CELEX: 51988PC0688
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes, fresh tomatoes, and peas and immature beans prepared or preserved originating in Morocco (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                    COM ( 88 ) 688 final
                                                    Brussels ,   2  December 1988
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        opening and providing for the administration of Community
                   tariff quotas for new potatoes , fresh
       tomatoes , and peas and immature beans prepared or preserved
                       originating in Morocco ( 1989 )
                        ( presented by the Commission )
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1.      Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the EEC-Morocco Cooperation
        Agreement provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for
        imports into the Community of :
        -  39 000 tonnes of new potatoes falling within CN code ex 0701 30 51
           for the period 1 January to 31 March
        -  86 000 tonnes of tomatoes falling within CN code 0702 00 10 for
           the period 15 November to 30 April and
            8 700 tonnes of peas and immature beans falling within CN codes
           2004 90 50 , 2005 40 00 and 2005 59 00 , for the period 1 January
           to 31 December .
      Within the limits of these tariff quotas customs duties are to be phased
      out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in
      Articles 75 , 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession .
      However , Council Regulation (EEC) No 3 189'' 88 laying down arrangements
      for Spain 's and Portugal 's trade with Morocco provides that for fresh
       tomatoes           those Member States are to postpone application of
      the preferential arrangements until 31 December 1989 (Spain) and 31
      December 1990 (Portugal ). The tariff quota for these products therefore
      appliesonly to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 . The
                                     ■ new potatoes and peas and immature beans
      Community tariff quotas for |             , however , apply  to the
      Community as at present constituted .
 2 . Where fresh tomatoes are concerned ,,
        having regard to the fact that Morocco benefits in the period 15 November
        to 31 December 1988 and 1 March to 30 April 1989 from a customs duty less
        than that in Spain and Portugal , this tariff quota should be opened for
        the period 1 January to 28 February 1989 .
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      By virtue of the prorata temporis clause the volune of the said quota should
      be fixed for this period to 31 556 tonnes .
      These Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for 1989 .
3 . Pursuant to the Council Decision concerning the Mediterranean policy of
     the enlarged Community (Council document 10723/ 1 /85 of 6 December 1985 ),
     the quotas should not be allocated among the Member States . The whole of
     the quota volumes will therefore constitute Community reserves .
     The Commission proposes that the Member States administer the quotas by
     charging imports "as and when" .
 4 . That is the purpose of the attached proposal .
 Armex : Proposai for a Régulation .
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 ---pagebreak---                                      Proposai for
                      OOUNCIL RECULATIQN ( EBC )
        opening and providing for the adminstration of Community tariff
         quotas for new potatoes , fresh tomatoes and peas and immature
           beans , prepared or preserved originating in Morocco ( 1989 )
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 Article i of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco '
                                                             provides for the
opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of :
 - 39 uOO   tonnes of new potatoes falling within CM code ex 0701 90 51 for the
   period   1 January to 31 March
- 86 000    tonnes of fresh tomatoes falling within NC code 0702 00 10 for the
   period   15 November to 30 April and
     8 700 tonnes of peas and immature beans falling within CN codes 2004 90 50 ,
    2005 40 00 and 2005 59 00 for the period 1 January to 31 December ,
originating in Morocco .
Whereas , within the limits of these tariff quotas , customs duties are to be
phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in
Articles 75 , 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession ; whereas the quota duties
for 1989 are equal to 60,0% of the basic duties for fresh tomatoes and
              50% of the basic duty for      *            ; whereas , however , Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3189 /83 of 14 October 1988 laying down arrangements
for Spain 's and Portugal 's trade with Morocco2
                                      provides that those Member States are to
postpone application of the preferential arrangements for products covered
by Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 , 3 as last amended by Regulation (EBC) No
 2238/ 8L 4 until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively ;
Whereas the tariff quota for fresh tomatoes                       therefore appljesonly
to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; whereas the tariff
quota for i               apply     to the Community as at present constituted ;
             neu pûcacœs arw peas ano miature oeans, préparées or preserved .
  * new potatoes and peas and immature beans
 1 OJ NO L 824 , 13 .3 . 198«, p. 18
 2 OJ No L287 . 20 .10 ,. 1988 , p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972 , p. 1 .
 4 OJ NO L 198 , 26 . 7.1988 , p. 1
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 Whereas to take into account that Morocco for fresh tomatoes benefits in
 the periods 15 November to 31 December 1988 and 1 March to 30 April 1989
 from a customs duty less than half in Spain and Portugal , this tariff quota
 should be opened for the period 1 January to 28 February 1989;
 Whereas the volume of this quota should therefore , by virtue of the pro
 rata temporis clause , for this period be fixed to 31 556 tonnes ;
 Whereas these Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for 1989;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be
ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down
for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of
the products in question into all Member States until the
quotas are exhausted; whereas, however, the quotas should
not in this case be allocated among the Member States ,
without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes
of such quantities as they may need , under the conditions and
according to the procedure laid down in Article X ;
whereas this method of administration requires close
cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
monitor the rate at which the quota is used and inform the
Member States accordingly ;
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 , any operation concerning the administration of the
quota share allocated to that economic union may be carried
out by any one of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
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                      i originating in Morocco
The customs duties jppli cable to imports into the Community of the
following products * shal l be suspended for the periods and at the levels
indicated and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown
as below :
Order No NC Code                          Description                      Volume      Quota      appli cable
                                                                           of the      duty             in :
_ ТаГ111_дио1:а _ ( % )._
09.1115        ex 0701 90 51            New potatoes , frcm               39 000       7,5    Comuni ty as at
                                      1st January to 31 March                                 present constituted
                                      1989
09.1117        ex 0702 00 10             Tcmatoes, fresh or chilled,      31 556       3,3    Comuni ty as
                                      frcm 1 January to 28 February               MIN 0,6     constituted on 31
                                      1989                                        ECU/7O0     Decori ber 1985
                                                                                  kg/ net
09.1119            2004 90 50            Peas (Pisunsativun ) and          8 700      12      Comuni ty as at
                   2005 40 00         immature beans otherwise                               present constituted
                   2005 59 00         prepared or/ and preserved
                                      than by vinecpr or acetic
                                      acicj, frozen or not
Wi thi n the        Limits of the tariff quotas                  for new potatoes and peas and immature
beans , the Kingdom os Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties
calculated in accordance with Regulation ( EEC ) No 3189 / 88 .
                                                            Article 2
The tariff quotas are achí i ni stered                      by the Commission .
 If an importer presents , in a Member State, a declaration as
 to entry into free circulation comprising a request for
 preferential treatment for a product covered by this
 Regulation , and this request is accepted by the customs
 authorities , the Member State concerned shall , by notifying
 the Commission , draw an amount corresponding to its
 requirements from the vo l Uin e of the quota .
 Requests to draw                    together with the date of
 acceptance of the customs declarations must be forwarded to
 the Commission without delay .
 Drawings shall be granted by the Commission on the basis of
 the date of acceptance of goods for entry into free circulation
 by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned ,
 provided a sufficient amount remains .
 If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn , it shall
 return them to the I          as soon as possible.
                         corvespondino volume or thè quota
  If requests for drawings exceed the amount remaining in the volume of the
  quota , an allocation shall be made pro rata. The Member
  States shall be informed by the Commission in accordance
  with the same procedure .
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The Comm i ssi on may take the necessary measures to ensure that the tariff quotas
are adninistered efficiently and properly .
                                                              Arti cle 4
  1.     Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
  ensure that            drawings of shares pursuant to Article
  2 enable imports to be charged without interruption against
  their accumulated share of the Community tariff quotas .
  2.     Member States shall ensure that importers of the
  products concerned have free access to the quota shares
  allocated to them .
  3.     Member States shall charge imports of the products
 concerned against their shares as and when the goods are
 entered with the customs authorities for free circulation .
 4.     The extent to which a Member State has used up its
 shares shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged
 in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                                              Artide 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1st January 1989 .
  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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 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire        :  Proposition de règlement du
        Conseil  portant    ouverture    et mode   de   gestion de    contingents
        tarifaires    communautaire s  de  ponmes   de  terre  de   primeurs ,   de
        tarâtes fraîches et de pois et haricots              verts préparés      ou
        conservés , originaires du Maroc ( 1989 )
4.      Objectif    :   Exécution   d' une  obligation    contractuelle    ( Accord
        CEE/Maroc )
5.      Mode de calcul    :
                             Rennes de terre     Ibrrates          Reis et
                             de primeurs         fraîches         haricots verts
        Code de la N. C.  :  ex 0701 90 51       ex 0702 00 10    2004 90 50
                                                                  2005 40 00
                                                                  2005 59 00
        - Volume du
          contingent      :  29 000 t            31 556 t         8 700 t
        - Droit à
          appliquer           7,5 %               3,3 %             12 %
                                                 MEN 0,6 ECU/
                                                 100 KG/NET
        - Droit du
          T.D.C.          :  15 %                 5,5 %             24 %
                                                 MIN 1 ECU/
                                                 100 KG/NET
        - Prix 0
          par tonne       :  335 ECU/t           714 ECU/t        1 074 ECU/t
                            728 625 ECU          495 682 ECU      1 121 256 ECU
6.      Perte de recettes :
        La perte de recettes totale à inscrire pour l' année 1989 s' élève à
        2 345 563 ECU .
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 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D ' IM EA.CT SUR IA CCMŒTITIVITE ET L' EMHJOI
Cfette proposition est formulée en conformité a'ÆC un engagement contractuel
de la Ccrrmnnauté . L‘ impact découlant de œtte concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de œ contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' emploi dans la
Ccrmunauté .
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