G/AG/N/EU/86  
 
28 July  2023 
(23-5147) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  28 July  2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the European Union . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table  MA:5 ) during the  Marketing Year  2022/2023 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:5  
MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD : MARKETING YEAR FROM 01-07-2022 TO 30 -06-2023 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken  
Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action 
taken during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
02071410  Boneless cuts of fowl of the species     
 In marketing year 2022/2023, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.   
Note:  An additional import duty may be imposed in the poultry and eggs sectors 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 poultry meat and 
eggs sectors are laid down in Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regu lation (EC) 1484/95.   
 
 The nomenclatures in column 1 "Tariff item number(s)" correspond to the CN 2022 – CN 2023 lines. The description of products in column 2 is a summary and 
elementary description of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.  
 
  
  
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The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2022/2023.  
However, the system has been made operational at the level of calculation of figures for the trigger volumes for some prod ucts in the fruit and vegetables sector through 
Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/2140 and (EU) 2022/1960. It concerned the following products:  
CN 2022 lines – CN 2023 lines  Code description1  
0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023 
1 June 2023 to 31 May 202 4 
0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 May 2022 to 30 April 2023  
1 May 2023 to 30 April 202 4 
0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2022 to 30 June 2023  
0709 93 10  Courgettes  1 January 2022  to 31 December 2022  
1 January 2023  to 31 December 2023  
0805 10 22  
0805 10 24  
0805 10 28  Oranges  1 December 2022  to 31 May 2023  
0805 22 00  Clementines  1 November 2022  to end of February 2023  
0805 21  
0805 29 00  Mandarins  
(including tangerines, satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids  1 November 2022  to end of February 2023  
0805 50 10  Lemons  1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022  
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023  
0806 10 10  Table grapes  16 July 2022  to 16 November 2022  
0808 10 80  Apples  1 January 2022  to 31 December 2022  
1 January 2023  to 31 December 2023  
0808 30 90  Pears  1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022  
1 January 2023  to 30 April 2023  
0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June 2022  to 31 July 2022  
1 June 2023  to 31 July 2023  
0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  16 May 2022  to 15 August 2022  
16 May 2023  to 15 August 2023   
0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  16 June 2022  to 30 September 2022  
16 June 2023  to 30 September 2023  
0809 40 05  Plums  16 June 2022  to 30 September 2022  
16 June 2023  to 30 September 2023  
(1) This is a summary and elementary description of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate descriptio n. 
 
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