G/AG/N/EU/28  
 
17 May 2016  
(16-2709)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 13 May 2016, is bein g 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 2014/2015 . 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2014/2015 
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 duri ng 
period 
1 2 3 4 
In marketing year 2014/2015, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operatio nal for the following products: 
EU schedule CN 2014 lines Code description1 
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 chicken, 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 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 a dditional import duties and fixi ng additional im port duties in  the poultry meat and eggs  sectors are laid down 
in Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament an d of the Council (as of 1 January 2014) and Commission Regulation  (EC) 1484/95. 
 
                                               
1 This is a summary and elementary descriptio n of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate d escription.  
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Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken duri ng 
period 
1 2 3 4 
The volume-based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2014/2015. However, the system has been made operational at the level of calculation of figures  for the 
trigger volumes for some products in the fruit and vegetables sector (Commission Regulations (EC) 1580/2007 and 543/2011). It c oncerned the following products: 
EU schedule CN 2014 lines – CN 2015 lines Code description2  
   0702 00 10} 0702 00 00 Tomatoes 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015 
0702 00 90}    
    0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers 1 May 2014 to 30 April 2015 
0707 00 19}    
    0709 10 00 0709 91 00 Artichokes 1 November 2014 to 30 June 2015 
    0709 90 70 0709 93 10 Courgettes 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 
    0805 10 16} 0805 10 20 Oranges 1 December 2014 to 31 May 2015 
0805 10 26}    
0805 10 36}    
0805 10 66}    
    0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines 1 November 2014 to end of February 2015 
    0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including 1 November 2014 to end of February 2015 
 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 2014 to 31 May 2015 
    0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes 21 July 2014 to 20 November 2014 
0806 10 19}    
    0808 10 91} 0808 10 80 Apples 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 
0808 10 93}    
0808 10 99}    
 
                                               
2 This is a summary and elementary descriptio n of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate d escription.  
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Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken duri ng 
period 
1 2 3 4 
EU schedule CN 2014 lines – CN 2015 lines Code description3  
   0808 20 31} 0808 30 90 Pears 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 
0808 20 33}    
0808 20 35} 
    
0808 20 39}    
    0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots 1 June 2014 to 31 July 2014 
    0809 20 10} 0809 29 00 Cherries, other than sour cherries 21 May 2014 to 10 August 2014 
0809 20 90} 
    0809 30 00} 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines 11 June 2014 to 30 September 2014 
    0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums 11 June 2014 to 30 September 2014 
0809 40 19}    
 
 
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3 This is a summary and elementary descriptio n of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate d escription.