CELEX: 51995PC0165
Language: en
Date: 1995-05-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             Brussels, 08.05.1995
                                             COM(95) 165 final
                            Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION ffiC)
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
           for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995)
                 (presented by the Commission)
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.      Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services of the Commission have examin
        Government experts concerned, the question of opening in 1995 tariff quotas for various products.
2.      Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic Tariff Questions" group
        meetings, it has been determined that the opening of tariff quotas for the following products
        could have the agreement of the Member States without disturbing the markets for such
        products:
        Methanol                                      510COOT                   at 0%
        Trifluoroethanol                                   168 T                at 0%
         Sulphate turpentine                            15 000 T                 at 0%
        Read/write heads                                70 000 pieces           at ,0%
This is the aim of this proposal.
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                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                            795
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                                                                       of
                         opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                                          for certain industrial products (2nd series 1995)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
                                                                                 Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         tariff quotas should be taken by the Community;
   Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,                              whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adminis-
                                                                                 tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to
                                                                                 authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                            volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual
                                                                                 imports ; whereas, however, this method of administration
                                                                                 requires close cooperation between the Member States
 Whereas production in the community of certain industrial products              and the Commission and the latter must in particular be
 will remain in the course of 1995 unable to meet the specific                   able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up
requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas,                   and inform the Member States accordingly,
consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will
depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries;
whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in
                                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms;
whereas Community tariff quotas at zero duty should therefore be
opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 31
                                                                                                                Article 1
December 1995 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets
for such products nor the starting out or development of Community
production;                                                                    From the date of entry into force of the present regulation, to the date
                                                                               specified in the following table, the customs duties applicable to
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all                      imports into the Community of the products listed below shall be
 Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to                         suspended at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff
 the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica-                      quotas shown below:
 tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of
the products concerned into all Member States until the
quotas have been used up ;
         Order                      TARIC                                                            Amount of        Quota          End of
        number       CN Code         code                         Description                           quota          duty       quota period
                                                                                                                       (%)
                                                                                                                                 31.12.1995
         09.2885      2905 11 00               Methanol (methyl alcohol)                              510 000 T          0
         09.2887    ex 2905 50 10   *10        2,2,2 -trifluoroethanol                                    168 T          0       30.06.1995
         09.2889      3805 10 90               Sulphate turpentine                                     15 000 T          0       31.12.1995
         09.2891    ex 8473 30 90   •75        Read/write heads of magneto-resistive
                                               technology, whether or not fixed on a carrier
                                               arm, capable of recording to a density of not less
                                               than 169 tracks per mm (4 300 TPI), for use in
                                               the manufacture of 3,5 inch type hard disc              70 000            0       31.12.1995
                                               storage units (a)                                      pieces                                       i
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     (a)    Checks on their prescribed end use shall be carried pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 2                             for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai-
                                                                lable balance so permits.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed
                                                                If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate
                                                                return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
administrative measures to ensure that they are managed
                                                                volume as soon as possible.
efficiently.
                                                                If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                                                                balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo-
                          Article 3                             cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall
                                                                inform the Member States of the drawings made.
Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member                                     Article-4
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran-
                                                                 Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho-
                                                                products in question have equal and continuous access to
rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the
                                                                the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi-
                                                                volume so permits.
rements from the appropriate quota volume.
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the                                     Article 5
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission           The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
without delay.                                                  closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chrono-                                      Article 6
logical order of the dates on which the customs authori-
ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries       This regulation shall enter into force on the 3rd day following
                                                               its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
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FINANCIAL RECORD
1.        Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.        Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
3.        Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation opening and
          providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products
          (2nd series 1995).
4.        Objective : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries.
5.        Method of calculation :
            Description           Quantities     Price     Normal rate    Quota duty        Duty loss
                                               Ecus/unit       (%)           (%)             (Ecus)
   Methanol                       510 000 T     336          12,3             0          21077280
   Trifluoroethanol                   168 T     646           7.4             0                8 031
   Sulphate turpentine             15 000T      457            3,2            0             219 360
   Read/write heads                70 000        74            3,2            0             165 760
                                   pieces
Total duty loss: 21 470 431 Ecus.
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