CELEX: 51987PC0565
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain prepared or preserved sardines falling within No ex 1604 13 10 or ex 1604 20 50 of the Combined Nomclature and originating in Tunisia (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                             COM(87 ) 565 final
                                             Brussels , 19 November 1987
                                    /
                                 Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
         quota for certain - prepared or preserved sardines falling
              within No ex 1604 13 10 or ex 1604 20 50 of the
                     Combined Nomclature and originating
                               in Tunisia ( 1988 )
                        ( submitted by the Commission )
  C0M(87 ) 565 final
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Tie 1978 Agreement lietween the Gomnunity and Tinisia , supplemented by
   tlte Protocol to that Agreanont consequent on the accession of Spain
   and Portugal , provides that certain preparel anti preserved sardines
   originating in Tunisia are to lie admitted duty free into the
   Com nunity on condition that certain minimum prices are observed . Tie
   periods and technical details for the application of the arranganents
   must lie fixed by an exchange of letters between the contracting
   parties .
   Since this exchange of letters has not taken place , the Coinnunity
   applies from 1 January 1978 a Coinnunity tariff quota system which
   takes account of the interests involved and which enables the
   provisions of the 1978 Agreanent relating to certain prepared and
   preserved sardines to be applied .
2. Tie Comnission therefore propases that the Qaunc.il extend the tariff
   quotas and , to that end , approve the attached proposai for a
   régulation opening and providing for the administration of a
   duty-free Comnunity tariff (quota of 100 tonnes of certain prepared
   and preserved sardines falling witliin No ex 1604 13 10 or ex
   1604 20 50 of the Combined Mamenc lature and originating in Tunisia .
   Tiis tariff quota is to apqily from 1 Jatiuary to 31 December 1988 .
   Within the limits of this tariff (.quota , Spain and Portugal are to
   apply the customs duties calculated in accordance with the Protocol
   to the EEC-Tunisia Agreement concluded on the accession of Spain and
   Portugal . Tiis tariff (quota should therefore lie opened for 1988 .
3. Fran the date ai which the (quota is opened the nomenclature used in
   the Cannon Customs Tariff will be replaced by the Combined
   Nomenclature based on the International Convention on the Harmonized
   Connodity Descriqition and Qiding System Tiis proposal must take
   account of that fact by indicating the Gintbined Nomenclature codes
   and , where appropriate , the TARIC code numbers of the products
   concerned .
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4.   The Commission is aware that the transposition of: certain tariff
     concessions from the Corn non Custons Tariff to the Combined
     Nomenclature iniqht raise problems which would need to Voe settled
     between the parties concern©:!. It tivay therefore amend its projxosal
     in the course of the procedure in order to adapt it , where necessary ,
     to requ.i remei its .
5.   The Commission        proposes that Member States draw quantifies frotn tlie
     quota as and when necessary .
     This is the pjrpose of the attache ! proposai .
ΑΓΊΤΈΧ : 1 ρΓορο83ΐ οί β Κθ-^υΙ^Ιιίοη
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                                        Pr< ijaosa L for
                             COI WJ IL REGULATION ( KEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Coinnunity tariff quota
        for certain prepared or preserves ! sardines falling within No ex
           1604 13 10 or ex 1604 20 60 of the Gouibined Nomenclature and
                            originating in Tunisia ( 1988 )
THF, COUNC IL OF THE EIJROPRAN C0MMHMITIE3 ,
 tlaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economie Comnunity,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal fr<om tlie Comnission ,
Vi/hereas the Goopjration Agreement between tlie European Economic Cannunity
and the Republic of Tunisia ( 1 ), supplemented by GounciL Regulation ( EEC )
No 1080/83 of 18 April 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable to
trade between Greece and Tunisia ( 2 ) and the Additional protocol to the
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Coinnunity and the
Republic of Tunisia ( 3 ), provides that certain prepared and preserved
sardines falling within No ex 1604 13 10 or ex 1604 20 50 of the Combined
Nomenclature and originating in Tunisia may be imported into the
Coinnunity free of duty ;                                whereas the detailed
 arrangements inust be.fixed          by         an       exchange
of        letters        between      the Community             and
 Tunisia ;            whereas , . since . that            exchange   of
 letters has not yet taken place , the Coinnunity arrangements winch appLied
 in 1987 should be renev/ed until 31 December 1988 ; whereas a duty-free
Conmunity tariff quota of 100 tonnes should therefore be opened ; whereas
this tariff quota is to apply from 1 January 1988 either until the
conclusion of the exchange of letters provided for in Article 18 of the
Qxqaerat Lon Agreement between the European Economic Coinnunity and ttie
 Republic of Tunisia or until Grximunity impart arrangements for the
products concerned are applied , but at the latest until 31 Decanber
 1988 ;
Whereas , within the limits of the tariff quota , Spain and Portugal are to
 apply duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
 Protocol to tlie Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic
 Coinnunity and the Republic of Tunisia consequent on the accession of
 Spain and Portugal ( 4 ) ;
Whereas from the date on which the quota is opened the nomenclature used
 in the Coinnon Customs Tariff will lae replaced by the Combined
 Nomenclature based on the International Convention on the Harmonized
Cannodity Description and Coding System ; whereas this Regulation must
 take account of that fact by indicating the Combined Nomenclature codes
 and , where appropriate , tlae TARIC code numbers of the products
 concerned ;
  (1)  OJ  No L 265 , 27 . 9.1978 ,  p.  1
 (2)   OJ  No L 120 , 6 . 5.1983 ,   p.  1
  (3)  QJ  No L  297 , 21.10.1987 ,  p.  36
  (4 ) OJ  No L  250 , 1 . 9.1987 ,  p.  1
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'.Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured
for all Community importers and the rates laid (town for the quota
should be applied consistently to all imparts of the products in
question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted ;
whereas in this case the quota 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 the procelure laid down in Article 1 ( 2 ) ; whereas this
method of administration requires close coops ration 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 and inform the
Member States accordingly ;
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 administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic
union may be carried out by any one of its memlxsrs ,
HAS ADOPTE!) Tl IIS REGULATION •*>
                                Article 1
1 . From 1 January 1900 until the conclusion of the exchange of
    letters referred to in Article 10 of the Cooperation Agreement
    between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
    Tunisia or until Community import arrangements are applied , but at
    the latest until 31 December 1900 , the customs duty applicable to
    imports into the Community                                       of
    the following products shall be suspended at the level indicated
    and within the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below :
Order     Comibined       Description              Amount of    Rate of
No        Nomenclature                             tariff quota duty
          rto                                      ( tonnes )    (%)
09.1200                   Prepared or preserved
                          fish , caviar and caviar
                          substitutes prepared
                          from fish eggs :
          ex 1604 13 10   - sardines of the
          ex 1604 20 50     species Sardina
                            pi Ichardus , ori¬
                            ginating in Tunisia         100       free
Within the limits of this tariff quota Spain and Portugal shall apply
customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions
of the Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement tbetween the European
Economic Community and Tunisia consequent on the accession of Spain
and Portugal .
 ---pagebreak--- 2 . If an importer gives notification of iuininent imports of the
    product in finest ion into a Manlier State and applies to take
    advantage of the ( junta , the Memtxir State concerned shalL inform
    the Coinnission and draw an amount corresjxmding to its
    requirements to the extent tnat the available ba Lance of the
    reserve so ixinnits .
3 . The shares drawn pursuant to [varagraph 2 shall be valid until the
    end of tlie quota jieria'l .
                                 Article 2
1 . Memlxer States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
    their drawings pursuant to Article l ( 2 ) enable imports to be
    charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of
    the Gomnunity quota .
2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the product
    concerned have free access to tlie quota for such time as the
    residual balance of the quota volume so {Xirmits .
3 . Member States shall charge imports of the goods against their
    drawings as and when the goods are entered with the custans
    authorities for free circulation .
4 . The extent to wh.ich the quota has bien used up shall be detennined
    on the basés of the imports chargée! in accordance with paragraph
    3.
                                 Article 3
At the request of the Gomnissian , Mentier States shalL inform it of
imports actually chargée! against the ( juota .
                                 Article 4
Hie Member States and tlie Coinnission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is coup lied with .
                                 Article 5
This Régulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in ail Metnber States .
Rone at Brussels ,
                                                For the Council
                                                 Lhe President
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L ' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité aivec un engagement
contractuel de la Cannunauté . 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 Comnunauté .