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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3061/80

OF 25 NOVEMBER 1980

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE DRAFT REGULATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS PRODUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN THIS REGULATION IS CURRENTLY INADEQUATE OR NON-EXISTENT ; WHEREAS PRODUCERS THUS CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF USER INDUSTRIES OF THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS IN CERTAIN CASES IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY TO SUSPEND THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ONLY PARTIALLY , PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION , AND IN THE OTHER CASES TO SUSPEND THEM COMPLETELY ;

WHEREAS , TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN ACCURATELY ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTORS CONCERNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE , THESE SUSPENSION MEASURES SHALL BE TAKEN ONLY TEMPORARILY BY FIXING THEIR PERIOD OF VALIDITY BY REFERENCE TO THE INTERESTS OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FROM 1 JANUARY TO 30 JUNE 1981 THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN THE ANNEX SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT THE LEVEL INDICATED AGAINST EACH OF THEM .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 25 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

COLETTE FLESCH

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ANNEX

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION // RATE OF AUTONOMOUS DUTY ( % ) //

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EX 03.01 A I A ) // SO-CALLED SALMON TROUT OF THE SPECIES ' SALMO GAIRDNERII ' OR ' SALMO IRIDEUS ' ( RAINBOW TROUT ), FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , OF A UNIT WEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 1.5 KG , FOR SMOKING ( B ) // 7 //

EX 03.01 B I E ) // PIKED DOG-FISH ( SQUALUS ACANTHIAS ), FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , WHOLE , HEADLESS OR IN PIECES // 0 //

EX 03.01 B II A ) AND B II B ) 7 // FILLETS OF HERRING , FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , FOR PROCESSING ( A ) ( B ) // 3 //

EX 03.02 A I A ) // HERRING , DRIED , SALTED OR IN BRINE , WHOLE , HEADLESS OR IN PIECES // 8 //

EX 03.02 A II D ) // FILLETS OF HERRING , DRIED , SALTED OR IN BRINE // 8 //

EX 16.04 B I // SALMON FOR THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY FOR FURTHER MANUFACTURE INTO PASTES OR SPREADS ( B ) // 0 //

EX 16.04 C II // SPICED AND SALTED HERRINGS , IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 10 KG OR MORE // 8 //

EX 16.04 C II // ' HERRING-FLAPS ' , PREPARED OR PRESERVED IN VINEGAR , IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 10 KG OR MORE // 8 //

EX 16.05 A // CRABS OF THE SPECIES ' KING ' ( PARALITHODES CAMTCHATICUS ), ' HANASAKI ' ( PARALITHODES BREVIPES ), ' KEGANI ' ( ERIMACRUS ISENBECKI ), AND ' QUEEN ' ( CHINOECAETES SPP ), ' RED ' ( GERYON QUINQUEDENS ) AND ' ROUGH STONE ' ( NEOLITHODES ASPERRIMUS ), SIMPLY BOILED IN WATER AND SHELLED , WHETHER OR NOT FROZEN , IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 2 KG OR MORE // 0 //

EX 16.05 B // SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE ' CRANGON ' VARIETY , BOILED IN WATER AND SHELLED , WHETHER OR NOT FROZEN OR DRIED , FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 16.05 ( B ) // 10 //

( A ) THE SUSPENSION SHALL APPLY TO FISH INTENDED TO UNDERGO ANY TREATMENT UNLESS THEY ARE INTENDED TO UNDERGO EXCLUSIVELY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS :

- CLEANING , GUTTING , HEADING , TAILING ,

- CUTTING ( EXCLUDING FILLETING OR CUTTING OF FROZEN BLOCKS ),

- SORTING ,

- LABELLING ,

- PACKING ,

- ICING ,

- FREEZING ,

- DEEP FREEZING ,

- THAWING , SEPARATION .

THE SUSPENSION IS NOT ALLOWED FOR PRODUCTS ON WHICH OTHERWISE QUALIFYING TREATMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE CARRIED OUT AT RETAIL OR CATERING LEVEL .

THE SUSPENSION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO FISH INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION .

( B ) CONTROL OF THE USE FOR THIS SPECIAL PURPOSE SHALL BE CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY PROVISIONS .