G/AG/N/EU/56  
 
24 September  2019 
(19-6136) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  20 September  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of European Union . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table  MA:5) during the marketing year  from 1 July 2018  to 30  June 2019 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:5  
MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD : MARKETING YEAR  FROM 1  JULY 2018 TO 30  JUNE 2019 
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 2018/2019, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
02071290  Chicken carcasses, 65%, 
frozen     
 In marketing year 2018/2019, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
02071410  Boneless cuts of fowl of the 
species     
 In marketing year 2018/2019, the price-based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
02072710  Boneless cuts of turkey, 
frozen     
 In marketing year 2018/2019, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
04089180  Dried eggs, not in shell     
 In marketing year 2018/2019, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
16023211  Preparations of uncooked 
fowl of the species     
 In marketing year 2018/2019, the price -based 
special safeguard system has been made 
operational for this product.  (1) 
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 pri ces, 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 poultry meat and 
eggs sectors are laid down in Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European P arliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) 1484/95.  
(1) The nomenclatures in column 1 "Tariff item number(s) " correspond to the CN 2018 – CN 2019 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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- 3 - ANNEX  
The volume -based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2018/2019.  
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 (in 2018: Commission Implementing Regulations (EU)  2017/892 and 2018/3). It concerned the following products:  
 
 
CN 2018 lines – CN 2019 lines  Code description1    
0702 00 00  Tomatoes  1 October 2018 to 31 May 2019  
0707 00 05  Cucumbers  1 November 2018 to 30 April 2019  
0709 91 00  Artichokes  1 November 2018 to 30 June 2019  
0709 93 10  Courgettes  1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018  
0805 10 22  
0805 10 24  
0805 10 28  Oranges  1 December 2018 to 31 May 2019  
0805 22 00  Clementines  1 November 2018 to end of February 2019  
0805 21  
0805 29 00  Mandarins  
(including  tangerines, satsumas); wilkings and 
similar citrus hybrids  1 November 2018 to end of February 2019  
0805 50 10  Lemons  1 June 2018 to 31 December 2018  
0806 10 10  Table grapes  16 July 2018 to 16 November 2018  
0808 10 80  Apples  1 September 2018 to 31 December 2018  
0808 30 90  Pears  1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018  
0809 10 00  Apricots  1 June 2018 to 31 July 2018  
0809 29 00  Cherries, other than sour cherries  16 May 2018 to 15 August 2018  
0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines  16 June 2018 to 30 September 2018  
0809 40 05  Plums  16 June 2018 to 30 September 2018  
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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