CELEX: 51998PC0318
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-15
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

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                                                             COM(1998) 318 final
                                              Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                         amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the
                  administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and
                                                   industrial products
                                     (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. In response to requests from several Member States, the Commission's
   departments, together with the government experts concerned, considered whether
   to open, increase and extend autonomous tariff quotas for certain industrial
   products.
2. Following the discussion, at a meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, it
   was concluded that the Member States could approve new quotas, increases or
   extensions to quotas for the products covered by the proposal for a Regulation,
   without disturbing the markets for such products.
   Hence the attached proposal for a Regulation.
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 ---pagebreak---                                            Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                        /98
          amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the
administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and
                                        industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96l, the Council opened Community
tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas Community demand
for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions;
whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of
duty for appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing
tariff quotas, avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products;
Whereas.Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended,
     OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) "No 2631/97 (OJ L 356,
     31.12.1997, p. 1).
                                                       I
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                          Article 1
 1. For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 1998, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
    2505/96 is hereby amended as follows:
    - order number 09.2935: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 70,000
      tonnes,
    - order number 09.2967: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 3,000,000
      units.
2. For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1998, Annex I to Regulation
    (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as follows:
    - order number 09.2947: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 1,300 tonnes,
    - order number 09.2959: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 45,000
      tonnes,
    - order number 09.2963: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 500,000,000
      units.
                                         Article 2
The quota period for tariff quota with order number 09.2965 in Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 2505/96 is amended in 1.1.-31.12.1998.
                                         Article 3
The tariff quotas shown in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.
                                         Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Articles 1 and 2 shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998, Article 3 with effect from
1 July 1998.
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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 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX
 Order      CN code         TARIC code                       Description                   Amount of     Quota duty      Quota period
  No                                                                                          quota         (%)
09.2967   ex 8518 29 20          20         Loudspeaker, having a diameter of less           3,000,000       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
          ex 8518 29 80          30         than 23 mm, for use in the manufacture                units
                                            of products falling within subheading
                                            8525 20 91 (a)
09.2968   ex 2825 30 00          20         Vanadium oxides and hydroxides, in the          300 tonnes       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
                                            form of powder, only for the production of
                                            alloys(a)
09.2969   ex 3920 62 19          80         Film     of   polyethylene      terephthalate    52,500 m2       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
          ex 3920 91 00           10        metallised on one or both sides, or
                                            laminate of such films metallised on the
                                            outer surfaces, and having the following
                                            caracteristics:
                                            - a visible light transmission of not less
                                            than 50%,
                                            - not coated with an adhesive or any
                                            other non-plastic material,
                                            - whether or not covered on both sides
                                            with a layer of polyvinyl butyral,
                                            - a total thickness not exceeding 0,2 mm
                                            without taking into account any presence
                                            of layers of polyvinyl butyral,
                                            for use in the manufacture of heat-
                                            reflecting laminated glass(a)
09.2970      2933 61 00            -        Melamine                                      5,000 tonnes       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
09.2971   ex 3818 00 10          45         Doped silicon wafers having a diameter of      15,000 units      0        1.7.-31.12.1998
                                            300 mm (±0,25 mm), for use in the
                                            manufacture of products falling within
                                            heading No 8542 (a)
09.2972   ex 5603 92 90          50         Nonwoven of staple fibers having a               7,600,000       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
                                            tensile strength (in the machine direction)              m2
                                            of 3,8 kg/5 cm or more, in rolls with :
                                            -a width of 78 mm or more but not
                                            exceeding 252 mm
                                            and
                                            -a length of 980 m or more,
                                            for use in the manufacture of floppy discs
                                            (a)
09.2973   ex 8540 91 00           95        Flat mask, consisting of circular holes,           250,000       0        1.7.-31.12.1998
                                            with a diagonal measurement of 39 cm                   units
                                            (±0,5 cm)
     (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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 ---pagebreak---                                      FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.        Budget heading concerned: Chapter 12, Article 120
2.        Legal basis: Article 28 of the Treaty
3.        Title of tariff measure: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending
          Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of
          autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial
         products.
4.        Objective: To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on
          favourable terms.
5.        Method of calculation:
         Note: this table lists only products to the Regulation which have a financial
          incidence.
     Product       Variation in quota    Variation in        Variation in     Variation Expected variation
   description            volume          estimated       normal duty (%)     in quota     in the loss of
                   (Units/tonnes/m2)         price           (CCT1998)          duty    revenue in relation
                                         (ECU/Unit)                              (%)      to the previous
                                                                                         quota period (in
                                                                                                ECU)
    Gum rosin           + 20,000 t             0                    0             0            32,500
     09.2935         (initial volume;   (initial price:    (initial duty: 5)
                          50,000 t)          32.5)
   Polyfluoride           + 400t               0                    0             0           363,600
     09.2947         (initial volume:   (initial price:  (initial duty: 10.1)
                           900 t)           9,000)
 Saturating kraft       + 15,000 u             0                    0             0           355,350
     09.2959         (initial volume:   (initial price:   (initial duty: 4.6)
                         30,000 u)           515)
     Resistor        + 200,000,000 u           0                    0             0            14,820
     09.2963         (initial volume:   (initial price:   (initial duty: 1.9)
                      300,000,000 u)       0.0039)
  Loudspeaker I       + 1,000,000 u            0                    0             0           270,000
     09.2967         (initial volume:   (initial price:   (initial duty: 2.7)
                       2,000,000 u)           10)
 Loudspeaker II       + 3,000,000 u            10                  2.7                        810,000
     09.2967
    Vanadium              + 300t            10,000                 5.5                         165,000
     09.2968
                                                        '5"
 ---pagebreak---       PET           + 52,500 m^      28.67          10.4                  156,538
    09.2969
   Melamine           + 5,0001       1,373          6.8                   466,820
    09.2970
 Doped silicon       + 15,000 u      1,085          3.5                   569,625
    09.2971
  Nonwoven        + 7,600,000 m^     0.223          4.9                   83,045
    09.2972
     Mask           + 250,000 u      14.55          3.3                   120,037
    09.2973
        Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period:
        + 3,407,335 ECU .
Anti-fraud measures: Provisions on the management of tariff quotas include the
measures needed to prevent and protect against frauds and irregularities.
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