WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/EEC/10
2April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1313)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning theuseofspecial safeguard provisions (Table MA:5)
for1996/97 wasreceived from thedelegation oftheEuropean Communities on26March 1998.G/AG/N/EEC/10
Page2Table MA:5
MARKET ACCESS: European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing year1996/97
Annual summary ofspecial safeguard actions taken
Tariff itemnumber Description ofproduct Whether volume-based action
taken during periodWhether price-based action taken during
period
1 2 3 4
Inmarketing-year 1996/97, theprice-based special safeguard hasbeenmade operational forthefollowing products:
EC-12 schedule HS1996 lines
0207 4110 0207 1410 Boneless cutsoffowls ofthespecies gallus domesticus ,frozen
0207 3931 0207 2710 Boneless cutsofturkey
1602 3120 1602 3211 Preparations uncooked, other thanturkey 's
1602 3911 1602 3921
1701 1110 1701 1110 Cane orbeetsugar andchamically puresucrose, insolid form
1701 1190 1701 1190
1701 1210 1701 1210
1701 1290 1701 1290
1701 9100 1701 9100
1701 9950 1701 9910
1701 9950 1701 9990
1702 9000 1702 9099 Other sugar
1703 1000 1703 1000 Cane molasses
1703 9000 1703 9000 Other molasses
Anadditional import dutymaybeimposed iftheimport prices forabove mentioned products fallbelow thetrigger prices, which havebeennotified tothe
WTO (G/AG/N/EEC/2). Rules forimplementing thesystem ofadditional import duties andfixing additional import duties inthepoultry meatsector are
laiddown inCommission Regulations 1484/95, 2353/96 and1099/97. Implementing rulesinthesugar sector arelaiddown inCommission regulation 1423/95,
while implementing rules forapplication ofadditional import duties formolasses arelaiddown inCommission Regulation 1422/95.G/AG/N/EEC/10
Page3Tariff itemnumber Description ofproduct Whether volume-based action
taken during periodWhether price-based action taken during
period
1 2 3 4
Thevolume-based special safeguard action hasnotbeen invoked in1996/97. However, thesystem hasbeenmade operational forsome products in
thefruitandvegetables sector (Commission Regulation 1557/96). Itconcerned thefollowing products:
EC-12 schedule HS1996 lines
0702 0010} 0702 0035 Tomatoes; 1September 1996 to31December 1996
0702 0090} 0702 0040
0702 0045
0702 0050
0707 0011} 0707 0025 Cucumbers; 1September 1996 to31October 1996
0707 0019} 0707 0030
0805 1016} 0805 1001 Oranges; 1December 1996 to31May1997
0805 1026} 0805 1005
0805 1036} 0805 1009
0805 1066} 0805 1011
0805 1015
0805 1019
0805 1021
0805 1025
0805 1029
0805 1031
0805 1033
0805 1035
0805 1061
0805 1065
0805 1069
0805 2042 0805 2011 Clementines; 1November 1996 toendFebruary 1997
0805 2049 0805 2013G/AG/N/EEC/10
Page4Tariff itemnumber Description ofproduct Whether volume-based action
taken during periodWhether price-based action taken during
period
1 2 3 4
0805 2049 0805 2015 Mandarines, including tangerines, satsumas, wilkings andsimilar citrus hybrids;
0805 2049 0805 2017 1November 1996 toendFebruary 1997
0805 2049 0805 2019
0805 2042 0805 2031
0805 2049 0805 2033
0805 2049 0805 2035
0805 2049 0805 2037
0805 2049 0805 2039
0805 3010} 0805 3020 Lemons; 1September 1996 to31May1997
0805 3030
0805 3040
0808 1091} 0808 1051 Apples; 1September 1996 to30June1997
0808 1093} 0808 1053
0808 1099} 0808 1059
0808 1061
0808 1063
0808 1069
0808 1092
0808 1094
0808 1098
0808 2031} 0808 2031 Pears; 1September 1996 to30April 1997
0808 2033} 0808 2037
0808 2035} 0808 2057
0808 2039} 0808 2067
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