CELEX: 51993PC0272
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel (1993/1994)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           C0M(93)  272flnal
                                           Brussels, 15 June 1993
                           Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      opening and providing for the administration of a Community
         tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel
                               (1993/1994)
                    (presented by the Commission)
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Articles 1 and 2 of the fourth Additional Protocol to the Cooperation
      Agreement between the EEC and Israel provide for the opening of a
      Community tariff quota for the import into the Community of:
           9 500 tonnes of melons, falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90
           (period 1.11 - 31.5)
      or iginat ing in Israel.
2.    The volume of this tariff quota must be increased by 5% each year, as
       from 1 January 1992, by application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
       1764/92^ 1 ), modifying the system applicable to the importation into
       the Community of certain agricultural products originating in
      Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco,
      Syr ia or Tun isia.
3.    This Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period
       from 1 November 1993 to 31 May 1994.
4.    With regard to the administration of this quota, it is proposed that
       the whole of the quota volumes be held as Community reserves to which
      all Member States will have access in accordance with the procedure
      provided for in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation.
This is the purpose of the attached proposal.
Annex : one proposal for a Regulation
(1)   0J No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9
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                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N o
                                                                                                       m
                    opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                                       certain melons originating in Israel (1991/94)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                                                                          Whereas all Community importers should be ensured
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                          duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied
thereof,                                                                   consistently to all imports of the product in question into
                                                                           all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to                      Whereas the d e c i s i o n for the o p e n i n g , in
the Cooperation Agreement between the European                              the execution of i t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l
                                                                            o b l i g a t i o n s , of t a r i f f quotas should be
Economic Community and the State of Israel (') provides
                                                                            t a k e n by t h e Community; whereas, to
for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the                         ensure the e f f i c i e n c y of a common
import into the Community of 9 500 tonnes of melons,                        a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of these quotas, t h e r e is
falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, originating in                        no r e a s o n a b l e o b s t a c l e to a u t h o r i s i n g
Israel, (from 1 November to 31 May);                                        t h e Member S t a t e s to draw from the
                                                                            quota-volumes the necessary q u a n t i t i e s
                                                                            c o r r e s p o n d i n g to a c t u a l imports; whereas
                                                                            t h i s method o f a d m i n i s t r a t i o n r e q u i r e s
Whereas the volume of this tariff quota must be increased
                                                                            c l o s e c o o p e r a t i o n between the Member
by 5 % each year, as from 1 January 1992                                    S t a t e s and the Commission and the l a t t e r
                                                                            must in p a r t i c u l a r be able to monitor
by application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92                       t h e r a t e a t which the quotas are used up
of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the                           and Inform the Member S t a t e s
import into the Community of certain agricultural                           accordingly;
products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel,
Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (2) ;
                                                                               Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
                                                                               the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
                                                                               are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
                                                                               Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis-
                                                                               tration of these quotas may be carried out by any of its
                                                                               members,
                                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
             whereas the Community tariff quotas in ques-
tion should therefore be opened for the period from 1
November 1993 to 31 May 1994;                                                                                      Article 1
                                                                              From 1 November 1993 to 31 May 1994 the customs
                                                                              duties applicable to imports into the Community of
                                                                              melons originating in Israel shall be suspended, at the
                                                                              levels and within the limits of the Community tariff
                                                                              quota shown below :
        Order          CN code                                                                  Amount
                                        Description               Period                       of quota                      Quota duty (%)
         No              M                                                                      (tonnes)
      09.1329       ex 0807 10 90    Melons               1.11.1993 to 31.5.1994                 1078^
                                                                                                                              -o-
  (a) Taric codes :
      09.1329           ex 0807 10 90           0807 1090QI2
                                                0807 1090Q13
                                                0807 10 90QI4
                                                0807 1090Q23
                                                0807 1090Q24
                                                0807 1090Q31
                                                0807 1090f)33
                                                0807 10900)3*
                                                0807 1090Q43
                                                0807 10 90Q44
      OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 36.
  8   OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9.                                       0 OJ No L 396, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                entry for free circulation, to the extent that the available
                                                               balance so permits.
                                                               If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it
                                                               shall return them to the quota volume as soon as possible.
                                                               If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                         . Article 2                           balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo-
                                                               cated among applications pro rata. The" Commission shall
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed     inform the Member States of the drawings made.
by the Commission, which may take all appropriate
administrative measures in order to ensure efficient mana-
                                                                                         Article 4
gement thereof.
                                                               Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
                                                               product in question have equal and continuous access to
                           Article 3                           the quotas for as long as the balance of the quota volume
                                                               as permits.
Where an importer enters a product covered by this
Regulation under a declaration for free circulation in a
Member State and applies to take advantage of the prefe-                                 Article 5
rential arrangements and that declaration is accepted by       The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
the customs authorities the Member State concerned shall,      closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
by notifying the Commission, draw an amount correspon-
ding to its requirements from the quota volume.
Requests, for drawings, indicating the date of acceptance                                Article 6
of the said declarations, must be sent to the Commission       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
without delay.                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  '                         •        . - •
                                                               European Communities.
The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by
reference to the date of acceptance of the declaration of      It shall apply from 1 November 199 j ^
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    LeaaI basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned :
      Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening and providing for the
      administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons
      originating in Israel (1993/1994).
4.    Object ive : Fulfilment of contractual obligations of the Community
      (Agreement EEC/Israel)
5.    Method of calculation :
      CCT heading: 10 789 t
      Volume of the quota: 0 %
      Normal duty: 11 %
6.    Duty-loss :
      Unit value               1 551 ECU
      Total value :       16 733 739 ECU
      Duty-loss (11%)      1 840 711 ECU
      Compared with the preceding period: increased of duty-loss :
      1 840 711 ECU - 1 730 792 ECU - 109 919 ECU.
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