CELEX: 51989PC0192
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR APRICOT PULP ORIGINATING IN TURKEY

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM (89) 192  final
                                                Brussels, 25 April 1989
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL RE6ULATI0N (EEC)
    opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
               quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
                     (prtscnttd by tht Consistion)
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.     Council Regulation (EEC)*No 4115/86 of 22 Decenber 1986 on imports
       into the Connunity of certain agricultural products originating in
       Turkey (1) provides for the opening of a Conmunity tariff quota of
      ' 90 tonnes at zero duty as from 1 January 1987, for apricot pulp
       originating in Turkey.
2.     The aim of this proposal is to open the quota concerned for the
       period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 19 90.
 3.    In accordance with Regulations (EEC) N* 1059/88 of 28 March 1988 (2)
       and 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 (3), the present Regulation is
       applicable in the Community as currently constituted.
 4.    The Commission's proposal provides not for the allocation among the
       Member States of the qouta amount or part of that amount, but
       for Member States to draw on the quota amount of quantities necessary
       to cover actual importations.
 (1) 0J No L 380, 31.12.1986, p. 4.
 (2) 0J No L 104, 23.4.1988, p. 4.
 (3) 0J No L 250, 1.9.1987, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                      of
                opening                and providing for die administration of a Community tariff
                                    quota for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the
                                                                      products concerned into all Member States until the quota
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 has been used up ; whereas,-\
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                                               C^it should not be allocated among the
                                                                      Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission,                   the quota volume of such quantities as they may need,
                                                                      under the conditions and according to a procedure to be
Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No.                     determined ; whereas this method of management
4115/86 of 22 December 1986 on import into the                        requires close cooperation between the Member States
Community of agricultural products in Turkey (') provides             and the Commission and the latter must in particular be
for the opening by the Community of an annual                         able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up
Community tariff quota of 90 tonnes at zero duty for                  and inform the Member States thereof ;
apricot pulp originating in Turkey ; whereas such a quota
has been opened for the period up to 30 June 198 9 by                 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
Regulation (EEC) No 1539/88 Ç) ; whereas the tariff quota
                                                                      the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
in question should therefore be opened for the
                                                                      are united within, and jointly represented by the Benelux
abovementioned volume for the period 1 July 1989 to 30
                                                                      Economic Union, all transactions concerning the
June 1990;
                                                                      administration of shares drawn by that economic union
Whereas, *»*                                                          may be carried out by any one of its members,
             ^       £> the Council adopted Regulation
(EEC) No 1059/88of 28 March 1988 laying down
the arrangements applicable to Greece's trade
with Turkey G ) ; --»                            , „                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                      ^-        : —^ whereas the Council
has also adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 11
August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade                                             Article 1
between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey (*) on the
                                                                       1. From 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 the customs duty
other; whereas this Regulation applies therefore to the               applicable to the following product, originating in Turkey,
Community as at present constituted;                                  shall be suspended in the Community - at' at present constV
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all               tu ted      at the level and within the limit of a
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to                 Community tariff quota as shown herewith :
                                                                                                       Amount        Quota duty
    Order No      CN code                                 Description                                  of quota         (%)
                                                                                                     (in tonnes)
09.0203        ex 2008 50 91   Apricot pulp neither containing added spirit nor added sugar in
                               immediate packings of a net content of 4,5 kg or more                      90             0
                                                                         2. Within the framework of this tariff quota, the
                                                                         Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall
                                                                       j apply a customs duty calculated in accordance with the
                                                         relevant provisions of the Art of Accession and Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      Ï No 2573/87.
(') OJ No L 380. 31. 12. 1986. p. 16.
O OJ No L 250, 1. 9. 1987, p. I.
 ---pagebreak---                    Article 2
      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
 inform the Commission and draw an amount corres-
 ponding to its requirements from the 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 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 quota
amount.
It the quantities requested are greater than the available
balance of the quota amount, allocation shall be made on
a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member
States shall be informed by the Commission in
accordance with the same procedures.
                                                                                                     Article  4
                          Article 3                                        At the request of the Commission, Member States shal
                                                                           inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 2 enable
imports to be charged without interruption against their
accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of                                                  Article 5
the product concerned have free access to the quota for
such time as the residual balance of the quota volume so
permits.                                                                   The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                                           closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the said
goods against their drawings as and when the goods are
entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which the quota has been used up                                                    Article 6
shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
in accordance with paragraph 3.
                                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1989.
                           TTiis^Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                           Done at Brussels,
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                                                                    I
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.       Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art.120
2.       Base juridique : a r t i c l e 113 du t r a i t é
3»       I n t i t u l é de l a mesure t a r i f a i r e :
         ^reposition de règlement du Conseil portant ou\œrture e t mode de
         gestion d'un contingent t a r i f a i r e         conraunautaire pour des pulpes
         d'abricots, originaires de Turquie
4.       Objectif :
         Assurer le respect des engagements contractés par la Communauté
5.       Mode de calcul :
         - N° ce la NC :                     2008 50 91
         - Volume du contingent : 90 tonnes
         - Droit à appliquer :               0 %
         - Droit du T.D.C. :                 17 %
6.    ferte          de r e c e t t e s :
         Valeur des marchandises : 434 écus x 90 = 39 060 écus
         ïërte de r e c e t t e s : 39 060 écus x 17 % = 6 640 écus
         lar rapport à la période précédente (1.7.1988 au 30.6.1989) : sans
         changement
                                                                                          €
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMEBTITIVITE ET L'EMFIÛI
Cette proposition e s t formulée en conformité avBc un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté. L'impact découlant de c e t t e concession a é t é p r i s en
considération lors de la prise de décision d'adoption de ce contingent e t
i l n'aura pas un caractère sérieux sur l a compétitivité e t l'emploi dans l a
Cccrmunauté.
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- Commission of the European Communities
COM(89) 192 final
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
for apricot pulp originating in Turkey
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
25.4.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L - 2985 Luxembourg
Series: DOCUMENTS
 1989 — 6 pp. — Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm
EN
ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-48892-1
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-167-EN-C
 ---pagebreak---                                             ISSN 0254-1475
COM(89) 192 final
DOCUMENTS
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening and providing for the administration of
a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp
originating in Turkey
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 11     02                                25.4.1989
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-167-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-48892-1
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