WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/24
29 May 2000
(00-2169)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 )
for marketing year 1998/1999  was received from the delegation of the European Communities  on
25 May 2000.G/AG/N/EEC/24
Page 2Table MA:5
MARKET ACCESS:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  marketing year 1998/99
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
12 3 4
In marketing year 1998/99, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products:
EC schedule CN 1998 lines
0207 14 10 0207 14 10 Boneless cuts of fowls of the species gallus domesticus , frozen
1602 32 11 1602 32 11 Preparations uncooked, other than turkey's1602 39 21 1602 39 211701 11 10 1701 11 10 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form1701 11 90 1701 11 90
1701 12 10 1701 12 10
1701 12 90 1701 12 901701 91 00 1701 91 001701 99 50} 1701 99 10
1701 99 90
1702 90 90 1702 90 99 Other sugar
1703 10 00 1703 10 00 Cane molasses
1703 90 00 1703 90 00 Other molasses
An additional import duty may be imposed if the import prices for above-mentioned products fall below the trigger prices, which  have been notified to the WTO
(G/AG/N/EEC/2).  Rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poult ry meat sector are laid down in
Commission Regulations 1484/95, 2353/96 and 1099/97.  Implementing rules in the sugar sector are laid down in Commission regula tion 1423/95, while implementing
rules for application of additional import duties for mo lasses are laid down in Commission Regulation 1422/95.G/AG/N/EEC/24
Page 3Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
12 3 4
The volume-based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 1998/99.  However, the system has been made operational for some products in the fruit and
vegetables sector (Commission Regulation 2623/98).  It concerned the following products:
EC schedule CN 1998 lines
0702 00 00 0702 00 00 Tomatoes; 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1998
0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers; 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1998
0707 00 19}
0709 10 00 0709 10 00 Artichokes; 1 November 1998 - 30 June 1999
0709 90 70 0709 90 70 Courgettes; 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1998
0805 10 16} 0805 10 10 Oranges; 1 December 1998 to 31 May 19990805 10 26} 0805 10 300805 10 36} 0805 10 500805 10 66}
0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines; 1 November 1998 to 28 February 1999
0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including tangerines, satsumas, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids;
0805 20 50 1 November 1998 to end February 19990805 20 700805 20 90
0805 30 10 0805 30 10 Lemons; 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999
0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes; 21 July 1998 to 20 November 1999
0806 10 19}
0808 10 91} 0808 10 20 Apples; 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999
0808 10 93}0808 10 99}G/AG/N/EEC/24
Page 4Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
12 3 4
0808 20 31} 0808 20 50 Pears; 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999
0808 20 33}0808 20 35}0808 20 39}
0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots; 1 June 1998 to 31 July 1998
0809 20 10} 0809 20 Cherries; 21 May 1998 to 10 August 19980809 20 90}0809 30 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines; 11 June 1998 to 30 September 19980809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums; 11 June 1998 to 30 September 1998
0809 40 19}
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