CELEX: 51989PC0523
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN EFTA COUNTRIES

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COMC89) 523 final
                                                       Brussels,20   October 1989
                                          Proposal for
                                    OCGNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
        opening and providing for the administration of Ccamnunity tariff quotas for
        agricultural a n d fishery products originating i n certain EFTA countries
                                  (presented by the Commission)
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1. Certain agreements concluded between the European Economic Community on
the one hand and Norway, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden on the other,
approved by Council Decisions 86/557/EEC1, 86/555/EEC2, 86/559/EEC3 and
86/558/EEC4, provide for the opening by the Community of certain annual
Community tariff quotas laying down specific volumes and customs duties for
certain agricultural and fishery products.
2. The aim of the attached proposal   is the application of these tariff
quotas for 1990.
3. As in the case of other Community tariff quotas, the proposal
                                                       does not provide for
the allocation among the Member States of the quota volumes hut enables the
Member States to draw from the quota volumes the quantities required to
cover the actual imports recorded.
I O J N O L 328, 22.11.1986, p. 77.
2 OJ NO L 328, 22.11.1986, p.   58.
3 OJ NO L 328, 22.11.1986, p.   99.
4 OT No L 328, 22.11.1986, p.   90.
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                                Proposal for
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                      Of
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
certain agricultural and fishery products originating in certain EPEA
oountries
THE COUNCIL OF 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 in agreements concluded between the European Economic Community
and certain EPEA countries, approved by Decisions 86/555/EEC, 86/557/EEC,
86/558/EEC, and 86/559/EEC,1 the Community undertook to open each year,
subject to certain conditions, Community tariff quotas at a reduced or zero
rate of duty for a number of agricultural and fishery products originating
in those countries; whereas these tariff quotas should be opened for 1990,
and where necessary the conditions of eligibility laid down should be
specified;
Whereas *-*n Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous
access to the said quota and the duty rates laid down for the quota should
be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question into all
Member States until the quota is exhausted; whereas the necessary measures
should be taken to ensure that these tariff quotas are administered
efficiently and on a Community basis, so that the Member States can draw
the necessary quantities, corresponding to actual imports recorded, from
the quota volumes; whereas this method of administration calls for close
cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
whereas since Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are united within and
jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning
the administration of these quotas may be carried out by any one of its
members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS RBGOLATICN:
                                  Article 1
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the customs duties applicable to
imports of the products listed below shall be suspended at the levels
indicated below and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as
shown below:
1 QJ No L 328, 22.11.1986, p. 58, 77, 90 and 99.
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       (a) Thft following pmrtnnta. originating in Sweden
        Order                                                                                          Quota volume   Rate od duty
         No          CNcode                                     Description
                                                                                                         (tonnes)          (%)
                    0302          Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat
                                  failing within CN code 0304:
                                  — Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus),
                                      excluding livers and roes:
   09.0601          0302 50 10        — Of the species Gadus morhua                                         3 500
                                  — Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
                    0302 62 00    — — Haddock {Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
                    0302 63 00    — — Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
                    0304          Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh,
                                 chilled or frozen:
                    0304 10      — Fresh or chilled:
                                         Fillets:
   09.0603                                   Other:                                                         1 500
                ex 0304 10 31    _ _ _ _ Of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus
                                                 macrocephalus) and of fish of the species
                                                 Boreogadus saida:
                                                 — Of the species Gadus morhua
                    1604         Prepared or preserved* fish; caviar and caviar substitutes
                                 prepared from fish eggs:
   09.0605                       — Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:                                  250
                   1604 12       — — Herrings:
                   1604 12 90                Other:
                   1604 13       — — Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats:
                   1604 13 90                Other
                   1604 19               Other:
   09.0607    <                              Other:                                                           200
                   1604 19 99                   Other
                   1604 20       — Other prepared or preserved fish:
                   1604 20 90    — - Of other fish
                   1604 30       — Caviar and caviar substitutes:
   09.0609                                                                                                     60
                   1604 30 90    — — Caviar substitutes
                   1605          Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates,
                                 prepared or preserved:
  09.0611     < ex 1605 20 00    — Shrimps and prawns:                                                        120          7,5
                                 — — Shelled, whether or not frozen, excluding shrimps and
                                        prawns of the Crangon variety
(b) Thlft tVP™**? ppndMQta nrMrtrnMitf in Norway
       Order                                                                                         Amount of tariff Rate of duty
                    CNcode                                     Description                            quota (tonnes)      (%)
         No
                   Ml
      09.0701    ex 1504 20 10    Oils and fats of marine animals, other than whale oil and               1000              8,5
                 ex 1504 30 19    sperm oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg
                 ex 1516 10 90    originating in Norway
      09.0709       0305 3 0 1 9  Fillets of cod of die species Gadus morhua and Gadus ogac,             3 000
                                  and fish fillets of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or
                                  in brine, originating in Norway
      09.0711                    Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar
                                 substitutes prepared from fish eggs:
                ex 1604 13 90    Other:
                                 — Sardinella, brisling or sprats, not including fillets, raw,
                                                                                                             400           10
                                     merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not
                                     pre-fried in oil, deep-frozen
                ex 1604 19 99    Other, not including smoked saithe
                ex 1604 20 90    Fish other than herring and smoked saithe
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    (o) Thfl foil m*"g yrndMotR. originating
                                                                                       Amount of tariff
                                                                                                        Rate of duty
   Order No      CNcodc                              Description                            quota
                                                                                            (in hi)        (in%)
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   09.0801     2009 80 11    Concentrated pear juice, originating in Austria                2 000       30 + AGR
               2009 80 19                                                                                 possibly
                                                                                                         applicable
    (d) Thft following pmrtimtfl. o r l g l n a t l i g i n Svitzerlaand
     Order
      No
                ar                                   Description                       Amount of tariff
                                                                                        quota (tonnes)
                                                                                                        Rjtc of dutv
                                                                                                            (%)
   09.0901      0809 20 10   Table cherries excluding Morello cherries, originating in      1 000            0
             ex 0809 20 90   Switzerland
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2. Within the limits of the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 under serial
numbers 09.0701, 09.0601 and 09.0901, the Kingdom of Spain and the
Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance
with the relevant provisions of the 1985 Act of Accession.
For the other quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic
shall apply the duties set out below:
Serial No                     ain (%)       Portugal (%)
09/0601                        0                 0
09.0603                        0                 0
09.0605                        5.2              11.3
09.0607                        5.2              11.3
09.0609                        5.2              11.3
09.0611                        7                16
09.0709                        2.6               0
09.0711                       11.4              17.5
3. Imports of the products listed in paragraph 1 which already qualify for
a lower or the same rate of customs duty under other preferential tariff
arrangements may not be charged against the corresponding tariff quota.
4. Imports of the products referred to in paragraph 1 under serial numbers
09.0601 to 09.0611, 09.0709 and 09.0711 shall not qualify for the quota
uniesr> the free-at-frontier price, which is determined by the Member States
in accordance with Article 21 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of
21 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery
products,1 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4 W /89,2 shall be at
least equal to the reference price, if such a price has been fixed by the
Community for the products or categories of products in question.
5. The protocols on the definition of the concept of originating products
and on methods of administrative cooperation, annexed to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community on the one hand and the Kingdom of
Sweden, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria and the Swiss
Confederation on the other, shall be applicable.
1 OJ NO L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1.
2 0JNoL<ltf , al.cXo.l989, p. 1.
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Article 2
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the
Commission, which may taise any appropriate administrative measure In order
to ensure efficient administration.
Article 3
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into free
circulation Including a request for preferential benefit for a product
covered by this Regulation, and if this declaration is accepted by the
customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the quota
volume by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity corresponding
to those needs.
The requests for drawing, with the Indication of the date of acceptance of
the said declarations, must be communicated to the Commission without
delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of the date of
acceptance of the declaration 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 corresponding quota volume.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the
quota volume, allocation shall be made on a pro. xaja basis with respect to
the requests. Member States shall be informed thereof by the Commission.
Article 4
Each Member State shall guarantee importers of the products in question
equal and continuous access to the quotas as long as the balance of the
corresponding quota volume allows.
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Article 5
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                      TARIC codes
Order No                CN code       TARIC code
 09.0603             ex 0304 10 31 0304 10 31*10
09.0611              ex 1605 20 00  1605 20 00*91
                                    1605 20 00*92
 09.0701             ex 1504 20 10  1504 20 10*90
                     ex 1504 30 19  1504 30 19*90
                     ex 1516 10 90  1516 10 90*11
 09.0711             ex 1604 13 90  1604 13 90*91
                                    1604 13 90*99
                     ex 1604 19 99  1604 19 99*90
                     ex 1604 20 90  1604 20 90*30
                                    1604 20 90*90*
         .___-__r___
 09.0901             ex 0809 20 10  0809 20 10*91
                     ex 0809 20 90  0809 20 90*12
                                    0809 20 90*25
                                    0809 20 90*85
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 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE                                          PATE
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12, art. 120
2. Base juridique : article 113
3. Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du Conseil
   portant ouverture et mode de gestion de contingents tarifaires
    communautaires pour certains produits agricoles originaires de certains
   pays de l'AELE.
4. Objectif : Respecter les engagements contractés par la Communauté
5. Perte de recettes :
Désignation des          Quantité    Prix en   Droit     Droit       Perte d
  produits                          Ecu/tonne normal   contingen-    recette
                                                iX)    taire (%)    (en écus
Norvège
1) Graisses et huiles      1 000 T       748    1 7         8,5        63 58
     marines
2) Filets de morues        3 000 T     4 584    20          0       2 750 40
3) Préparations de           400 T     2 365    20         10          94 60
     poissons
Autriche
4) Jus de poires           2 000 hi    1 1 42   42         30 * AGR    41 1 1
                          (OU 300 T)                       €ventuel
Suisse
5) Cerises de table        1 000 T     1 183    15          0         177 45
Suède
6) Morues, églefins,       3 500 T     1 010    13          0         459 55
     lieus
7) Filets de morues        1 500 T     2 824    18          0         762 48
8) Préparations de           250 T     2 729    20
     harengs                                                0         136 45
9) Autres préparations       200 T     3 809    20
     de poissons                                            0         15Z 36
10)Succédanés du caviar       60 T     5  2BA   30
11)Crevettes décortiquées    1 20 :    9 720    20          0          95 11
                                                            7,5       H5 80
                                                                   4 878 894
Par rapport à l'année 1989, augmentation des pertes GC
4 878 894 écus - 4 642 828 écus = 236 066 écus
                                                                          AO
 ---pagebreak---             FICHE D'IMPACT SUB LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
Ces propositions sont formulées en conformité avec des engagements
contractuels de la Communauté. L'impact découlant de ces concessions 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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