Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 12. 11. 1997 COM(97) 579 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the1 administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. to requests In response the Commission's departments, together with the government experts concerned, considered whether increase and extend autonomous tariff quotas for certain industrial to open, products. from several Member States, Following the discussion, at a meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, it was concluded that the Member States could approve new quotas, increases or extensions to quotas for the products covered by the proposal for a Regulation, without disturbing the markets for such products. Hence the attached proposal for a Regulation. c& Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 191 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/961, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1291/972, the Council opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas Community demand for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions; whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products; Whereas it is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain a Community tariff quota on some of the products covered by the above Regulation, and those products should therefore be removed from the table in Annex I; Whereas in order to take account of amendments to the Combined Nomenclature, some of the Taric codes need to be changed; Whereas in view of the large number of amendments coming into effect on 1 January 1998 it is preferable, for ease of consultation, to have the table in Annex I to the above Regulation replaced by the table in the annex to this Regulation; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended, 1 2 OJ No L > J 5. >I. I2. I9W>. p. I. OJ No L 176. 04 (>7,!l)<)7 p 1 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 (a) For the quota period 1 January-31 December 1997, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is amended as follows: - order number 09. 2867: the amount of the tariff quota is altered to 225 tonnes, - order number 09. 2943: the amount of the tariff quota is altered to 50. 000. 000 units - order number 09. 2944: the amount of the tariff quota is altered to 44. 000. 000 units - order number 09. 2948: the amount of the tariff quota is altered to 28. 000. 000 units. (b) For the quota period 1 July-31 December 1997, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is amended as follows: - order number 09. 2956: the amount of the tariff quota is altered to 67. 000 units. Article 2 The table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is replaced by the table annexed to this Regulation. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 1(a) shall apply with effect from 1. January 1997, Article 1(b) with effect from 1 July 1997 and Article 2 with effect from 1 January 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President ANNEX CN code TARIC code Description Order No 09. 2701 ex 0301 92 00 ex 0302 66 00 ex 0303 76 00 09. 2701 ex 0301 92 00 ex 0302 66 00 ex 0303 76 00 10 10 10 10 10 10 09. 2703 ex 2825 30 00 10 09. 2711 09. 2713 7202 41 10 7202 41 91 7202 41 99 ex 2008 60 19 10 ex 2008 60 39 11/19 09. 2719 ex 2008 60 19 I ex 2008 60 39 09. 2727 ex 3902 90 90 09. 2729 ex 0811 90 95 09. 2799 ex 7202 49 90 09. 2S09 ex 3802 90 00 09. 2811 09. 2829 ex 2902 90 80 ex 3824 90 95 09. 2837 09 2841 ex 2903 49 80 ex 2712 90 99 09 2849 ex 0710 80 69 20 20 93 10 10 10 20 19 10 10 10 09 2851 ex 2907 1 2 CO 10 09 2853 ex :^'3Q PQ 70 for use Eels {Anguilla spp. ) live, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing by curing or skinning entreprises or in the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading No 1604 (a) Eels (Anguilla spp. ) live, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing by curing or skinning entreprises or for use in the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading No 1604 (a) Vanadium oxides and hydroxides, not in the form of powder, only for the production of alloys(a) Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 % of carbon Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (a): - with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight - with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (a): - with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight - with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight a poly-alpha-olefin Synthetic viscosity of not less than 38 x 10 '6 m2 s '1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C, measured using the ASTM D 445 method having for the Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar, for the processing industry(a) Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more but not more than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than 70 % by weight of chromium Acid-activated montmorillonite manufacture of self-copy paper (a) 4-Benzylbiphenyl Solid extract of the residual insoluble in the aliphatic solvents obtained during extraction of resin from wood, having the following characteristics : - a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by weight - an acid number not exceeding 110, and - melting point of not less than 100 °C Bromochloromethane Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or more of 1-alkenes of a chain- length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms Mushrooms of cooked polylncha (uncooked steaming or boiling), for manufacture of prepared meals (a)(b) o-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by weiaht Glutathione the species Auriculaha by the or frozen, Amount of quota 4. 000 tonnes Quota duty (%) 0 Quota period 1. 7 97-30. 6,98 2. 000 tonnes 0 1. 7. 98-31. 12. 98 13. 000 tonnes 765. 000 tonnes 0 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 2. 000 tonnes 1. 1. -31. 12. 10(1) 10 2. 000 tonnes 1. 1. -31 12. 10(1) 10 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 7. 500 tonnes 1. 500 tonnes 12 1. 1. -31. 12. 24. 000 tonnes 10. 000 tonnes 300 tonnes 1. 600 tonnes 700 tonnes 8. 000 tonnes 700 tonnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 98 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31 12. 1 1 -31 12 13 000 tonnes 15 tonnes 7 1 1 -31 12 1 1 -31 12 09. 2859 ex 2909 49 90 09. 2867 ex 3207 40 80 09. 2881 09. 2887 09. 2889 09. 2913 09. 2914 ex 3901 90 90 ex 2905 50 10 3805 10 90 ex 2401 10 41 ex 2401 10 49 ex 2401 10 50 ex 2401 10 70 ex 2401 10 90 ex 2401 20 41 ex 2401 20 49 ex 2401 20 50 ex 2401 20 70 ex 2401 20 90 ex 3824 90 95 10 10 92 10 - 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 26 09. 2915 ex 3824 90 95 27 09. 2917 09. 2918 09. 2919 2930 90 14 ex 2910 90 00 ex 8708 29 90 09. 2920 ex 5502 00 80 09. 2933 09. 2934 ex 2903 69 90 ex 3818 00 10 09. 2935 3806 10 10 09. 2935 3806 10 10 - 50 10 10 30 30 - - 09. 2936 ex 3815 90 90 45 09. 2937 ex 3818 00 10 40 09. 2939 ex 8543 89 95 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. ' 1. 1. -30. 6. 1. 7. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. (p- 2,2'-lsopropylidene-bis phenyleneoxy)diethanol, in solid form Glass granulate, containing by weight : - 73 % or more but not more than 77 % of silicon dioxide, -12 % or more but not more than 18 % of dibroron trioxide and - 4 % or more but not more than 8 % of polyethylene glycol Chlorosulphonated polyethylene 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol Sulphate turpentine Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than ECU 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of products falling within subheading 2402 10 00 (a) 1. 300 tonnes 250 tonnes 6. 000 tonnes 350 tonnes 20. 000 tonnes 6. 000 tonnes 38. 000 tonnes 60 tonnes 600 tonnes 500 tonnes 2. 600 units 350 tonnes 2. 600 tonnes 3. 500. 000 units 50. 000 tonnes 50. 000 tonnes 200 tonnes 800. 000 units 70. 000. 000 units in for use Aqueous solution containing by weight not less than 40 % of dry betaine-extract and 5 % or more but not more than 30 % by weight of organic or inorganic salts Silicon dioxide having a purity of 99 % or more by weight, in the form of spherical particles dispersed in monoethylene glycol Cystine 1,2-Epoxybutan Foldings bellows for the manufacture of articulated buses(a) Cellulose acetate tow made up of 30. 000 filaments, measuring 2,4 decitex per filament 1,3-Dichlorobenzene Doped silicon slices, the manufacture of solar cells falling within subheading 8541 40 91 (a) Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins Catalyst, in the form of powder, consisting of mixed vanadium and phosphorus oxides, containing by weight not more than 0,5% of one of the following elements: lithium, potassium, sodium, cadmium or zinc, for use in the manufacture of maleic anhydride from butane (a) Doped silicon wafers having a diameter of 200 mm (±0,25 mm), for use in the manufacture of products falling within heading No 8542 (a) Voltage controlled oscillator (\/CO), other than temperature compensated oscillators, consisting of active and passive elements mounted on a printed circuit, contained in a housing bearing: - an identification marking consisting of or including one of the following alphanumeric combinations: 1012TDK, 1019TDK, EK304, MQC403, MQC404, MQE001, MQE041, MQE042 MQE051, MQE201, MQE411, MQE501, URAE8X960A, URAE8X956A, URAB8, VD2S40, VD2S41, VD5S07 - or other identification markings relating to devices complying with the abovementioned description c 09. 2941 ex 8471 70 53 60 09. 2942 ex 2917 19 90 09. 2943 ex 8531 20 80 40 10 09. 2944 ex 9013 80 30 10 09. 2945 09. 2947 ex 2940 00 90 ex 3904 69 90 10 95 09. 2948 ex 8529 90 40 10 09. 2949 ex 8543 89 95 44 09. 2950 ex 2905 50 10 20 09. 2951 ex 3302 90 90 10 09. 2953 ex 8529 90 40 20 09. 2954 09. 2955 09. 2956 ex 2926 90 99 ex 2932 19 00 ex 3818 00 10 55 60 60 09. 2957 ex 8507 90 98 10 09. 2958 ex 8540 1119 91 25. 000. 000 units 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 000 tonnes 20. 000. 000 units 30. 000. 000 units 1. 500 tonnes 900 tonnes 70. 000. 000 units 6,500. 000 units 4. 000 tonnes 3. 000 tonnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 11. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1,-31. 12. 20. 000. 000 units 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 100 tonnes 200 tonnes 150. 000 units 0 0 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 1. -31. 12. 35. 000. 000 units 0 1. 1. -30. 6. 98 20. 000 units 0 1. 1. -31. 12. compensating Hard disk storage unit, excluding units using disks in removable incorporated cartridges, of the 2,5, 3,5 or 5,25 inch type, with a total storage capacity, formatted, not exceeding 18 gigabytes, for use in the manufacture of products falling within heading No 8471 (a) (c) Dodecanadioic acid of a purity by weight of more than 98,5 % Liquid crystal display (LCD), other than with an active matrix, comprising electronic components, other than products with one or more of the following characteristics: - comprising one or more monolithic integrated circuits mounted on the glass ("chip on glass" technology") - having 256. 000 pixels or more Coloured liquid crystal display, other than with an active matrix, consisting of a layer of liquid crystals between two plates or sheets of glass D-Xylose Polyflurene of vinylidene, in powder form, for the preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal (a) Keypads, comprising a layer of silicone and polycarbonate keytops, for the manufacture of mobile radio-telephones of subheading 8525 20 91 (a) Temperature oscillator, comprising a printed circuit on which are mounted at least a piezo-electric crystal and an adjustable capacitor, contained in a housing bearing: - an identification marking consisting of or including one of the following alphanumeric combinations: 3211A-ANF50, 5111B-ANL51, TCXO-111, TXO2603 - or other identification markings relating to devices complying with the abovementioned description 2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts of subheading 4002 99 90(a) Crude mixture of geranoil and nerol containing by weight: -55 (± 5) % geranoil, -34 (± 3 ) % nerol and - 7 (± 3) % hydrocarbons Keypad wholly of silicone or wholly of polycarbonate, including printed keys, for the manufacture of mobile radio-telephones of subheading 8525 20 91 (a) 3-[Trifluoromethyl] phenylacetonitrile Flurtamone (ISO) High temperature hydrogen-treated (so- called "hydrogen annealed") doped silicon wafer, with a diameter of 150 mm (±0,5 mm), for the manufacture of products falling wihtin heading No 8542 (a) Stamped cylindrical can, in non-alloy steel, post-nickel-plated, for an accumulator, of a diameter of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 17 mm, and of a height of 27 mm or more but not exceeding 70 mm Colour cathode-ray tube equipped with electron guns placed side by side (in-line technology), with a diagonal measurement of the screen of 89 cm or more "V 09. 2959 ex 4804 41 91 ex 4804 41 99 ex 4804 51 90 10 10 10 09. 2961 ex 5402 43 00 20 09. 2962 ex 8529 10 70 09. 2963 ex 8533 21 00 70 31 Kraft paper and paperboard, weighing more than 150 g/m2, only consisting of unbleached virgin fibres obtained by the for chemical the sulphate process, manufacture of products falling within heading 3921 (a): Synthetic bicomponent filament yarn, not textured, untwisted, measuring 1. 650 decitex, consisting of 110 filaments each having a core of polyethylene terephthalate and a skin of polyamide-6, containing by weight 75 % or more but not exceeding 77 % of polyethylene terephthalate, for use in the manufacture of roofings(a) Surface acoustic wave filter for a transmit centre frequency of 902,5 MHz and a receive centre frequecy of 947,5 MHz Fixed thick film resistor, with a resistance of 10 Ohm or more but not exceeding 2,2 MOhm, a dissipation rate not exceeding 0,063 W, contained in a housing of the SMD (Surface mounted device) type the exterior dimensions of which do not exceed 0,4 « 0,55 * 1,1 mm 30. 000 tonnes 0 1. 1. -31. 12. 1. 500 tonnes 0 1. 1. -30. 6. 98 125. 000 units 300. 000. 000 units 0 0 1. 1. -30. 6. 98 1. 1. -31. 12. (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. (b) However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings. (c) However, the tariff quota is not allowed where the processing is solely limited to the labeling, cleaning or testing. (1) The specific additional duty is applicable. <f FINANCIAL STATEMENT Budget heading concerned: Chapter 12, Article 120 Legal basis: Article 28 of the Treaty Title of tariff measure: Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing the administration of autonomous for Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products. Qbiective: To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on favourable terms. Method of calculation: A. Effective in 1997: Product description Variation in quota volume (Units/tonnes) Variation in estimated price (ECU/Unit) Variation in normal duty (%) Variation in quota duty (%) Glass granulate + 7 5t 0 0 09. 2867 (initial volume: 150 t) (initial price: 6. 246) (initial duty: 3,7) LCD + 10. 000. 000 u 0 0 0 0 Expected variation in the loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period (in ECU) + 17. 332 09. 2943 (initial volume: 40. 000. 000 u) (initial price: (initial duty: + 2. 520. 000 LCD + 4. 000. 000 u 09. 2944 (initial volume: 40. 000. 000 ii) 6) 0 4,2) 0. 0 (initial juice: (initial duty: + 299. 000 Keypads + 20. 000. 000 u 0 1,15) 6,5) 0 09 29-4K (initial volume: X. 000. 000 u) (initial price: (initial duty: ] )0pcd SlllCOIl water + 7. 000 u 2,9) 0 4,7) 0 0 0 + 1. 334. 000 , ••'> 2"_M> (initial volume: 60. 000 ul (initial price: •10,S) (initial duty: 6,9) f- 19. 706 Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: I IX I' 4. 190. 038. B. Effective from 1998: Note: this table lists only products from the annex to the Regulation which have a financial incidence. Product description Variation in quota volume (Units/tonnes) Variation in estimated price (ECU/Unit) Variation in normal duty (%) (CCT 1998) Variation in quota duty (%) Expected variation in the loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period (in ECU) - 820. 928 - 639. 600 -284. 440 - 180. 570 + 5. 777 - 7 0. 3 30 - 151. 012 + 209. 500 Butyral - 2. 000 t 0 0 09. 2791 (initial volume: 2. 000 t) (initial price: 4. 064) (initial duty: 10,1) Magnetrons - 650. 000. u 0 0 09. 2797 (initial volume: 650. 000 u) (initial price: 24) (initial duty: 4,1) Butanone - 750 t 0 0 09. 2845 (initial volume: (7 5 0 t) (initial price: 6. 117) ( initial duty: 6,2) Butanone - 750 I 0 0 09. 2S47 (initial volume: 750 1) (initial price: 3. 704) (initial duty: 6,5) Glass granulate + 25 I 0 0 09. 2867 (initial volume: 225 1) (initial price: 6. 246) (initial duly: 3,7) 2' - Anilino - 36 I 0 0 09. 2892 (initial volume: 36 t) (initial price: 26. 400) (initial duty: 7,4) Fell tips - 200. 000. 000 ii 0 0 09 2894 (initial volume: 200. 000. 000 u) (initial price: 0. 019S7) (initial duty: 3,8) Doped silicon + 2. 200. 000 u 0 0 09. 2934 Calalvst 09 2"3o (initial volume: 1. 300. 000 u) f 40 t (initial puce: (initial duly: 3. 5) • \ >) 0 0 (initial volume: l o o t) (initial pi ice: 22. 000') (initial duly: 0. 5 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /o vco + 37. 200. 000 u 0 0 0 09. 2939 (initial volume: (initial price: 1,9) (initial duty: 4,4) 32. 800. 000) Terephthalate - 300 t 0 0 09. 2940 (initial volume: 300 t) (initial price: 7. 500) (initial duty: 11,1) LCD - 30. 000. 000 u ' 0 0 09. 2943 (initial volume: 50. 000. 000 u) (initial price: 6) (initial duty: 2,1) LCD - 14. 000. 000 u 0 0 09. 2944 Xylose 09. 2945 (initial volume: 44. 000. 000 u) (initial price: 1,15) (initial duty: 3,3) - 750 t 0 0 (initial volume: 2. 250 t) (initial price: 2. 100) (initial duty: 14,6) Doped silicon - 30. 000 u 0 0 09. 2946 (initial volume: 30. 000 u) (initial price: 40,8) (initial duty: 6,9) Keypad + 62. 000. 000 u 0 0 09. 2948 (initial volume: 8. 000. 000 u) (initial price: 2,9) (initial duty: 3,8) Chloroethanol + 2. 5001 0 0 09. 2950 (initial volume: 1. 500 t) (initial price: 733) (initial duty: 6) Geranoil/nerol + 1. 500 t 0 0 09. 2951 (initial volume: 1. 500 t) (initial price: 3. 000) (initial duly: 2,1) Cellulose fibre - 11. 1201 0 0 09. 2952 (initial volume: 11. 1201) (initial price: 2. 900) (initial duty: 6,8) Keypad + 15. 200. 000 u 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (initial dutv: 3) 0 + 3. 109. 920 -249. 750 - 3. 780. 000 -531. 300 -229. 950 -84. 456 + 6. 832. 400 + 109. 950 + 94. 500 - 1. 225. 424 09. 2953 (initial volume: 4. 800. 000 u) (initial price: 0,66) (initial duty: 3,8) + 381. 216 // TAN 09. 2954 + 52t 0 0 (initial volume: 48 t) (initial price: 15. 625) (initial duty: 10,4) Flurtamonc + 100 I 0 0 09. 2955 (initial volume: 10()t) (initial price: 25. 000) (initial duty: 6,8) Silicon wafer + 90. 000 u 0 0 09. 2956 (initial volume: 60. 000 u) (initial price: 40,8) (initial duty: 3,5) Can + 10. 000. 000 u 0 0 09. 2957 (initial volume: 25. 000. 000 u) (initial price: 0,05) (initial duty: 3,3) CRT + 14. 000 u 0 0 09. 2958 (initial volume: 6. 000 u) (initial price: 500) (initial duty: 14,2) Filaments + 850t 0 0 09. 2961 (initial volume:. 6 5 0D (initial price: 1. 900) (initial duty: 7) SAW Filter 125. 000ii -> 4,3 09. 2962 Resistor j 300. 000. 000 u 0,0039 1,9 09. 2963 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 84. 500 + 170. 000 + 128. 520 + 16. 500 + 994. 000 + 113. 050 + 16. 125 + 22. 230 Total loss of revenue in relation to the previous quota period: + ECU 4. 157. 628. Anti-fraud measures: Provisions on the management of tariff quotas include the measures needed to prexent and protect against frauds and irregularities. lâ. ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 579 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 10 02 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-595-EN-C ISBN 92-78-26934-4 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg /z