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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
I
COM (76)451Final
/ Brussels .19th August 1976
t .
Proposal
i
for a
Council Retaliation
temporarily andtotally suspending theautonomous
Common Customs Tariff duty onanumber offresh or
chilled vegetables
(submitted totheCouncil bythe'Commission )
COM (76)451Final

EXPLANATION
TheCommunityharvestofacertainnumberofvegetableshas,asaresultofthe
droughtofthe1976season,sufferedaconsiderablereduction,whichhasledto
highpricelevelsinthissector.
Atemporaryandtotalsuspensionoftheautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutyfor
acertainnumberofproductsincommondemandcanalleviatethissituationand
avoidtheriskofariseinthecostofliving.
Themeasureenvisagedismenttocompensatetemporarilythedetrimentaleffects
ofthedroughtinthesectorinquestion }thiskindofmeasureofessentiallya
provisionalcharactershouldnormallybetakenintheframeworkofthecompetence
giventotheCouncilbyarticles40and43»andaccordingtotheprocedurefore­
seentherein,inparticularafterconsultation oftheEuropeanParliament.Itshould
however,tobetakeninmindthattheproposaloftheCommissionwhichwillpermit,
inurgentcasesastheoneinquestion,totakewithoutdelaythemeasureswhich
press,isnotyetadopted.(*)
Underthesecircumstances theCommissionproposestotheCouncilthetariffmeasure
setoutintheattacheddraftregulation ,underreservationtoinsertitlater
intheframeworkofthecommonagricultural policy.
(*)ProposalofaCouncilRegulationconcerningtheproceduretomodifyand
suspendthecustomstariffapplicableforagricultural produotssubmitted
tothecommonmarketorganisation.

V"V-"PROPOSALFORA^V '
■'•^'COUJICILREGULATION(EEC)<|?'''■•
"temporarilyandtotallysuspendingtheautonomous CommonCustomsTariffduty
cnanumberoffreshorchilledvegetables
.THECOUNCIL .CPTHEEURCrSJi?;COMIUITITIIS ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinpartiru!*-r
Article •«l03~thereof;
i.
HavingregardtotheCommissionproposal;
VJhcreasthedroughtduringthe1976sesteonhasledtoaconsiderable reduction
intheavailability ofacertainnumberofvegetablesintheCommunity;whereas
inviewoftheriskofincreasesinthecostoflivingwhichmightresultfrom
thissituation,theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutyforthevegetables
concernedshouldbetotallysuspendedforalimitedperiodi
Whorec.sthesuddennessoftheeventswithwhichtheCouncilisconfronted,the
urgenceofthemeasurestobetakenandtheiritemporatorycharacteraswellas
theabsenceofprovisionsintheregulationonacommonorganizationofthe
marketforfruitsandvegetablespermittingto:meetsuchsituationswithall
necessarydiligencecanloadtoexceptionally .applyArticle103cftheTrerty,
subjecttolaterinsertionofthismeasurein!theframeworkofthecommon
agricultural policy,

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DATE.17/8/76
L.BUDGETLINSCONCERNED >Chapter12
2.ACTION.ProposalforaCouncilRegulation .temporarilyandtotallysuspending
theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutyonanumberoffreshor
chilledvegetables
3.LECALBASIS1article103oftheTreaty
4.OBJECTIVES:TemporaryandtotalsuspensionoftheautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutyonnumberoffreshorchilledvegetablesinorderto
palliatetheeffectsofthecurrentdrought
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGEDTOTHEECBUDGET
(RETTJIIUS/LNTERVENTIONS)
–CHARGEDTONATIONALADMINISTR.
-CHARGEDTOOTHERNATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-OXNRESOURCESOFT!!EEC 1(«J3FF»/CU3TO;-.SDUTIES)'
-NATIONAL0FORTHEMARKETING YEARCURRENTFINANCIAL TEAS
}
negligibleFOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAR
L
TEAR TEAR TSAR
5.0.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFRECEIPTS mesurelimitedtill30.9.1976
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
I6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEWITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTEROFCURRENTBUDGET? YES/TWH
6.1FINANCINGPOSSIBLEBYTRANSFERBSKEENCHAPTERSOFCURRENTBUDGET?1I
4FES/HO-I
16.2NECESSITYFORASUPPLEIS.TARYBUDGET?6.3CR^JITSTOBE'HRITIENINTOFUTUREBUDGETS?■Ï£S/K«-
CO/KENTSt^TLJELEVELOF-THECU£itomstariffissuchthatthetakingsarenegligible.
Thetotalsuspensionofthecustomstariffhasthuslittleeffecton
thelevelofthetakingsofthecustomstariff.