CELEX: 51989PC0391
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR DRIED FIGS AND CERTAIN DRIED GRAPES COMING FROM SPAIN ( 1990 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  C0MC89) 391 final
                                                  Brussels, 27       July 1989
                           Proposal for a
  opening and providing for the administration of Community t a r i f f
                                   e
     quotas for dried figs and certain dried grapes coming from
                             Spain (1990)
                     (presented by the Commission)
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1. Articles 30 and 75 of the Act of Accession provide for the phasing-out
   of customs duties on Imports lato the Community as constituted on
   31 nsosmber 1960 of agricultural products coming from Spain. This
   aflpllftfl inter alia to the gistoss duties to be levied under the
   following Oasaunlty tariff quotas for produots produced in Spain:
     (i) 900 tonnes of dried figs falling within GV oode ex 0604 90 90; and
   (il) 1 900 tonnes of dried grapes falling within CH oode 0606 20 11,
          0606 90 19, ex 0606 20 91 or ex 0606 20 99
   coming from Spain.
2. Ob 1 January 1990 the duties in question are reduced to37,5Xof the
   basio duties.
   Council Regulation (SBC) Ho 4161/87 of 22 December 1987 laid down,
   ocosequent on the entry Into force of the Qcmhlnert Nomenclature, the
   basio duties to be adopted within the Community as constituted on
   31 TVrwrihftr 1960 for the purpose of calmlatlTtg the successive
   reductions provided for In the Aot of Aoooooion of Spain and Portugal.
   These tariff Beasures do not apply to Portugal since Regulation (SBC) Hô
   3792/80 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural
   produots between Spain and Portugal InrilurtaB special provisions on this
   subject.                                                                   *
   The above mentioned tariff quotas should therefore be opened In the
   OoBflunity as constituted on 31 December 1966 for the period 1 January to
   31 P f ^ f ^ T 1990; the customs duties applicable should be oalonlaftert In
   accordance with the appropriate provisions as in the Act of Accession
    of Spain and Portugal.
3.                  The proposai for a Regulation does not provide for
 them to be allocated among the Member States: the latter m i l drew
 quantities from the leseuve to oover their needs under the prooedure
 as set out in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation.
    it is the purpose of the attached proposal.
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                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)                 .../89
                                                           of l é December 1988
                                and providing for die administration of Community tariff quotas for driedfigsand
                                             certain dried grapes coming from Spain (1990)
     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas all Community importers should be masmi equal
                                                                         and continous access to the said quotas and taastajp am» laid
     Having regard to die Treaty establishing the European               down for the quotas should be applied cosmwmcty to all
     Economie Communsty,                                                  imports of the products in question into all Mamfecr States
                                                                          until the quota is exhausted;
     Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
     and in particular Articles 30 and 75 thereof,                         whereas, it is appropriate to take the
                                                                           necessary measures to ensure efficient
                                                                           Community administration of this tariff
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                           quota while offering the Member States the
                                                                           opportunity to draw from the quota volume
    Whereas, pursuant to Articles 30 and 75 of the Act of                  the necessary quantities corresponding to
    Accession, the customs duties applicable to imports into the           actual imports; whereas this method of
    Cotnmunity as constituted on 31 December 1985 of the                   administration requires close cooperation
    following products coming from Spain are to be phased out
    within the limits of Community tariff quotas of 200 tonnes of          between the Member States and the
    dried figs falling within CN code ex 0804 20 90 and 1 900              Commission;
    tonnes of certain dried grapes falling with CN code
    0806 2011,0806 20 19, ex 0806 20 91 or ex 0806 20 99;
    whereat on 1 January 1990 die duties in question are to be
reduced t o 37,5 X°f A* °**»c duties; whereas the said basic
    duties are those laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas since Belgium, the Netherlands aad
   4161 /87 of 22 December 1987 laying down, consequent on               are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
    the entry intoforceof the combined nomenclature, the basic           Economic Union, any operation concerning the
   duties to be adopted within the Community as constituted at           administration of the quota,
    31 December 1985 for the purpose of calculating the                          may be carried out by any one of its members,
    successive reductions provided for in the Act of Accession of
    Spain and Portugal ( ' ); whereas the said tariff quotas should *• *
   therefore be opened for 1990;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
    December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to                                          Article 1
   trade in agricultural products between Spain and
   Portugal (a), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the customs duties
   222/ 88 ('), lays down special arrangements for imports into          applicable to imports into the Community as constituted at
   Portugal of the products in question coming from Spain;               31 December 1985 of thefollowingproducts coming from
   whereas the Community tariff quotas should therefore apply            Spain shall be suspended at the levels indicated below and
   only to the Community as constituted at 31 December                   within the limits of Community tariff quotas as shown
    1985;                                                                below:
         Soul           CNcwk                                                                    Volume of tariff quota last of dory
          No                                                                                           (tonna)
   09.0301           ex 0104 20 90   Dried figs in immediate containers of a net capacity not
                                                                                                          200              1,1
   09.0303              0*062011     Dried frapes in immediate containers of a net capacity not
                        08062019     exceeding 15 kg                                                    1900               Ave
                     ex 0806 20 91
                     ex 0806 20 99
   (») OJ No L 395,31.12.1987, p. 1.
   («) OJ No L 367, 31.12.1985, p. 7.
   (») OJNoL21,1.2.19ft, p. 1.
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                          Article 2                             States shall be informed by the Commission               in
                                                                accordance with the same procedures.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed
by the Commission, which may take all appropriate
administrative measures in order to ensure effective                                      Article 4
administration thereof.
                          Article }
                                                               Each Member State shall ensure that
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of     importers of the product concerned have
entry into free calculation, including a request for           equal and continuous access to the quota
preferential benefit for a product covered by this
Regulation and if that declaration is accepted by the          for such time as the residual balance
customs authorities, the Member States concerned shall         of the quota volume so permits.
inform the Commission and draw an amount corres-
ponding to its requirements from the corresponding
quota amount
The drawing requests, with indication of the date of
acceptance of the said declarations, must be transmitted
to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission by
reference to the date of acceptance of the declarations of
entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of
the Member Sûtes concerned to the extent that the
available balance so permits.                                                             Article 5
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it         The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
shall return them as soon as possible to the corresponding      closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
quota amount
If the quantities requested are greater than the available                                Article 6
balance of the quota amount allocation shall be made on
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a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member          This Regulation shall enter into force on     January 1990,
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
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Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté. L'impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de ces contingents et
il n'aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l'emploi dans
la Communauté.
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