WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/43
5 June 2003
(03-2915)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 )
for marketing year 2001/2002  was received from the delegation of the European Communities  on
27 May 2003.G/AG/N/EEC/43
Page 2Table MA:5
MARKET ACCESS:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2001/2002
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 2001/2002, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products:
EC schedule CN 2001 lines
0207 12 90 0207 12 90 Chicken carcasses, 65%, frozen
0207 14 10 0207 14 10 Boneless cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , frozen
0207 14 60 0207 14 60 Chicken legs, frozen0207 14 70 0207 14 70 Other chicken cuts, frozen0207 25 10 0207 25 10 Turkey carcasses, 80%, frozen
0207 27 10 0207 27 10 Boneless cuts of turkeys, frozen
0207 36 15 0207 36 15 Boneless cuts of ducks and guinea fowls, frozen1602 32 11 1602 32 11 Preparations uncooked, other than turkey's
1701 11 10 1701 11 10 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
1701 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 molasses1703 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/43
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 2001/2002.  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 2001 lines
0702 00 00 0702 00 00 Tomatoes; 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001
0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers; 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001
0707 00 19}
0709 10 00 0709 10 00 Artichokes; 1 November 2001 - 30 June 2002
0709 90 70 0709 90 70 Courgettes; 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001
0805 10 16} 0805 10 10 Oranges; 1 December 2001 to 31 May 2002
0805 10 26} 0805 10 300805 10 36} 0805 10 50
0805 10 66}
0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines; 1 November 2001 to 28 February 2002
0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including tangerines, 1 November 2001 to 28 February 2002
0805 20 50 satsumas, wilkings and similar citrus 0805 20 70 hybrids;
0805 20 90
0805 30 10 0805 30 10 Lemons; 1 June 2001 to 31 May 20020806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes; 21 July 2001 to 20 November 2001
0806 10 19}
0808 10 91} 0808 10 20 Apples; 1 July 2001 to 30 June 20020808 10 93} 0808 10 500808 10 99} 0808 10 90G/AG/N/EEC/43
Page 4Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
12 3 4
EC schedule CN 2001 lines
0808 20 31} 0808 20 50 Pears; 1 June 2001 to 31 May 2002
0808 20 33}0808 20 35}
0808 20 39}
0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots; 1 June 2001 to 31 July 20010809 20 10} 0809 20 Cherries; 21 May 2001 to 10 August 20010809 20 90}0809 30 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines; 11 June 2001 to 30 September 2001
0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums; 11 June 2001 to 30 September 2001
0809 40 19}
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