CELEX: 51987PC0644
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain oils and fats of marine animals falling within codes ex 1504.20-10, ex 1504.30-19 and ex 1516.10-90 of the Combined Nomenclature, and originating in Norway (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                              COM(87 ) 644 final
                                                              Brussels , 10 December 1987
                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
     quota for certain oils and fats of marine animals falling within codes
          ex 1504.20-10 , ex 1504.30-19 and ex 1516.10-90 of the Combined
                   Nomenclature , and originating in Norway ( 1988 )
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].       The agreements in the form of an exchange of letters betv/een t’ne
         Euroi>ean Economic Community and the Kingdom of Non.-ay concerning
         agriculture and fisheries , approved by Council Decision of 15
          Septeiioer 1086 ( 1 ), provide in particular for the opening of an
         annual Goi.munity tariff quota of 1 000 tonnes at a rate of 8.5 % in
         resident of animal oils ami fats of marine oriqin other than of
         •/hales or stxarm-whales , in packings of a net capacity of mare than 1
         kg , originating in Norway and falling v/ithin surteading ex 15.12 B
         of the Common Customs Tariff or codes ex 15.04.20-10 , ex 15.04.30-19
         and ex 15.16.10-90 of the Combine! Nomenclature which enters into
          force on 1 January 1988 .
2.       Tne purpose of this proposal is to implement tiiis tariff quota for
         the period 1 January to 31 December 1988 .
3.        In t’ne absence of adequately precise and detailed statistics on
          imports of the products concerned from Norway , upon which the
         allocation of tariff quotas amongst Member States would usually be
         based , the Oairaission proposes that the whole quota volume
         constitute a Community reserve to which all Member States will have
         access according to their immediate needs .
4.       The Comnission is aware that the transposition of certain tariff
         concessions from the Common Customs Tariff to the Combined
         Nomenclature might raise problems which would need to be settled
         between interested parties . It therefore reserves the option to
         aimend its proposal in the course of the procedure with a view to
         adjusting it , where appropriate , to requirements .
( 1 ) OJ L 328 , 22.11.1986 , p. 76
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposai for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                   of
                    opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                    quota for certain oils and fats of marine animals falling w 1 1 h i n codes ex 1504.20-11!
                    ex 1504.30-19 and ex 1516.10-90 of the Combined Nomenclature ^
                            and originating in Norway ( 1900
 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 Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic
  Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded
  on 14 May 1973 ; whereas following the accession of
  Spain and Portugal to the Community an Agreement in
the form , of an Exchange of , letters . was
concluded ana aaopted by the Council
Decision of 15 September 1986 ( 1 ) ;
  Whereas the said Agreement provides in particular for the
  opening of a Community tariff quota at a reduced rate of
  duty for certain oils and fats of marine animals, other
  than whale oil and sperm oil, originating in Norway ;
  whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be
  opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 198 8 >
         Whereas the Community has adopted , with effect from 1 January 1988 , a
          Combined Nomenclature for goods which meets the requirements of the
          Common Customs Tariff and the Nomenclature of Goods for the External
         Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member
         States ; whereas this Nomenclature has , for the purposes of
         encompassing specific Community measures , been expanded into an
          integrated tariff of the European Communities ( TARIC ) ; whereas , with
         effect from the date given above , the Combined Nomenclature and , where
         appropriate , the TARIC code numbers , should be used for the description
         of the products covered by this Regulation ;
         Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to a
          Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
          the quota and consistent application of the rate laid down
          for that
          for  that quota to all imports of the products concerned
          into all Member States until the quota has been used up ;
          into ail
          ( 1 ) 0J No L 328 , 22.11.1986 , p. 76
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                         whereas, however, since the quota is to cover require¬
                         ments which cannot be determined with sufficient accu¬
                         racy, it should not be allocated among the Member States,
                         without prejudice to the drawing against the quota
                         volume of such quantities as they may need, under the
                         conditions and according to a procedure to be deter¬
                         mined ; whereas this method of management 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 quota is used up and
                         inform the Member States thereof ;
                         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, all transactions concerning the admi¬
                         nistration of shares allocated to that economic union may
                         be carried out by any one of its members,
                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     Article 1
           1.    From 1 January to 31 December 1988, the customs duty applicable to
                 imports of the following products shall be suspended at the level
                 and within the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown herewith :
Order No     Combined Nomenclature                                                                       Amount
                                                                          Description                                Rate of duty
            code                                                                                     of tariff quota    (in %)
                                                                                                       (in tonnes)
09.0701     ex 1504.20-10
                                                        Oils and fats of marine animals, other than
            ex 1504.30-19
                                                        whale oil and sperm oil, in packings of a
            ex 1516.10-90                                net capacity of more than 1 kg, originating
         I
                                                         in Norway                                        1 000            8,5
         I
            Within the limits of this tariff quota Spain and Portugal
            shall apply duties calculated in accordance with the rele¬
            vant provisions laid down by the 1985 Act of Accession.
            2.    The Protocol on the definition of the concept of
            originating products and on methods of administrative
            cooperation, annexed to the Agreement between the
            European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
            Norway'shall be applicable.
              3.    If an importer notifies an imminent importation of
              the product in question in a Member State and applies to use
                               the quota, the Member State concerned
              shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corres¬
              ponding to its requirements to the extent that the avai¬
              lable balance of the reserve so permits.
              4. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be
              valid until the end of the quota period.
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                                 Artide 2                              4. The extent to which the quota has been used up
                                                                       shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
                                                                       in accordance with paragraph 3 .
        1.    Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
        ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 ( 3) are                               Article 2
        carried out in such a way that imports may be charged
        without interruption against their accumulated shares of       At the request of the Commission , Member States shall
        the Community quota .                                          inform it of imports actually charged against tne CjUOtS .
                                                                                                Artide 4
        2.    Each Member State shall ensure that importers of     the
product concerned ' have access to the quota for such time as          The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
        the residual balance of the quota volume so permits .          closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                                       with .
        3. Member States shall charge imports of the                                            Article 5
        goods against their drawings as and when the goods are
        entered for free circulation .                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 198 8 .
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                        States .
                        Done at Brussels,
                                                                                   For the Coundl
                                                                                    The President