CELEX: 51982PC0549
Language: en
Date: 1982-09-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1982) a (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                        COM(82)549 final
                                                        Brussels , 9 September 1982
                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
 tariff quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the
             Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
            a     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
       / ro
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 C0M(82 ) 549 final
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3746 /81 laying dawn the arran­
gements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1981 , as
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No      / 82 , provides for the opening of a
Community tariff quota for the importation into the Community of 250
tonnes of aubergines originaring in Cyprus , falling within subheading
ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff .
The customs duties applicable within the limits of this quota are equal
to 40 % of the duties actually applied to third countries .
Accordingly the tariff quota in question has to be opened .
As the method of administration to be applied by all Member States , the
Commission proposes the "greyhound system".
This is the subject of the proposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX : 1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
                 quota for aubergines falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common
                                   Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
                                                             particular be abte
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                               to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and
    COMMUNITIES,                                               inform the Member States thereof ;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
    Economic Community, and in particular Article 113          Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
   thereof,
   thereof,                                  -                 Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
                                                               by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,         concerning the administration of shares allocated to
                                                               that economic union may be carried out by any one
   Whereas Article 2 ofCouncil Regulation ( EEC ) of its members,
 No . 3746 /81 laying down the arrangements
 applicable to               trade with Cyprus beyond
 31 December 1981 * 1 ), as amended by                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
        Regulation ( EEC ) No 1737 /82 ( 2 ),
                                                  provides                                       Article Î1
                                                                                                 Article
   for the opening, in respect of the period 1 October to
   30 November 1982,, of a Community tariff quota of           1.     From 11 October
                                                                      From          October until until 30 30 November
                                                                                                               November 198  198 22 the
                                                                                                                                    the
   250 tonnes of aubergines, falling within subheading         Common Customs Tariff duty for aubergines, falling
   ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff and origi-         within subheading
                                                              within       subheading ex      ex 07.01
                                                                                                     07.01 TT of   of the
                                                                                                                      the Common
                                                                                                                            Common
   nating in Cyprus, at a rate of customs duty equal to        Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus, shall be
   40 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs             suspended at 6-4 % within the limits of a Community
   Tariff ; whereas the Community tariff quota should be      tariff quota
                                                              tariff  quota of   of 250
                                                                                     250 tonnes.
                                                                                           tonnes.
   opened for this period ;                                   w,. , .       ,          .     , , ,
                                                              Within
                                                               within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall
   w,,                                 «             . ii     apply customs duties calculated in accordance with
   whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure to all     .£*      ■       .                  ■     .                          wuu
   Community importers equal and uninterrupted access         thej relevant
                                                                         6Va„ provisions
                                                                                  Provlslons in   m the
                                                                                                      ' e 1979 Actct ofof Accession
                                                                                                                           Accession
   to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli-       and
                                                              3n the . * Protocol
                                                                              r? °C° tot0, the  1 f, Agreement
                                                                                                          3reen'® n£ establishing
                                                                                                                     establishing an an
   cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all        association
                                                              association      between
                                                                               be^een       the
                                                                                            the ofEuropean
                                                                                                   European     Economic
                                                                                                                Economic     Commu
                                                                                                                             Commu-   ­
   imports of the products concerned into all Member          nity   and
                                                                     an the
                                                              "accession        f  Republic
                                                                                   , '       !.
                                                                                              c   °.  Cyprus
                                                                                                          YP^s   consequent
                                                                                                                 consequent    on
                                                                                                                               on   the
                                                                                                                                    the
   States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,         "ce®"°n         of
                                                                              °f the
                                                                                  the Hellenic
                                                                                         rfellenlC Republic
                                                                                                        RePubIlc tot0 the
                                                                                                                       the Commu
                                                                                                                             Commu-­
   however. since the period of application of                nity (3) .
   the quota is very short                                    2.1f
                                                              2.  1 f an importer notifies an imminent
           it seems possible to avoid allocating it               importation of           of the the product
                                                                                                            product in   in question
                                                                                                                               quest
   among the Member States , without pre-                         in aa Member
                                                                             Member State  state and      and requests
                                                                                                                 requests the   the
   judice to the .              '■                                benefit of the         the quotaquota ,, the  the Member
                                                                                                                         Member
  drawing against the quota volume of such                        state
                                                                  State concerned
                                                                               concerned shall       shall informinform the  the
  2on3iiionl indt ac ^ori^ngefo'tHin^Vroceedure Commission and draw an amount
  specified in article 1 ( 2 ); whereas this                      corresponding A0,              to L-^thesee^requirequirements
                                                                                                                          • ,e TPtS
  method of management requires close                             to
                                                                  t0 the
                                                                       t '1e extent
                                                                                 extent to     to which
                                                                                                     which the the avai
                                                                                                                     aval lable
                                                                                                                            lable
cooperation       between the Member States and                   balance of the reserve permits this .
  t hp Commission and the latter must in
   (') OJ No L 374 /, 30.12.1981 , p . 4
  ■ O OJ No L 190 , 1.7.1982, p . 5                        3 . The shares drawn pursuant to
                                                                   paragraph i- shall be valid until
                                                                   the end of the quota period .
                                                            ( 3) OJ No L 174 , 30.6.1981 , p. 2 .
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                                              Article 2                                                  Article J
                       1 . Member States shall take all appropriate                At the request of the Commission, Member States
                       measures to ensure that their drawings pursuant shall inform it of imports actually charged against
  to Art i C le ( 2 ) are
                        re . carried out in such a way that imports may            the qUOta .
                       be charged without interruption against their accumu­
                       lated shares of the Community quota.
                                                                                                          Article 4
                       2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers
                       of the said goods have free access to the                   The Member States and the Commission shall colla­
                      quota so Long as the residual balance
                      of the quota volume allows this .                            borate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation
                       3. Member States shall charge imports of the said           is complied with.
                       goods against their shares as and when the goods are
                       entered for free circulation.
                                                                                                          Article 5
                       4. The extent to which the quota has been
                      used up . shall be determined on the basis of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
                       imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.             1982 .
                                    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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