CELEX: 51992PC0229
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey (1992/1993)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM(92)229 final
                                           Brussels, 2  June 1992
                                Proposai for a
                           ÇQUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         opening and providing for the administration of a Community
             tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
                                 ( 1992 / 1993 )
                        (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  Council Regulation (EEC) 4115/86 of December 1986 on imports into
    the Community of certain agricultural products originating in
    Turkey provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 90
    tonnes at zero duty for apricot pulp originating in Turkey.
2.  Within the limits of this tariff quota, Spain and Portugal apply
    customs duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation
    (EEC) N* 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for
    trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria,
    Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on the other.
3.  The aim of this proposal is to open the quota concerned for the
    period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993.
4.  Concerning the administration of this tariff quota, it is proposed
    that the whole volume of the products subject to this tariff quota
    should form a Community reserve to which all Member States will
    have access according to the procedure laid down in Article 3 of
    the proposed Regulation.
This is the purpose of the attached proposal.
 ---pagebreak---                                                          Proposal for a
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                          /92
                                                            of
                   o p e n i n g and providing for the administration of a C o m m u n i t y tariff q u o t a for
                                          apricot pulp originating in Turkey (1992/93)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                    laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to
                                                                            all imports of the product in question into all the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                            Member States until the quota is exhausted ; whereas it is
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
                                                                            appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure effi-
thereof,
                                                                            cient Community administration of this tariff quota while
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                          offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from
                                                                            the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding
Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration
4115/86 of 22 December 1986 on import into the                              requires close cooperation between the Member States
Community of agricultural products originating in                           and the Commission ;
Turkey ('), provides for the opening by the Community of
an annual Community tariff quota of 90 tonnes at zero                       Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
duty for apricot pulp originating in Turkey ; whereas such                  the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
a quota has been opened for the period up to 30 June                        are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
199 2 by Regulation (EEC) No1550/91 ( 2 ); whereas the                      Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis-
tariff quota in question should therefore be opened for                     tration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its
the abovementioned volume for the period 1 July 199^ to                     members,
30 June 199 3
Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No
1059/88 of 28 March 1988 laying down the arrangements
applicable to Greece's trade with Turkey (•'); whereas the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Council has also adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87
of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for
trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and                                                 Article   1
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on
the other (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       1.    From 1 July 199 2to 30 June 199.J the customs duty
4162/87 0 ;                                                                 applicable to the following product, originating in Turkey,
                                                                            shall be suspended in the Community at the level and
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should                     within the limit of the Commission tariff quota as shown
be ensured for all Community importers and the rates                        herewith :
                                                                                                           Amount of       Quota duty
                     CN code
     Order No                                                   Description                                   quota
                         (')                                                                               (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                              (%)
 09.0203          ex 2008 50 9!      Apricot pulp neither containing added spirit nor added sugar in
                                     immediate packings of a net content of 4,5 kg or more                      90             0
 (') Tarn code 2008 50 91 '20
 (')OJ No L 380 31 12 1986, p. 16
 (J) o j No L 144, 8.6.1991, p. 1 .
 O OJ No L 104, 23. * 198H,. p. 4.
 O O) No L 250, I. 9. W»7, p. 1.
 O OJ No L 396. 31. 12. I'M*?, p. I.
 ---pagebreak---  2.    Within the framework of this tariff quota, the           State concerned, to the extent that the available balance
 Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall             so permits.
apply a customs duty calculated in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the Act of Accession and Regula-         If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
tion (EEC) N o 2573/87.                                         shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
                                                                If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                           Article 2
                                                                balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be adminis-     pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States
tered by the Commission, which may take any appro-              shall be informed by the Commission of the drawings
priate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient admi-      made.
nistration thereof.
                                                                                          Article 4
                          Article  3
If an importer presents, in a Member State, a declaration       Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
of entry into free circulation including a request for prefe-   product concerned have equal and continuous access to
rential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation,       the quota for such time as the residual balance of the
and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authori-     quota volume so permits.
ties, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the
tariff quota, by means of notification to the Commission,
a quantity corresponding to these needs.                                                  Artulc  5
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date       The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communi-         closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
cated to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis                                   Article 6
of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1992
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Luxembourg,
                                                                            For the   Council
                                                                             The   President
 ---pagebreak---  FINANCIAL RECORD
 1.  Budget Iine concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.   Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.   Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for Council
     regulation opening and providing for the administration of a
     Community tariff quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
4.   Object ive : Fulfilment of an obligation stemming from a Counci
     Regulat ion
5.   Method of calculation :
     CCT heading: ex 2008 50 91
     Volume of the quota: 90   T
     Duty to be applied: 0 %
     Normal CCT duty: 17 %
6.   Duty-loss :
     Value of goods : 735 ECU x 9 0 - 6 6 150 ECU
     Duty-loss : 66 150 ECU x 17 % - 112 455 ECU
    Compared witlr the preceding period (1.7.91 - 30.6.92) : no change
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