G/AG/N/EU/23  
 
21 May 2015  
(15-2654)  Page: 1/5  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 18 May 2015, 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 2013/2014 . 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2013/2014 
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 2013/2014, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operatio nal for the following products: 
EU schedule CN 2013 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 60 0207 14 60 Legs and cuts of chicken, 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" 
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 Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 (till end of 2013), Regula tion (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European parliament and of th e Council (as of 1 January 2014) and Commission 
Regulation (EC) 1484/95. 
 
                                               
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Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during 
period Whether price-based action taken during 
period 
1 2 3 4 
EU schedule CN 2013 lines Code description2 
   
1701 11 10 1701 13 10 & 1701 14 10 Raw cane sugar for refining 
1701 11 90 1701 13 90 & 1701 14 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 th e 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 rules in the su gar and molasses sectors are laid  down in Commission Regulation  951/2006. 
 
                                               
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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 2013/2014. 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 2013 lines – CN 2014 lines Code description3  
   
0702 00 10 } 0702 00 00 Tomatoes ; 1 October 2013  to 30 Se ptember 2014  
0702 00 90 }    
    0707 00 11 } 0707 00 05 Cucumbers ; 1 May 2013  to 30 A pril 2014  
0707 00 19 }    
    0709 10 00 0709 91 00 Artichokes ; 1 November 2013  to 30 June 2014  
    0709 90 70 0709 93 10 Courgettes; 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 
    0805 10 16 } 0805 10 20 Oran ges; 1 December 2013  to 31 Ma y 2014  
0805 10 26 }    
0805 10 36 }    
0805 10 66 }    
    
0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines ; 1 November 2013  to end of Februar y 2014  
0805 20 49 } 0805 20 30 Mandarins , includin g 1 November 2013  to end of Februar y 2014  
 0805 20 50 tan gerines , satsumas , wilkin gs  
 0805 20 70 and similar citrus h ybrids;  
 0805 20 90   
    
0805 30 10 0805 50 10 Lemons; 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 
    
0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes; 21 July 2013 to 20 November 2014 
0806 10 19 }    
    
0808 10 91 } 0808 10 80 A pples; 1 Januar y 2014  to 31 December 2014  
0808 10 93 }    
0808 10 99}    
                                               
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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 2013 lines – CN 2014 lines Code description4  
   
0808 20 31} 0808 30 90 Pears; 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 
0808 20 33}    
0808 20 35} 
    
0808 20 39}    
    
0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots; 1 June 2013 to 31 July 2014 
    
0809 20 10} 0809 29 00 Cherries, other than sour cherries 21 May 2013 to 10 August 2014 
0809 20 90} 
    
0809 30 00} 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines; 11 June 2013 to 30 September 2014 
    
0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums; 11 June 2013 to 30 September 2014 
0809 40 19}    
    
 
 
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4 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.