CELEX: 51989PC0030
Language: en
Date: 1989-02-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community quota for onions, fresh or chilled, originating in Egypt (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM ( 89 ) 30  final
                                                   Brussels , 7  February 1989
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Community
   quota for onions , fresh or chilled , originating in Egypt ( 1989 )
                   ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLAÏATORY MEMORANDUM
  ;• The additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement EEC/Egypt provides
      in Article 1 for the period 1 February to 15 May for a Community tariff
     quota to oe opened for the importation into the Community of 10 100
      tons of onions falling within CN codes ex 0703 10 11 and ex 0703 10 19
      originating in Egypt .
     Within this tariff quota the customs duty is to be abolished
     orogressiveiy over the same periods and in accordance with the same
     tirretabj.es as those laid dcwn in /articles 75 and 268 of the Act of
     Accession .
     Council Regulation Mo 2573 /37 of 11 August 1987 laying down the
     arrangements for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and
     Egypt on the other lays down that those two Member States will postpone
     implementation of the preferential arrangements for the products in
     question until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively.
     Consequently , the above tariff quota applies only to the Ccrrmunity as
     constituted on 31 December 1985 .
2 . Having regard to the fact that Egypt benefits in the period 1 February
     to 30 April from a customs duty less than that in Spain and Ftortugal ,
     this tariff quota should ire opened for the period 1 to 15 May . To take
     into account me seasonal nature of the imports of these products , the
     volume of the said quota should be fixed to the level of the traditional
     imports in this period , that is to say 5.532 tons ;
3' Consequently , the entire volume of the qouta is to be used to build
     up a Community reserve .
     As regards the method of administration to be applied by all the
     Member States , the Commission proposes the "as and when " system .
4 . This is cite rx.n.>ose of the attached proposal .
AhtEX : Proposal for a ?j&yu ration
 ---pagebreak---                                                        Proposal for a
                                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                   opening *nd providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                                 onions, fresh or chilled, originating in Egypt ( 1989 )
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          December 1990 respectively ; whereas, consequently, the
                                                                     above tariff quotas apply only to the Community as
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
   Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
  thereof,                                                           Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all
                                                                     Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
                                                                     of the rates laid down for this quota to all imports of the
  Whereas Article 1     of the Additional Protocol to the            products concerned into all Member States until the quota
  Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic                has been used up ; whereas, in the present case, it seems
  Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt ( ') provides,            advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member
  for the period 1 February to 15 May, for a Community               States without prejudice to the drawing against the quota
  tariff quota to be opened for the importation into the             volume of such quantities as they may need, under the
  Community of 10 000 tonnes of onions, fresh or chilled,            conditions and according to the procedure specified in
  falling within CN codes ex 0703 10 1 1 and ex 0703 10 19           Article 1 (2) ;
 and originating in Egypt ; whereas, within the limits of
 this tariff quota, the customs duty shall progressively be
 abolished over the same periods and in accordance with
 the same timetables as those laid down in Articles 75 and
 268 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ;
 whereas, for 1989, the quota duty shall be equal to63,6 %          Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
 of the duty applicable ;                                           the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
                                                                    are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
Whereas, to take into account the fact that Egypt benefits          Economic Union, all transactions concerning the
in the period 1 February to 30 April from a customs duty            administration of shares allocated to that economic union
 less than that in Spain and Portugal, this tariff quota            may be carried out by any of its members,
should be opened for the period 1 to 1 5 May ; whereas,
taking into account the seasonal nature of the imports of
these products, the volume of this quota should be fixed
at the level of the traditional average imports in this             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
period, that is to say 5.532 tonnes ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 1 1                                           Article 1
August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade
between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria,             1 . Fr$e1 customs % applicable to imports into the
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on the                   Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of the
other (2) lays down that two Member States will postpone            following products, originating in Egypt, shall be
implementation of the preferential arrangements for the             suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of a
products in question until 31 December 1989 and 31                  Community tariff quota as shown below :
                                                                                                    Amount
                                                                                                                   Quota duty
    Order No       CN code                              Description                                 of quota          (%)
                                                                                                  (in tonnes)
                               Onions, fresh or chilled :
09.1703         ex 0703 10 11  Seed
                                                                                                    5 532              7,6
                ex 0703 10 19  Other
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                            Article 2                                                          Article 4
 The ta 'lit quota referred to in Article 1 shall be                  1.   Member States shail take all appropriate measures to
 administered bv the Commission , which may take anv                 ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable
 appropriate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient            imports to be charged without interruption against their
 administration thereof.                                             accumulated shares of the Community quota .
                                                                     2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of
                            A -tir!: 3                                the products concerned have free access to the quota for
                                                                     such times as the balance of the tariff quota so permits .
  It an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of
 entry into free circulation including a request for                 3.    Member States shall charge imports of the said
 preferential benefit for a product covered by this                   products against their drawings as and when the goods are
 Regulation , and if this declaration is accepted by the             entered with the customs authorities under cover of
 customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall
                                                                     declarations of entry into free circulation .
 draw, from the tariff quota, by means of notification to
 the Commission , a quantity corresponding to these needs..          4. The extent to which the quota has been used up
                                                                     shall be determined or, the basis of the imports charged
 The reauests for drawing, with the indication of the date           in accordance with paragraph 3 .
 of acceptance of the said declaration, must be
 communicated to the Commission without delay .
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 The drawings are granted bv the Commission on the basis
 of the date or acceptance of the declaration of entry into
 free circulation bv the customs authorities of the Member           At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
 State concerned , to the extent that the available balance           inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
 so permits .
 If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn , it                                     Artide 6
 shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota .
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
If the cuar.titie.- requested are greater than the available        publication in the Official Journal of the European
balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a          Communities.
pro rat.t basis with respect to the requests. Member States
shali be informed by the Commission in accordance with              It shall apply from 1 |^y 1989.
the same procedures.
                                                                                                                                . Ч
                                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable m all Member
                                    States.
                                    Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---  FICHE FINANCIERE
 1.    Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
 2.    Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
 3.    Intitulé de la iresure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du Conseil
      portant ouverture et mode de gestion d' un contingent tarifaire
      coiimunautaire d' oignons à l' état frais ou réfrigéré , originaires
      d' Egypte ( 1989 ).
 4.   Objectif : Exécution d' une obligation contractuelle ( Accord
      CEE,/ Egypte )
 5.   Mode de calcul      :
      -   Code de    la N.C. ex 0703 10 11 et ex 0703 10 19
      -   Volute du contingent : 5.532 tonnes
      -   Droit à appliquer : 7,6 %
      -   Droit du T. D.C.    : 12 %
          Prix 0 par tonne : 276 Ecus / t
6.    Perte de recettes     :
      ( La perte de recettes à inscrire pour l' année 1989 s' élevée à
     67 . 180 écus .
     En 1988 une oerte de 40 . 116 ECU a été inscrite .
0701 63 ( EG ) 2.271.000 = 276 BCU/ t
                     8.216
976 x 5.532 - 1.526.332 x 4 , 4 % = 67.180 ECU
                                                                              .0
 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L ' EMPLOI
Oit. ta proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté . L' impact découlant de œtte concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' emploi dans la
Communauté •