G/AG/N/EU/62  
 
24 July  2020 
(20-5109) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 2 3 July  2020, 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  2019 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD : MARKETING YEAR  FROM 01 -07-2019 TO 30-06-2020 
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 durin g 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
02071290  Chicken carcasses, 65%, 
frozen     
 In marketing year 2019/2020, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.   
02071410  Boneless cuts of fowl of the 
species     
 In marketing year 2019/2020, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.   
16023211  Preparations of uncooked 
fowl of the species     
 In marketing year 2019/2020, 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 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 Commissi on Regulation (EC) 1484/95.  
 The nomenclatures in column  1 'Tariff item number(s)' correspond to the CN 2019 – CN 2020 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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ANNEX  
  
The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2019/2020.  
However, the system has been made operational at the level of calculation of figures for the trigger volumes for some product s in the fruit and vegetables sector  Commission 
Implementing Regulations (EU)  2018/1800 . It concerned the following products:   
 
CN 2019 lines – CN 2020 lines  Code description1  
0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 June 2019 to 31 May 2020  
0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020  
0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2019 to 30 June 2020  
0709 93 10 Courgettes  1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019  
0805 10 22  
0805 10 24  
0805 10 28  Oranges  1 December 2019 to 31 May 2020  
0805 22 00  Clementines  1 November 2019 to end of February 2020  
0805 21  
0805 29 00  Mandarins  
(including tangerines, satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids  1 November 2019 to end of February 2020  
0805 50 10  Lemons  1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019  
0806 10 10  Table grapes  16 July 2019 to 16 November 2019  
0808 10 80  Apples  1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019  
0808 30 90  Pears  1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019  
0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June 2019 to 31 July 2019  
0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  16 May 2019 to 15 August 2019  
0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  16 June 2019 to 30 September 2019  
0809 40 05  Plums  16 June 2019 to 30 September 2019  
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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