CELEX: 51997PC0140
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-09
Title: Proposal foa a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CONSESSIONS IN THE FORM OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR TURKEY IN 1997 IN RESPECT OF HAZELNUTS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                     Brussels, 09.04.1997
                                     COM(97)140 final
                                     97/0117 (ACC)
                      Proposal for a
            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
 ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CONCESSIONS IN THE FORM
OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR TURKEY IN 1997
            IN RESPECT OF HAZELNUTS
             (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Pursuant to Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the Act of Accession, Austria, Finland and
   Sweden are required, from 1 January 1995, to apply the provisions of the preferential
   agreements concluded by the Community with certain non-Community countries; all the
   amendments made necessary by the enlargement will thus be the subject of specific
   agreements to be negotiated with the non-Community countries in question.
   The same Articles provide, however, that if specific agreements have not been concluded
   by 1 January 1995, the Community shall take the requisite measures to remedy this
   situation.
2. It is therefore indispensable that autonomous transitional measures be taken so that
   existing agricultural trade arrangements between the new Member States and Turkey can
   be taken into account. The purpose of this proposal is to take account of the concessions
   granted to Turkey.
   By means of Council Regulations (EC) No 1661/95 and (EC) No 819/96, the Community
   took autonomous measures to remedy the situation as regards Turkey in 1995 and 1996.
   In view of the fact that the negotiations between Turkey and the Community have yet to
   be concluded, the arrangements in force in 1995 and 1996 should be extended in order to
   maintain the volume of the Community tariff quota for hazelnuts.
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 ---pagebreak---                                          Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EO
                ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CONCESSIONS IN THE FORM
              OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR TURKEY IN 1997
                                IN RESPECT OF HAZELNUTS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the preferential agreement between the European Economic Community
of the one part, and Turkey, of the other part, concessions were granted to that country
 in respect of certain agricultural products;
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the concession for
hazelnuts should be adjusted to take account of the trade arrangements for that product
which existed between Austria, Finland and Sweden, on the one hand, and Turkey, on
the other;
Whereas, to that end, discussions are continuing with Turkey with a view to concluding a
specific agreement on this matter;
Whereas in the meantime and in accordance with Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the 1994
Act of Accession, the Community is required to adopt the necessary measures to remedy
this situation; whereas those measures should take the form of autonomous Community
tariff quotas covering the conventional preferential tariff concessions applied by Austria,
Finland and Sweden,
                                              3
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the tariff quotas established by this regulation for 1997 replace those established
by Regulation (EC) No 819/96 for 1996;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                              Article 1
Without prejudice to the import arrangements in the Community applicable to hazelnuts
pursuant to the agreement concluded between the Community and Turkey, the existing
Community tariff quota shall be increased autonomously in accordance with the Annex to
this Regulation.
                                             Article 2
Articles 4 to 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 shall apply to the tariff concessions
referred to in the Annex.
                                              Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
1
   OJ No L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2397/96 (OJ N° L 327,
   18.12.1996, p. 1)
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 ---pagebreak---                                           ANNEX
                       Preferential tariff quota opened for 1997
 Order           CN code        Description     Conventional      Autonomous   Rate of duty
Number                                               quota            quota     applicable
                                                 (in tonnes)2      (in tonnes)
09.0201        0802 21 00      Hazelnuts, in        25 000            9 060       Free
               0802 22 00        shell or
                                  shelled
   Existing quota opened under Community preferential agreements.
                                           5"
 ---pagebreak---        FINANCIAL STATEMENT                                                             DATE: 25 February 1997
       BUDGET HEADING:            Article 120 (customs duties)                         APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 13 559m
       TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing certain concessions in the form of a Community tariff quota for Turkey
       in 1997 in respect of hazelnuts
       LEGAL BASIS:
       Article 113 of the Treaty
       AIMS OF MEASURE:
       Interim measures to adjust the Community tariff quotas granted to certain third countries (the CEECs, Israel and
       Turkey) as a result of the enlargement of the Union.
5.     FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                                  PERIOD OF 12             CURRENT             FOLLOWING
                                                                 MONTHS                FINANCIAL             FINANCIAL
                                                                                          YEAR                   YEAR
5.0.   EXPENDITURE
         CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)
         NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
         OTHER
5.1.   REVENUE = additional impact                             -ECU 418 050            ECU 313 538           ECU 104 512
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
       - (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
       - NATIONAL
                                                                 1997             1998              1999            2000
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2.   METHOD OF CALCULATION:
       Existing duty:             3.6%                              proposed duty: 0%
       New autonomous quota: 9 060 t
       Unit value cif:            $ 4/kg or ECU 3.4/kg
       Loss:                      9 060 t x 0.036 x ECU 3.4/kg x 90% x 1 000 = ECU 998 050
       Change or additional impact in relation to 1996 = 580 000 - 998 050 = - 418 050
6.0.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT
       CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?                                                                             YES/NO
6.1.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT
       BUDGET?                                                                                                    YES/NO
6.2.    IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?                                                                       YES/NO
        WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                                                            YES/NO
OBSERVATIONS:        This Regulation is an extension of the measure taken in 1996 (Council Regulation (EC) No 819/96)
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