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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3610/90 of 11 December 1990 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural, chemical and industrial products ( 1991 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure efficient Community administration of these Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tariff quotas while offering the Member States the oppor Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 tunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary thereof, quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the Whereas production in the Community of certain agricul latter must in particular be to able to monitor the rate at tural, chemical and industrial products will remain in the which the quotas are used up and inform the Member course of 1991 unable to meet the specific requirements States accordingly ; of the user industries in the Community ; whereas, conse quently, Community supplies of products of this type will Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of depend to a considerable extent on imports from third the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg countries ; whereas the most urgent Community require are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux ments for the products in question should be met imme Economic Union, all transactions concerning the admi diately on the most favourable terms ; whereas Commu nistration of the quantities draw by that economic union nity tariff quotas at reduced or at zero duty should there may be carried out by any one of its members, fore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 31 December 1991 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the starting out or development of Community produc tion ; Article 1 Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1991 , the customs the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica duties applicable to imports into the Community of the tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of products listed below shall be suspended at the levels and the products concerned into all Member States until the within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown quotas have been used up ; below :
CN code Amount of Quota duty Order No Description (a) quota (%)
09.2713 Sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 1 8,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (') : ' ex 2008 60 19 — With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight 10 + AGR ex 2008 60 39 — With a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight 1 2 000 tonnes 10
09.2707 ex 2933 90 90 2,2-methylene-bis [4-(l,l,3,3-tetra-methyl-buthyi)-6 (2H-benzo triazol-2-yl)-phenol] 40 tonnes 0
09.2727 ex 3902 90 00 Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a kinetic viscosity of not less than 38 x 10 ~~ 6 m2 s — 1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C measured using the ASTM D 445 method, for the manufacture of lubrica ting oil 4 000 tonnes 0
09.2741 ex 8104 11 00 Unwrought magnesium having a purity of hot less than 99,95 % in the form of ingots, intended for the manufacture of elements used in the nuclear industry (') 1 500 tonnes 0
09.2743 ex 3806 90 00 Extracts of wood rosin, insoluble in aliphatic hydrocarbures, with a content of resin acid not higher than 30 % in weight 1 190 tonnes 0
09.2797 ex 8540 41 00 Magnetrons with a power output of less than 1 000 W, for the manufacture of microwave ovens (') 1 500 000 pieces 0 (a) See Taric codes in the Annex. (') Checks on their prescribed end-use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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2. Within the limits of these tariff quotas the Kingdom for release for free circulation, to the extent that the avai of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs lable balance so permits. duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi sions of the 1985 Act of Accession . If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota Article 2 volume as soon as possible.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed If the quantities requested are greater than the available by the Commission, which may take any appropriate balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allo administrative measures to ensure that they are managed cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall efficiently. inform the Member States of the drawings made.
Article 3 Article 4 Where an importer presents a product covered by this Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member products in question have equal and continuous access to State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arran the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho volume so permits. rities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requi rements from the appropriate quota volume. Article 5
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. without delay. Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chrono Article 6 logical order of the dates on which the customs authori ties of the Member States concerned accepted the entries This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1990 .
For the Council The President V. SACCOMANDI
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ANNEX
Taric codes
Order No CN code Taric code
09.2713 ex 2008 60 19 * 10 ex 2008 60 39 * 10 09.2707 ex 2933 90 90 * 21 09.2727 ex 3902 90 00 * 95 09.2741 ex 8104 11 00 * 30 09.2743 ex 3806 90 00 * 30 09.2797 ex 8540 41 00 • 91