CELEX: 51988PC0519
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines, originating in Tunisia (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(88 ) 519          final
                                                  Brussels , 3 October 1988
                                 Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
   opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
      tariff quota for prepared or preserved sardines , originating in
                                 Tunisia ( 1989 )
                        ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  The 1978 Agreement between the Ccnmunity and Tunisia supplemented by
    the Protocol to this Agreement consequent on the accession of Spain
    and Portugal , provides that prepared and preserved sardines
    originating in Tunesia are to be admitted duty free into the
    Ccnmunity on condition that certain minimum prices are observed . The
    periods and the technical details for application of the arrangements
    must be fixed by an exchange of letters between the contracting
    parties .
    Since this exchange of letters has not taken place , the Ccnmunity
    applies from 1 January 1978 cn an autonomous basis a Cortmunity tariff
    quota system which takes account on the interests involved .
2.  The Commission therefore proposes that the Council extend the tariff
    quotas quotas and , to that end , approve the attached proposal for a
    regulation opening and providing for the administration of a
    duty-free Conmunity tariff quota of 100 tonnes of certain prepared
    and preserved sardines originating in Tunisia . This tariff quota is
    to apply from 1 January to 31 December 1989 .
    Within the limits of this tariff quota , Spain and Itortugal are to
    apply the customs duties calculated in accordance with the Protocol
    to the EEX3-TUNISIA Agreenent concluded on the accession of Spain and
    Portugal . This tariff quota should therefore be opened for 1989 .
3.  In view of the fact that the entire volume of imports has
    traditionally been placed on the market of just one Member State , it
    is proposed that the whole of the quota volumes be held as Cbrrrnunity
    reserves to which all Member States will have access in accordance
    with the procedure provided for in Article 1 ( 2 ) of the proposal for
    a Regulation .
4 . The Oonmission proposes that Member States draw quantities from the
    quota as and when necessary .
    This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
ANNEX : 1 proposai of a Régulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                                            Proposai for a
                                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No ... .
                                                              of   .
                        opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain prepared
                             preserved sardines
                                                                       originating in Tunisia ( 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 equal and continuous access to the quota should be
                                                                          ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down
                                                                          for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European                    the products in question into all the Member States until the
Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia ( ' ),                     quota is exhausted ; whereas in this case the quota should not
supplemented by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1080 / 83 of                be allocated among the Member States , without prejudice to
 18 April 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable to                 the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as
trade between Greece and Tunisia ( 2 ) and the Additional                 they may need , under the conditions and according to the
protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the                         procedure laid down in Article 1 ( 2 ); whereas this method of
European Economic Community and the Republic of                           administration requires close cooperation between the
    unisia ( 3 ), provides that certain prepared and preserved            Member States and the Commission and the latter must in
     rdines falling within CN code N°ex 1604 13 10 or ex                  particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is
 i 604 20 50                                            originating in    used and inform the Member States accordingly ;
  : unisia may be imported into the Community free of duty ;
whereas the detailed arrangements must be fixed by an
                                                                          Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the
Exchange of Letters between the Community and Tunisia ;
                                                                          Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united
whereas , since that Exchange of Letters has not yet taken
                                                                          within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic
pi..re , the Community arrangements which applied in 1988
                                                                          Union , any operation concerning the administration of the
 . hould be renewed until 31 December 1989; whereas a
                                                                          quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried
auty-free Community ’ riff quota of 100 tonnes should
                                                                          out by any one of its members ,
   herefore be opened ; whereas this tariff quota is to apply
from 1 January IV 6 9 either until the conclusion of the
: xchange of Letters provided for in Article 18 of the
cooperation Agreement between the European Economic
    ommunity and the Rep , blic of Tunisia or until Community             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    iport arrangements for the products concerned are applied ,
   ut at the latest until 31 December 1989;
                                                                                                     Article 1
     hereas , within the limits of the tariff quota , the Kingdom of
   pain and the Portuguese Republic ere to apply duties
    ilculated in ac.'>ri nnce with Council F gulation ( EEC ) No          1.     From 1 January 1989 until the conclusion of the
 1573 / 87 of li Au , rst r987 laying down the anangements                Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 18 of the
for trade between 1 pai and Portugal on t,.e one hand and                 Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic
Algeria , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia ar d Turkey on the           Community and the Republic of T unisia or until Community
other (■*);                                                               import arrangements are applied , but at the latest until 31
                                                                          December 1989 , the customs duty applicable to imports into
                                                                          the Community of the following products originating in
                                                                          Tunisia shall be suspended at the level indicated and within
                                                                          the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below:
(')   OJ  No   L 265 ,  27 . 9 . 1978 , p. 1 .
H     OJ  No   L  120 , 6 . 5 . 1983 , p. 1 .
(’)   OJ  No   L  297 , 21 . 10 . 1987 , p . 36.
(4)   OJ  No   L  250 , 1 . 9 . 1987 , p . 1 .
 ---pagebreak---        Order No           CN code                                                                      Amount of quota    Quoti duty
                                                                 Description                               ( tonnes )          (% )
09.1201                                  Prepared or preserved fish , caviar and caviar substitutes
                                         prepared from fish eggs :
                      ex 1604 13 10      – sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus                          100            Free
                      ex 1604 20 50
Within the limits of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain                3.    Member States shall charge imports of the goods
and r'ne Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties                    against their drawings as and when the goods are entered
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the               with the customs authorities for free circulation .
Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of                            4.    The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be
Tunisia consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain                determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance
and the Portuguese Republic of the Community.                              with paragraph 3 .
2 . If imports of products covered by this tariff
     quota are made, or are foreseen within the next
     fourteen calendar days at the latest, the Member                                                Article 3
     State concerned shall inform the Commission
     and drav an amount corresponding to these                             At the request of the Commission , Member States shall
      reqjiraisnts to the extent that the available                        inform it of imports actually charged against the quota .
     balance of the quota so permits .
3 . If a Member State does not use ip the quantities
     dram within the said fourteen days, il shall rel
     the remaining mused portion as soon as possible. by telex addressed to Commission .
                             Article 2
1.      Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
c i sure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2) enable
      urts to be charged without interruption against their
a        li lted shares of the Community quota .
                                                                                                      Article 4
2           ch Member State shall ensure that importers of the
proi .      concerned have free access to the quota for such time
as the residua! balance of the quota volume so permits .                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 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
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgetaire 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 d' un contingent
        tarifaire communautaire de préparations et conserves de certaines
        sardines , originaires de Tunisie ( 1989 )
4.      Objectif : Anticipation autonome à une future obligation
        contractuelle ( Accord CEE/Tunisie)
5.      Mode de calcul :
        No ae
        NO de code
               code N.<J
                    N.C..     : ex 16.04.13-10 et ex 16.04.20-50
        Volume du plafond     : 100 t
        Droit à appliquer     : 0 %
        Droit du T.D.C.       : 25 %
        Prix 0
             d                : 2 670 ECU /t
                               66 750 ECU
6.      Perte de recettes :
        Une perte de recettes de 66 750 ECU est à inscrire pour 1989 . En
        1988, une perte de 52 250 ECU a été inscrite .
        (Prix 0 = 2 090 ECU/t) .
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA CONPETITIVITE ET L 1 ENPLOI
Cette propositien est formulée en conformité avec un engagement
de la Communauté . L' impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
censidération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et 1' emploi dans la
Communauté .