CELEX: 51987PC0589
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) falling within codes ex 0302 69 65, ex 0303 78 10, ex 0304 10 99 and ex 0304 90 47 of the Combined Nomenclature (1988)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen cod (Gadus morhua) fillets, falling within code ex 0304 20 29 of the Combined Nomenclature (1988)#(submitted by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(87 ) 589 final
                                                  Brus se Is , 27 November 1987
                                  Proposal^ for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
    tariff quota for silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis ) falling within
            codes ex 0302 69 65 , ex 0303 78 10 , ex 0304 10 99 and
              ex 0304 90 47 of the Combined Nomenclature ( 1988 )
                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  opening , allocating and providing for the administration                  Community
     tariff quota for frozen cod ( Gadus morhua ) fillets
           code ex 0304 20 29 of the Combined Nomenclature
                         ( submitted by the Commission )
C0M(87 ) 589 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPIANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . In the context of GATT multilateral negotiations the Community has
     undertaken to open annually Community tariff quotas as follows :
     ( i ) subheading ex 03.01 Bit ) of the Common Customs Tariff or
     codes ex 0302 69 65 , ex 0303 78 10 , ex 0304 10 99 and ex 0304 90 47
     of the Combined Nomenclature : silver hake ( Merluccius bilinearis ),
     2 000 t at 8 I ;
     ( ii ) subheading ex 03.01 B II b ) 1 of the Coinnon Customs Tariff or
     code ex 0304 20 29 of the Goinbined Nomenclature : frozen cod fillets
     ( Gadus morhua ), 10 000 t at 0 I.
2 . Hie purpose of this proposal is to comply with the obligations
     contracted by the Community by opening these tariff quotas for the
     period 1 January to 31 December 1988 .
3 . The Commission 's proposals for these products are based mainly on
     those usually put forward in the field of tariff quotas in so far
     as :
( i)    the quota volumes are divided into two parts , the first consisting
        of a fairly large quantity allocated among the Member States and
        the second being a reserve intended to cover any supplementary
        needs ;
( ii ) the allocation of initial shares to the Member States is based on
        their past imports from non-member countries over the last three
        years or , failing this , on the estimated needs of the Member
        States for the quota year concerned .
     Hie figures for total imports into the Community of the silver hake
     and frozen cod fillets from non-preferential non-member countries
     over the last three years are as follows :
 ---pagebreak---                                              2
Silver hake :
rianter State              1904              1905                   1986
                      ( in tonnes )     ( in tonnes )          ( in tonnes )
Benelux                       23                  7                   72
Denmark                       54                 03                   04
Germany                        0               271
Spain                          0                  0                     0
Greece                       103                  0
France                    3 201                   0                     0
Ire Land                       0                  0                     0
Italy
Portugal                  4 621             4 535                  6 355
United Kingdom               554               846                 1 210
Frozen cod fillets
Manber State                 1904                1905                   1906
                        in t         %    in t          %          in t        %
Benelux                  105       1.29      70       0.05        147        1.81
Deniivark                191       2.35     207       2.24        700        8.60
Germany                  751       9.23   1 508     16.35         343        4.22
Spain                      0       0           0      0             5        0.06
Greece                    33       0.41      71       0.77         67        0.82
France                1 411       17.34   1 214     13.16      1 305       16.04
Ireland                    0       0           0      0             0        0
Italy                    560       6.00     547       5.93        247        3.04
Portugal                   0.1 0.01            0      0             9        0.11
United Kingdom        5 004       62.49   5 599     60.70      5 312       65.30
                      8 135.1             9 224                8 135
It can be seen from the first table , concerning silver hake , that import
figures - which are not separately recorded in the statistics - are
incomplete and that it is not {Toss ible to make calculations concerning each
Meiriber State's percentage of total Comnunity imports .
Consequently such data may not be representative of import trends in
each Member State .
Ilovever , requiranent estimates put forward by the Mo liber States indicate
the following percentage estimates of Meuter States' initial shares :
                         Silver hake              Gad fillets
     Benelux                  0.76                        0.48
     Denmark                 15 . 53                      3.35
     Germany                 30.84                      23.90
    .Spain                    0.38                        0.08
    Greece                    0.07                        0.08
    France                   14.70                      23.90
     Ireland                  0.38                        0.08
     Italy                    0.68                        7.97
     Portugal                18.94                        0.32
    United Kingdom           17.72                      39.84
 ---pagebreak---                                        3
The proposed Regulations provide for shares to be drawn against quotas and
when necessary as the only method of administration to be applied by the
Member States .
The Coinnission realizes that the transposition of certain tariff
concessions from the Goinnon Customs Tariff to the Combined Nomenclature
might raise problems which would need to te settled between the parties
concerned . It therefore reserves the right to amend its proposal in the
course of the procedure with a view to adapting it , where appropriate , to
requirements .
 ---pagebreak---                                                     PROPOSAL FOR
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                      of
                    opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                    quota for silver hake (Mcrluccius biUnearis) falling vyjthin codes ex (J302 69 65,,
                   ex 0303 78 10, ex 3004 10 99 snd ex 0304 90 47 of the Combined Nomenclature ( 1988)
    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
     Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
    thereof,
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
    Whereas (he Community has undertaken to open an
    annual Community tariff quota at 8 % duty for 2 000
    tonnes of silver hake (Mcrluccius bilincaris) ;
                       whereas the tariff quota concerned
    should be opened on 1 January 1988 and allocated
    among the Member States ;
  Whereas the Ccymmity has adooted , Oith effect from
   1 January 1988, a Combined Nomenclature for goods which
  meets the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and
  the Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics
  of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States ;
  whereas in order to accommodate specific Community measures ,
  this Nomenclature has been expanded into an integrated tariff of
   the European Communities (TARIC ); whereas, with effect from the
  date given above, the Combined Nomenclature and, where appropriate,
  the TARIC code numbers, should be used for the description of the
  products covered by this Regulation;
  Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should
  be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid
Hown for the        quota should be applied consistently to
  all imports until the quota is used up ; whereas, in the
  light of the se principles, allocation of the tariff
  quota among                                   the Member
 States would seem to preserve the Community nature of
  the quota ; whereas, in order** as closely as possible to the                 **to correspond
  actual development of the market , the
 allocation should reflect                 the requirements
 of the Member States based on                   statistics of
 imports from third countries during a representative
 reference period and                the economic outlook
 for the quotayear in question ;
 Whereas, since the fish concerned are not separately
 specified in the statistical nomenclatures of the Member
States, the available import figures provided by them
cannot be regarded as sufficiently exact or representative
 for use as a basis for the allocation referred to above ;
whereas the incomplete figures available together with the
estimates made by the Member States allow the following
percentage estimates to be made of the              needs of
each of,Jthem|Trom third countries for the quota period         | as regards imports
 under consideration :
 ---pagebreak---                                                           2
     Benelux                         0.76
     Denmark                        15.53
     Germany                        30.84
     Greece                          0.07
     Spain                           0.38
     France                         14.70
     Ireland                         0.38
     Italy                           0.68
     Portugal                       18.94
     United Kingdom                 17.72
Whereas to allow for                         import trends for
 these fish, the quota volume should be divided into two
parts          the first being allocated among the Member
States and the second held as a reserve to cover any sub¬
sequent requirements of Member States which have used
 up their initial share ; whereas, to afford importers some
degree of certainty, the first part         of the tariff quota
should be set at a high level, which in this case could
 be 66 % of the quota volume;
Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates ;
whereas, in order to ** of supplies on this account, it           **avoid any break in the continuity
should be provided that any Member State which has
almost used up its initial share should draw an additional
share from the reserve ; whereas each time its additional
share is almost used up a Member State should draw a
 further share and so on as many times as the reserve
allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares must
be valid until the end of the quota period ; whereas this
 form of administration requires close cooperation
between the Member States and the Commission , and the
  latter        must be able to monitor                     the
extent to which the quota ** been used up and                        **volume has
 inform the Member States accordingly ;
 Whereas if at a given date in the quota period a con¬
 siderable quantity of a Member State’s initial share
 remains unused it is essential that the **              should  ** Member State concerned
 return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve, in
 order to prevent part of the Community tariff quota
from remaining unused in one Member State while it
could be used in others ;
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 measure concerning the adminis-             _
tration of the/ shares allocated to that economic union         /quota
 may be carried out by any one of its members,
 ---pagebreak---                                                            3
       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
      From 1 January to 31 December 1988, the customs duty applicable
    to inports of                -the following products shall be           _
      suspended at the level /and within the limitsof a Com-             _/ indicated
      munity tariff quota as shown below :
                Combined                                               Quota
     Order
                                                  Description
                                                                                      Rate of duty "
       No       Nomenclature                                           vo Lune            (%)
                                                                          (tonnes)
                  rnrlp
09.0009         ex 0302 69 65        Silver hake (Me-luccius            2 000            8
                ex 0303 78 10        bi linearis ), fresh , chilled
                ex 0304 10 99       or frozen
                ex 0304 90 47
Within the limitsof this tariff quota,
 Spain and Portugal                        shall apply customs
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi ¬
 sions laid down by the 1985 Act of Accession .
                             Article 2
 1.     The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
 shall be divided into two parts .
 2. The first part , *** . tonnes, shall be allocated             ***amounting to 1 320
 among the Member States ; the quota *** subject to                      *** shares shall
 Article 5,         be valid from 1 January to 31 December          _
 1988/ shall be as follows :                                       /and
                                               (tonnes)
          Benelux                                 74
          Denmark                               205
          Garmany                               407
          Greece                                   1
          Spain                                    5
          France                                  194
          Ireland                                  5
          Italy                                    9
          Portugal                                250
          United Kingdom                          170
  3.    The second part of ***680 tonne^shall constitute *** the quota, amounting to
  the reserve .
                             Article 3
  1.     If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its
  initial share as . ** in Article 2 (2), or of that share ** specified
less any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to
  Article 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission and to the extent that the reserve so permits,
  draw a second share.
             equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up where
  necessary to the next whole number.
 ---pagebreak---                                                       4
2.     if , after its initial share has been used up, a Member State
has used 90 % or more of the second share as well ,
that Member State shall forthwith, using the procedure
provided for           in paragraph 1 , draw a third share
 equal to 5 % of its initial share, rounded up where necessary       _
 to the /whole number.                                              /next
 3.      If .              after             its second share has been used up, a Member State
 has used 90% or more of its. third share,
              _ it shall,     using the procedure                _
 provided_4n paragraph 1 , draw a fourth share equal to the _/for
 third .
 This process shall apply until the reserve is used up.
 4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3,
 Member StatdSmay draw shares lower than those specified
 in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing that they
                   may not be used in full .          Member
 States                           shall inform the Commis­
 sion of their reasons for applying this paragraph .
                           Artide 4
 Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be
 valid until 31 December 1988.
                           Artide 5
 Member States shall, not later than 1 October 1988 , return
 to the reserve the unused portion of their initial share
 which, on 1 5 September 1 988, is in excess of 20 % of the
 initial volume. They may return a greater portion if there
 are grounds for believing that it may not be used in full .
 Member States shall , not later than 1 October 1988, notify
 the Commission of the total quantities of the product in
 question imported up to and including 15 September
  198$, and charged against the Community quota and of
 any portion of their initial shares returned to the reserve.
                           Article 6
 The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
  opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3
  and shall , as soon as the information reaches it, inform
 each State of the extent to which the reserve has been
  used up.
 ---pagebreak---                                                            5
It shall, not later than 5 October' 198& inform the             4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
Member States of the amount still in reserve, following         share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
any return of shares pursuant to Article 5.                     charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the
reserve does not exceed the balance available, and to this
                                                                                        Article 8
end shall notify the amount of that balance to the
Member State making the last drawing.
                                                                At the request of the Commission, the Member States
                         Article 7                              shall inform it of imports actually charged against their CfJOta
                                                                shares.
1 . The Member States shall take all appropriate
measures to ensure that additional drawings of shares pursuant
to Article 3 are **      in such a way that import **carried out                        Article 9
may be charged without interruption against their
accumulated shares of the Community quota.
                                                                The     Member   States   and    the   Commission    shall
2. The Member States shall ensure that importers of             cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
the product in question have free access to the shares          complied with .
allocated to them .
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the
product in question against their shares as and when the                                Article 10
product is entered with the customs authorities for free
circulation .                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposai for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                                                   of
                  opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                  quota for frozen cod (Gadus morhua) fillets falling within code ex 0304 20 29 '
                  of the Coi;t>ined Nomenclature ( 1988)
                                                                                              I
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community has undertaken to open an
annual Community tariff quota at 8 % duty for 10 000
tonnes of frozen fillets of cod of the Gadus morhua
species;
                    whereas the tariff quota concerned
should be opened on 1 January 1988 and allocated
among the Member States ;
 Whereas the Community has adopted, with effect from
 1 January 1988, a Combined Nomenclature for goods which
 meets the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and
 the Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics
 of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member
 States; whereas in order to accommodate specific Community measures ,
 this Nomenclature has been expanded into an integrated
 tariff of the European Communities ( TARIC ); whereas,
 with effect from the date given above, the Combined
 Nomenclature and, where appropriate, the TARIC code
 numbers , should be used for the description of the products covered
 by this Régulation;
    Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should
    be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid
   down for the        quota should be applied consistently to
    all imports until the quota is used up ; whereas, in the
    light of these principles , allocation of the tariff
    quota among                                    the Member
    States would seem to preserve the Community nature of
    the quota ; whereas, in order **as closely as possible to the         **to correspond
    actual development of the market,                         the
    allocation should reflect                 the requirements
    of the Member States based on                   statistics of
    imports from third countries during a representative
    reference period and                 the economic outlook
    for the quotayear in question ;
    Whereas, during the last three years for which complete
    statistics are available, the corresponding imports into
    each of the Member States represented the following
    percentages of total imports of the product in question :
 ---pagebreak---                                                             2
           Member States            1984       1985           1986
Benelux                              1,29      0,85
Denmark                             2,35       2,24
Germany                             9,23      16,35
Greece                              0,41
                                                               4,22
                                               0,77
Spain                                                          0,82
                                    0          0
                                                               O;OÔ
France
Ireland
                                   17,34      13,16          16^04
                                    0          0               0
Italy                               6,88       5,93            3,04
Portugal                            0,01       0
                                                               0,11
United Kingdom                    62,49       60,70
                                                             65,30
   Whereas, in view of these factors and of market forecasts
   for this product for 1987, the initial percentage shares of
   the quota volume can be expressed approximately as
   follows :
              Benelux                                0,48
              Denmark                                3,35
              Germany                              23,90
              Greece                                 0,08
             Spain                                   0,08
              France                               23,90
              Ireland          '                     0,08
              Italy                                  7,97
              Portugal                               0,32
              United Kingdom                      39,84
   Whereas, to allow for                    import trends for the
   products concerned,                                            the
   quota/sITould be divided into two parts,                 the first      /volune       _
   being” allocated among/ Member States and the second                                 / the
   held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements
   of Member States which have used Up . their initial
   share ; whereas, to give importers
   some degree of certainty, the first part                   of the
   Community quota should be set at a high level .
Which in this case/approximately 63 % of the quota volume;                      / could be
   Whereas .                                        . initial shares
 may be used up                   at different rates ; whereas, i r, ordgp to
   avoid any **       of supplies on this account, it should be                  **break in the continuity
   provided that any Member State which has almost used
   up its initial share should draw an additional share from
   the reserve ; whereas each time its additional share is almost
  used up s i'lember State should draw a further
  share and SO on                         as many times as the
   reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares
   must be valid                  until the end of the quota
   period ; whereas this method of administration calls for
   close cooperation between Member States and the
   Commission and the latter must                        be able to
;nonitor the extent to which the quota volute has. been used up and
   inform Member States accordingly;
 ---pagebreak---                                                              3
          Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a
          considerable quantity of a f-iemher State 's initial share remains unused,
                 it is essential that the . Member State concerned
          return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve,
          in order to prevent part
         of the Community quota remaining unused in one
         Member State when it could be used in others ;
         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 , all transactions concerning the admin ¬
         istration of the/shares allocated to that economic union /quota
         may be carried out by any one of its members,                 –
          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
         From 1 January to 31 December 198fy. the customs duty applicable
       to imports of               _the following products shall be              _
         suspended at the levdAnd within the limitsof a Commu-                  / indicated
       , nity tariff quota as shown below :                                   ~
                Combined                                                 Quota
   Order
                                                                         volume           Rate of duty
     No         Nomenclature                     Description                                  (%)
                code                                                       (tonnes)
09.001 1      ex 0304 20 29         Frozen cod fillets (Gadus morhtia)      10 000             8
 Within the limits of this tariff quota,
 Spain and Portugal                          shall apply customs
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi ¬
 sions laid down by the 1985 Act of Accession.
                               Article 2
  1.     The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
 shall be divided into two parts .
  2. The first part,**of 6 275 tonnes shall be allocated               **amounting to
  among the Member States ; the quota shares shall , subject to
  Article 5,         . be valid from 1 January to 31 December 1988
   and shall be as follows :
 ---pagebreak---                                                 (tonnes)
           Benelux                                  30
           Denmark                                 210
           Germany                               1 500
           Greece                                     5
           Spain                                     5
           France                                1 500
           Ircland                                 • 5
           Italy                                   500
           Portugal                                 20
           United Kingdom                        2 500
  3.     The second part of**       3 725 tonne%, shall consti-   **the quota, amounting to
  tutc the reserve .
                             Artide 3
  1.     If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its
  initial share as ** . in Article 2 (2), or of that share       **specified
   Less any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to
 Article 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission
     and                    to the extent that the reserve so
  permits/ equal to 10% of its initial share, where                       sec
                                                                  /draw a second share,
necessary rounded up to the next whole number .
  2. If, after its initial share has been used up, a Menber State
  has used 90 %'Or more of the second share as well ,
 that Member State shall forthwith, using the procedure
provided for              in paragraph 1 , draw a third share,
   equal to 5 % of its initial share rounded up, should the
   occasion arise, to the nearest unit above.
   3.     If , after its second share has been used up, a Member State
   has used 90% or more of its third share , it shall , using the
 procedure provided for in paragraph 1 , draw
   a fourth share equal to the third. This process shall
   continue until the reserve is used up .
   4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3,
   Member Statcsmay draw shares lower than those specified
   in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing that they
                     may not be used in full.            Member
   States                           shall inform the Commis­
   sion of their reasons for applying this paragraph .
                              Artide 4
   Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be
   valid until 31 December 1988 .
                              Artide 5
   Member States shall, not later than 1 October 1988, return
   to the reserve the unused portion of their initial share
   which, on 15 September 1 980, is in excess of 20 % of the
   initial volume. They may return a greater portion if there
   are grounds for believing that it may not be used in full .
 ---pagebreak---                                                         5
    Member States shall, not later than 1 October 198 8,notify
    the Commission of the total quantities of the product in
    question imported up to and including 15 September
    1988, and charged against the Community quotas and of
    any portion of their initial shares returned to the reserve.
                              Article 6
    The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
    opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3
    and shall, as soon as the information reaches it, inform
    each State of the extent to which the reserve has been
    used up.
 It shall, not later than 5 October 1988, inform the
 Member State of the amount still in reserve following any
 return of shares pursuant to Article 5.
 It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the
 reserve                                 • does not exceed the
 balance available, and to this end shall notify the amount
 of that balance to the Member State making the last
 drawing.
                           Article 7
 1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
 ensure that additional drawings of shares pursuant to Article 3 are
carried out in such a way that imports                 may be
 charged without interruption against their accumulated
 shares of the Community quota.
 2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
 products in question have free access to the shares
 allocated to them .
 3.    Member States shall charge imports of the products
 in question against their shares as and when the products
 are entered with the customs authorities for free circula¬
 tion,
 4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
 share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
  charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
                            Article 8
  At the request of the Commission, the Member States
  shall inform it of imports actually charged against their quota
  shares.
                            Article 9
  The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
  closely    to    ensure      that    this    Regulation     is
  complied with.
                           Article 10
  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988-
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Donc at Brusscls,
                                                         For ibe Council