G/AG/N/EU/39  
 
4 October  2017 
(17-5343) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 27 September  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 2016/2017. 
 
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD:  MARKETING YEAR 201 6/2017  
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  
1 2 3 4 
In marketing year 2016/2017, the price -based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products:  
EU schedule1 CN 201 6 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 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 additional im port 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 EU25 CLXXIII Schedule.  
2 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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- 3 - Tariff item number  Description of  product  Whether volume -based action taken during period  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  
1 2 3 4 
The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2016/2017. 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  concerned the following products:  
EU schedule3 CN 2016 lines – CN 201 7 lines Code description4  
0702 00 00  0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017  
0707 00 05  0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 May 2016 to 30 April 2017  
0709 10 00  0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2016 to 30 June 2017  
0709 90 70  0709 93 10  Courgettes  1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 
0805 10 20  0805 10 20  Oranges  1 December 2016 to 31 May 2017 
0805 20 10  0805 20 10  Clementines  1 November 2016 to end of February 2017  
0805 20 30  0805 20 30  ) Mandarins, including  ) 
0805 20 50  0805 20 50  ) tangerines, satsumas, wilkings  ) 1 November 2016 to end of February 2017  
0805 20 70  0805 20 70  ) and similar citrus hybrids  ) 
0805 20 90  0805 20 90  ) ) 
0805 50 10  0805 50 10  Lemons  1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017  
0806 10 10  0806 10 10  Table grapes  21 July 201 6 to 20 November 201 6 
0808 10 80  0808 10 80  Apples  1 January 201 7 to 31 December 201 7 
0808 20 50  0808 30 90  Pears  1 January 201 7 to 31 December 201 7 
0809 10 00  0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June 2016 to 31 July 2017  
0809 20 95  0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  21 May 2016 to 10 August 2016  
0809 30  0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  11 June 2016 to 30 September 2016  
0809 40 05  0809 40 05  Plums  11 June 2016 to 30 September 2016  
 
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3 This nomenclature corresponds to the EU25 CLXXIII Schedule.   
4 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.