G/AG/N/EU/70  
 
23 July  2021 
(21-5795) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  23 July  2021, 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  2020/2021 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD : MARKETING YEAR FROM 01-07-2020 TO 30 -06-2021 
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 acti on taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
02071290  Chicken carcasses, 65%, frozen     
 In marketing year 2020/2021, the price -based special 
safeguard system has been made operational for this product.   
02071410  Boneless cuts of fowl of the species     
 In marketing year 2020/2021, the price -based special 
safeguard system has been made operational for this product.   
02072710  Boneless turkey cuts, frozen     
 In marketing year 2020/2021, the price -based special 
safeguard system has been made operational for this product.   
16023211  Preparations of uncooked fowl of 
the species     
 In marketing year 2020/2021, 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 fixi ng 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)" cor respond to the CN 2020 – CN 2021 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 2020/2021.  
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  Commission Implementing Regulations (EU)  2019/2163 and (EU) 2020/1733. It concerned the following products:   
CN 2020 lines – CN 2021 lines  Code description1  
0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021  
1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022  
0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021  
1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022  
0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2020 to 30 June 2021  
0709 93 10  Courgettes  1 January 20 20 to 31 December 2020  
1 January 20 21 to 31 December 2021  
0805 10 22  
0805 10 24  
0805 10 28  Oranges  1 December 20 20 to 31 May 2021  
0805 22 00  Clementines  1 November 20 20 to end of February 2021  
0805 21  
0805 29 00  Mandarins  
(including tangerines, satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids  1 November 20 20 to end of February 2021  
0805 50 10  Lemons  1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020  
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021  
0806 10 10  Table grapes  16 July 20 20 to 16 November 20 20 
0808 10 80  Apples  1 January 20 20 to 31 December 20 20 
1 January 20 21 to 31 December 20 21 
0808 30 90  Pears  1 July 2020 to 31 December 20 20 
1 January 20 21 to 31 April 2021  
0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June 20 20 to 31 July 20 20 
1 June 20 21 to 31 July 20 21 
0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  16 May 20 20 to 15 August 20 20 
16 May 20 21 to 15 August 20 21  
0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  16 June 20 20 to 30 September 20 20 
16 June 20 21 to 30 September 20 21 
0809 40 05  Plums  16 June 20 20 to 30 September 20 20 
16 June 20 21 to 30 September 20 21 
(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 description.  
 
 
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