CELEX: 51992PC0089
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain hand made products and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and chenille

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                       C0M(92) 89  final
                                       Brussels, 16 March 1992
                            Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91
            opening and providing for the administration
     of Community tariff quotas for certain hand made products
          and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and chenille
                    (presented by the Commission)
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                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91 opening and providing for
   the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain hand made
   products and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and chenille renewed
   for 1992 the tariff measures accorded each year in respect of hand
   made products originating in certain developing countries.
2. Brazil exports products similar to those from the other countries
   listed in annex to the regulations.    Following a request from the
   Brazilian authorities, it is proposed to include Brazil in the list
   of countries entitled to the tariff quotas.
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                             Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulations (EEC) No 3877/91 and 3878/91 opening and providing
for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain hand made
products and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and chenille (1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in
particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/911 opened
Community tariff quotas for 1992 in respect of certain hand made
products from a number of countries; whereas the quotas are reserved
for products accompanied by a certificate recognized by the competent
Community authorities conforming to one of the models annexed to the
Regulations; whereas certificates must in addition be issued by
recognized authorities in the country of manufacture, certifying that
the goods in question are hand made;
Whereas the Brazilian authorities have applied to benefit from these
tariff measures, whereas they have sent the Commission of the European
Communities the name of the authority empowered to endorse the
necessary certificates and have indicated their willingness to comply
with all obligations under the Regulations;
Whereas it has been established that certain products originating in
Brazil have characteristics similar to products from other developing
countries covered by Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91;
whereas the said Regulations should accordingly be amended to cover
products from Brazil as well,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                Article 1
Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91 are hereby amended as
follows:
The following text is added to the end of Annex III and the end of
Annex 11:
 ---pagebreak---     in the column marked "country of manufacture":   BrasiI
                                                     BrasiIien
                                                     BrasiIien
                                                     Bpa£iAla
                                                     BraziI
                                                     BresiI
                                                     Brasile
                                                     BraziIie
                                                     BrasiI
The following text is added to the end of Annex III and the end of
Annex II in the column marked "competent authority":
    Conselho Nacional de Associacoes
    Comerciais - CONASC SCS - Ed. Paldcio do Comercio
    I andar 70318 - Brasilia DF
                               Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 April 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                  For the Council
                                                   The President
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.  Budget heading:   Chapter 12, Article 120
2.  Legal basis:  Article 113 of the Treaty
    Name of tariff measures: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC)
    amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3877/91 and 3878/91 opening and
    providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
    certain hand made products and certain handwoven fabrics, pile and
    chenilie.
    Aim-, to give Brazil entitlement to certain tariff measures.
5.  Method of caleu I at ion/loss of revenue:
    This will not affect measures adopted for 1992, but simply extends
    the list of countries entitled to the annual tariff quotas (the
    quota volumes remain the same).
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