COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 103 final 
Brussels, 4 aprit 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff 
duties on a number of agricultural products 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In the first quarter of this year, the Commission, with the 
assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all 
requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of 
common customs tariff duties, Including the requests for prolongation 
of the suspensions currently In force. 
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The 
proposal for Industrial products Is being prepared. 
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined 
In the light of the criteria defined In the Commission communication 
to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff 
suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2). 
As a.result of this examination, the Commission deems it Justifiable 
to suspend the duty on those products listed In the Annex to the 
attached draft Regulation. 
4. As stated In Article 1 of the aforementioned draft Regulation, the 
proposed period of validity Is 6 months or 12 months, depending on 
the case. 
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proposal for a 
CpUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 1991 /9l 
ttnipararity auspend&ng tlte autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a 
number of agricultural products 
THE COUNCIL OF TH6 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to ate proposal from- 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 in die Community; 
Whereas in certain eases it is in the interest of the 
Community to suspend the autonomous Common 
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the 
goods in question are produced in the Community, and 
in the other cases to suspend them totally ; 
Whereas, in view of die difficulty of assessing accurately 
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele­
vant sectors, suspension measures should he taken only 
temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference 
to the intereste of Community production, MAS ADOPTED THIS REGU1ATION 
Art kit 1 
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the 
products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at 
the level indicated against each of them. 
These suspensions shaH be valid 
— from 1 July to 31 December 1991 for the products 
mentioned in Table I, 
— from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 for the products 
mentioned in Table II. 
Art kit 2 
This Regulation shaW enter into force on 1 Jvty 199J 
This Regulation shaH be binding in its entirety ami directly applkabte m all Nk-m.ber 
Don» at 1**l. 
For tête Cmtwil 
TJfce President 
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ANNEX 
Nota for the purpose of the following tables : 
(a) Central of the uaa for thie apeeial purpoaa ehell be cerried out pureuent to 
tha relevant Coeounily provieione. 
(b) The euepeneion ehell apply to fieh intended to undergo eny operetion unlets 
they are intended to undergo exclusively one or eore of the folloving 
oporetione: 
* cleaning, gutting, toiling, heeding, 
- cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks), 
- eeepling, eorting, 
- labelling, 
- packing, 
- chilling, 
- freezing, 
- deep freezing, 
- theeing, eeperetion. 
The euepeneion is not allowed for producte intended, in addition, to undergo 
treeteenl (or operetione) quelifying for euepeneion «here euch treeteent (or 
operetione) ie (era) cerried out et reteil or coloring level. The euepeneion 
of cueloea duties ehell epply only to fiah intended for hueen coneueption. 
(C) Hoaaver, tha euepeneion ie not alloead «here processing ia carried out by 
retail er cetaring underlekings. 
TABLE I 
CM coda DtMffyiloo at gooda Au4of>o*.o>u-s duties (X) 
11 MttltMM 
*• Ml213»M 
21 anlMfMtt Baawa, «&lta, oW*d, of lh« ajteciet PhaseoiuB w*lg*ris, of which 
not aura MMO S I by v«igM are r*4aifl*d by a *ir**n «iih apart era* of 
• diaa*4«r of 9 M, #W U«* in 4h* food-canning industry <•> 
Eaaaaada wad otfetr »4>-g««t for W*a procaoarng indwalrg, oth*r UtM for 
Mat prMhtcUoa of aar*al fodd*r (a) 
lofcatar ft**)), coefctd, for tha arecMtinf iadvatry far tha nMifacluri 
of tott*ra boaad on Ufcalat, * of pacta*, p*lta, a«t)»« w O*««M (•) 
at) 0 
0 
ie 
TABLE II _ fa -
CN coda Deecription of goode Aulonoeous duties (X) 
1 63828526 
03937528 
0x63641898 
0x63649887 Dogfieh of the epecies Squalua acanihiaa, fresh, chilled or frozen 
2 0x83826888 
0x83637998 lad 8nappar ILuljanva purpuraua), fresh, chilled or frozen, for 
proceaaing (a) (C) 
3 0x63626998 Luep fieh ICgcloplarua luapua) eith roe, freeh or chilled, for 
procaeeing (a) 
4 0x83828898 
0x83637886 8lurgeone, fraeh, chilled or frozen, for proceaaing (a) (b) 
S 0x93627866 
0x63638666 Hard fieh roae, freeh, chilled or frozen 
6 0x83831868 Pacific ealaon (Oncorhynchua app.), frozen end heedless, for the 
proceaaing induatry for aenufecture into paetee or epreede (e) 
7 ex838386ee Soft roe, frozen, for the eenufeclure of deoxyribonucleic ecid or 
prolaaina eulphele (e) 
8 0x63652666 Hard fieh roee, eelted or in brine 
8 0x83861898 
0x83662988 frill for proceeeing (e) 
16 0x87182188 Peae in pods, of the epeciee Piaua aativua of the veriely 
Horlanaa axiphiua, frozen, of e thiclcneaa not exceeding 6 ee, to be 
used, in their pods, in the eenufeclure of prepered «eels (e) (c) 
11 0x87119959 Huehrooee, excluding auehrooea of the epeciee Agaricut app., 
provieionelly preeerved in brina, in sulphur eatar, or in other 
praearvetive eolutione, but uneuiteble in that atete for ieeediete 
conaueption, for the food-conning induetry (a) 
12 0x97123966 Huehrooee, excluding euehrooee of the epeciee Agaricut app., 
driad, «hole or in identifieble alicae or piecee, for treeteenl other 
then aiapla repoeking for releil aale (a) (C) 
6* oode ?-
utecrhpitan vt Au4ot»o*o.u» du I f es (X) 
14 0*6*941060 Dotee, frseh or oVtod, for tile proeessi-ng industry, olher than for the 
product ton of eVeohoi (e>* 
15 ex8W41860 Detae, fresh or dried, for pecking for retail eels into ieeediete 
packings of a net content not exceeding 11 kg (e) 
18 0x88194859 Fruit of the epeciee Vacciniua aacrocarpon, freeh 
18 88118658 
68119979 
0x08119896 Pruit of the genue Vacciniua, whether or nol cooked, frozen, not 
eonteining edded euger or other sweetening eeller 
21 ex158799l9 Purified aoya-been oil in glees bottles. Eech boltle holds 18 litres 
of purified eoye-been oil eonteining by «eight: 
- 8,5 I or eore but not eore then 12 X of peleitic ecid estere, 
- 2,5 X or aora but not aore than 4,7 X of ataeric acid asters, 
- 22,4 X or aore but nol eore then 29 X of oleic ecid eelors, 
- 46,6 X or aora but not aore than S3,7 X of linoleic acid asters, 
- 7,4 X or aore but not eore then 11 X of linolenic ecid osiers 
and containing: 
- nol aora than 5 aillieoles of free felly ecid per kilogree of oil, 
- phoephalipida corresponding to e nitrogen content not exceeding 8,84 
ag per graa of oil, 
The eoye-been oil covered by Ihie description ia destined for the 
praparetion of aauleions for injections (e) 
8 
•ix 125 ECU/190 
kilo-
greee nol plus s cos-
pensalory eaount in 
certein conditions 
23 0x18641166 
0x16642818 Pecific aaleon (Oncorhynchua app.), tor Ihe processing industry for 
aenufecture into pestes or epreeda (a) 
24 0x16643098 Herd fiah roae, «eshed, cleened of adhèrent orgene end eieply selted 
or in brine, for proceeeing (e) 
25 ex16851999 Crabe of the epeciee 'King' {.Paraît ihodaa caachalicua), 
'Haneeeki' IPareltihodaa bravipaa), 'Kegeni' (Eriaacrua 
iaanbacki) 'Queen' end '8no«*(Chionoacaiaa app.), 'ted' 
(Qaryon quinquadana), 'tough alone' Waolilhodaa aaparriaua), 
Lllhodat aniarclica, 'Hud' IScylLa aarrata), 'Blue' 
(Partunua app.), eieply boiled in «eter end shelled, whether or not 
frozen, In ieeediete packings of e net content of 2 kg or eore 
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FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120 
2. Intitulé de l'action : Projet de proposition de règlement du Conseil 
portant suspension temporaire des droits autonomes du tarif douanier 
commun pour un certain nombre de produits agricoles. 
3. Base.lurldlaUQ : Art. 28 du Traité-CEE. 
4. Oblectlf de I'action : Suspension des droits du T.D.C. pour les 
produits susvlsés. 
5. Coût de l'action : 
Sur la base des statistiques communautaires et nationales 
disponibles, le coût de cette action est estimé è 23 400 000 Ecus. 
Pour ia môme période, l'année passée, on avait prévu un coût de 
23.520.000 d'Ecus. (cf. Procédure écrite n. E/147/90, doc. 
C0M(90)(65) du 9 février 1990). 
La légère réduction par rapport à l'exercice précédent est due à la 
suppression de certains produits de la liste des suspensions. 
1. The subject ef the annexed proposal for a regulation Is the 
sttspenolon of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number 
ef agricultural products. 
a. In this marmer, the needs of user-Industries, Including small and 
medl«n*$l2ed enterprises, wit I be met. 
3. Tilts measure, In add It ton to maintaining the competitive capacity of 
those Industrie*, Is likely to safeguard ar»d/or Improve employment. 

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