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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)453 final
Brussels,8September 1976
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
itemporarily suspendingtheautonomous CommonCustoms
Tariffdutyonmushrooms,excludingcultivated
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mushrooms,dried,dehydrated orevaporatedforthe
processing industryofsubheading ex07.04B
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(76)453final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thegovernment ofthe Federal Republic ofGermany has requested atthe
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Commission atotal suspension ofthe Common Customs Tariff duties on
mushrooms ,excluding cultivated mushrooms ,dried ,dehydrated orevaporated ,
intended fortheprocessing industry ofsubheading ex07.04 B(rate of
duty :16%).
Themushrooms inquestion areused almost solely inthemanufacture
ofsoups .Therequirement oftheprocessing industry inGermany alone
totals 300 tonnes atabout 3193 800 u.a .forthe first half of1977 ;
ithas tobemetentirely with imports from third countries .
Customs protection does notseem necessary because high harvesting
costs make Community production out ofthequestion .Suspension of
duties will enable theCommunity processing industry tocompete with
thecheaper finished product form third countries .Thetariff suspension
could also combat inflationary trends .Thecost ofdried ,dehydrated orevaporat
evaporated mushrooms hasrisen considerably ,asshown intheprices below :
1970
1973
1974
19754968 u.a. /m.t .
8162 u.a. /m.t .
8872 u.a. /m.t .
10646 u.a. /m.t .
Thegovernment experts ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems Group "were
unanimously infavour oftheGerman request .
TheCommission considers that therequest bytheGerman government should
beendorsed andthat theautonomous Common Customs Tariff duty onthe
mushrooms inquestion betotally suspended from 1January to30June 1977 .

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TheWorking Party onTariff Economy also examined requests fortariff
suspensions presented byvarious Member States forthefollowing produces s
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OCT No Description ofgoods Date ofCCTduty
ex02.01 BIIb)2Tongues ofdomestic bovine animals , 7%
intended fortheprocessing industry
ex08.02 AIIa) Bitter orSeville oranges ,fresh or 15/20%
and b) dried
ex08.05 AII Almonds (other than bitter almonds ), 7%
fresh ordried ,shelled ornot,whole
ex08.05 AII Almonds 7%
TheCommission feels that itcannot propose suspension ofduties onthese
products atthis stage forthefollowing reasons :
<1)Tongues
Itisimpossible forthetime being toevaluate theconsequences ofthe
drought intheCommunity ,which hasresulted inanincrease inthenumber
ofcattle slaughtered ."Thus itisdifficult toforecast thesituation as
regards thesupply ofbovine tongues ontheCommunity market atthebeginning
of1977 (date requested forentry into force ofsuspension inquestion ).
(2)Bitter oranges
This fruit istobethesubject oftrade negotiations with athird
country that isanusual main supplier .Itisnotadvisable toanticipate
theresults ofthese negotiations bysuspending tariff duties onthegoods
inquestion .
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(3)Almonds
Onthebasis ofpresent forecasts ,itisestimated that Community
almond production will beeven higher in1976 than in1975 .
Moreover ,at30June 1976 ,stocks ofpeeled almonds from t;he1975
harvest were still considerable .
The sale ofalmonds harvested intheCommunity could bejeopardized
byatariff suspension .

Proposalfora
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
temporarily suspending theautonomous Common
CustomsTariffdutyonmushrooms,excluding
cultivated mushrooms,dried,dehydrated or
evaporated,intendedfortheprocessing
industryofsubheading ex07.04B
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament (1);
WhereasCommunityproduction ofmushrooms,excludingcultivated mushrooms,
dried,dehydratedorevaporated,intendedfortheprocessingindustryof
subheading ex07.04Bisnotatpresentinapositiontomeetthe
requirements oftheCommunityprocessing industry;
Whereasinviewofsuchsupplydifficulties ,itisadvisabletosuspendtotally
theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutyfrom1Januaryto30June1977,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutyfortheproductslistedbelow
shallbetotallysuspended :
CCTNo Description ofgoods
ex07.04BMushrooms,excludingcultivated mushrooms,dried,
dehydrated orevaporated,intendedforthe
processing industry(a)
(1)Opinionissuedon
(a)Theapplicationofthissuspensionwillbesubjecttothe
conditionsdetermined bythecompetentauthorities .■■/•■

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
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fThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
PoneatBrussels/ FortheCouncil
ThePresident