CELEX: 51996PC0015
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending regulation (EEC) nr 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)

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                                                    96/0019 (ACC)
                                     Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
    amending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable
   to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing
           of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the
                       overseas countries and territories (OCT)
                            (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 lays down arrangements for EC imports of certain
agricultural products from ACP States signatory to the fourth Lomé Convention.
Following Namibia's accession to the Convention, provision was made in the Regulation
for imports of a given annual quantity of beef, up to 31 December 1995.
To ensure continuity of beef imports from Namibia, Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
therefore has to be amended to provide for application of the reduced duty to 13 000
tonnes of boneless meat in 1996. Transitional measures will then be needed for
subsequent years pending entry into force of the amendments to Lomé IV.
 Approval has also been given, at the request of an ACP State, for an extra 600-tonne
 quota for seedless table grapes from 1 to 31 January 1996, and this also requires an
 amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
 This proposal for a regulation accordingly incorporates the above two amendments.
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 ---pagebreak---                                        Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (IX ,
        amending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable
       to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing
            of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the
                          overseas countries and territories (OCT)
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 proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and
territories (OCT), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94,2 provides for
concessions on imports of agricultural products originating in ACP States;
Whereas the arrangements applying to imports of beef from Namibia are laid down in
Articles 3 and 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90; whereas the quantities were specified
for five calendar years, i.e. up to 31 December 1995; whereas in order not to disrupt the
flow of trade from Namibia to the EU the arrangements should be extended until 31
December 1996;
Whereas under Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, 400 tonnes of seedless table
grapes may be imported between 1 December and 31 January free of ad valorem duties;
whereas Namibia has requested a concession for a further 600 tonnes to apply from 1 to
31 January;
Whereas on account of the economic importance of seedless table grapes for the ACP
States, an extra 600 tonnes should be granted exemption from ad valorem duties,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                           Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is hereby amended as follows:
 1.       The following new text is inserted as Article 4a:
                                          "Article 4a
 1
    O J N o L 84, 30.3.1990, p.85.
 2
   O J N o L 2 6 5 , 15.10.1994, p. 3.
                                                      3
 ---pagebreak---          The provisions of Article 3 shall apply to Namibia in respect of the following
        quantities of boneless meat:
        first and second calendar years                                       10 500 tonnes
        third, fourth and fifth calendar years                                13 000 tonnes
        sixth calendar year                                                   13 000 tonnes
        The provisions of Article 4(2) and (3) shall also apply to Namibia. For these
        purposes the quantities given in paragraph 1 shall be added to the amount stated
        in those paragraphs."
2.      The table in Article 16 for fresh or dried grapes shall be replaced by the following
        table:
      CN code                         Description                    Reduc-     Quota
                                                                     tion       (TQ)
                                                                                Reference
                                                                                quantity
                                                                                (RQ)
                                                                                (tonnes)
        0806          Grapes, fresh or dried:
          0806 10     — fresh:
                      -- Table grapes:
                      — From 1 January to 14 July:
                      — other:
   ex 0806 10 29        - Seedless table grapes:
                           - from 1 to 31 January                       100       TQ 600
                           - from 1 February to 31 March                100       RQ 100
                      — From 21 November to 31 December:
                      — other:
   ex 0806 10 69         - Seedless table grapes:
                            - from 1 to 31 December                     100       TQ 400
                                          Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its adoption in the
Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,                                                            For the Council
                                                   V
 ---pagebreak---        FINANCIAL STATEMENT
       BUDGET HEADING: 1000                                                             APPROPRIATIONS:
                                                                                         ECU 946.2 million
       TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to
       agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
       States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
       LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Treaty
       AIMS:
       To extend by one year the import arrangements for boned beef and veal coming from Namibia and to increase by 600
       tonnes the quota imported from Namibia of seedless table grapes
       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:                                 PERIOD OF 12               CURRENT              FOLLOWING
                                                                  MONTHS                 FINANCIAL              FINANCIAL
                                                                                            YEAR                   YEAR
                                                                                             (95)                   (96)
                                                                (ECU million)           (ECU million)          (ECU million)
5.0.
       -•CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
          (ftCFUNDS/INTCRVCNTIONfr
       -•NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
       • OTHER
5.1.    REVENUE
       - 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:
        In 1994 the quantities of these two products imported from Namibia were entirely covered by these two quotas; since
       they enter the Community at zero rate, there is no impact on own resources.
6.0.    CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT
        CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?                                                                               VCS/NO
6.1.    CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT
        BUDGET?                                                                                                      V-ËS/N9
6.2.    WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
        WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                                                              VCG/NO
OBSERVATIONS
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