CELEX: 51980PC0165
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes, falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus (1980) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                              Proposal for-" a
                          COUNCIL'- REGULATION
 opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a
 Community tariff quota for new potatoes , falling within sub­
 heading 07.01 A II b ) of the Common Customs Tariff , originating
                             in Cyprus ( 1980 )
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(80 ) 165 final
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 3 of the Transitional Protocol between the European
Economic Community and Cyprus , to be annexed to the Agreement
EEC / Cyprus of 1973 provides for the period 16 May to 30 June
1980 for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the im­
portation into the Community of 60,000 tonnes of new potatoes
originating in Cyprus , falling within subheading 07.01 A II b )
of the Common Customs Tariff .         - . ~
The Customs duties applicable Within the limits of this quota
are equal to 45 7. of the duties actually applied to third coun­
tries .
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Accordingly the tariff quota in questione has to be opened .
As the method of administration to be applied by all Member States
the Commission proposes the'greyhound" system .
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This is the subject of the proposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX :     1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                                               PROPOSAL FOR A
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                opening, •(locating ana providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                quota for new potatoes, falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common
                                       Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus ( 1980 )
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
 COMMUNITIES,                                                by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions
                                                             concerning the administration of the shares allocated
                                                             to that economic union may be carried out by any
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      one of its members,
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
 thereof.
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                            Transitional
 Whereas Article 3 of the protocol laying down certain                               Article Î
 provisions relating to trade in agricultural products
 between the European Economic Community and                  1.    From 16 May to 30 June 198Gj the Common
 Cyprus ( ' ) provides for the opening of a Community '      Customs Tariff duty for new potatoes, falling within
 tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes of new potatoes origi­        subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs
 nating in Cyprus, falling within subheading 07.01 A II      Tariff, originating in Cyprus, shall be suspended at
 b) of the Common Customs Tariff, at a rate of'              9-4% within the limits of a Community tariff quota
                                                             of 60 000 tonnes.
 customs duty equal to 45 % of the customs duty in
 the Common Customs Tariff, for the period 16 May
 to 30 June 19£0 ; whereas                                   The Protocol on the definition of the concept of 'origi­
        J           '           u is necessary               nating products' and on methods of administrative
to open this Community tariff quota                          cooperation (2) annexed to the Additional Protocol to -
for the period in question ;                                 the Agreement between the European Economic
                                                             Community and Cyprus shall be applicable.
                                                              2. The volume of the1 tariff quota referred to in para­
                                                             graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
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                                                              3.    If the need should arise for the products in ques­
 whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure to all       tion in a Member State, the latter shall drawn an
 Community importers equal and uninterrupted access           appropriate share from the reserve, providing that the
 to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­       size of the reserve so permits.
 cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all
 imports of the products concerned into all Member            4.    The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall
 States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,           be valid until 30 June 19'8Q .
 however, since the period of application for
the tariff quota involved is very short ,
                                                                                     Artide 2
          it seems possible to allocate the whole quota
 volume to the Community reserve and to provide for
 the possibility of those Member States in which needs        1 . Member States shall take all appropriate
 might arise drawing appropriate quantities from that         measures to ensure that shares drawn pursuant to
 reserve ; whereas the shares thus drawn from the             Article 1 are opened in such a way that imports may
 reserve must be valid until the end of the quota             be charged without interruption against their cumula­
 period ; whereas this method of management requires          tive portions of the Community quota.        '
 close cooperation between the Member States and the
 Commission and the latter must in particular be able         2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
 to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and        said goods established in its territory have free access
                                                              to the shares allocated to it
 inform the Member States thereof ;
                                                              3. Member States shall charge imports of the said
 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the                  goods against their shares as and when the goods are
 Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of           entered for home use.
 <■) OJ No L                                                 (') OJ No L 339, 28. 12. > 977, p. 19.
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4.    The extent to which a Member State has used up                                Article 4
its share shall be determined on the basis of the            Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.              closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                             observed .
                                                                                    Article 5
                      Artide 3
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on    .16 May .
At the request of the Commission, Member States              1980 .                                 ' ■ " _
shall inform it of imports actually charged against
their shares.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---  FICHE FINANCIERE                                               Date :
 1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée s Chap * 12 art * 120
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 2 . Base juridique :         Article 113                  \
 3 . Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire :                                          :  !i
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             Proposition de règlement du Conseil portant            ouverture/      ! .
             répartition et mode de gestion d' un contingent tarifaire commu­
             nautaire de pommes de terre de primeurs , de la sous-position 07.01 A II b)
             du tarif douanier commun, originaires de Chypres ( 1980);
4 . Objectif :
          Execution d' une obligation contractuelle
           ( accord CEE / CHYPRE )
5 . Mode de calcul :
     - N# du T.D.C.        .                     07.01 A II b )
     - Volume du      - contingent               60.00(3 t
     - Droits à appliquer                        9/ 4% ,
     - Droits du T.D.C.                          21 %
6 . Perte de recettes :
             - Prix moyen        : 220 UCE / t ;
               donc perte de recettes :
                                                                              *
               220 χ 60.000 χ 0,094 = 1 . 240.800 ΙΙ0Ε                      ' i
          - la meme mesure était appliquée en 1979, donc pas de perte
              de recettes supplémentaire à inscrire pour 1980 .      . ,