COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1225/93 of 17 May 1993 applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain products originating in countries benefiting from generalized preferences and sold at the Berlin ' Partners in Progress' fair

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1225/93 of 17 May 1993 applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain products originating in countries benefiting from generalized preferences and sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress'  fair
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 fairs are organized in the Community with a view to promoting partnership between economic operators from developing countries and from industrialized countries at commercial, industrial or technological level and improving the access to world  markets of products originating in countries benefiting from generalized preferences;
Whereas, in view of the aims of these fairs, certain steps should be taken in the field of generalized preferences;
Whereas, in accordance with the offer made in the context of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Community opened, originally in 1971, and most recently by Regulations (EEC) No 3831/90 (1) and No 3832/90 (2), as extended  by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (3) and supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93 (4), generalized tariff preferences in particular in respect of finished and semi-finished industrial and textile products originating in countries benefiting from  generalized preferences;
Whereas certain products covered by the system of fixed duty-free amount, ceilings or other tariff measures, being the subject of contracts for sale in the course of these fairs, might not be able to benefit from the preferences if the tariff quotas or  fixed duty-free amounts are used up or the collection of customs duties is re-established for products subject to ceiling limits before the opening date of the abovementioned fairs; whereas it is important, therefore, to provide additional latitude to  countries benefiting from generalized preferences to enable them to benefit from the generalized tariff preferences for products being the subject of contracts for sale at these fairs;
Whereas at this juncture the German Government has submitted a request for supplementary generalized tariff preferences to be applied in respect of certain products originating in countries benefiting from generalized preferences and sold at the Berlin  'Partners in Progress' Fair; whereas, for the abovementioned reasons, additional latitude should be allowed for countries benefiting from generalized preferences to enable them to take advantage of the generalized tariff preferences for products which  were the subject of sales contracts at the 'Partners in Progress' Fair; whereas, however, this latitude should be limited to 6 % of the levels of the tariff measures applicable to each product or group of products under the aforementioned annual  Regulations and this additional latitude should be allowed;
Whereas, without prejudice to the specific provisions of this Regulation, the application of the provisions of the annual Regulations regarding generalized tariff preferences and, in particular, in respect of the beneficiary countries and the concept of  originating products should be applied to the supplementary preferences in question;
Whereas it is appropriate, however, to exclude from the scope of this Regulation certain products originating in given beneficiary countries;
Whereas declarations of release into free circulation submitted with a view to the importation of the products in question should be accompanied by the certificate of origin and the contract concluded at the relevant fair, the latter certified by the  competent authorities of the Member State where it is held;
Whereas the authorities of the Member States must see to it that certification of the contracts concluded at fairs held on their territory does not exceed the authorized supplementary quantities;
Whereas the method of administration adopted requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission,