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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)515 final.
Brussels,16October1975«
ProposalforaRegulation
(EEC)oftheCouncil
temporarily suspendingthe
autonomous CommonCustomsTariffduties
onacertainnumberofagricultural products
(SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil.)
COK(7^)515finnl.

Explanatory Memorandum ■;4> • " v '
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l)Regulation -(EEC)Nr.1532/75oftheCouncil of16.6.197 !?
temporarily suspending theautonomous duties 'inthe *Common' . . ■ _„
1'■ "
Customs Tariff duties onacertain n,umber ofagricultural products .• :
(l)mak&s provision fortheperiod from 1.7 .19.75 1-930.6.1976
rrS Jforsuspension oftheautonomous duty irithe;Common Gust omteTariff •
,* » J •.v• <''' }•
uptothelevel of4$forchantarelles provisionally preserve *! • •' •
inbrine .,insulphur wate^orinotjier pi%sejrvativ «/solutions ,
butnotspecially prepared forimmediate consumption ofsub– ^
, '1 - •) •
heading ex07.03
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TheGerman government hasrequested th'eextension of'this sus-
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pension to'allmushrooms ,,except cultivated nmphrooms ,inthe ' ,
* Ji ^ ' ' • »' /same submission ,fortheperiod from 1.1 *.to30.6.1976 *since
-, , - ■ ■ ,*
therequirements oftheprocessing indji^ti^y cannot' bemetin
■• ittheCommunity .Suspension could p.llow Community prq.cessors to ..
obtain supplies under more favourable conditions andtomaintain ''<
their competitiveness inrelation tosuppliers offinished pro–
ducts .Inthese circumstances the Commission considers itdesi­
rable toendorse theGerman request . , v
2)TheCommunity processing industry needs aconsiderable quantity ofdried ,
onions which areprincipally used indehydrated products such assoups and
stuffings .This requirement cannot bemetintheCommunity .Forthis reason
industries inthis category intheUnited Kingdom ,where the ,4 .
requirement issome 9000 tonnes (avalue of280.000 U.A. ),are
obliged toobtain supplies ofavolume ofabout 8.050tonnes *
from third countries (Bulgaria ,Romania ,theUnited States and
•Lebanon ).Asuspension ofduty (CCTrate s18$)could allow the ,
processing industry toobtain supplies ofthis basic vegetable
under more favourable conditions . , •
(l)O.J. Nr.L 156of18.6.1975 ,p.l.

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Inthesecircumstances theCommission considersitdesirable-
followingtherequestofthegovernmentoftheUnitedKingdom-
tosuspendtheCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthisproductfor
sixmonthsandtorestrictthismeasuretoadutyof14
takingintoaccounttheinterestsoftheusersaswellasthe
producersofdriedonionsintheCommunity.
3)Withregardtothedesirability ofasuspensionofCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesonbitterorSevilleoranges,fresh
ordriedofsubheadingex08.02AIIandalmondsofsubheading
08.05AII,theCommissionisnotpreparedtoproposesucha
measureatthepresentstage,inviewofthefactthatnego­
tiationsonthesubjectofagreementswiththirdcountrieswhich
aresuppliersoftheseproductshavenotyetended.

Proposalfora, .
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL .
temporarilysuspending "theautonomous Common i
CustomsTariffdutiesonacertainnumberof
agricultural products .,
> >•' *
1 ' «.
V.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ■
••
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic ;,
Community,andinparticularArticle43thereof? •f\,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
1 •*
havingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
whereastheproductionintheCommunityoftheproducestowhich
thisRegulationappliesisatpresentinadequateornon-existent andwhereas
producersthuscannotmeettheneedsoftheuserindustriesinthe
Community; -•
whereasitisintheinterestoftheCommunitytosuspendtheautonomous
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesincertaincasesonlypartially
becausethesegoodsareproducedintheCommunity,andinother
casestosuspendthemcompletely ;
whereasinviewofthedifficultyofassessingaccuratelyshort-term
trendsintheeconomicsituationintherelevantsectors,suspension
measuresshouldbetakenonlyfortemporaryperiods,thelengthof/
whichistobedeterminedbyreferencetotheinterestsofCommunity
production ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : ■
Article1
Prom1Januaryto30June197o"theautonomous CommonCustoms
TariffdutiesontheproductslistedintheAnnexto
thisRegulationshallbesuspendedattheleveljthereinindicatedin
respectofeachofthem.

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Januaiy1976*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX :
CCTheading No Description ofgoods Rate ofautonomous
duxy
ex07•03E Mushrooms ,excluding cultiva­
tedmushrooms preserved inbrine ,
insulphur water orinother pre­
servative solutions ,"butnot spe­
cially prepared forimmediate
consumption 4%
ex07.04 A Dried onions