CELEX: 51982PC0152
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-26
Title: Proposal for COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fresh table grapes falling within subheading ex 08.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(82)152 final
                                                  Brussels , 26 March 1982
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                             \V " Proposal for
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
            a Community tariff quota for fresh table grapes falling
            within subheading ex 08.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff
            and originating       in Cyprus ( 1982 )
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 152 final            ι
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 „ Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) 3746 laying down the arrangements
     applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1981 provides
      for the period 8 to 30 June 1982 for the opening of a Community
     tariff quota for the importation into the Community of 2 980
     tonnes of fresh table grapes , originating in Cyprus , falling
     within subheading ex 08»04 A I a ) of the Common Customs Tariffs
     The customs duty applicable within the limits of this quota is
     equal to 40% of the duty actually applied to third countries .
     Accordingly the tariff quota in question has to be opened .
   „ In this case it ^/ the ques
2c In this case it is^the question of a tariff quota of a very
     short period o'"f application   Therefore the whole quota volume
     should be allocated to the Community reserve and there should
     be provided for the possibility of those Member States in
     which fields might arise drawing apprqcriate quantities from
     that reserve ,
3 = This is the subject CT the proposal annexed hereto
                                                                  4
         s  1 proposal for 3 Regulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULAT ION ( EEC ;
              opening , allocating and providing for tirs administration of
              a Community tariff quota for fresh table grapes falling wi­
              thin subheading' ex 08.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff
                                 and originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
 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 Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3746 / 81 of 21 December 1981
 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December
 1981 ( 1 ) provides , for the period 8 to 30 June 1982 , for the opening
 of a Community tariff quota of 2 980 tonnes of fresh table grapes ,
  falling within subheading ex 08.04 A I a ) of the Common Customs
 Tariff and originating in Cyprus , at a rate of customs duty equal
 to 40% of the customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff ;          whereas
 the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for this
 period ;                             .
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
to the abovemcntioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­
cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all
imports of the products concerned into all Member
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
however, since the tariff quota involved is of a rela­
tively low volume and the period of application is very
short, it seems possible to allocate the whole quota
volume to the Community reserve and to provide for -
the possibility of those Member States in which needs
might arise drawing appropriate quantities from that
reserve ; whereas the shares thus drawn from the
reserve must be valid until the end of the quota
 period ; whereas this method of management requires
close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission and the latter must, in particular, be able
to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and
inform the Member States thereof ;
  ( 1 ) 0J No L 374 , 31=12.1981 , p. 4 .
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
 Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy
 of Luxembourg are united within and jointly repre­
 sented by the Benelux Economic Union, any opera­
 tion concerning the administration of the quota shares
 allocated to that economic union may be carried out
 by any of its members,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                         Article 1
 1.     From 8 June to30 June 1982 , the Common
 Customs Tariff duty for fresh table grapes falling within
 subheading ex     08.04 A I a ) 2 of the Common Customs
 Tariff and originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at
7.2% within the limits of a Community tariff quota
 of2 980 tonnes.
 Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall
 apply the customs duties calculated in accordance
 with the relevant provisions of the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an
 Association betweenf the European Economic Community and the Republic
 of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the
 Community ( 1 ).
  The Protocol on the definition of the concept of
  'originating products' and on methods of administra­
  tive cooperation (2), annexed / to the Additional
  Protocol to the Agreement ^Jfe tween the European
   Economic Community anfl^Cyprus, shall be appli­
  cable.                                                                 ,
   2. The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
   graph I shall constitute a reserve.
   3. If the need should arise for the products in ques­
   tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro­
   priate share from the reserve, providing that the size
   of the reserve so permits.
   ( 1 ) OJ No L 174 , 30.6.81 , p. 2
  <J) OJ No L 339, 28. 12. 1977, p. 19.
 ---pagebreak--- 4.    Tiie shsi'es Hrawn purmant te pan gsa j;='; 3 snai !   iriporj: ciwged in accordance with the conditio i set
be vaiid untii    JÙ o une 1?o2 »                            out in paragraph 3 .
                        Arricie 2
                                                                                    Article 3
1.    The Member States shall take all measures neces­
sary to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to      At the request of the Commission, Member States
Article i are opened in such a way that imports may          shall inform it of imports actually charged against
                                                             their shares. •
be charged without interruption against their accumu­
lated shares of the Community quota.
2.    The Member Stp.tes shall ensure that importers                                Article 4
of the products in question established in their terri­      The Memben States and the Commission shall co­
tory have free access to the shares allocated to them.
                                                             operate closely in order to ensure compliance with
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the             this Regulation .
said goods against their shares as and when the goods
are entered with the customs authorities for free circu­
lation .                                                   1                        Article J
4.    The extent to which a Member State has used up         This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 J une
its share shall be determined - on the basis of the          1982 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.                       (
              Done at Brussels,           '
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President