CELEX: 51988PC0724
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain polyvinyl butyral (presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(88)724   final
                                                   Brussels , 8 December 1988
                           Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Community
           tariff quota for a certain polyvinyl butyral
                                                 \
                  ( presented by the Commission/
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   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 polyvinyl butyral , in order to counter the temporary
     inadequacy of Community production .
2.   This examination indicated that the opening of a duty-free tariff
     quota for this product , in the form of powder , for the production
    of film for laminated safety glass , limited initially to 1 500 tonnes
     for the period from 1 January up to 31 December 1989 , would receive
     unanimous support from Member States and would not disturb the Community
    market for the product in question .
     It is accepted that during 1989 the beneficiary user industries must
     ensure better utilization of Community production capacity which
    should increase significantly .
This is the purpose of this proposal .
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                                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No                             88
                                                                        of
                       opcni.ig and providing for the administration of a Community tafilf quota for a certain type
                                                                      of po!y vinyl but) ral
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                             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
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                cooperation between the Member States and the
  Economic Community , and in particular Article 28
  thereof,
                                                                                       Commission 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;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                                       Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of
  Whereas the Community temporarily depends on imports                                 the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are
  from third countries for its supplies of polyvinyl butyral ;                         united within , and jointly represented by , the Benelux
  whereas it is in the Community’s interest to suspend fully                           Economic       Union ,     all    transactions concerning    the
  the normal duty applicable for the product in question ,                             administration of shares allocated to that economic union
 within a Community tariff quota of appropriate volume ;                               may be carried out by any one of its members .
  whereas in order not 10 interfere with the prospects for
  developing production of this product 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 quantity of 1 5G0tonnes to open the quota                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for the period from 1st i                      31 December 198 9,
                                         Ijanuary to
 Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all                                                                   Article 1
 Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
 the quota and to ensure uninterrupted application of the                              1 . From 1 Ja nua ry
 rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the                                  until 31 December 19f$ , the customs duty applicable to
 products concerned into all Member States until the quota                             imports of the product mentioned below shall be suspended
 has been used up ; whereas , in the present case , it seems                           at the level and within the limits of a Community tariff
 advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member                                 quota as follows :
                                                                                                                              Volume
             Order No                           C' N code                                 Description                                     Quota duty
                                                                                                                             of quota
             09.2791                        ex . 1905 90 00               Polyvinyl bury ral in the form of
                                                                          powder« for the production of film
                                                                          for laminated safety glass ( a )               1 500 tonnes        0%
( a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall he carried our pursuant to the relevant Community' provisions.
Within the limits of this tariff quota , the Kingdom of Spain
and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions in the
1 985 Act of Accession .
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          Artide 2
        tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be menaced by the
   Ccrrmissicn , which may take all appropriate administrative measures in
   order to ensure effective administration thereof .
         Article 3
     If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into
    free circulaiton , including a request for preferential oenefit for a
    product core red by this Regulation and if this request is accepted by
    tne  c us tarns authorities , tie  Member State  concerned  shall inform tie
    Comrussion and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements frar.
    tie quota amount .
    The drawing requests , with indication of the date of acceptance of the
    said declarations , must be transmitted to tie Ccmmission without delay .
    The drawings are granted by tie Commission by reference to the date of
    acceptance of the declaratons of entry into free circulation by the
    customs authorities of      the  Member  State concerned to the extent that
    the available balance so permits .
    If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn ,        it shall return
    them as soon as possible to the quota amount .
    If the quantites requested are greaten than the available balance of
    the quota amount , allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with
    respect to tie requests , htember States shall be informed by tie
    Commission in accordance with tie same procedures .
         Article 4
1.  Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their
    drawings pursuant to Article 3          enable imports to be charged without
    interruption against their accumulated shares of the Corrmunity quota .
2.  Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the product concerned
    have free access to the quota for such time as the residual balances 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 with the customs authorities
    for free circulation .
4.  The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be determined on
    the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
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                                                                          A rtu h -  5
                                                At the request of the Commission , Member States shall
                                                inform it of imports actually charged against the quota .
                                                                          Article    6
                                                Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
                                                closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                with .
                                                                          Article   7
                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Jaruary
                                               'ivfc#.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Luxembourg ,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     I he President
                                                                                                          S
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire conœméa : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 28 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la ne sure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du
        Conseil portant ou\ærtuna , répartition et mode de gestion d' un
        contingent tarifaire communautaire autonome pour certain butiral
        de polyvinyle .
4.      Objectif : Couvrir , à des conditions plus favorables , las besoins
        d' importations des industries communautaires
5.      Mode de calcul :
        Code NC : ex 3905 90 00
        Volâmes du contingent : 1500 tonnes
        Droits à app liguer :        0%
        Droit normal : 12,5 %
6.      Rerte de recettes :
        Valeur d' une tonne : 3 000 écus
        Valeur ries 1 500 tonnes : 4 500 000 écus
        Eterte : 562 500 écus
        Rar rapport au contingent 1908 : diminution des partes de 750 000
        écus – 562 500 écus = 137 500 ecus .
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IJS piésonte proposition vis; L' ouverture d' un continrent tarifaire
cavirurù utaire autonait- destiné à couvrir , à des conditions favorables , les
besoins ces industries utilisatrices . Elle aura pour effet de permettre à
aes industries de concurrencer oalies des pays tiers sur les marchés de la
Caununauté et des pays tiers et de maintenir ou maire d' améliorer l' emploi
dans la Communauté .