CELEX: 51992PC0214
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) reducing the variable components applicable to certain goods originating in Hungary resulting from the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to Regualtion (EEC) No 3033/80 (1992)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(92) 214 final
                                          Brussels, 21 May 1992
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
             reducing the variable components applicable to
          certain goods originating In Hungary resulting from
  the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to
                   Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 (1992)
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                             Explanatory memorandum
Protocols No 3 to the Agreements with Poland and Hungary provide for
reductions   In the variable components from 1 May within the           limits of
quotas laid down therein.
in the case of Poland, the quota concerns reductions             in the variable
components only, whereas      in the case of Hungary      the fixed    components
previously applicable are also reintroduced when the quota is exceeded.
The reductions    In the variable components       for  1992 are    10% for    each
basic product, except for those for which reduced           levies are provided
for  in the case of    importation     in the unaltered state, in which        case
the reduction applicable to the basic product        is 20%.
Article  2(2) of    Protocol    No 3 to    the Agreement   with    the Czech    and
Slovak Federal Republic provides that "in determining the agricultural
component to be levied, account shall be taken of the measures adopted
pursuant to Article 14 of the (interim) Agreement".
The arrangements necessary for the establishment of a quota for dairy
produce   used   in  the   manufacture     of  Imported   goods    could   not   be
finalized   with  the  Czechoslovak      authorities, so   a   reduction    in  the
variable   components    similar    to   those  contained    in   the  two    other
Agreements    is proposed   for   the application   of  this paragraph      of  the
Agreement with the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              reducing the variable components applicable to
           certain goods originating in Hungary resulting from
  the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to
                     Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 (1992)
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 the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying
down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from
the   processing    of   agricultural    products,1    as   last   amended   by
                                    2
Regulation    (EEC)   No   1436/90,    which   establishes    the   method   of
calculation of variable components applicable to goods referred to in
its annex,
Whereas Article 4(3) 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 Republic of Hungary of the other part
provides for reductions In the variable components for certain goods
referred to in Annex 2 within the limit of quotas fixed in Annex 1 to
the said Protocol;
1   0J No L 323, 29.11.1980, p. 1
2   0J No L 138, 31.5.1990, p. 9.
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Whereas under Article 1(2) of Protocol No 3 the Joint Committee can
extend  the  lists of processed agricultural      products covered by the
Protocol ;
Whereas Council Regulation N° 521/92 of 27 February 1992 relative to
the opening and method of administration of Community tariff quotas and
tariff  ceilings   for  certain   Industrial  and   agricultural   products,
originating   in Hungary,   Poland   and  the  Czech   and  Slovak   Federal
                        3
Republic (CSFR) (1992) , establishes the rules necessary to administer
the quotas referred to by the present Regulation;
Whereas Council   Regulation   N° 519/92 of    27 February    19924 adopted
detailed rules of application of articles 24 and 25 of the Interim
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Coal
and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of Hungary of the
other part on trade and trade related matters, whereas these measures
need to be made applicable to the transformed agricultural products not
covered   by  Annex   I I of   the  Treaty   referred   to  by   the  present
RegulatIon;
Whereas article 8 of Protocol N° 3 provides for the application of
reduced variable components from 1 May 1992.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
3  OJ No L 56, 29.02.1992, p. 12
4  OJ N° L 56, 29.02.1992, p. 6
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                                    Article 1
1.  From 1 May to 31 December 1992, goods originating           In Hungary listed
    In    annex   shall    be  subject    to   a   reduced    variable    component
    determined     In accordance with Article 2 within         the   limits of   the
    quotas referred to In Annex       ll to Regulation (EEC) No 521/92.
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".
                                    ArtIcle 2
The   reduced    variable    components    applicable    for   the    three-monthly
periods    1 May   to   31 July,   1 August    to   31 October    and   the   period
1 November 1992 to 31 December 1992 shall be calculated as follows.
The    difference,    established     In   accordance     with   Article 6(2)     of
Regulation    (EEC) No 3033/80, between       the average    threshold    price  and
the average elf price or free-at-frontier price for each basic product
shall   be  reduced   by  10%, except    that   the difference    established    for
common wheat shall be reduced by 20%.
The   amounts   thus   obtained   shall   apply    to  the  quantities     of  basic
products considered      to have been used     in the manufacture of the goods
concerned pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80.
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                                    Article 3
The  variable   components   applicable     to goods     listed   In  the Annex    to
Regulation    (EEC)  No 3033/80    but    not   listed    in  the   annex   to   this
Regulation and to goods      listed   In that Annex     for quantities exceeding
the quotas   fixed   In Annex   II to Regulation      (EEC) No 521/92 shall        be
those established     directly   pursuant    to Article 6 of      Regulation    (EEC)
No 3033/80.
The  quotas   are  administered     In conformity     with   the   dispositions    of
Regulation (EEC) N° 521/92.
                                     Article 4
For the application of safeguard measures to goods referred               to In the
annex   pursuant   to   the dispositions      of  articles     24   and  25  of   the
Agreement articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) N° 519/92 are applicable
notwithstanding the terms of Its article 8.
                                     Article 5
 If the  Joint   Committee   decides    to add   new   goods   to   the  annexes   of
Protocol   N° 3 pursuant to Article 1(2) of Protocol           N° 3, the Council,
acting by a qualified majority, shall          take the measures necessary for
the Implementation of such decisions.
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                                 Article 6
This Regulation   shall  enter Into force the day of   Its publication  In
the Official  Journal of the European Communities.    it shall  apply from
1st May 1992.
This  Regulation    Shall   be binding   In  Its  entirety  and   directly
applicable  in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                         For the CouncI I
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                                              ANNEX
                                                        Description
     CN code
    0710 40 00   Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen
    0711 90 30   Sweet corn provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas. in brine, in
                 suiohur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for imme-
                 diate consumption
ex 1704          Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocca ; excluding
                 liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing
                 other added substances, falling within subheading No 1704 90 10 JW)
     1806         Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa <kj
     1901         Malt extract: food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing
                  cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than SO °/o,
                  not elsewhere specified or included ; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401
                  to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by
                  weight of less than 10 %, not elsewhere specified or included
 ex 1902          Pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared excluding stuffed pasta falling
                  within subheadings 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30 % COUSCOUS, w h e t h e r o r
                  not nrepared                                    .'          ..            , ., ,
     1903
                  Tapioca* and substitutes therefor, prepared trom starcn in cne torm of Makes, grains,
                  pearls, sittings or similar forms
      1904        Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for
                  example corn flakes); cereais, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or
                  otherwise prepared
      1905         Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers'wares. whether or not containing cocca,
                   communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing
                   wafers, nee paper and similar products
      2001 90 30   Sweet corn prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
      2004 90 10   Sweet corn prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid ; frozen
      2005 30 00   Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)    prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
                   or acetic acid ; not frozen
      2008 99 85   Sweet corn, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar
2101 10 99 Preparations with a basis of extracts,essences
                  and concentrates of coffee or with a basis of
                  coffee, other than those of subheading C-A 2101 10 91
2 1 0 1 20 90     extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or rr.ate
                 and preparations with a basis of these extracts, or
                 with a basis of taa or mate, other than those of
                 subheading CN 2101 20 10
      2I01 30 19    Roasted coffee substitutes excluding roasted chicory
      2101 30 99    Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes excluding those of
                   roasted chicory                                                               .* . .
      2105         Ice cream and other edible ice. whether or not containing cocoa
  ex 2I06          Food preparations not elsewhere specif.ed or included other than those falling w i ^ n
                   subheadings 2106 10 10 and 2106 90 91 and other than flavoured or coloured sue-ar
                   syrups iky
      2202 90 91   Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading N o 2009
      2202 90 95   containing products of Nos 0401 to 0404 or obtained from products of hcadinc Nos
      2202 90 99   0401 to 0404                                                   '                    *
) Other than goods of subheadings CN 170^+ 90 51, 1704 90 C Q
    1806 20 80, 1806 20 95, 1806 90 90 and 2106 90 00 containing
    70 ?i or more by weigh* of sucrose (including invert sugar
    expressed as sucrose)
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