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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)214 final
Brussels,29April1981
Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
temporarily suspending theautonomous CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesonanumberofagricultural products
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM .
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1.1,.Thesubject •<>£thefollowing draft regulation isthe' y
V temporary suspension ofduties intheCommon Cuistbos Tariff •
•iforfnumber ofagricultural items asreiquasted bythe '■% .i.
'•:iKombelr States •/• 1,v"• '•- '• •,
is aprolongation andpartly ftnewmeasure . ' t»•
:2.Stoeemo appropriate to -theCommission that aduty suspension '■
ia .r.iptified foi^"thegoodo listed inthe'ann^x tothis'
■''ftgulatàon..'' ■ .. .< ♦*• '.• ,• *
TheCommission proposes atotal suspension forthose products ,
for .which Community production does not .exist orisminimal . '
Apartial suspension isproposed iricases where theCommunity '.'
• • •* . . ♦ ' «-■»*•• •
'.'..production covert only apart' of,therequirements .■Therate
' •' • ■ 4 ' ''.'
.ofthepartially suspended duty depends "<mtheextent ofthe
.possible Community supply totheConraiunicy users .'The Qoraaission
' ■.isalso .' looking forthe'right balance between the ..
'interests ofthesuppliers ,userfe and'theconsumers -inthe
# * , • 0.*.
•■!*' •Community.' •'
"■■Xtalso takes into account theneed ;froprotect employment .
3*Theproposed measures are 'confined toafixed period
. .5 • * . 1 » ~t-• jf
. because ofthe'difficulties ofestimating fchaevolution ofthe/
'■.basic "£«cto *«,1. '•> ' '■*', V • '
'"•■ :^ ■¥'■■■'
4.Foranumber o£items forwhich theMtimhei :'States also requested '
•duty suspensions theCorrauisaioa does ?TXQCpropose ,,dtariff xaeasure
•becAUfle thenecessary coadieid«ia .,'a?:QnoSfulfilled *Thia.-' •
·■ · ■ ·:·· ·. ■·.·.■■ ·. ■ .■·.· >
•..'concerna .fcha ■following .?'• y
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CCTHEADINGNO-I DESCRIPTION
03.01AIb)Salmon,fresh<liveordead),chilledorfrozen
ex03.01ΒΙb)CodCGadusmorrhuaorGaduscallarias),fresh,chilled
orfrozen,whole,ofalengthof40cmormorefor
processing
ex03.01ΒIk)Haddock,fresh,whole,ofalengthof40cmormore
forprocessing
ex03.01ΒIq.)whole,
Hake(Merlucciusspp.),fresh,^ofalengthof40cmor
moreforprocessing
ex03.01
andΒ
ΒII
IIa)
b)7Filletsofhake(Merluccius spp.),fresh,chilledor
frozen,intendedforprocessing
/
ex16.05ΒShrimpsandprawnsotherthanthoseofthe'Crangon'
variety,boiledinwaterandshelled,whetherornot
frozenor'dried,fortheindustrialmanufacture of
productsfallingwithinheadingNo16.05
18.01 Cocoabeans,wholeorbroken,raworroasted
5.AttentionisdrawntothefactthattheCouncilResolution of27.6.1974
simplifying thetaskofthecustomsadministrations (OJC79/74)requires
thepublication oftheattachedRegulationatleastsixweeksbeforeits
entryintoforce.

■DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)>
temporarilysuspendingtheautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutiesona
number01agncultur&Iproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHBEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
HconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
.HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
"'lieCommission,. ."'
v.''nort:nsproductioninth:Communityofthe
pec.Ijctsspecific.!inthisRegulationiscurrently ,
irao^-pinf:or.n>n-existent.andwhereasproducers'
cannotmeettheneedsofuserindustriesinthe
Cc<i>r:innity;
~.#herc;>>sin'certaincasesitisintheinterestofthe
CommunitytosuspendtheautonomousCommon
Cu-.romsTariffdutiesonlypartially,particularlysince
thegoodsinquestionarcproducedintheComrrvu-
riity.anci>ntheothercasestosuspendthemtotally;/ *
Whereas,inviewofthedifficultyofassessingaccu­
ratelyshor.-termtrendsintheeconomicsituationin
dierelevantsectors,suspensionmeasuresshouldbe'
fakenonlyfortemporaryperiodsbyfixingtheirperiod-ofvaliditybyreferencetotheinterestsof
Communityproduction,
\HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article/
.Theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutiesfor
theproductslistedinthetablesannexedtothisRegu­
lationshallbesuspendedatthelevelindicatedagainst
eachofthem.
.*-
.Thesesuspensionsshallbeapplicable,: ,
–"from1Julyto31December1931lcrf'lcproducts
listedinTableI,„
–from1July1981to30June1982forthe
productslistedinTableII, .
' .Article2-
.ThisRegulationshallenterinto.forceon1July19qi
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand.directlyapplicableinaliMember
States. .
DoneatBrussels,'*•
tfi'FortheCouncil.
.*'•ThePresident

ANNEX
TAiiLEl
CCT
heading
Nof
DescriptionRateof
autonomous
J·dutyI%)
-ιι
cx03.01Β1e) Pikeddog-fishfSquaJusacantlms ),fresh,chilledorfrozen,
whole,headlessorinpieces 0
cx03.01ΒΠa)
and
Βlib)7Filletsofherring ,fresh,chilledorfrozen,forprocessing 3
ex03.02A1a)Herring ,dried,¿sitedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces 8
e\02AIf)Coainsh (PoDachuisvirensorG.iousvirens),saìred .orinbrine,whole,
headlessORinpiecesintendedforprocessing (Λ)(h)8
cx03.02AΠu)Filletsofherring ,dried,suitedorinbrine9
cxOí.02AΠd) Fillersofcon)fish(Pollachius virensorGndusvirens),saltedorinbrine
intendedforprocessing (a)(b) 8
cx03.03A1 Tailsofcrawfish,chilledorfrozen,shelledornot 17.5
exOí.(ΗI!1h) Oysters,frcih(live),weighingnomorethan12geach 9
CX07.04Β Sweetredorgteenpeppers ,dried,dehydrated orevaporated ,whole,CIT
orsliced,burnotfurrlu"prepared10-
exor.os15ï Beans,dried,white,ofthespeciesPhaseoiusvulgar ,s 0
ex08.01 A
■Dates,freshordried,forrepacking for
retailsale,inimmediate packings ofanet
capacity netexceeding 11kgÍb> 0
cx'
08.10D Dates,fro7.cn,inimmediate packingsofanetcapacityofSlegormore,
notintendedfortheproduction ofalcohol (b) Ώ
09.10CI
1Saffron,neithercrushednorground 10
cxi6.Í!4C!1 Spicci!andsalrrdherrings,inimmediate packi-igsofanet
capacityof10kgormoie8
cx16.04C11 'Herring-flaps' .preparedorpreserved invir.egnr,inimmed-
iatepackingsofanetcapacityof10kgori.iore
_/
S
1
cx16.0SA CrabsofthespeciesΚ;η^'(Pnrolithodes cnn^rch?ü:cub ),'Han.i-
saki'(Parv.iithodes brevipes),'Kc^ani' (Erimarrusjsenhecki ),
and'Queen' (Chinoccaetes spp),Red'(Geryonqumquedens )
and'Roughstor,eíNeolifhcdes asperrirnus ),siir.pïyDOiiedin
waterandshelled,whetherornotfrozen,inimmediate pack-
ingsoíanetcr.facw/ci2k¿rormore.0
ex16=058■
Shrimpsandp-awnsofthesp^c'es"Pandalus
borealis1'boiledinwater*andshelled,
shetneroric*frozenordried,fctheIndus·"
tr*·a1manufacture ofproductsfallingwithin
|h3-iC*ngNoó.05(b;■r.'
!

(a)Thesuspensionshallapplytofishintendedtound"goanytreatmentunlesstheyareintendedtoundergoexclusivelyoneormore
ofthefollowingtreatments: -–
,–cleaning,gutting,heading,tailing, .■. "–cutting(excludingfilletingorcuttingoffrozenblocks), ■–sorting,' ...•' . ,–labelling, , '•–packing,–icing, :. ■.
•–freezing, ' . -
-–deepfreezing,–thawing,separation.
Thesuspensionisnotallowedforproductsonwhichotherwisequalifyingtreatmentsareintendedtobecarriedoutatretailor
cateringlevel.
Thesuspensionshallapplyonlytofishintendedforhumanconsumption.-
(b)ControloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovisions.

TABLEn
CCT
heading".
NoDescriptionRateof
autonomous
duty(%)
ex03.01Big!LesserorGreenlandhalibut(Hippoglossus
réinhardtius otherwise knownas"Reinhardtius
hippoglossoides "),fresh,chiLiedorfrozen,
whole,headlessorinpieces 0.
ex03.01ΒIq)Sardinopssagaxorocellata(pilchards),fresh,chilledorfrozen:
(a)whole,ofalengthof20cmormore,
(b)headless,ofalengthofÎ5cmormore,
intendedforprocessing(a)(b) 4
ex03.0114Iq) ΓhipsofSardinnpssagaxorocellata(pilchards),fresh,chilledorfrozen,
ofalengthof12cmormore,forprocessing(a)(b) 0
ex0U)lΒ1q)Sturgeons,fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,headlessorinpieces,
forprocessing(a)(b) 0
ex03.01C Softroes,frozen,forthemanufactureofdeoxyribonucleic acid(DNA)(b) 0
ex03.01C Hardfishroes,fresh,chilledorfrozen ' 0
03.02Alt)'Salmon,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces 4
V
ex03.02C Hardfishrocs,saltedorinbrine ·0
07.01GIII Horse-radish (Cochlcariaarmoracia),freshorchilled. -11
ex07.03EMushrooms,excludingcultivated mushrooms
fallingwithinsubheading07.01QI,preser-
vedinbrine,insulphurwaterorinother
preservative solutions,butnotspecially
preparedforimmediateconsumption 0
ex07.04Β'Mushrooms,excludingcultivated mushrooms
fallingwithinsubheading07.01QI,dried,
dehydratedorevaporated,wholeoriniden­
tifiablepiecesorslices,'for
treatmentotherthansimplerepackingfor-
retaiIsale(b)(c) 0
(a)Thesuspensionshallapplytofishintendedtoundergoanytreatmentunlesstheyareintendedtoundergoexclusivelyoneormore
ofthefollowingtreatments:–cleaning,gutting,heading,tailing, '–cutting(excluding .filletingorcuttingo£frozenblocks), '–-sorting, -.'*•–labelling,
-Peking, ,
icing, ■
frcc/inf*,
–■deepfreezing,–thawing,separation.
"Hiesuspensionisnotallowedforproductsonwhichotherwisequalifyingtreatmentsarcintendedtobecarriedoutatretailor
cateringlevel.
Thesuspensionshallapplyonlytofishintendedforhumanconsumption.
(b)(ontroloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovisions.
(c;However,thedutysuspensionshallnotapplywherethetreatmentiscarriedoutbyretailsaleorcateringundertakings .

CCT j Rateof
heading I Description ,• " .autonomous
No - . |.'duty(%)
ex08.01A
ex08.09
08.10exB,C
andexI)
ex08.10D
:x09.04BI'
ex15.070I
b)Dares,freshordried,intendedforprocessing otherthanforthe
production ofalcohol(b) .
Rose-hips,fresh
FruitofthespeciesVaccinium (whether'ornotcooked),preservedby
freezing,notcontaining addedsugar
Rose-hips,whetherornotcooked,preservedbyfreezing,notcontaining
addedsugar ■ '
Paprika,ground,for-useinanimalfecdingsmffs (b)
Purified soya-bean oilinglassbottles.
Eachbottleholds10litresorpurified
soya-bean oilcontaining byweight :.
I_maximumof12%of
maximumof4.7%of
maximum of29%of
( *v •
maximum of53.7%-aminimum of8.5%anda
palmitic acidesters,
-aminimum of2.5%anda
stearicacidesters,
-aminimumof22.4%anda
oleicacidesters,•
-aminimumof46.6%anda
oflinoleicacidesters, {-aminimumof7.4%andmaximumof11%ofj
linolenic acidesters,.' "Ti
andcontaining : i
,.. ■.. .• !-freefattyacidsnotgreaterthan5milli-j
molesperkgofoil,- [
-phosphalipids corresponding toanitrogen .!
contentnotexceeding 0.04milligrammes j
pergrammeofoil" ;
Thesoya-beanoilcoveredbythisdescription'
isdestinedforthepreparation ofemulsions i
forinjections (b)-,.,!.• io
o
o
o
S
withamaximum
dutyof50EUA
per100kgnet
weight,plus
acompensatory
amountincertain
conditions
x16.04AII
ex16.04BI
2Τ.07ΛHardfishrocs,washed,cleanedofadherentorgansandsimplysaltedor
inbrine
Salmonfortheprocessing industryforfurthermanufacture
intopastesorspreads(b)' '
Fishormarinemammalsolubles
(b)Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshall-becarried-out pursuanttotherelevantCommu-