CELEX: 51987PC0664
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Date: 1987-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain quality of polyether (submitted by the Commission)

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                                             COM(87 ) 664 final
                                             Brussels , 9 December 1987
                                  Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a
                 Community tariff quota for certain quality of
                                     polyether
                         ( submitted by the Commission )
   C0MC87 ) 664 final
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Following receipt of a request from the Belgian authorities , the
Commission services examined in conjunction with government
experts , the possibility of opening a duty-free tariff quota for
a certain type of polyether , in order to counter the temporary
cessation of production by a factory which suffered explosion
damage .
This examination indicated that the opening of a 5 000 tonnes
duty-free tariff quota for polyether with polyacrylonitrile
chains , with or without styrene , for a period from 1st December
1987 to 31 January 1988, would receive unanimous support from
Member States and would not disturb the Caimunity market for the
products in question .
This is the purpose of this proposai .
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                                                       Proposai for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                        opening, Hoeing              P-viding for d.. ndmimrirndon o. n Community tariff
                        quota for certain quality or polyether
THE COUNCtL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIT1ES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article , 28
thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal of the Commission ,
Whereas the Community currently depends on imports
from third countries for its supplies of polyether with polyacrylonitrile chains , whether
 or not containing styrene , depends at present and temporarily on imports ;
 whereas it is in the Community 's interest to fully suspend the normal duty
 applicable
 product in question, within a Community tariff quota of
 an appropriate volume ; whereas in order not to interfere
 with the prospects for developing fruit production in the
 Community and at the same time ensure an adequate
 supply to satisfy user industries, it is advisable to limit the
 benefit of the tariff quota to a quantitiy of 5 'JOU tonnes
 to open the quota for the period l December 1987 to 31 January 1988 .
 Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all Commu¬
 nity importers equal and uninterrupted access to the
quota and to ensure uninterrupted application of the rates
laid down for that quota to all imports of the products
concerned into all Member States until the quota has
been used up ; whereas, in the present case, it seems advi¬
sable not to allocate this quota among the Member States
but to allow them to draw against the quota volume such
    quantities as they may need, under the conditions and
    according to the procedure specified in Article 1 (2) ;
    whereas this method of management requires close
    cooperation between the Member States and the Commis¬
    sion and the latter must, in particular, be able to monitor
     the rate at which the quota is being used up and inform
     the Member States thereof ;
    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 admi¬
     nistration of shares allocated to that economic union may
     be carried out by any of its members,
     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                                                 Artide 1
             1 . From the date of entry into force of this Regulation and until 31 January
                   1988 , the customs duty applicable to imports of the products listed below
                   shall be suspended at the level and within the limits of a Community
                   tariff quota as follows :
Order     CCT                     Combined
                                                                                              Volume
No        No                      Nomenclature                         Description                     Quota chjty
                                                                                              of quota
                                  code       (1 )
09.2783 ex 39.01         C VII     ex 3907 20 19            Polyether with polyacrylonitrile
         b) 2                      ex 3907 20 9©            chains , whether or not            ? 000    o %
                                                            containing styrene               tonnes
        Within the limits of this tariff quota, Spain and Portugal
        shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with
        the relevant provisions in the Act of Accession .
        2.      If an importer indicates that he is about to import
        the product in question into a Member State and requests
        the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned
        shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corres ¬
        ponding to these requirements to the extent that the avai¬
        lable balance of the reserve so permits.
        3. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be
        valid until the end of the quota period.
                                     Article 2
            1.     Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
           ensure that they draw from the quota in accordance with
           Article 1 (2) in such a way that imports may be charged
           without interruption against their aggregate shares of the
           Community quota.
            2.     Each Member -State shall ensure that importers of
            the said goods have access to the quota so long as the
            residual balance of the quota volume so permits.
            3.     Member States shall charge imports of the said
            goods against their drawings as and when the goods are
            entered for free circulation .
       ( 1 ) The numbers indicated in the column " Combined Nomenclature code " will
               replace those in the " Common Customs Tariff No " column from 1 January 1988 .
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4. The extent to which the quota has been used up                                       Article 4
shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
                                                               The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
in accordance with paragraph 3.
                                                               closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                               with .
                         Article 3
                                                                                        Article 5
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.       This Regulation shall enter into force
                                                               on the first day following its publication
                                                               in the Official Journal of the European
                                                               Communi ties .
                This Régulation shall be binding in its       ty and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels,
                                                                           For the Covncil
                                                                            The President
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                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
  I . Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure?
      Couvrir les besoins des industries communautaires à des conditions
      favorables
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées :      Non recherchées
      En particulier :
      - Y a-t-il un grand nombre de FME ?
      - note t' cn des concentrations dans des rêgicns :
         - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
         - éligibles au Feder ?
III . CMelles sent les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
      Néant
 IV - Quelles sent les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées
      indirectement aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
      Néant
  V. Y a-t-il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?         NON
       - Lesquelles ?
 VI .  Quel est 1 ' effet prévisible ?
       - sur la ccmoétitivitê des entreprises    ? Permettre ayx entrep uses intçres sées
         de concurrencer celles des pays tiers sur les marchés     ae la . ommunaute et
                                                               des pays    îers .
       - sur 1 ' emploi ?
         Maintien ou amélioration de l' emploi
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont- ils été consultés ?
       - avis des partenaires sociaux .