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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)636 final.
Brussels,13November1979
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
temporarily suspendingtheautonomous CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesoncertainagricultural products
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(79)636final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thesubject ofthefollowing draft regulation isthe
temporary suspension ofduties intheCommon Customs
Tariff foranumber ofagricultural items ,asrequested
bytheMember States .
Itispartly aprolongation andpartly anewmeasure .
y
Itseems appropriate totheCommission that aduty suspension
isjustified forthegoods listed intheannex tothis
regulation . 1
TheCommission proposes atotal suspension forthose
products forwhich Community production does notexist
orisminimal .Apartial suspension isproposed incases
where theCommunity production covers only .apart ofthe
requirements .Therate ofthepartially suspended duty
depends ontheextent ofthepossible Community supply
totheCommunity users .TheCommission i3also looking
fortheright balance between theinterests ofthesuppliers ,
users and theconsumers intheCommunity .
Italso takes into account theneed toprotect employment .
Theproposed measures areconfined tosixmonths because "
ofthedifficulties ofestimating theevolution ofthe
basic factors .
For anumber ofitems forwhich the Member States also
requested duty suspensions theCommission does notpropose
atariff measure because thenecessary conditions' arenot
fulfilled ,This concernd thefollowing items s "

I
CCTheadxngNo Descriptionofgoods
ex20.07,AIIa)Pearjuiceofavalueexceeding22EUAper100kg
netweight,foruseinthemanufacture ofperry,
meetingthefollowingrequirements :
1)havmg
a)aspecificgravityofnotlessthan1.36
at15°C
b)atotalacidityexpressedasmalicacid
ofnotlessthan2.5percentweight/volume
c)apHofnotlessthan3.9.
2)containingnotmorethan:
a)0.2mg/kgofarsenic
b)3mg/kgofcopper
c)10mg/kgofiron '■
d)1mg/kgoflead
e)J00mg/kgofsulphurdioxide
f)7.5mg/kgofzinc
3)notcontaining :
a)pecticsubstances
b)in10gofjuice,micro-organism capable
ofgrowthonScarrsosmophilic medium

Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
temporarily suspending theautonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties oncertain agricultural
products
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 28thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas production oftheproducts referred tointhis Regulation
isatpresent inadequate ornon-existent within theCommunity and
producers arethus unable tomeet theneeds ofuser industries ;
Whereas itisintheCommunity 'sinterest incertain cases to "
suspend theautonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially ,
chiefly because ofCommunity production ,andinother cases to
suspend them completely ;
Whereas ,inview ofthedifficulties involved inaccurately
assessing howtheeconomic situation will develope inthesectors
concerned inthenear future ,such suspensory measures should be
taken only temporarily /
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
From JJanuary to30June J980 ,theautonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties fortheproducts listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation shall
besuspended atthelevel indicated inrespect ofeach ofthem .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January J950 .

2
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

ANNEX
CCTheading' No Description ofgoods Rate ofautonoraous
.duty (%)
03.01 Alb )
ex03.01 BXIa)
and BIIb)7
ex03.01 C
03.02 AIa)
ex03,02 Aie )
ex03.02 AIId)
ex16.04 BI
ex16.04 CII
ex16,04 CII
ex16.05 A
ex .16,05 A
_>
ex16.05 BSalmon ,fresh (live ordead ),chilled
orfrozen
Fillets ofherring ,fresh ,chilled or
frozen ,intended fortheprocessing(a )
Soft roes ,frozen ,for themanufacture ,
ofdeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)(a)
Herring ,dried ,salted orinbrine , .
whole ,headless orinpieces
Anchovies (Engraulis sp.p .),salted or
inbrine ,whole ,headless orinpieces ,
inpackings ofanetcapacity of8kg ~
ormore
Fillets ofherring ,dried ,salted or
inbrine
Salmon ,intended fortheprocessing >
industry forfurther manufacture into
pastes orspeads(a )
Spiced andsalted herrings ,inpackings
ofanetcapacity of10kgormore
"Herring-flaps ",prepared orpreserved
invinegar ,inpackings ofanetcapa­
city of10kgormore ' .
Crabs ofthe 'King' (Paralithodes
camtchaticus ),'Hanasaki' (Paralithodes
Brevipes ),'Kegani' (Erimacrus isenbecki ),
and'Queen' (Chionoecetes sp.p .)varieties ,
etc .
Crabs ,excluding thespecies 'Cancer
pagarus' ,simply boiled inwater and
shelled ,whether ornot frozen ,in
packings ofanetcapacity of2kgor
more ,forrepacking forretail sale (a)
Shrimps andprawns other than those of
the'Crangon' variety ,boiled ifiwater
and shelled ,whether ornot frozen or
dried ,intended for theindustrial manu­
facture ofproducts falling within
heading No16.05(a )0
0
10
(a)Control oftheuseforthis special purpose shall be
effected pursuant totherelevant Community provisions .