CELEX: 51993PC0607
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) establishing statistical Community surveillance for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco which are subject to reference quantities (1994)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(93) 607 final
                                          Brussels, 26 November 1993
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
     establishing statistical Community surveillance for certain
     agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan,
              Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco
           which are subject to reference quantities (1994)
                     (presented by the Commission)
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                                          1
                             Explanatory Memorandum
  1.    The Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the European
        Community and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel , Tunisia, Syria, Malta,
        and Morocco provide for the progressive reduction of the customs
        duties applying to certain agricultural products originating in those
        countries, by means of a system of reference quantities.
  2.    By Council Regulation (EEC) N* 1764/92 of 29.6.1992 amending the
        arrangements for imports into the Community of certain agricultural
        products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Ma I ta, Israe/,
        Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia, the Community has unilaterally increased
        the amount of these reference quantities in equal steps of 3% or 5%
        per year starting on 1 January 199 2, and therefore they are for 1994
        at the levels shown in the annexe.
  3.    The implementation of these regulation, does not imply the adoption
        of common rules other than those actually applied uniformly by all
        Member States for the purposes of external trade statistics of the
        Community. Given that in most cases, the period of validity for
        reference quantities is shorter than the calender year, the competent
        authorities within the Commission responsible for examining the
        possibility of making a certain product subject to a tariff quota in
        accordance with the provisions of article 3 (1) of the Council
        Regulation (EEC) n' 451/89, may obtain the necessary data for this
        examination, from the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
  That is the aim of the attached proposal
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                                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EC) N* .../
                            establishing statistical Community surveillance for certain
                            agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan,
                                           Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco
                                       which are subject to reference quantities (1994)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                               Whereas t h e Community s h o u l d f u l f i l 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 by o p e n i n g r e f e r e n c e q u a n t i t i e s and by
                   Community, and in particular Article 113,
                                                                                      e s t a b l i s h i n g a system o f s t a t i s t i c a l s u r v e i l l a n c e
                                                                                      f o r p r o d u c t s l i s t e d in the annex, in order to enable
                                                                                      the competent departments of the Commission t o
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                  e s t a b l i s h an annual t r a d e balance sheet for each of
                                                                                      the p r o d u c t s concerned a n d . i f necessary, t o put i n t o
                                                                                      a p p l i c a t i o n the arrangement p r o v i d e d for m A r t i c l e 3
                                                                                      ( 1 )
                                                                                              o f R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 4 5 1 / 8 9 ;
  Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation
  Agreements between the European                                  Commu-
  nity, of the one part, and Cyprus ('), Egypt (2), Jordan (•'),                              Whereas imports of the products in question are charged
  Israel (% Tunisia (% Syria (<), Malta 0 ,                                     and           against the reference quantities at Community level
  Morocco (*) 0 f the other, have been concluded ; whereas                                    within pre-established timetables, as and when the
  these Protocols provide for the progressive reduction,                                      products are entered with the customs authorities for fret-
s u b j e c t to r e f e r e n c e q u a n t i t i e s and to a s t a t i s t i c a l         circulation ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to esta-
Community s u r v e i l l a n c e w i t h i n a set t i m e t a b l e , ot                    blish, in 1994, reference quantities for the products listed
customs d u t i e s a p p l i c a b l e to r e i t a i n agi i c u l t u r a l                in the Annex,
p r o d u c t s o r i g i n a t i n g in those c o u n t r i e s and covered
by the r e s p e c t i v e Agreements;
                                                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                                              Article 1
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 451/89 of
  20 February 1989 concerning the procedure to be applied
  to certain agricultural products originating in various                                      1.      Imports into the Community in 1994 of certain
  Mediterranean third countries (9) determined the surveil-                                   products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel,
  lance procedure in question ;                                                               Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco                                   shall be
                                                                                              subject to reference quantities within the established
                                                                                               timetables and to a s t a t i s t i c a l Community surveillance
  Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of
  29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import                                       The description of the products referred to in the first
  into the Community of certain agricultural products origi-                                  subparagraph, their serial numbers, their CN codes, Taric
  nating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, L-L                                       codes and the quantities and timetable applying to the
  Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia ('«), the Community                                       reference quantities are given in the table in the Annex.
  unilaterally increased the amount of these reference quan-
  tities in equal steps of 3 % or 5 % per year starting on
  1 January 1992 and whereas for 1994 they have thus                                           2.      Amounts shall be charged by Member States against
  reached the levels shown in the Annex ;                                                     the reference quantities as and when products are entered
                                                                                              with customs authorities for free circulation, accompanied
                                                                                              by a movement certificate conforming to the rules laid
                                                                                              down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the
                                                                                               concept of originating products annexed to each Coopera-
                                                                                               tion Agreement between the European Economic
                                                                                               Community of the one part and the countries referred to
                                                                                               in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of the other.
  (') OJ      No  L 393, 31. 12. 1987,
  0 OJ        No  L 297, 21. 10. 1987,
  0 OJ        No  L 297, 21. 10. 1987,
  0 OJ        No  L 327, 30. 11. 1988,                                                        Where the movement certificate is produced at a later
  0 OJ        No  L 297, 21. 10. 1987,                                                         date, the amount shall be charged against the correspon-
   (*) OJ     No  L 327, 30. 11. 1988,                                                         ding reference quantity at the date of acceptance of the
 «f) OJ       No  L 81, 23. 3. 1989, p                                                        declaration of release for free circulation.
       OJ     No  L 224, 13. 8. 1988, p. 18.
       OJ     No L 52, 24. 2. 1989, p. 7. 18
       OJ     No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9.
                                                                                              The extent to which the reference quantities are used up
                                                                                               shall be determined at Community level on the basis of
                                                                                               the imports charged against them in the manner defined
 ---pagebreak---  in the first subparagraph, as communicated to the Statis-                                    Article 3
 tical Office of the European Communities pursuant to
 Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (') and (EEC) No 1736/75
 0-                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
                               Article 2                            the European Communities.
 The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
 closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.           It shall be applicable from 1 January 1994,
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels,
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
    Commission Régulation (EEC) No 1039/92 (OJ No L 110, 28.
    4. 1992, p. 42), as corrected by Commission Regulation (EEC)
    No 1590/92 (OJ No L 168, 23. 6. 1992, p. 17).
0 OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. Regulation last amended by
    Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p.
    1)
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   Serial                                Taric                                                                                  Reference
              CN code                                               Description                  Timetable              Origin   quantity
    No                                    code
                                                                                                                               (in tonnes)
    (1)           (2)                      (3)                          (4)                          (5)                  (6)        (7)
18.0010   e x 0 7 0 1 9 0 51    0701 9 0 51 «15
                                                        N e w potatoes                        1.   1.-31.       3.   Tunisia      2   834
18.0015       0701 9 0 51 1                                                                                                      3    270
                                  0701 90 5 9 - 1 0                                           1. 1 . - 1 5 .    5.
          ex 0701 90 59 J                               N e w potatoes                                             ! Malta
                                                                                             16. 5 . - 3 1 .    5.
18.0030   ex 0 7 0 3 20 0 0     0 703 ?0 0 0 *40                                                                                  '   840
                                                        Garlic                                1. 2 . - 3 1 .    5.   Egypt
          ex 0 7 0 7 00 11        0 7 0 7 00 1 1 ' 1 2                                                                                115
18.0040                                                 Cucumbers of a         length   not   1.   1.-28.       2.   Egypt
                                                        exceeding 15 cm                       1.   1.-28.       2.   Jordan           115
                                                                                              1.   1.-28.       2.   Malta              57_
18.0050   ex 0 7 0 9 10 0 0     O70U 10 0 0 *30 Artichokes                                                                            115
                                                                                              1. 1 0 . - 3 1 . 12.   Egypt
                                                                                              1. 1 0 . - 3 1 . 12.   Cyprus           115
18.0060   ex 0 7 0 9 30 0 0       0709 30 00'20         Aubergines (egg-plants)              15.   1.-30.       4.                1    380
                                                                                                                     Israel
                                  0 7 0 9 30 00*30
18.0070        0 7 0 9 60 10                                                                                                      1    150
                                                        Sweet peppers                         1.   1.-31.12.         Morocco
18.0080        0 7 1 2 20 0 0                                                                                                        850
                                                        Onions, dried                         1.   1.-31.12.         Syria
18.0090   ex 0 7 1 2 90 9 0       0 7 1 2 90 90*20                                                                                1    150
                                                        Garlic, dried                         1.   1.-31.12.         Egypt
18.0100       0 7 1 3 1 0 10                            Peas, for sowing
                                                                                              1.   1.-31.12.         Morocco          460
 18.0120      0 8 0 4 4 0 10 1
                                                        Avocados                              1.   1.-31.12.         Israel    35     650
               0 8 0 4 40 9 0 J
 18.0130   ex 0 8 0 6 10 15      0 8 0 6 10 15 - 5 Î Fresh table grapes                       1. 2 . - 3 0 .    6.   Israel        2    185
                                  0 8 0 6 10 15*70
                                   0 8 0 6 10 1 5 - 8 0
                                   0 8 0 6 10 I 5 ' 9 1
 18.0140   ex 0 8 0 7 10 90        0 8 0 7 10 9 0 - 1 3 Melons of a weight not excee-         1. 1 . - 3 1 . 3.      Egypt             1 15
                                   0 8 0 7 10 9 0 * 3 3 ding 600 grams                         1. 1 . - 3 1 . 3      Jordan            1 15
                                                                                                                                       230
 18.0150   ex 0 8 1 0 90 10        08109010-10          Kiwifniit   (Aainidia      Chinensis  1. 1 . - 3 0 .    4.   Israel
                                                        Planch.)                              1. 1 . - 3 0 .    4.   Cyprus            230
                                                                                              1. 1 . - 3 0 .    4.   Morocco
                                                                                                                                       230
 18.0160   ex 0 8 1 2 90 90        08129090*11          Citrus fruit comminuted               1.   1.-31.12.         Israel        1   265
                                 0 8 1 2 9 0 9 0 "20
  18.0190       2008 30 51                              Grapefruit segments                   1.   1.-31.12.         Israel       15     755
                2008 3 0 71
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   Serial                                                                                           Reference
             CN code         Taric                 Description           Timetable          Origin   quantity
    No                       code                                                                  (in tonnes)
    (1)        (2)            0)                       (4)                  (*)               (*)      (7)
18.0200      2008 50 61                Apricots                       1.   I.-3I.I2.     Morocco     7 245
             2008 50 69
18.0210   ex 2008 30 79 2008 30 79*10  Grapefruit                     1. 1.-31.12.       Israel      2 300
                        2008 30 79*20  Oranges and lemons commi-
                                       nuted
18.0220   ex 2008 30 91 2008 30 91*11  Grapefruit segments            1. 1 . - 3 1 . 12. Israel      3 335
                        2008 30 91*12  Grapefruit
                        2008 30 91*13  Pulp of citrus fruit
                        2008 30 91*19  Citrus fruit comminuted
                        2008  30 91*91
                        2008 30 91*92
18.0230   ex 2008 50 99 2008 50 99*10  Apricots and peaches in halves  1. 1.31.12.       Morocco     6 900
          ex 2008 70 99 2008 70 99*10  (including nectarine halves)
18.0240      2009 20 11                Grapefruit juice               1. 1.-31.12.       Israel    33 005
             2009 20 19
             2009 20 99
18.0245      2009 20 99                Grapefruit juice               I.   1.-31.12.     Morocco        920
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
      regulation establishing Community statistical surveillance for
      certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan
      Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, and Morocco which are subject to
      reference quantities (1994)
4.    Object ive : Setting up of a community statistical surveillance for
      certain agricultural products to allow the Commission to apply
      measures forseen by Articie 1 of additional protocols to agreements
      between the EC and the above-mentioned Mediterranean countries.
5.    The application of the provisions of this regulation do not lead to
      losses of supplementary receipts.
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