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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C O M (83) 624 final  
Brussels, 2 1  October 1983
Proposal for a  
COyNCIL_REGULATION_(EEC)
on the total or partial suspension of C o m m o n  Customs Tariff  
duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1984)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C O M (83) 624 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Additional Protocol and the Supplementary Protocol concluded by the  
Community with Turkey provide for certain partial or total suspensions for  
agricultural products mentioned in Chapter 1  - 24 of the Common Customs  
Tariff.
Furthermore, the Council has decided that as from 1  January 1974 Turkey  
should not be treated less favourably than the countries and territories  
benefiting from generalised tariff preferences.
2. The proposal for a regulation is aimed at securing implementation of these  
decisions. They extend to Turkey for 1984 on an autonomous basis, the  
total or partial suspensions of duties proposed by the Commission under the  
generalised tariff preference scheme, these suspensions would, however, be  
confined to the products mentioned in Chapters 1  - 24, in respect of which  
no provision is made for more favourable treatment in the agreements with  
Turkey.
3. It is pointed out that :
the proposal for a regulation is based on the interim Agreement  
whose period of validity extend until the entry into force of the  
Supplementary Protocol;
the enacting terms of the regulation and the list of products in annex  
to it are based on the one hand on the proposal forwarded by the  
Commision to the Council concerning generalised tariff preferences  
for the agricultural products mentioned in Chapters 1-24.
This proposal would therefore have to be amended should the  
Supplementary Protocol comes into force and will have to be harmonized  
with the final text of the regulation on suspensions under the generalised  
preference scheme when this has been adopted by the Council.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (  SEC)
on the total or paitial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural 
products originating in Turkey (198 4 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 11.3 
thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade 
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from 
the processing of agricultural products ('), and in 
particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under Annex 6 of the “ Additional Protocol 
laying down the conditions, procedures and timetables 
for implementing the transitional phase pursuant to 
Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an association 
between the European Economic Community and 
Turkey, and under Article 1  of the Interim Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and 
Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member 
States to the Community, the Community must totally or 
partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties 
applicable to certain products; whereas it also appears 
necessary on a provisional basis to adjust or supplement 
some of the advantages provided for in the 
abovementioned Annex 6; whereas the Community 
should therefore, with regard to the products originating 
in Turkey contained in the list annexed to this 
Regulation, suspend until 31 December 198//either the 
fixed component of the charge applicable to the goods 
coming under Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 or the 
customs duty applicable to the other products, at the 
levels indicated for each of them;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 119 of the 1979 Act 
of Accession, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 
3555/80 of 16 December 1980 determining the 
arrangements, to be applied with regard to imports into 
Greece, originating in Algeria, Israel, Malta, Morocco, 
Portugal, Syria, Tunisia or Turkey (2); whereas as a result 
this Regulation applies to the Community of Nine.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. From 1  January until 31 December 1984 the 
products originating in Turkey listed in the Annex shall
(') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1.be admitted for import into the Community of Nine at the 
customs duties indicated for each of them.
2. For the purposes of application of this Regulation, 
‘originating products’  shall mean those products which 
fulfil the conditions laid down in Association Council 
Decision No 4/72 of 29 December 1972 annexed to 
Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 (3), as amended by 
Decision No 1/75 of 26 May 1975 annexed to 
Regulation (EEC) No 1431/75 («).
The methods of administrative cooperation which ensure 
that the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the 
total or partial suspension shall be those laid down in 
Association Council Decision No 5/72 of 29 December 
1972 annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 428/73, as last 
amended by Decision No 1/S3 of 2 5 April 1983  
annexed to Regulation (E E C ) U o  993/83 (5).
Article 2
When the imports of products benefiting from the 
arrangements provided for in Article 1  come into the 
Community in quantities or at prices which cause or 
threaten to cause serious loss to the Community 
producers of similar products or directly competitive 
products, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be 
partially or wholly reintroduced for the products in 
question. These measures may also be taken in the event 
of serious loss or the threat of serious loss limited to a 
single region of the Community.
Article 3
1. In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the 
Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to 
reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited 
period.
2. Where the Commission has been requested by a 
Member State to take action it shall take a decision within 
a maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the 
request and shall inform the Member States of. the action 
taken.
(’) OJ No L 59, 5. 3. 1973, p. 73.
(«) OJ No L 142, 4. 6. 1975, p. 1.
(J) OJ No I. 112, 8.4.1983, p .  1  .

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3. Any Member State may refer the Commission’s 
action to the Council, within a period of 10 working days 
following the day of its notification. The intervention of 
the Council shall not have a suspensory effect. The 
Council shall meet without delay. It may by a qualified 
majority amend or annul the measure taken.
This Regulation shall be binding in its 
States.
Done at Brussels,Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on
1  January 1984.
entirety and directly applicable in all Member
For the Council  
The President

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ANNEX
List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Turkey for which there are grounds for total 
or partial suspension of the Common Customs Tariff
CCT
heading
NoDescription Rate of duty
03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or 
dead), chilled, frozen, salted, in brine or dried; crustaceans, in 
shell, simply boiled in water:
A .  Crustaceans:
ex V. Other
ex b) Other:
4  %— Peurullus spp
06.02 Other live plants, including trees, shrubs, bushes, roots, cuttings 
and slips:
ex D. Other:
— Yuccas and cactuses, not planted in pots, tubs, boxes 
or the like ..................................................... 5  %
06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for 
ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or 
otherwise prepared:
ex B. Other:
— Cut flowers, not further prepared than dried 5  %
07.01 Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
T. Other:
g X  J J  t Aubergines, from 1  to 14 January
ex III. Other :
— Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 
Moench); Moringa oleifera (Drumsticks)Free
07.03
1Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other 
preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate 
consumption: 
ex E. Other vegetables:
— Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
Moench) Free
07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken 
or in powder but not further prepared:
ex B. Other:
— Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia) Free
08.01 Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avoca­
dos, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or 
not:
ex B. Bananas:
— Dried F  ree
ex 08.09 Other fruit, fresh:
— Rose-hips fruit
— Watermelons, from 1  November to 31 MarchFree 
6-5 %

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CCT
heading
NoDescription Rate of duty
08.10 Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing 
added sugar:
ex D. Other:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E 
and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melons
— Rose-hips fruit6 %
Free
08.11 Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in 
brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable 
in that state for immediate consumption:
C. Papaws
D. Bilberries (fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus) 
ex E. Other:
— Quinces
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B  and 
F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melonsFree
3 %
4%
Free
15.04
18.06
19.02
ex 19.04
20.02
20.03Fats and oils, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined:
A. Fish-liver oil:
I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 international units 
per gram
-Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of 
sucrose
C. Chocolate and chocolate goods, whether or not filled; sugar 
confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution 
products, containing cocoa
Malt extract: preparation of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind 
used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less 
than 50 % by weight of cocoa:
B. Other:
ex II. Other:
— Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegetables 
in the form of sun-dried discs of dough, known as 
‘papad’
Tapioca and sago, excluding tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from 
potato or other starches
Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic 
acid:
ex H. Other, including mixtures:
— Moringa oleifera (Drumsticks)
Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar: 
ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
_ Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E
an
d F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melons 
ex B. Other:
_ Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E
an
d F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melonsFree
3 %· + vc
9 % + vc
with a max. 
of 27%  + 
ads
FreeFree
+ vc
Free
6 % + (L)

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CCT
heading Description Rate of duty
No
20.04
20.05
20.06Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or 
crystallized):
Other:
With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:B
ex I.
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, 
E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons
ex II. Other:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, 
E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purie and fruit pastes, being 
cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar:
C. Other:
I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
• ex b) Other:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E 
and F, and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons 
and watermelons
ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 
30 % by weight:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F 
and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melons
ex III. Other:
— Fruit falling within heading nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F 
and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
melons
Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added 
sugar or spirit:
B. Other:
I. Containing added spirit:
a) Ginger
b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity:
1. Of more than 1  kg:
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by weight 
bb) Other
2. Of 1 kg or less:
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight 
bb) Other
II. Not containing added spirit:
a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net 
capacity of more than 1  kg:
ex 8. Other fruits:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E 
and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons 
and watermelons
— Tamarind (pods, pulp)
9. Mixtures of fruit:
ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit ex­
ceeds 50 %  of the total weight of the 
fruits:
— Mixtures of two or more fruits fall­
ing within heading Nos 08.01, 
08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, exclud­
ing melons and watermelons .......6 
% + (L)
6 %
6 % + (L)
6. % + (L)
6 %
10 %
10 % + (L)
10 %
10 % + (L) 
10 %
6 % + (L) 
7%  + (L)
6  % + (L)

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CCT
heading
NoDescription Rate of duty
^ 0 . 0 6  
(cont1 d )a net
20.07< y/oB 11 b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of 
capacity of 1  kg or less:
ex 8. Other fruits:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 It, H  
and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons 
and watermelons 6 % + (L)
c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net 
capacity:
1. Of 4-5 kg or more: 
ex dd) Other fruits:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 %
ex ee) Mixtures of fruit:
— Mixtures of two or more fruits falling
within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08 B , E 
and F and 08.09, excluding melons 
and watermelons, in which no single 
fruit exceeds 50 %  of the total weight 
of the fruits .......................................  6 %
2. 
Of less than 4-5 kg: 
ex bb) Other fruit and mixtures of fruit:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons
— Mixtures of two or more fruits falling
within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08 B, E 
and F and 08.09, excluding melons 
and watermelons, in which no single 
fruit exceeds 50 %  of the total weight 
of the fruits .......................................
Fr
uit juices {including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not 
containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C:
1I1V  Other:
ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
— Fruit falling within subheading 08.01 A Free
•  — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 B  to H, 08.08
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons 
and watermelons 6  %
b) Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net 
weight:
ex 1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 % + (L)
ex 2. Other:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 %6 %

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CCT
heading
NoDescription Rate of duty
20.07  
(cont'd)B . Of a specific gravity of 1  · 33 or less at 15 ° C:
II. Other:
a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight
6. Other fruit and vegetable juices:
ex aa) Containing added sugar:
— Fruit falling within heading
Nos 08.01,08.08 B , E and F and 08.09, 
excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons .....................................
ex
 bb) Other:
— Fruit falling within heading
Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, 
excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons .....................................
b)
 Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight:
7. Other fruit and vegetable juices:
ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding
30 %  by weight:
— Of fruit falling within heading
Nos 08.01, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09,
excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons .....................................
ex
 bb) Within an added sugar content of 30 %  or
less by weight:
— Of fruit falling within heading
Nos 08.01,08.08 B , F . and F and 08.09, 
excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons ......................................
ex cc) Not containing added sugar:
— Of fruit falling within heading
Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, 
excluding pineapples, melons and 
watermelons ......................................6 %
6 %
6 % + (L)
6 %
6  %
21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
A. Cereals in grain or ear form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:
I. Maize Free + V C
II. Rice Free + V C
III. Other F  ree +V C
Abbreviations:
(L) = levy,
vc = variable component.
ads =  additional duty on sugar