1                 -Other grape must :                                  )
         1
         1                –Other :                                             )
         lex 2204 30 91   –Of a density of 1.33 g/cm3 or less at 20°C and      )
         1
         1                   of an actual alcohol Ic strength by vol une not   )
         1
         1                   exceeding 1% voi :                                )
        1
         1                -Concentrated within the meaning of additional       )
         1
         1                    note 6 to Chapter 20 of the Combined             )
         1
         1                    tornene I ature                                  )
         1
         1
                      (b) Within the limits of the tariff quota for dried grapes , Spain and
                           Portugal shall apply duties calculated in accordance with the
                           Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic
                           Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of
                           Spain and Portugal to the Community .
                      (c) Within the limits of the tariff quota for concentrated grape Juice
                           Spain Shall apply duties calculated in accordance with the relevant
                           provisions of the Protocol referred to in paragraph (b) above .
                  2 . If consignments of products subject to the tariff quotas in question
                      have been imported or are expected to be Imported within the next
                      fourteen days , the Member State concerned shall , by notiying the
                      Commission , draw an amount corresponding to its requirements to the
                      extent that the available balance of the quotas so permits .
                  3 . Should the Member State fail to use the quantities it has drawn within
                      the period of fourteen days referred to above , it shall , by telex to the
                      Commission , return any unused quantities to the reserve as soon as
                      possible .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Artide 2
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the
    drawings which they have made pursuant to Article 1(2) enable imports to
    be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the
    Community quotas .
2 . Each Member State shall ensure that Importers of the products in
    question have free access to the quotas for as long as the balance of
    the quota volume so permits .
3 . Member States shall charge imports of the products in question against
    their drawings as and when the goods axe entered with the customs
    authorities for free circulation .
4 . Depletion of the quotas shall be measured on the basis of the imports
    (Charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                   Article 3
Member States shall inform the Commission at its request of imports
actually charged against the quotas .
                                   Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                 For the Council
                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak---    FICHE FINANCIERE
   1-          Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
   2.          Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
   3-          Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire Proposition de règlement du
              Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents
              tarifaires ccnmunautaires de piments doux ou poivrons , de
              oetteraves a salade , de raisins secs et de certains jus de raisins
              concentrés , originaires de Chypre ( 1989 )
   4.         Objectif : Exécution d' une obligation contractuelle ( Accord
              CEE/ Chypre)
   5.         Mode de calcul :
Désignation des marchandises . Code NC       Volume du  Droit è   Droit prévu     Prix 9      Perte de
                                                        appliquer par l 'accord   estimé      recettes
                                             contjngent               - % -
Piments doux ou poivrons          0709 60 10     330       3,6           4,5      789 ECU / t   2 343
Betteraves á salade           ex 0706 90 90    1 650       *,9           8,5      483 ECU / t  12 751
Raisins secs en emballages        0806 20 11   1 650       0             3      1 189 ECU / t  58 856
de 15 kg ou moins                 0806 20 19
                              ex 0806  20 91
                              ex 0806  20 99
Jus de raisins concentrés         2009 60 51   3 300      22,9         28         830 ECU / t  139 689
                                  2009 60 71
                              ex 2009  60 90
                              ex 2204  30 91
Total                                                                                          213 639
   6.         Perte de recettes :
              La perte de recettes à inscrire pour 1 1 année               1989 s' élève à 213 639
              ECU . El 1987 une perte de 194 781 ECU a été                 inscrite .
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPIOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Corrmunautê . L ' impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
condisération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' emploi dans la
Carmunauté .