CELEX: 51982PC0759
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Date: 1982-11-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the import system applicable at the beginning of 1983 to products falling within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM(82)759 final
                                                    Brussels , 17 November 1982
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 on the import system applicable at the beginning of 1983 to products
  falling within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff and
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 on the Common Customs Tariff
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                           EXFIAMTOHY MEMOPAKDU?-:
The Commission will shortly be presenting to the Council a proposal fo:. a.
Regulation on the import arrangements for products falling within subh^-ading
07.06 k in 1983 .
Given that the said proposal may not "be adopted by the Council in time and
in order to prevent any delay frota jeopardizing the application of the
agreements concluded with the third countries concerned , the Commission
considers it essential that the Council adopt , as soon as possible , a
transit ioTxil system on the basis of which the Commission will in due course
adopt the detailed rules of application regarding imports of manioc at the
beginning of 1983#
Under the arrangements proposed only 30 % of the quantities fixed in 1082
and 50 % for countries other than Thailand and the other GA.TT member countrias
(China) may qualify for the levy limited to 6 % ad valorem . Consequently » these
arrangements in no way prejudge the quantities which will eventually be fixed
for each quota for 1983 .
The transitional arrangements envisaged will apply only until the adoption
of the definitive arrangements provided for by the other Commission proposal .
In order to enable operators to import products falling within subheading
07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff at the beginning of 1983 » it is also
proposed that import licences may be issued before 1 January 1983 but that
their period of validity should not commence until 1 January 1983.
Lastly , it is proposed that the Common Customs Tariff be amended in line
with the proposed arrangements .
 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) N°
                                      of
       on the import system applicable at the beginning of 1983 to products falling
within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff and amending Regulation ( EEC )
                            No 950 / 68 on the Common Customs Tariff
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 , by its Decision 82 / 495 / EEC ( 1 ), the Council approved a Cooperation Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production ,
marketing and trade ; whereas the Agreement involves Thailand in an undertaking to limit
its exports . of manioc to the Community ;
Whereas the Council has adopted Decision 82 / 496 / EEC ( 2 ) concerning the conclusion of an
Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community
and Indonesia in its capacity as principal GATT supplier ;
Whereas the Council has adopted Decision 82 / 497 / EEC ( 3 ) concerning the conclusion of
an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic
Community and Brazil in its capacity as initial GATT negotiator ;
Whereas the Agreements with Indonesia and Brazil are the result of negotiations conducted
 in accordance with Article XXVIII of GATT with a view to temporarily suspending the
tariff concession made by the Commission in respect of the import of products falling
within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;
Whereas the said Agreements allow the Community to suspend the concession in question ;
 Whereas the Community has undertaken to allow certain quantities of the products concerned
 to be imported under the levy which is fixed at a maximum of 6 % ad valorem vis - a- vis
 GATT Contracting Parties ; whereas , under the most-favoured nation clause , the
 Community must accord equal treatment to all third countries which are not members of
 GATT and which benefit from that clause ;
 Whereas , with effect from 1 January 1983 , the products falling within subheading 07.06 A
 of the Common Customs Tariff are no longer covered by the arrangements provided for in
 the Agreements      for trade with the Community ; whereas transitional measures should there­
  fore be adopted to avoid disturbance of trade in the products in question pending the
  entry into force of the definitive arrangements for 1983 ,
  ( 1 ) 0J N° L 219 , 28.7.1982 ,      52
  ( 2 ) 0J N° L 219 , 28.7.1982 , p. 56
  ( 3 ) 0J N° L 219 , 28.7.1982 , p. 58
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas to enable supplies of the products in question to be obtained in the
 Community from 1 January 1983 , and in particular to take account of the time
 required for^fransport , it is essential that the Commission be able to issue
import licences to importers valid from 1 January 1983 so as to permit observance
of the import arrangements arising from the Agreements ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1
With effect from 1 January 1983 the       import levy       in the Community on
products falling within subheading 07.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff originating
 in Thailand , Indonesia , the other GATT member countries and third countries other
than those referred to above shall be 6 % ad valorem ,    subject to the following
quantitative limits :
- Thailand : quantities flowing from the Cooperation Agreement between the
    European Economic Community and Thailand ;
- Indonesia : 150.000 tonnes ,
- other GATT member countries : 30.000 tonnes ,
- third countries other than those referred to above :     I85 . OOO tonnes .
                                Article 2
 For products originating in the third countries referred to in the second , third
and fourth indents of Article 1 the Commission may issue import licences before
 1 January 1983 provided that their period of validity does not commence until
 1 January 1983 .
                                Article 3
 Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance
 with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation ( EEC ) n° 2727 / 75 .
                                Article 4
 The Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regulation ( EEC ) N° 950 / 68 is hereby amended
 as follows :
 1 . The figure 6 in column 4 against subheadings 07.06 A I and II is replaced
      by the letter ( c );
 2 . the following foodnote ( c ) is added :
     "( c ) Duty rate limited to 6 % subject to certain conditions ."
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                                   Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                         For the Council
                                                            The President