CELEX: 51991PC0471
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for Certain industrial products ( First serie 1992 )

I C O ^ I S S I O N OF THE EUKOPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          C0MC9D471    fi nal
                                                          Brussels, 26 November 1991
                                               Proposal for a
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                               opening aid providing for «bô administration of
                                CoMounitY tariff quotas for certain industrial
                                         products (First série 1992)
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                                         (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   Subsequent to requests made by various Member States, the Services
    of the Commission have examined, in conjunction with the Government
    experts concerned, the question of opening in 1992 tariff quotas for
     various products.
2.   Following this examination, which took place during the "Economic
     Tariff" group meetings                                              , it
    has been determined that the opening of tariff quotas for the following
    products could have the agreement of the Member States without
    disturbing the markets for such products :
   - Vanadiumoxydes                                           6 000 t at 0*
   - Ferro-chromium containing by weight more
      than 6% of carbon                                     300 000 t at 0%
   - Ferro-phosphorus                                        15 000 t at 0%
   - Poly-alpha-olefin                                        2 000 t at 0%
   - Polyvinylpyrrolidone                                       120 t at 0%
   - F l a t - r o l l e d products                             150 t at 0%
   - Polyvinyl butyral                                        6 500 t at 0%
   - Refined f e r r o - c h r o m i u m                     15 000 t at OX
   - Montmorillonite                                         10 500 t at 0%
   - 4-benzylbiphenyl                                           25U t at 0%
   - M i x t u r e s o f sucrose s t é a r a t e                 51 t at 0%
   - Benzylidene D - g l u c i t o l                            150 t at 0%
    This is the aim of this proposal.
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                                                                      proposal Tor
                                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N o                                /9Î.
                                 opening and providing for the administration of C o m m u n i t y tariff quotas for
                                             certain                                        industrial products ( f i r s t s é r i e 1 9 9 2 )
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica-
                                                                                         tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of
               Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                         the products concerned into all Member States until the
               Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
                                                                                         quotas have been used up ;
               thereof,
                                                                                         Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures
               Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        to ensure efficient Community administration of these
               Whereas production in the Community of certain                            tariff quotas while offering the Member States the oppor-
                                    industrial products will remain in the               tunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary
               course of 199J. unable to meet the specific requirements                  quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this
                                                                                         method of administration requires close cooperation
               of the user industries in the Community ; whereas, conse-
                                                                                         between the Member States and the Commission and the
               quently, Community supplies of products of this type will
                                                                                         latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at
               depend to a considerable extent on imports from third
                                                                                         which the quotas are used up and inform the Member
               countries ; whereas the most urgent Community require-
                                                                                         States accordingly ;
               ments for the products in question should be met imme- -
               d iately on the most favourable terms ;                                   Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
                                                                                         the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
               Whereas Community tariff quotas                           at zero         are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
               duty should therefore be opened within the limits of                       Economic Union, all transactions concerning the admi-
       1992     appropriate volumes for a period up to ^ Q Ju^p o r 3 1                  nistration of the quantities drawn by that economic union
•ecerrber* where appVtoïatjP 11 " 1      of  the  need  not  t o dist
                                                                      Y* , t h e          may be carried out by any one of its members,
                markets for such products nor the starting out or develop-
                ment of Community production ;                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                Whereas the volume kept for Ferro-chromium containing                                                 Article 1
                by weight more than 6 % of carbon could be adjusted in
                the course of the exercise according to real needs that                    1. The customs dudes applicable to imports of the
                have been noted ;                                                          following products shall be suspended during the periods,
                Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all                  at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff
                Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to                      quotas shown below:
                        CN code                                                                                  Amount         Quota duty       Quota
       Order No                                                  Descriptions                                    of quota
                                                                                                               (in tonnes)         (%)        période
    092703           ex 2825 30 00   Vanadiumoxydes and hydroxydes, not in the form ojf powder,
                                     exclusively for the production of alloys (')                                   6 000                    1.1 .«2-31.12.92
    09.2711             7202 41 90   Ferro-chromium contoining by weight more than 6 % of carbon                 300 000                     1.1.92-31.12.%
    09.2717"         ex 7202 99 19   Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15 % or more of phos-
                                     phorus, intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric iron              15 Uûu                     1.1.92-31.12.%
                                     or steel (')
    09.2727          ex 3902 90 00   Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a kinetic viscosity of not less
                                                                                                                   2 CC0                     1.1.92-30.6.92
                                     than 38 x 10 ~* m2 s _ 1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C measured
                                     using the ASTM D 445 method, for the manufacture of lubrica-
                                     ting oil
     09.2731         ex 3905 90 00    Polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles of
                                     which are less than 3« micrometres and which has a solubility in                   120                  1.1.92-31.12.9;
                                     water at 25 °C of less than, or equal to 1.5% by weight and
                                     which is intended for the pharmaceutical industry (•)
        09.27K1      ex 7226 10 91    Flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, cold-rolled, grain
                                      oriented, of a width not exceeding 500 mm, of a thickness of                      150                  1.1.92-30.04.9.
                                      0,23 mm or less, with a nominal magnetic inversion loss rate of
                                      0,8 W/kg or less determined by the Epstein method with a
                                     current of 50 cycles and one induction of 1,7 tesla
 ---pagebreak---                         CN code                                                                                        Amount
       Order No                                                         Descriptions                                                 Quota
                           «                                                                                           of quota
                                                                                                                     (in tonnes)                Quota period
    09.2791          ex 3905 90 00       Polyvinyl butyral in the form of powder, for the production of
                                         film *for laminated safety glass (')                                          6 500                    1.1.92-31.12.
   09.2799           ex 7202 49 90       Ferro-chromium containing more than 15 %,but not more than
                                         2 % by weight of carbon and not more than 55 % of chromium                  15 00U                     1.1.92-31.12.
                     ex 3802 90 00     Acid-activated        montmorillonite      for      the
                                       manufacture of self-copy paper (')
                                                                                                                     10 500                     1.1.92-31.12,
                    ëx 2902 90 90     4-Benzylbiphenyl
                                                                                                                          250                   1.1.92-31.12.
                    ex 3823 90 98     Mixtures of sucrose stéarate                                                         51           0       1.1.92-31.12.
                    ex 2932 90 7a
                                       l e t l h a n ' 9°6 %nZylidCne D"g,UCid0, ^      * PUrity * Wei ht
                                                                                                      * "<*               150           0       1.1.92-31.12.
(a) See Taric codes in the Annex.
(') Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Comunity provisions.
 2.      Within the limits of these tariff quotas the Kingdom                    for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai-
 of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs                         lable balance to permits.
 duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi-
 sions of the 1985 Act of Accession.                                              If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall
                                                                                  return any unused portion to the corresponding quota
                                                                                  volume as soon as possible.
                               Article 2
                                                                                  If the quantities requested are greater than the available
                                                                                  balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo-
  The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed                     cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall
  by the Commission, which may take any appropriate                                inform the Member States of the drawings made.
  administrative measures to ensure that they are managed
  efficiently.
                                                                                                             Article 4
                               Article 3
                                                                                    Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
                                                                                    products in question hav.- equal and continuous access to
   Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this                         the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
   Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member                          volume so permits.
   State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran-
   gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho-
   rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the
   Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi-                                                     Article 5
    rements from the appropriate quota volume.
                                                                                     The Mcmlxrr States and *ht Commission shall cooperate
    Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the                         closely to ensure thai tin- Regulation is complied with.
    entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission
    without delay.
                                                                                                              Article 6
     Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chrono-
     logical order of the dates on which the customs authori-
     ties of the Member Sûtes concerned accepted the entries                         This Regulation shall en--.: «nto force on I January IWX,
                               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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              ANNEX
            TARIC Codes
Order N°      CN Code      Tarie code
    09.2703 ex 2825 30 00      * 10
    09.2711     7202 4190      * 00
    09.2717  ex 7202 99 19     *20
    09.2727  ex3902 90 00     *95
    09.2731  ex 3905 90 00     *94
   09.2781   ex?226 10 91     *2D
   09.2791   ex3905 90 00     *95
    092799   ex 7202 49 90     * 10
   09.2809   ex3802 90 00     *10
   09.2811   ex2902 90 90    ~5o
   09.2815   ex3823 90 98     *41   ~~
   09.2827   ex2932 90 7g     *80     "
 ---pagebreak---  FINANCIAL RECORD
              Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
              Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
              Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposa I for a Counc iI
              Regulation opening and providing for the administration of Community
              tariff quotas for certain industrial products (first série 1992)
             Object ive : To ensure an adequate supply for Community user-
              industries
5.           Method of calculation :
                              Amount      P r i ce            Normal      Quota duty     Duty-loss
 Description                            ( e c u / u n i l l ) r a t e (X)    (%)         (ecu)
                              of quotas
                             —(tonneà—
Vanadiumoxydes                  6 000   4 410                       5,5                   1 455 300
F e r r o - c h r o m i u n 300 000     1 278                       8                    30 672 000
(+ 6% o f carbc In)
Ferro-                         15 000      213                      5                        159 750
phosphorus
                                2 000   3 255                     12,5                       813 750
Poly-aIpha-olefin
Polyvinyl-                        120    2 994                    12,5                        44 910
pyrrolidone
Flat-rolled                       150    2 041                                                 18 369
products
Polyvinyl                       6500     3 512                     12,5                    2 853 500
butyral
Refined ferroH                 15 000    1 224                      8                      1 468 800
chromium
M o n t m o r i l l o n i tje 10 500        630                     5.7                      377 055
.4-benzylbi-                      250   14 612                      6,3                      230 139
phenyl
                                    51   8 359                       7,6                       39 399
Mixtures of
sucrose steara|te
Benzylidene-                       150  21 000                       6,9        0             217 350
D-glucitol
                                                                                          38 343 322
                            I
 Compared w i t h q u o t a s o p e n e d i n 1991 a t t h e same p e r i o d ,      decreased     loss of
 633 746 e c u s ( 3 8 343 322 - 38 977 0 6 8 )
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