WORLD TRADE  
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G/AG/N/EU/9 
31 October 2012 
 (12-5925) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 26 October 2012, 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 2010/2011 . 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  European Union 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2010/2011 
 
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 2010/2011, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products:  
EU schedule CN 2010 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  Chicken breasts, frozen 
0207 14 60 0207 14 60 Legs and cuts of chicken, frozen 0207 14 70 0207 14 70 Other parts of chicken, frozen 
0207 25 10 0207 25 10 Turkeys, not cut in pieces, 80%, frozen 
0207 27 10 0207 27 10 Boneless cuts of turkey, frozen 
0408 11 80 0408 11 80 Dried egg yolks  
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" 
3502 11 90 3502 11 90 Dried eggs, albumin 
 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 i mport duties in the poultry meat and 
eggs sectors are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1484/95 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007. 
                                                      
1 This is a summary and elementary descripti on of the content of the CN code.  It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.  
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period Whether price-based action taken during 
period 
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EU schedule CN 2010 lines Code description2 
 
1701 11 10 1701 11 10 Raw cane sugar for refining 1701 11 90 1701 11 90 Raw cane sugar, other than for refining 
1701 12 10 1701 12 10 Raw beet sugar, for refining 
1701 12 90 1701 12 90 Raw beet sugar, other than for refining 1701 91 00 1701 91 00 Sugar, other than raw cane and raw beet sugar 
1701 99 50} 1701 99 10 White sugar, other than raw cane and beet sugar, not containing added flavouring nor colouring matter 
 1701 99 90 Other than white sugar, excluding raw cane and beet sugar, not containing added flavouring nor colouring matter 
1702 90 90 1702 90 95 Other sugars of a very specific type as described by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 948/2009 
1703 10 00 1703 10 00 Cane molasses 
1703 90 00 1703 90 00 Other molasses (and notably beet molasses)  
An additional import duty may be imposed in the sugar and molasses sectors if the import prices for the above-mentioned product s fall below the trigger prices, which 
have been notified to the WTO (G/AG/N/EEC/2).  Implementing rule s in the sugar and molasses sectors are laid down in Commission  Regulation (EC) No. 951/2006. 
                                                      
2 This is a summary and elementary descripti on of the content of the CN code.  It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.  
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Page 4 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 2010/2011.  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 (Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1580/2007).  It co ncerned the following products: 
EU schedule CN 2010 lines Code description3 
 
0702 00 10} 0702 00 00 Tomatoes      1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011 
0702 00 90} 
0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers    1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011 
0707 00 19} 
0709 10 00 0709 90 80 Artichokes    1 November 2010 to 30 June 2011 0709 90 70 0709 90 70 Co urgettes    1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 
0805 10 16} 0805 10 20 Oranges     1 December 2010 to 31 May 2011 
0805 10 26} 0805 10 36} 
0805 10 66} 
0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines     1 November 2010 to end of February 2011 0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including tangerines,  1 November 2010 to end of February 2011 
 0805 20 50 satsumas, wilkings and similar citrus 
 0805 20 70 hybrids 
 0805 20 90 
0805 30 10 0805 50 10 Lemons     1 June 2010 to 31 May 2011 0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes     21 July 2010 to 20 November 2011 
0806 10 19} 
0808 10 91} 0808 10 80 Apples     1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 
0808 10 93} 
0808 10 99} 
                                                      
3 This is a summary and elementary descripti on of the content of the CN code.  It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.  
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period Whether price-based action taken during 
period 
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EU schedule CN 2010 lines Code description4 
 
0808 20 31} 0808 20 50 Pears     1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 
0808 20 33} 
0808 20 35} 0808 20 39} 
0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots     1 June 2010 to 31 July 2011 
0809 20 10} 0809 20 95 Cherries, other than sour cherries  21 May 2010 to 10 August 2011 
0809 20 90} 
0809 30 00 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines  11 Ju ne 2010 to 30 September 2011 
0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums     11 June 2010 to 30 September 2011 
0809 40 19} 
 
 
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4 This is a summary and elementary descripti on of the content of the CN code.  It is not meant to be a detailed nor an accurate description.