G/AG/N/EU/36  
 
20 March  2017 
(17-1504) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 10 March 2017, 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 ) for the marketing  year 2015/2016. 
 
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD:  MARKETING YEAR 2015/ 2016 
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 dur ing period  
1 2 3 4 
In marketing year 2015/2016 , the price -based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products:  
EU schedule1 CN 2015  lines Code description2 
0207 12 10  0207 12 10  Chicken carcasses , 70%, frozen  
0207 12 90  0207 12 90  Chicken carcasses, 65 %, frozen  
0207 14 10  0207 14 10  Boneless cuts of fowl of the species " Gallus  domesticus ", frozen  
0207 14 50  0207 14 50  Breasts of fowl of the species " Gallus  domesticus ", frozen  
0207 14 60  0207 14 60  Legs and cuts of chi cken, frozen  
0207 27 10  0207 27 10  Boneless cuts of turkey, frozen  
0408 91 80  0408 91 80  Dried eggs, not in shell  
1602 32 11  1602 32 11  Preparations of uncooked fowl of the species " Gallus  domesticus " 
An additional import duty may be imposed in the pou ltry 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 Regulation  (EC) 1484/95.  
 
                                                
1 This nomenclature corresponds to the EU15 CXL Schedule. The EU25 CLXXIII Schedule was certified and effective on 1 December 2 016. 
2 This is a summary  and elementary  description of the co ntent of the CN code.  It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.   
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Tariff item number  Description of product  Whether volume -based action taken during p eriod  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  
1 2 3 4 
The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2015/2016. However, the system has been made operational at the level of calculation of figures for the 
trigger volumes for som e products in the fruit and vegetables sector (Commission Regulations (EC) 1580/2007 and 543/2011). It concerned the followin g products:  
EU schedule3 CN 2015 lines – CN 201 6 lines Code description4  
   0702 00 10}  0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 October 2015 to 30 September 201 6 
0702 00 90}     
    0707 00 11}  0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 May 2015 to 30 April 201 6 
0707 00 19}     
    0709 10 00  0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2015 to 30 June 201 6 
    0709 90 70  0709 93 10  Courgettes  1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 
    0805 10 16}  0805 10 20  Oranges  1 December 2015 to 31 May 2016 
0805 10 26}     
0805 10 36}     
0805 10 66}     
    0805 20 42  0805 20 10  Clementines  1 November 2015 to end of February 2016  
    0805 20 49}  0805 20 30  Mandarins, including  1 Nov ember 2015 to end of February 2016  
 0805 20 50  tangerines, satsumas, wilkings   
 0805 20 70  and similar citrus hybrids   
 0805 20 90    
    0805 30 10  0805 50 10  Lemons  1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016 
    0806 10 15}  0806 10 10  Table grapes  21 July 201 5 to 20 November 201 5 
0806 10 19 }    
    0808 10 91}  0808 10 80  Apples  1 January 201 6 to 31 December 201 6 
0808 10 93}     
0808 10 99}     
 
                                                
3 This nomenclature corresponds to the EU15 CXL Schedule. The EU25 CLXXIII Schedule was certified and effective on 1 December 2 016. 
4 This is a summary  and elementary  descr iption of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.   
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Tariff item number  Description of product  Whether volume -based action taken during period  Whether price -based action  taken during 
period  
1 2 3 4 
EU schedule5 CN 2015 lines – CN 2016 lines Code description6  
   0808 20 31}  0808 30 90  Pears  1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 
0808 20 33}  
    
0808 20 35}  
    
0808 20 39}  
    
    0809 10 00  0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June  2015 to 31 July 201 5 
    0809 20 10}  0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  21 May 201 5 to 10 August 201 5 
0809 20 90}  
     0809 30 00}  0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  11 June 201 5 to 30 September 201 5 
    0809 40 11}  0809 40 05  Plums 11 June 201 5 to 30 September 201 5 
0809 40 19}  
    
 
 
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5 This nomenclature corresponds to the EU15 CXL Schedule. The EU25 CLXXIII Schedule was certified and effective on 1 December 2 016. 
6 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.