WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/EU/5 
24 February 2012 
 (12-1079) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 22 February 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 2009/2010 . 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  European Union 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2009/2010 
 
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 2009/2010, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products: 
 
EC schedule  CN 2009 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 Regulations 1234/2007 and 1484/95. 
 
 
 
 
     
                                                      
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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EC schedule  CN 2009 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 99 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 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 2009/2010.  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 1580/2007).  It concerned t he following products: 
 
EC schedule CN 2009 lines                Code description3 
 
0702 00 10} 0702 00 00 Tomatoes   1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010 0702 00 90} 
 
0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers   1 May 2009 to 30 April 2010 0707 00 19} 
 
0709 10 00 0709 90 80 Artichokes   1 November 2009 to 30 June 2010  
0709 90 70 0709 90 70 Courgettes   1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010 
 0805 10 16} 0805 10 20 Oranges  1 December 2009 to 31 May 2010 
0805 10 26} 
0805 10 36} 
0805 10 66} 
 0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines   1 November 2009 to end of February 2010 
 
0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including tangerines,   1 November 2009 to end of February 2010   0805 20 50 satsumas, wilkings and similar citrus  
  0805 20 70 hybrids 
  0805 20 90   
0805 30 10 0805 50 10 Lemons   1 June 2009 to 31 May 2010 
  0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes   21 July 2009 to 20 November 2010 
0806 10 19} 
  0808 10 91} 0808 10 80 Apples   1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010 
0808 10 93}  
0808 10 99}  
                                                      
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 Page 5Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during 
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EC schedule CN 2009 lines                Code description4 
 0808 20 31} 0808 20 50 Pears   1 January 2 009 to 31 December 2010 
0808 20 33} 
0808 20 35} 0808 20 39} 
 
0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots   1 June 2009 to 31 July 2010  
0809 20 10} 0809 20 95 Cherries, other than sour cherries      21 May 2009 to 10 August 2010 
0809 20 90}  
0809 30 00 0809 30 10 Peaches, including nectarines   11  June 2009 to 30 September 2010 
  0809 30 90  
0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums  11 June 2009 to 30 September 2010 
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.