WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/EEC/60 
26 March 2009 
 (09-1483) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 18 March 2009, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Communities .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard 
provisions (Table MA:5)  for the marketing year 2006/2007 . 
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2006/2007 
 
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 2006/2007, the price-based special safeguard  system has been made operational for the following products: 
 
EC schedule   CN 2005 lines                  Code description1 
 
 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 25 10                          0207 25 10                     Turkeys, not cut in pieces, presented as “80 % turkeys”, fr ozen 
 0207 27 10                          0207 27 10              Boneless cuts of turkey, frozen  
 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 additional import duties and fixing additional i mport duties in the poultry meat 
sector are laid down in Commission Regulations 1484/95, 2771/75, 2777/75 and 2783/75.   
 
                    
 
 
     
                                                      
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 2005 lines                  Code description  
 
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 n or colouring matter 
   1701 99 90                      Other than white sugar, excluding raw cane and beet sugar, not containing added flavouring n or colouring matter 
1702 90 90  1702 90 99            Other sugars of a very specific type as described by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/2005 
 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 sugar and molasses sectors if the import prices for above-mentioned products fall b elow the trigger prices, which have 
been notified to the WTO (G/AG/N/EEC/2).  Implementing rules in  the sugar and molasses sectors are laid down in Commission Regu lation 951/2006.  
 
 
  
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period Whether price-based action taken during 
period 
1 2 3 4 
The volume-based special safeguard  action has not been invoked in 2006/2007.  However, the system has been made operational for some products in the fruit and 
vegetables sector (Commission Regulations 1555/96).  It concerned the following products: 
 
EC schedule  CN 2005 lines  
0702 00 00 0702 00 00 Tomatoes;     1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007 
                                                                                                                                   
0707 00 11} 0707 00 05 Cucumbers;     1 May 2006 to 30 April 2007  
0707 00 19}                                                               
0709 10 00 0709 10 00 Artichokes;     1 November 2006 to 30 June 2007  
0709 90 70 0709 90  70 Courgettes;     1 Janu ary 2006 to 31 December 2006 
 0805 10 16} 0805 10 20 Oranges;    1 December 2006 to 31 May 2007 
0805 10 26}  
0805 10 36}  0805 10 66} 
    
0805 20 42 0805 20 10 Clementines;     1 November 2006 to 28 February 2007 
0805 20 49} 0805 20 30 Mandarins, including tangerines,   1 November 2006 to 28 February 2007 
  0805 20 50 satsumas, wilkings and similar citrus     0805 20 70 hybrids; 
  0805 20 90 
  0805 30 10 0805 50 10 Lemons;     1 June 2006 to 31 May 2007 
  
0806 10 15} 0806 10 10 Table grapes;     21 July 2006 to 20 November 2007 0806 10 19} 
  
0808 10 91} 0808 10 80 Apples;      1 January 2006 to  31 December 2007 
0808 10 93}  
0808 10 99}   
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EC schedule  CN 2005 lines  
0808 20 31} 0808 20 50 P ears;      1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007 
0808 20 33} 
0808 20 35} 
0808 20 39} 0809 10 00 0809 10 00 Apricots;     1 June 2006 to 31 July 2007 
0809 20 10} 0809 20 95 Cherries, other than sour cherries;     21 May 2006 to 10 August 2007 
0809 20 90}  0809 30  0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines;   11 Ju ne 2006 to 30 September 2007 
0809 40 11} 0809 40 05 Plums;     11 June 2006 to 30 September 2007  
0809 40 19} 
 
 
 
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