CELEX: 51988PC0395
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Date: 1988-07-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of two Community tariff quotas for Chinese cabbages and fresh table grapes, originating in the Canary Islands (1988/89) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                       COM ( 88 ) 395 final
                                                       Brussels ,   8 July 1988
                                   Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening and providing for the administration of two Community tariff quotas
       for Chinese cabbages and fresh table grapes , originating in the
                             Canary Islands ( 1988/89 )
                         ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                        Explanatory memorandum
1. According to Articles 5 and 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
   1391 /87 concerning certain adjustments to the arrangements applied
   to the Canary Islands there is provision for the following
   Community two tariff quotas in respect of imprpts into the
   Community :
   - 100 tonnes of Chinese cabbages , falling within CN Code ex
     0704 90 90 for the period 1 November ta 31 December and
   - 100 tonnes of fresh table grapes falling within CN Code ex
     0806 10 15 for the period 1 January ta 31 March
   originating in the Canary Islands .
   Where the said products are imported into that part of Spain which
   is included in the customs territory of the Community , they shall
   qualify for exemption from customs duties and they must not comply
   with the reference price . Where the said products are imported
   into Portugal the duties applicable are to be calculated according
   to the provisions in question of the Accession Act .
   Where the said products are released for free circulation in the
   remainder of the customs territory of the Community , they shall
   qualify for the progressive reduction of castans duties according
   to the same timetable and under the same conditions as those
   provided for in Article 75 of the Act of Accession , provided that
   for fresh table grapes the reference prices are complied with .
   These tariff quotas should therefore be opened for Chinese cabbages
   from 1 November to 31 December 1988 and for fresh table grapes from
   1 January to 31 Marai 1989 .
2. Since these quotas are to cover requirements which cannot be
   determined with sufficient accuracy no quota shares shall be
   allocated to the Member States . Consequently, the entire volumes
   of the quotas are be used to build up a Community reserve .
   As regards the method of administration to be applied by all the
   Member States , the Commission proposes the " as and when" system .
   Ihis is the purpose of the attached proposai .
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                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                      / 88
                                                       oi
                       opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                       Chinese cabbages and fresh table grapes
                                                         originating in the Canary Islands ( 1988 / 89 )
     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
     Economic Community,
     Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1391 /87
     of 18 May 1987 concerning certain adjustments to the
     arrangements applied to the Canary Islands ('), and in
     particular Articles 5 , 6 and 10 thereof ,
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas articles 5 and 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1391 /87 provide for the opening of
Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of :
- 1100November
          tonnes of      Chinese cabbages falling within CN code ex 0704 90 90 for the period
                     to 31 December and
- 100 tonnes of fresh table grapes falling within CN code ex 0806 10 15
and originating in the Canary Islands .
    Whereas, where the said products are imported into that
    part of Spain which is included in the customs territory of
    the Community, they qualify for exemption from customs
    duties and are not subject to observance of the reference
    price ; whereas, where the said products are imported into
    Portugal, the quota duties applicable are to be calculated
    in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of
    Accession ; whereas, where the said products are released
     for free circulation in the remainder of the customs terri¬
     tory of the Community, they qualify for the progressive
     reduction of customs duties according to the same time¬
     table and under the same conditions as those provided for
     in Article 75 of the Act of Accession, provided thatfor fresh table grapes the
     reference prices are observed ; whereas, to qualify for the
     tariff quotas, the products in question have to comply
     with certain marking and labelling conditions designed to
     prove their origin ;
      Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas
      should be ensured for all Community importers and the
      rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consis¬
      tently to all imports of the products in question into all
      Member States until the quotas are exhausted ;
                                    ; whereas , however, since the
 quotas art? to cover requirements which cannot be deter-
       mined with sufficient accuracy, they should not be allocated
       among the Member States, without prejudice to the
       drawing against the quota volumesof such quantities as
       they may need, under conditions and according to a
        procedure to be determined ; 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 ;
       ( 1 ) L 133 /87 du 18.5.37.D. 5
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                     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 the quota shares allocated to that economic
                    union may be carried out by any one of its members,
                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                Article 1
                            The customs duties applicable to imports into the
                      Community                                             0f the
                      following products originating in the Canary Islands shall be
                      suspended at the levels indicated and within the limits of
                      the Community tariff quotas as shown below :
                                                                                    Volume of      Rate of duty
Order No                     CN code                       ,       Description      tariff quota
                                                                                    (in tonnes)
                                                                                                       <%)
09.0437           ex 0704 90 90            Chinese cabbages , from 1 November to
                                          31    December 1988                          100            10,9
09.0435           ex 0806 10 15            Fresh table grapes , from 1 January to      100              5,4
                                          31    March 1989
              (b) Where the said products are imported into that
                   part of Spain which is included in the customs
                   territory of the Community, they shall qualify for
                   exemption from customs duties and are not subject
                   to compliance with the reference price ;
              (c) Within the limits of these tariff quotas, the Portu¬
                  guese Republic shall apply customs duties calcu¬
                   lated according to the relevant provisions of the
                  Act of Accession and the Regulations relating
                  thereto.
  2 . On import , fresh table grapes shall be subject to compliance with the
        reference prices on the same terms as the same products coming from the part
        of Spain included in the customs territory of the Community .
         3. (a) Without prejudice to the other provisions appli¬
                 cable as regards quality standards, products covered
                 by this Regulation cannot qualify under the tariff
                 quotas unless, when they are presented to the
                 authorities responsible for the import formalities
                 for the purposes of release into free circulation in
                 the customs territory of the Community, they are
                 presented in packaging which bears the words
                 ‘Canary Islands’, or the equivalent thereof in
                 another official Community language, in a clearly
                 visible and perfectly legible form ;
            (b) The third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 9 of
                Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May
                1972 on the common organization of the market
                in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regu¬
                lation (EEC) No 1113/88(2), shall not apply to
                products covered by this Regulation.
   ( 1 ) OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972 , p. 1
   ( 2 ) OJ No L 110 , 29.4.1988 , p. 33                                                         7
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4 . Ca ) If imports of products covered by this tariff quota are made ,
    or are foreseen within the next fourteen calendar days at the
    Latest , the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission
    and draw an amount corresponding to these requirements to the
    extent that the available balance of the quota so permits .
    (b ) If a Member State does not use up the quantities dranw within the
    said fourteen days , it shall return the remaining unused portion as soon
    as possible, by telex addressed to the Commission .
                                        Artide 2
               1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
              ensure that shares drawn pursuant to Article 1 (4) are
              opened in such a way that imports may be charged
              without interruption against their accumulated shares of
              the Community quotas .
              2.     Each Member State shall ensure that importers of
              the products concerned have free access to the quotas for
              as long as the residual balance of the quota volumes so
              permits.
              3. Member States shall charge imports of the products
              concerned against their shares as and when the products
              are entered with customs authorities for free circulation.
             44. The     extern to which
                     tne extern,   "...– the quotas havebeen used up
              shall be determined on the basis of th
                  ^mrHance with paragraph 4
                                        Artide 3
                At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
                inform it of imports actually charged against the quotas.
                                                                             Artide 4
                                                     This Régulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1988.
    This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable m ail Member
    States .
     Done at Brussels,
                                                                 For the Coundl
                                                                   The President
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Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement
contractuel de la Communauté . L ' impact découlant de cette concession a
été pris en considération 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 Communauté .