CELEX: 51989PC0488
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR COD AND FISH OF THE SPECIES BOREOGADUS SAIDA, ORIGINATING IN NORWAY ( 1990 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM (89) 488 final
                                                Brussels, 17 October 1989
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
  opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
      quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida,
                        originating in Norway
                                (1990)
                     (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                       Explanatory Memorandum                      &-*ittf
   1. The Agreements       in the form of exchanges of        letters between the European
       Economic     Community     and   Norway   concerning   agriculture    and   fisheries,
       approved     by    the   Council    Decision   of  15 September 1986,     provide   in
       particular     for   the annual opening,      on a date to be arranged by       common
       accord,     of Community tariff quotas for the following products originating
        in Norway, for which the volumes and duties applicable are given below:
    I Common Customs                      Description                     Quota     Rate of |
    I Tariff heading                                                     volume       duty |
    I         No                                                         (tonnes)
    I 03.02                 Fish, dried, salted or in brine;
                            smoked fish, whether or not cooked
                            before or during the smoking process:
                            A. Dried, salted or in brine:
                               I. whole, headless or in pieces:
                                   b) Cod (Gadus morhua,
                                       Boreogadus saida, Gadus
                                       ogac):
                                       -Dried, unsalted                   3 900         OX  |
                                       -Dried, salted                    13 250         ox I
                                       -Wet salted, or in brine          10 000         OX  |
  2. The purpose of this proposal is to implement              these tariff quotas for the
       period    1 April to 31 December 1990,        taking  into   account  the  entry into
       force                          of the Combined Nomenclature,      which replaces the
       nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff.
3.     In order to respect the ruling of the Court of Justice of
       27 September 1988 in case 51/87 the
      Ooiraission proposes not to allocate tne tariff quota volumes among
      the Mentor States Dut to alLow the 'latter to draw against the said
      volumes quantities corresponding           to their   immediate   needs, as is
      the visual practice in similar cases. In addition, this procedure is
      mote in fcaeping with the Community nature of tne se tariff quotas.
   1
      0J N o t 328, 22.11.1986, p. 76.
 ---pagebreak---                                                      Proposal for a
                                       C O U N C I L REGULATION (EEC) N o
                                                       of
                 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
                 cod and fish of the species Borcogadus                      snida,
                                                 originating in Norway ( 199U)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.                                 the Member States until the quot:is are exhausted ;
Hiving regard to the Treary establishing the European                    Whereas, the necessary measures should be taken to
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                        ensure that these t a r i f f quotas are adninistred
thereof,                                                                 effeciently and on a Ccrmuiity basis, so that Member
Having regard to the Act ot Accession ot Spain and                       States have the option of drawing the necessary
Portugal,                                                                quantities corresponding to actual imports recorded,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       from the quota volumes; whereas, this method of
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic                       aduinistration calls f o r close cooperation between
Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded                        the Member States and the Ccnmission;
on 14 May 1973 ; whereas, consequent on the accession of
the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to                      Whereas, s-ince the Kingdom of Belgian, the Kingdom
the Community, an Agreement in the form of Exchanges                     of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
of Letters was concluded and approved bv Decision                        are united within and j o i n t l y represented by the
86/557/EECO;
                                                                         Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the
Whereas, the latter Agreement provides for the opening,                  acini ni st rat ion of the quotas may by carried out by any
 on a date to be fixed by common accord, of Community                    one of ^ts members,
 tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty tor cod and fish of
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIb REGULATION
 the species Bovtogodus sutdu originating in Norway;
 whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be
 opened for the period agreed from 1 April to 31                                                     Article J
 December 1990;                                                           1.    From ! April to 31 December ! ^90 the customs
 Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quotas                   duties applicable to imports ot the reviewing products
 should be ensured for all Community importers and the                    originating in Norway shall be suspended at the levels
 rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consis-                 indicated jr.d within the limits oî C .;nmunity tariff
 tently to all imports of the products m question into all                quotas as shown below ;
                                                                                                               Volume      J  Rate
     Order No      CN code ( 2 j                                Description                                    ol qiit.:..   ot dutv
                                                                                                               'ton-cv     '   (%)
                    0305          Fish, dried, salted or in brine . smoked fish, whether or not cooked
                                  before or during the smoking process ; tish mc;il tir tor human
                                  consumption :
                                   — Dried tish. whether or not salted but noi s:u«Ai-u
                    0305 51        — — Cod (GuJus morhuu. Gudus oguc. Gudus                muirtmphulus):
      09.0707       0305 51 10     — — — Dried, unsalted :
                                            - Excluding of cod of the species (GaJu* »M, rmephutus
                    0305 59              Other :
                                   — — — Fish of the species Borrogadus sutdu :
                    0305 59 1I     — — — — Dried, unsalted                *
                    0305 51        — — Cod (Cudui morhuu, CuJus oguc, GaJu\ mucrocephulusj :
      09J0703       0305 51 90     — - — Dried, salted :
                                            — Excluding cod of the species CuJu.\ mutrocephulus                  I t
                     0305 59             Other :
                                   — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus suiJu :
                     0305 59 19    — — — - Dried, salted
                                   — Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and tish in brine :
      094)705       0305 62 00     — — Cod (Gadus morhuu. GaJut oguc GuJm mutrocephulus) :
                                   — Excluding the species Gudus mucroctphului                                   1 0 Ot.H,
                     0305 69             Other :
                     0305 69 10    — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus sutdu
   O OJ No L J M , 22. i l . IVK6. p. 76
    ( 2 ) Se* T W I C codes i n          annex.
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Within the limits of the above tariff quotas the Kingdom         the Member States concerned to the extent that the
of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties          available balance so permits.
of 2 , 6 «nd 0 % respectively.
                                                                 If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
                                                                 shall return them as soon as possible to the corresponding
2.     Where the Community has fixed a reference price
                                                                 quota amount.
for the products or categories of products concerned,
imports of those products shall benefit from the quotas          If the quantities requested are greater than the available
referred to in paragraph 1 only if the frec-a-frontier price     balance ot the quota amount, allocation shall be made on
determined by the Member States in accordance with               a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member
Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/SI (:), as last           States shall be informed thereof by the Commission.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1A95/89(:). l i a t ^ cast
equal to the reterence price.
                                                                                            Article   4
3.     The Protocol concerning the definition of the
concept of 'originating products' and methods of adminis-
trative cooperation annexed tc the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
 Norway shall apply.
                                                                        Each Member State shall ensure              importers of
                                                                  the products concerned           1     access to the quotas for
                           Article 2                              such time as the residual balance of the quota volumes so
                                                                  permits.
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed
 by the Commission, which may take all appropriate                                               Y equal and continous
 administrative measures in order to ensure effective
 administration thereof.
                           Article 3
 If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration ot
 entry into free circulation, including a request for benefit
 under the preferential system for a product covered by
 this Regulation and if this        V    is accepted by the     r declaration
 customs authorities, the Member Sûtes concerned shall
 inform the Commission and draw an amount corres-
 ponding to its requirements from the quota volume.
                                                                                             A rticle   5
 The drawing requests, with indication of the date of
 acceptance ot the said declarations, must be transmitted          The Member States and the Commission shall coopéra»
  to the Commission without delay.                                 closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
  The drawings shall be granted by the- Commission by                                        A rtult    6
  reference to the date of acceptance ot the declarations of
  entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of        This Regulation shall enter into forcer on I April 1990-
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in al! Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
   0) OJ No L .}-•*. ïl  '2. 1981. p. !.
   OOJ No L148. i .6.1989 . P i
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                             ANNEX
                           TARI G  codes
      N
Order   °     CN code                        TARIC   codes
 09.0707  e x 0 3 0 5 51 10          0 3 0 5 51 10*10
                                                   *20
          e x 03C5 51 9 0            0305 51 90*11
 09.0703
                                                   •19
                                                   «20
          e x 0 3 0 5 62 00          0305 62 00*11
 09.0705                                           •19
                                                   •21
                                                   *29
                                                   «31
                                                   •39
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art.120
2.       Base juridique : art. 113 du traité
3.       Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du
         Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents
         tarifaires communautaires pour des morues et des poissons de
         l'espèce Boregadus saida, originaires de Norvège
4.       Objectif : Respecter les engagements contractés par la Communauté
         vis-à-vis de la Norvège
5.       Mode de calcul :
         - codes de la N.C.: ex 0305 51 10   ex 0305 51 90 ex 03C5 62 00
                              ex 0305 59 11      0305 59 19    0305 69 10
         - volumes des contingents     3 900        13 25û         10 000
           (en tonnes)
         - droit à appliquer           0 *            0 %           O %
         - droit normal               13 %           13 %          13 %
6.       Perte de recettes :
         - valeur d'une tonne    13 563 écus   4 338 écus   3 395 ecus
         - valeur totale : 52 895 700 écus 57 478 500 écus 33 950 000 écus
         - Perte de recette : 6 876 441 écus 7 472 205 écus   4 413 500 écus
                Perte totale                    18 762 146 écus
 Par rapport à 1989, augmentaton des pertes de 18 762 146 écus
 18 318 759 écus = 443 387 écus.
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 ---pagebreak---                   FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec des engagements contractuels de
la Communauté.   L'impact découlant de ces concessions a été pris en considératio
lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de ces contingent?et il n'aura pas an
caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans la Communauté.
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