CELEX: 51992PC0412
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel (1992/1993)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                                  C0M(92) 412 final
                                                  Brussels, 30 September 1992
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                                       Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                opening and providing for the administration of a Community
                   tariff quota for certain melons originating in Israel
                                         (1992/1993)
WSïi                           (presented by the Commission)
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                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.   Articles 1 and 2 of the fourth Additional Protocol to the Cooperation
      Agreement between the EEC and Israel provide for the opening of a
      Community tariff quota for the import into the Community of:
           9 500 tonnes of melons, falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90
           (period 1.11 - 31.5)
      originating in Israel.
2.    The volume of this tariff quota must be increased by 5% each year, as
      from 1 January 1992 and whereas the customs duties applicable in the
      Community, as constituted on 31 December 1985, are being eliminated
       in two equal steps on 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993, by
      application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92< 1 ), modifying the
      system applicable to the importation into the Community of certain
      agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan,
      Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Syria or Tunisia.
3.    Within the limits of this tariff quota, customs duties are to be
      phased out according to the same timetables and at the same rates as
       laid down in Articles 75, 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession of the
      Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic.
      Within the limits of this tariff quota, Spain and Portugal are to
      apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant
      provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4162/87 of the Council laying down
      arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with Israel.
      This Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period
      from 1 November 1992 to 31 May 1993.
4.    With regard to the administration of this quota, it is proposed that
      the whole of the quota volumes be held as Community reserves to which
      all Member States will have access in accordance with the procedure
      provided for in Article 3 of the proposed Regulation.
This is the purpose of the attached proposal
Annex : one proposal for a Regulation.
(i)   0J No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9.
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                                           C O U N C I L REGULATION (EEC) N o                        NI
                                                               of
                     opening ï:iii' providing for the administration of a C o m m u n i t y tariff quota for
                                           certain melons originating in Israel (1992/93)
 7HE COUNCII OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       duty rates laid down for the quotas should \>z z\r:.
                                                                                consistently to all imports of the product in question ;.
                                                                                all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; whe:
Having r:;.uc! to ti._ Treaty establ.si ing the European                        the necessary measures should be taken to provK:
Cconorn*' Conrr/'niry, and in prticular Article 113                             effective Community management of !lie quotas, . > ''
thereof.                                                                        the Member States may draw against tlr i o» ;
                                                                                quantities as they may need, corresp^; c.         t, :..::::
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                              imports; whereas this method of r.dministrnticn • . : •
                                                                                close cooperation between the Member Stfcs - , •
                                                                                Commission ;
Whereas Article 1 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to
the Cooperation Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the State of Israel (') provides                         Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom ol
for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the                             the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
import into the Community of 9 500 tonnes of melons,                            are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90, originating in                            Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis-
Israel, (from 1 November to 31 May);                                           tration of these quotas may be carried out by any of its
                                                                               members,
Whereas within the limits of this tariff quota, customs
duties are to be phased out according to the same timeta-
bles and at the same rates as laid down in Articles 75, 243
and 268 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ;
fcJhereas the volume of this t a r i f f quota must be
increased by 5% each year, as from 1 January 1992
and whereas the customs duties applicable i n the
 Community, as constituted on 31 December 1985, are
being eliminated i n two equal steps on 1 January
1992 and 1 January 1995, by application of Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92(2), modifying the
 system applicable to the importation into the
 Community of certain agricultural products
 originating i n Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan,
 Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, i y r i a or Tunisia;
                                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
   Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, Spain
   and Portugal shall apply customs duties calculated in
   accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regu-
   lation (EEC) No 4162/87 of 21 December 1987, laying
   down arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with                                                 Article 1
   Israel ($ ; whereas the Community tariff quotas in ques-
   tion should therefore be opened for the period from 1
   November 1992 to 31 May 199 3;                                                 From 1 November 199 2 to 31 May 1993 the customs
                                                                                  duties applicable to imports into the Community of
                                                                                  melons originating in Israel shall be suspended, at the
   Whereas all Community importers should be ensured                              levels and within the limits of the Community tariff
   equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the                         quota shown below :
                                                                                              Amount
        Order          CN code
                                          Description                  Period                 of quota                Quota
         No                («)                                                                (tonnes)
      09.1329       ex 0 8 0 7 10 90   Melons                 1.11.1992     tt>31.5.1993     10 653
  (a) Taric codes :
      09.1329            ex 0807 10 90            0807 10 90 f) 12
                                                  08071090OI3
                                                  0807 10 9 0 0 14
                                                  0807 10 90 Q 2 3
                                                  0807 10 90 0 2 4
                                                  0807 10 90 0 3 1
                                                  0807 10 90{*)33
                                                  0807 I0 90(*)34
                                                  0807 10 90 0 4 3
                                                  0807 10 9 0 0 4 4
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 ---pagebreak---  Within the limits of the tariff quota the Kingdom of            The drawings shall be granted by the Commission by
 Spain and (he Portuguese Republic shall apply customs           reference to the date of acceptance of the declaration of
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi-        entry for free circulation, to the extent that the available
sions of Regulation (EEC) No 4162/87.                            balance so permits.
                                                                 If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it
                                                                 shall return them to the quota volume as soon as possible.
                          Article 2
                                                                 If the quantities requested are greater than the available
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed       balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo-
by the Commission, which may take all appropriate                cated among applications pro rata. The Commission shall
administrative measures in order to ensure efficient mana-       inform the Member States of the drawings made.
gement thereof.
                                                                                           Article 4
                                                                Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
                          Article 3
                                                                product in question have equal and continuous access to
                                                                the quotas for as long as the balance of the quota volume
Where an importer enters a product covered by this
                                                                as permits.
Regulation under a declaration for free circulation in a
Member State and applies to take advantage of the prefe-
rential arrangements and that declaration is accepted by                                  Article 5
the customs authorities the Member State concerned shall,       The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
by notifying the Commission, draw an amount correspon-          closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
ding to "its" requirements from the quota volume.
                                                                                          Article 6
Requests for drawings, indicating the date of acceptance
of the said declarations, must be sent to the Commission        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
without delay.                                                  1992-
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Luxembourc.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
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FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned :
      Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening and providing for the
      administration of a Community tariff quota for certain melons
      originating in Israel (1992/1993).
4.    Oblect ive : Fulfilment of contractual obligations of the Community
      (Agreement EEC/Israel)
5.    Method of calculation :
      CCT heading: 10 653 t
      Volume of the quota: 0 %
      Normal duty: 11 %
6.    Duty-Ioss :
      Unit value :             1 477 ECU
      Total value :       15 734 481 ECU
      Duty-loss (11%)      1 730 792 ECU
      Compared with the preceding period: increased of duty-loss :
      1 730 792 ECU - 1 038 750 ECU - 692 042 ECU.
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