CELEX: 51993PC0367
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           C0MC93) 367 final
                                           Brussels, 22 July 1993
                            Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
       opening and providing for the administration of Community
     tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
                          (fourth series 1993)
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. In response to requests from Member States the Commission, jointly with the
   appropriate government experts, has been considering the desirability of opening
   tariff quotas for a number of agricultural and industrual products for the second
   semester of 1993.
2. Study of the question at meetings of the "Economic Tariff Group" organized
   recently on 19 May 1993, indicated that agreement would be forthcoming from the
   Member States on tariff quotas for the following products with no resultant
   disturbance of the markets concerned:
-  Magnetic heads                                400 000 pieces at 0%
-  Steel frame                                   500 000 pieces at 0%
-  Glass granulate                                    60 T      at 0%
-  Glassfrit                                         350 T      at 0%
-  Glass face-plate                              345 000 pieces at 0%
-  Glass face-plate                              360 000 pieces at 0%
-  Tuberous roots                             5 000 000 pieces at 0%
This is the aim of this proposal
 ---pagebreak---                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                    793
                                                    of
                 opening and providing for the administration of Community tarif quotas for certain
                                  agricultural and industrial products ( f o u r t h s e r i e s 1 9 9 3 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff
                                                                  quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                  quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing the Member
                                                                  States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary
thereof,
                                                                  quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas,
                                                                  however; this method of administration requires close
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                cooperation between the Member States and the
                                                                  Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
Whereas production in the Community of certain                    monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and
agricultural and industrial products will remain in the           inform the Member States accordingly;
course of 1993 unable to meet the specific requirements of
the user industries in the Community; whereas,                    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
consequently, Community supplies of products of this type         the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are
will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third        united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
countries; whereas the most urgent Community                      Economic Union, all transactions concerning the
requirements for the products in question should be met           administration of the quantities drawn by that economic
immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas                 union may be carried out by any one of its members,
Community tariff quotas at zero duty should therefore be
opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a
period up to 31 December 1993 taking account of the
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the
starting out or development of Community production;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to             1.    From the date of entry into forcé of this Regulation
the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted                   until 31 December 1993 the duties applicable to imports
application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all          of the following products shall be suspended at the levels
imports of the products concerned into all Member States          and up to the limits of the Community tariff quotas
until the quotas have been used up;                               shown below :
 ---pagebreak---  Order  CN code                                  Descr ipt ion                                                Quota         Quota
  No      (1)                                                                                               VoIume          Duty
                                                                                                                              (%)
03.2863 ex8473 30 90 Thin-film magnetic heads of Winchester                                                 400 000
                           technology capable of recording to a                                               pieces
                           density of 78 tracks or more per milli-
                           metre, for the incorporation in hard
                           disc storage units with an external
                           disc diameter not exceeding 8,89 cm
                            (3,5 inches) (a)
09.2865 ex8540 91 00 Molybdenum chrome steel panel for the                                                  550 000
                           manufacture of 21,25 or 29 inches                                                  pieces
                           cathode-ray tubes (a)
09.2867 ex3207 40 90 Glass granulate, containing by weight:                                                   60 t
                           -73% or more but not more than 77% of
                              si I icon diox ide,
                           -12% or more but not more than 18% of
                              diboron trioxide and,
                           - 4% or more but not more than 8% of
                               polyethylene glycol.
09.2869 ex3207 40 90 Glassfrit, containing by weight:                                                       350 t
                           -73% or more but not more than 76% of
                                lead rnonox ide,
                           -10% or more but not more than 16% of
                               z inc ox ide and,
                           - 7% or more but not more than 11% of
                               diboron trioxide to be used as a
                               soldering agent for the manufacture
                               of cathodic ray tubes intended for
                               color reproduction.
09.2871 ex7011 20 00 Glass face-plate:                                                                     345 000
                           -with a diagonal measurement of 554,5mm                                            pieces
                              (± 2,5mm) and of dimensions of
                             447,2x348 mm (+1,5mm) or with
                           -a diagonal measurement of 723mm (j:3mm)
                             and of dimensions of 578 x 452,5 mm
                              (±1,5mm),for the manufacture of colour
                             cathode-ray tubes (a)
09.2873 ex7011 20 00 Glass face-plate:                                                                     360 000
                           -with a diagonal measurement of 702 mm                                             pieces
                              (±1 ,5mm) and of dimensions of
                           578x452,5mm (+1,5mm), for the manufact-
                           ure of colour cathode-ray tubes (a)
09.2875 6X0601 10 90 Tuberous roots of the species "Rumohra                                              5 000 000
                           adlantiformis", dormant, for the                                                pieces
                           manufacture of ornamental plants (a)
                (') Set Tarit codes in the Annex.
                (a) Checks on ilieir prescribed enduite «hull be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provision».
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 2                             If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
                                                                return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed     volume as soon as possible.
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate
administrative measures to ensure that they are managed         If the quantities requested are greater than the available
efficiently.                                                    balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated
                                                                among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform
                                                                the Member States of the drawings made.
                          Article 3
Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this                                  Article 4
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential           Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs          products in question have equal and continuous access to
authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by               the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding          volume so permits.
to its requirements from the appropriate quota volume..
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the                                   Article S
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission
                                                                The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
without delay.
                                                                closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in
chronological order of the dates on which the customs                                     Article 6
authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the
entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that     This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
the available balance so permits.                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                 European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
 ---pagebreak---               ANNEX
            Tarie codes
   Order No  C N codes         Taric codes
09.2863      ex  8473  30 90 8473   30 90*85
09.2865     ex   8540  91 00 8540  91  00*94
09.2867     ex   3207  40 90 3207   40 90*30
09.2869     ex   3207  40 90 3207   40 90*40
09.2871     ex   7011  20 00 7011   20 00*40
09.2873     ex   7011  20 00 7011  20  00*50
09.2875     ex   0601  10 90 0601  10  90*10
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1. Budget Iine concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2- Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation opening
   and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain
   agricultural and industrial products (4nd series 1993).
4- Oblect ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-industries.
5. Method of calculation :
 Descr ipt ion    Amount of   Pr ice     Norma I  Quota duty     Duty-loss
   of the         quotas    (Ecu/uni t)   rate
   products                              ( in %)     (in %)      (in Ecus)
 Magnetic heads   400 000          60      4            0        960 000
                   pieces
 Steel frame      550 000           4      5,8          0        127 600
                   pieces
 Glass granulate       60 t    5 666       3,7          0         12 578
 Glassfrit            350 t    2 500       3,7          0         32 375
 Glass face-      345 000          10,6                 0        255 990
         plate     pieces                  7
 Glass face-erre 360 000           22                   0        554 400
         plate     pieces                  7
 Tuberous roots   5 000 000         0,7                 0        280 000
                   pieces                  8
Duty-loss for 1993 : 2 222 943 ecus
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