CELEX: 51987PC0593
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for onions, originating in Egypt (1988) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                       COM(87 ) 593 final
                                       Brussels , 8 December 1987
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     opening and providing for the administration of a Community
         tariff quota for onions , originating in Egypt ( 1988 )
                     ( submitted by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement EEC/Egypt
      provides in Article 1 for a Community tariff quota to be opened for
      the importation into the Coirmunity of 4 900 tons of onions falling
      within code 0712 20 00 of the Combined Efomenc lat ure and originating
      in Eigypt .
      Within the tariff quota the customs duty is to be abolished
      progressively over the same periods and in accordance with the same
      timetables as those laid down in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of
      Access icn .
      Within the limits of this tariff quota , Spain and Portugal shall
      apply the customs duty calculated according to the Council Regulation
      ( EEC ) No 2573 /87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for
      trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Egypt on the
      other .
      This tariff quota should therefore be opened for 1988 .
2.    The proposed tariff system takes into account the application from 1
      January 1988 :
      - of the Additional Protocol adapting the Cooperation Agreement
         between the European Economic Community and Egypt and
      - of the Combined Ttomenclature based on the International Convention
         on Harmonized Commodity Description and coding system .
      If this proves not to be the case , the Commission may withdraw its
      proposal during the procedure or adapt it where necessary .
3.    In accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers
      concerning the Mediterranean policy of the enlarged Community
      ( Council doc . 10723 /1 /85 of 6 December 1985 ), no quota shares have to
      be allocated to the Member States . Consequently , the entire volume
      of the quota is to be used to build up a Community reserve .
      As regards the method of administration to be applied by all the
      Member States , the Commission proposes the " as and when " system .
4.    This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
ANNEX : Proposai for a Régulation
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                                      Proposa L for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EHC )
            opening and providing for the administration of a Commonity
                tariff quota for onions , originating in Egypt ( 1980 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
whereas the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the
 European Economic Coirmunity and the Arab Republic of Egypt ( 1 ) provides in
 Article 1 for a Comnunity tariff quota to be opened for the importation
 into the Community of 4 900 tons of onions falling within code 0712 20 00
of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in Egypt ; whereas , within the
 limits of this tariff quota the customs duty shall progressively be
abolished over the same periods and in accordance with the same timetables
as those laid down in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession ; whereas ,
 for 1988 , the quota duty shall be equal to 6,2. % of the duty applicable ;
whereas , within the limits of this tariff quota , Spain and Portugal shall
apply the custaus duty calculated according to the provisions of Council
 Regulation ( EEC ) ISb 2573 /87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements
 for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria , Egypt ,
Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia and Turkey on the other ( 2 )
whereas , the Community tariff quota in cguestion should therefore be opened
 for 1988 ;
whereas from 1 January the nomenclature used in the 'Coninon Customs Tariff
'./ill be replaced by the Combined Nomenclature based on the International
 Convention on Harmonized Commodity Rescript ion and Coding System . Whereas
this Regulation takes into account of that fact by indicating the Combined
 Nomenclature code of the products concerned .
  ( 1 ) 0J Nb                 f | ?' -
  ( 2 ) QJ No L 250, 11.8.1987 , p.l
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                             Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all
                             Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
                             the ahovementmn^ quota and uninterrupted application
                            of the rates laid down for this quota to all imports of the
                            products concerned into all Member States until the quota
                            advis^h?         Up; „whereas- in ^e present case, it seems
                            advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member
                                :r out riudice to the drawing                ^w
                           coir <>f qUanVt,eS 35 they may need.                     the
                           ArddeT^                  u"8 t0 the pr0tedure sPec|fied in
                           Artide 1 (2); whereas this method of management requires
                           close cooperation between the Member States -and the
                              ommission and the latter must, in particular, be able to
                            monitor the rate at which the quota is 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
                          administration of shares allocated to that economic union
                         pnay.be carried out by any of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988, the Common Customs Tariff dut                 applicable to inports of
the products listed below shall be suspended at the level, and within the limit of a Community
tariff quota, as shown herewith :
Order No                         Description                                         Volume of        quota
                Code                                                                 quota            duty
                                                                                     -  t -           - ï -
09.1701       0712 20 00         Onions , originating in Egypt                       4 900            10
Within the limits of this tariff quota , Spain and Portugal shall apply customs
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council
Régulation ( EEC ) No 2573 / 87 .
 ---pagebreak---                                2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation ..      of the
                           product in ouestion in a Member State and requests the benefit of
                                                quota , the Member State concerned shall
                               inform     the   Commission       and  draw     an   amount
                              corresponding to these requirements to the extent that the
                               available balance of the reserve permits this .
                              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 their drawings pursuant to Article 1 ( 2 ) are
                              carried out in such a way that imports may be charged
                              without interruption against their accumulated 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 .
                                4 The extent to which the quota has been used up shall
                                 be determined on the basis of the imports charged m
                                 accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                                           Article 3
                                  At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
                                  inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
                                                         Article 4
                             ,             I        ana tne Commission shall collaborate
                            dosely In order to ensure that thjs Regulatjon js compJied
                                                        Article 5
                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 198 a
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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             FICHE D' IMPACT SUR IA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement
contractuel de la Comnunauté . L' impact découlant de cette concession a
été pris en considération d' adoption de ce contingent et il n' aura pas
un caractère sérieux sur la conpétitivité et l' auploi dans la
Comnunauté .