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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No4176/87
of21December 1987
suspending whollyorinparttheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesoncertainagricultural products
originating inTurkey(1988)
Whereas,inaccordance withArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation (EEC)
No3555/80of16December 198Gdetermining the
arrangements tobeappliedwithregardtoimportsinto
Greeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco ,
Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey(5);whereastheCouncil
hasalsoadoptedRegulation (EEC)No2573/87of11
August1987layingdownthearrangements fortrade
betweenSpainandPortugal,ontheonehand,andAlgeria,
Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,TunisiaandTurkey,onthe
other(6);whereasthisRegulation appliesthereforetothe
Community asconstituted on31December 1980,THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3033/80of
11November 1980layingdownthetradearrangements
applicabletocertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessing of
agricultural products (x),andinparticular Article12
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December 1988thecustoms
dutiesonimportsintotheCommunity asconstituted on31
December1980oftheproductsoriginating inTurkeylisted
intheAnnexshallbethoseindicatedforeachofthem,inthe
saidAnnex.
2.Forthepurposesofapplication ofthisRegulation ,
'originating products'shallmeanthoseproductswhichfulfil
theconditions laiddowninAssociation CouncilDecision
No4/72attachedtoRegulation (EEC)No428/73(7),
asamendedbyDecisionNo1/75attachedtoRegulation
(EEC)No1431/75(8).
Themethodsofadministrative cooperation forensuringthat
theproductslistedintheAnnexesbenefitfromthetotalor
partialsuspension shallbethoselaiddowninAssociation
CouncilDecisionNo5/72attachedtoRegulation (EEC)
No428/73,aslastamendedbyDecisionNo1/83,attached
toRegulation (EEC)No993/83(9).WhereasunderAnnex6totheAdditional Protocollaying
downtheconditions ,procedures andtimetables for
implementing thetransitional phasereferredtoinArticle4of
theAgreement establishing anassociation betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andTurkey(2)andunder
Article9oftheSupplementary ProtocoltotheAssociation
Agreement betweentheEuropeanEconomic Community
andTurkeyconsequent ontheaccessionofnewMember
StatestotheCommunity (3),whichwassignedinAnkaraon
30June1973andenteredintoforceon1March1986(4),the
Community mustwhollyorinpartsuspendtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesapplicable tocertainproducts;
whereasitalsoappearsnecessary ,onaprovisional basis,to
adjustorsupplement someoftheadvantages providedforin
theabovementioned Annex6;whereastheCommunity
should,therefore ,withregardtotheproductsoriginating in
Turkeycontained inthelistannexedtothisRegulation ,
suspenduntil31December 1988eitherthefixedcomponent
ofthechargeapplicabletothegoodsfallingwithinthescope
ofRegulation (EEC)No3033/80orthecustomsduty
applicabletotheotherproducts,atthelevelsindicatedfor
eachofthem;
WhereastheCommunity hasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclature forgoodswhich
meetstherequirements oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
theexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunity andstatistics
oftradebetweenMemberStates;whereasinorderto
accommodate specificCommunity measures this
nomenclature hasbeenexpandedintoanintegratedtariffof
theEuropeanCommunities (Taric);whereas,fromthedate
givenabove,thecombined nomenclature and,where
appropriate ,theTariccodenumbersshouldbeusedforthe
description oftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation ;Article2
Whenimportsofproductsqualifyingforthearrangements
providedforinArticle1comeintotheCommunity in
quantities oratpriceswhichcauseorthreatentocause
(»)OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.1.
(2>OJNo217,29.12.1964,p.3687/64.i5)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1
(6)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.
(7)OJNoL59,5.3.1973,p.73.
(3)OJNoL361,31.12.1977,p.2.
(4)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.36.(8)OJNoL142,4.6.1975,p.1.
HOJNoL112,8.4.1983,p.1.

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seriousinjurytotheCommunity producers ofsimilar
productsordirectlycompetitive products,theCommon
Customs Tariffdutiesmaybepartiallyorwholly ­
re-established fortheproductsinquestion .Thesemeasures
mayalsobetakenintheeventofseriousinjuryorthethreat
ofseriousinjurylimitedtoasingleregionofthe
Community .
Article3
1.Inordertoensuretheapplication ofArticle2,the
Commission maydecidebymeansofaRegulation to
re-establish Common Customs Tariffdutiesforalimited
period.
2.WheretheCommission hasbeenrequested bya
MemberStatetotakeactionitshalltakeadecisionwithina
maximum periodof10workingdaysfromreceiptoftherequestandshallinformtheMemberStatesoftheaction
taken.
3.AnyMemberStatemayrefertheCommission 'saction
totheCouncil,withinaperiodof10workingdaysfollowing
thedayofitsnotification .
Referring themattertotheCouncilshallnothavea
suspensory effect.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.It
maybyaqualifiedmajorityamendorannulthemeasure
taken.
Article4
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthedayfollowing
thatofitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1January1988.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December 1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER

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ANNEX
ListofproductsfallingwithinChapters 1to24originating inTurkeyforwhichtherearegroundsfortotalor
partialsuspension oftheCommonCustomsTariff
Order
NoCNcode Description Rateofduty
I Vegetables ,freshorchilled:
15.0001 ex07093000—Aubergines ,from1to14January
Melons(includingwatermelons )andpapaws(papayas),fresh:9%
15.0003 ex08071010—Watermelons ,from1November to31March
Chocolate andotherfoodpreparations containing cocoa:6,5%
15.0005 ex18061010
ex18061030
ex18061090—Cocoapowder,nototherwisesweetened thanbytheadditionofsucrose 3%+MOB
15.0007 ex18062010
ex18062030
ex18062050
ex18062090
18063100
18063210
18063290
180690 11
18069019
18069031
18069039
18069050Chocolate andchocolategoods,whetherornotfilled,sugarconfectionery and
substitutes thereformadefromsugarsubstitution products,containing cocoa9%+MOB
withamax.of
27%+ADS/Z
15.0009 ex19019090—Preparation basedonflourofleguminous vegetables intheformofsun-dried
discsofdough,knownas'papad'Free
15.0011 ex19030000Tapioca,otherthantapiocapreparedfrompotatostarch
Preparations :2%+MOB
15.0013 07104000
07119030
20019030
20049010
20058000
20089985——Ofmaize 3%+MOB
15.0015 19049010 ——Ofrice 3%+MOB
15.0017 19049090 ——Ofothercereals 2%+MOB
Abbreviations :
MOB=variablecomponent ,
ADS/Z=additional dutyonsugar.