CELEX: 51987PC0273
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Date: 1987-06-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) n° 486/85 concerning the arrangements applied to agricultural products and to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Sates (ACP States) or in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                                COM(87 ) 273 final
                                                                Brussels , 11 June 1987
                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        amending Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486 / 85 concerning the arrangements applied to
        agricultural products and to certain goods resulting from the processing of
        agricultural products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
        Sates (ACP States ) or in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT )
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 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 . Under Article 284(3) of the third ACP-EEC Convention, signed on
       8 December 1984 in Lome, the provisions of the Convention do not
       apply in relations between the ACP States and Spain and Portugal
       as long as~a protocol of accession to the Convention has not
       entered into force . Negotiations concerning such a protocol
       resulted in an agreement being reached within the ACP-EEC Council
       of Ministers on 15 May 1987 .
      However , the implementation of the Protocol of Accession will not
      occur until after it has been ratified by alt parties to the
      third Lome Convention . Meanwhile, the transitional arrangements
      adopted under Article 284 of the Convention, enabling Spain and
      Portugal to participate in the operation fo the Convention without
      having to wait , will expire on 30 June 1987. This is why the
      ACP-EEC Council of Ministers asked the ACP-EEC Committee of
      Ambassadors to seek to implement the Protocol in advance with
      effect from 1 July 1987 .
      This Decision of the Committee of Ambassadors calls for an
      implementing Regulation to be adopted by the Council of the
      European Communities in order to ensure that the ACP-EEC Decision
      is implemented within the Community, as well as a Commission Decision
      covering products falling within the ECSC Treaty . These two
      instruments must also enter into force on 1 July 1987 .
2 . The provisions of the above-mentioned protocol also include
      certain modifications to the agricultural arrangements of the
      Third ACP-EEC Convention ( Council Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486/ 85 ).
      This Regulation should therefore be amended to take account of
      these modifications . There are no financial consequences other
    - than those taken into consideration in the framework of the
      implementation in 1985 of the agricultural arrangements of the
      Convention ( C0M(84 ) 768 final ).
 ---pagebreak---                                   proposai for
                  Council Regulation ( EEC ) n°      / 87
                  of 1987 amending Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486 / 85
                  concerning the arrangements applied to agri ¬
                  cultural products and to certain goods
                  resulting from the processing of agricultural
                 products originating in the African , Ca ribbean
                 and Pacific states ( ACP states ) or in the Overseas
                         Countries and Territories ( OCT )
The COUNCIL of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and, in particular , Articles 43 and 113 thereof :
                                                       (1 )
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission
                                                                (2)
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486 / 85 , of 26 February 1985 , concerning
the arrangements applied to agricultural products and to certain goods resul ¬
ting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African ,
Ca ribbean and Pacific states or in the Overseas Countries and Territories ^,
                                                     (4 )
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) n° 1306/ 87 , provides for the total or
partial suppression of customs duties on the import of the products concerned
Whereas a protocol providing for the amendment of the 3rd ACP-EEC Convention
has been concluded in order to take account of the Accession of the Kingdom of
Spain and of the Portuguese Republic to the European Communities ; whereas
Council Regulation ( EEC ) n°         / 87 concerning the application of Decision
            / 87 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers provides for the anticipatory
implementation of the above protocol ;
Whereas the protocol includes changes to the above-mentioned agricultural
arrangements ; whereas Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486/ 85 should therefore be amended
to take account of these changes :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) n° 486/ 85 shall' be amended as follows :
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( 1 ) 0J n°
( 2 ) 0J n°
( 3 ) 0J n° L 61 of 1.3.85 p.4
(4 ) 0J n° L124 of 13.5.87 p.5
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1 . The following products are inserted into Article 13, paragraph 1 ,
   Common Customs
   Tariff n°
                                                   Description
   08.05                          Nuts other than those falling within heading
                                  n° 08 . 01 , fresh or dried, shelled or not :
                                  D. Pistachios
                                  E. Pecans
                              ex 6 . : Others - excluding hazelnuts
   08.08                          Berries , fresh :
                                  C. Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus
2 . In Article 13, paragraph 2 , the quota applied to strawberries falling under
    the tariff sub-heading 08.08 A ex . II of the Common Customs Tariff is fixed
    at 1.100 tonnes .
3 . In Article 13, paragraph 3, the ceilings applied to carrots falling under
    the sub-heading 07.01 G ex . II of the Common Customs Tariff and to onions
    falling under sub-heading 07.01 ex.H of the Common Customs Tariff are fixed
    at 800 tonnes .
4 . An Article 13 a is added, as follows :
             " Article 13 a
    1 . Subject to the special provisions laid down in paragraph 2 , the customs
        duties applied on import into the Community of the products mentioned
        below are reduced in the following proportions and within the limits of
        the ceilings indicated :
 ---pagebreak---                                 3 -
                                                         %            Annual ceiling
 Common Customs
 Tariff n°            Description                      Reduction        ( tonnes )
 07.01            B. Cabbages , cauliflowers and
                       Brussels sprouts
                  ex . Ill : Other : Chinese Cabbage
                  - from 1 November to 31 December           45            1.000
                  D. Salad vegetables , including
                       endive and chicory
                  ex . II : Other : Iceberg Lettuce
                  - from 1 July to 30 September              45            1.000
                  ex . H    : Onions , shallots and
                              garlic : Garlic
                  - from 1 March to 31 May                   45              500
                  ex . L : Artichokes
                 - from 1 October to 30 November             50            1.000
08.05            Nuts other than those falling withir
                 heading 08.01 , fresh or ¡dried
                 shelled or not :
                 B. Walnuts                                  40              700
08.07            Stone fruit , fresh
                 ex . A : Apricots
                 - from 1 October to 31 January              50            2.000
                 ex . B    : Peaches
                 - from 1 December to end February           50            2.000
                 C         : Cherries
                 ex . II : from 16 July to 30 April
                 - from 1 November to end February           50            2.000
                 D         : Plums
                 ex . II : from 1 October to 31 June
                 - from 15 December to end February         50            2.000
  2 . The duty reduction indicated in paragraph 1 shall be progressively
      applied over the same periods and in accordance with the same timetable
      as those laid down in the Act of Accession for Spain and Portugal for
      the same products imported from these countries into the Community as
      constituted on 31 December 1985 .
                                                                • ■
                                                                    /
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         During the period of progressive reduction, and where the customs
         duties applied to imports of products from Spain and Portugal into
         the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 differ for the two
         countries concerned, the higher customs duty of the two shall be applied.”
5 . An Article 13 ( b ) is inserted as follows :
                               " Article 13 b
    The products mentioned below are subject to the following customs duties
    on import into the Community :
        Common Customs                                               Duty to be
        Tariff n°               Description of goods                 applied : %
        07.01            Vegetables , fresh or chilled
                         6 . Ill Horse radish
                                 ( Cochlearia armoracia )                13
      V
        08.07            Stone fruit , fresh :
                         E :    Other                                     7
        08.08            Berries , fresh :
                         F :    Other :
                             I : Fruit of the species Vaccinium
                                 macrocarpum and Vaccinium                3
                                                   corymbosum
                          II : Other                                      5
                                Article 2
This Regulation enters into force as from 1 July 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member states .
     Done at                                      For the Counci l ,