G/AG/N/EU/47  
 
30 October  2018 
(18-6801) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 19 October  2018, is being ci rculated at the request of the d elegation 
of European Union . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions (Table  MA:5 ) 
during the marketing  year 2017 /2018 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:5  
MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD : MARKETING YEAR  2017/2018  
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   
02071210  Chicken carcasses, 70%, frozen     
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price -based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
02071290  Chicken carcasses, 65%, frozen     
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price-based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
02071410  Boneless cuts of fowl of the species  
"Gallus  domesticus ", frozen     
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price -based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
02072710  Boneless cuts of turkey, frozen     
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price -based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
04089180  Dried eggs, not in shell      
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price -based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
16023211  Preparations of uncooked fowl of the 
species  "Gallus  domesticus "    
 In marketing year 2017/2018, the price -based special safeguard 
system has been made operational for this product.  (1) (2)  
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 poul try 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) The nomenclature s in column 1 "Tariff item number(s)" correspond  to the CN 2017 – CN 2018 lines.  
(2) The description o f products in column 2 is a summary and elementary description of the content of the CN code. It is not meant to be a detaile d nor an accurate description.  
 
  
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The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2017/2018. However, the system has been made operational at the level of calculation of figure s for the 
trigger volumes for some products in the fruit and vegetables sector (in 2017: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 543/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2017/892; in 2018: Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/892 and 2018/3). It concerned the following products:   
EU schedule1 CN 2017 lines – CN 2018 lines  Code description2    
0702 00 00  0702 00 00  Tomatoes   1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018   
0707 00 05  0707 00 05  Cucumbers   1 May 2017 to 30 April 2018   
0709 10 00  0709 91 00  Artichokes   1 November 2017 to 30 June 2018   
0709 90 70  0709 93 10  Courgettes   1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018   
0805 10 20  0805 10 22  
0805 10 24  
0805 10 28  Oranges   1 December 2017 to 31 May 2018   
0805 20 10  0805 22 00  Clementines   1 November 2017 to end of February 2018   
0805 20 30  
0805 20 50  
0805 20 70  
0805 20 90  0805 21  
0805 29 00  Mandarins, including   
tangerines, satsumas, wilkings  
and similar citrus hybrids  
  
1 November 2017 to end of February 2018   
0805 50 10  0805 50 10  Lemons   1 June 2017 to 31 May 2018  
0806 10 10  0806 10 10  Table grapes   21 July 2017 to 20 November 2017  
0808 10 80  0808 10 80  Apples   1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018   
0808 20 50  0808 30 90  Pears   1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018   
0809 10 00  0809 10 00  Apricots   1 June 2017 to 31 July 2017   
0809 20 95  0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  21 May 2017 to 10 August 2017  
0809 30  0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  11 June 2017 to 30 September 2017  
0809 40 05  0809 40 05  Plums   11 June 2017 to 30 September 2017   
1 This nomenclature corresponds to the EU25 CLXXIII Schedule in vigour during the period covered by this notification.    
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 descriptio n.   
 
 
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