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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)273 final
Brussels.2June1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No562/81onthereductionof
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityofcertain
agricultural productsoriginating inTurkey
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On19September 1980the.EEC-Turkey Association Counciladopted
Decision No1/80aimedatdevelopment oftheAssociation .
Tointroducethetariffmeasuresnecessaryforimplementation of
theDecisiontheCounciladoptedRegulation (EEC)No562/81of
20January1981(1)establishing theratesofdutytobeapplied
from1January1981to31December1982toimportsofcertain
agricultural productsoriginating inTurkey.
Inaccordance withtheDecisionof19September 1980,theserates
werecalculated onthebasisofthedutiesapplicable .toimports
intothe"Community.
IndraftRegulation (EEC)No .(2)theCommission has
proposedthetemporarysuspension ofautonomous CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesoncertainagricultural products,whichwillhavetheeffectif
<alteringthedutiesapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunity.
Thepresentproposalforaregulationisintendedtotakeaccountof
thesechangesandestablishthenewratesofcustomsdutytobeapplied
from1July1981tosevenproductslistedintheAnnextoCouncil ,
Regulation (EEC)No562/81,originating inTurkey.
(1)0JNoL65,11March1981,p.1.
(2)SeeCouncildocument No6775/81/UD51of8May1981.

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
AMENDING REGULATION (EEC)No'562/81
ONTHEREDUCTION OFCUSTOMSDUTIES
ONIMPORTSINTOTHECOMMUNITY OFCERTAINAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ORIGINATING INTURKEY
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof, ■~ <
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheEEC-Turkey Association CouncilbyitsDecision No1/80of
19September 1980decidedtoabolishinstagesthecustomsdutiesstill
applicable toimportsintotheCommunityofagricultural productsorigin­
,atinginTurkeywhichmaynotyetbeimportedintotheCommunityfreeof
customsduty;
(1)WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No562/81
established ratesofdutyapplicable fortheperiodcommencing on
1January1981andfinishing on31December1982;whereasinaccordance
withtheabovementioned Decision No1/80thesaidrateswerecalculated
onthebasisofthecustomsdutiesapplicable intheCommunity;
(1)0JNoL65,11.3.1981,p.1.

WhereasRegulation (EEC)•no/SItr ...te.v.oorarily
suspendingtheautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonanumberof
agricultural productspartiallysuspendedcertaindutiesapplicablein
respectofthefollowingproducts ; .'-"*
(a)Suspensions validfrom1Julyto31December1981:-
.CCT\ iRateof
heading •Description <autonomous
No
iduty(%)
I
exC3.03ΒIb>Oysterá,fresh(live),vjeighingno
morethan12geach 9
ex03.01ΒIIa)'Filletsofherring,fresh,chilled
andΒIIb)7orfrozen,forprocessing 3
ex07.04Β Sweet .redorgreenpeppers,dried,
dehydratedor/evaporated,whole.
cutorsliced,butnotfurther
prepared . 10
ex16.04CIÍ Spicedandsaltedherrings,in
immediatepackingsofanetcapacity
of10kgormore 8
ex16.04CII "Herring-flaps ",preparedor
preservedinvinegar,inimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof10kg
ormore 8
(b)Suspensions validfrom1July1981to30June1982:
CCT•Rateof
'heading Description autonomous
No/ "duty(%)
ex03.01ΒIq)Sardinops sagaxorocellata■
(pilchards),fresh,chilledor
*frozen: '.
(1)OJNoL

-3-
CCT
heading
NODescriptionRateof
autonomous
duty(5Ω
ex03.01ΒIq)
(cont'd)(a)whole,ofalengthof20cmor
more
(b)headless,ofalengthof15cm
ormore,
intendedforprocessing 4
03.02f.Ie)Salmon,saltedorinbrine,whole,
headlessor-inpieces 4
07.η:GIII Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia),
freshorchilled 11
Whereastheratesofdutyapplicable intheCommunityofNinehavethere­
forebeenalteredinrespectoftheseproducts,andwhereasthismustbe
takenintoaccountinestablishing thecustomsdutiestobeappliedto
importsofsuchproductsoriginating inTurkey;
Whereas,inaccordance withArticle119ofthe1979ActofAccession,
theCommunity adoptedCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3555/80of16Decem­
ber1980determining thearrangements tobeappliedwithregardtoimports
intoGreeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,
Syria,TunisiaorTurkey(1);whereasthisRegulationthereforeapplies
totheCommunitywiththeexceptionofGreece;
Whereasitisaccordingly necessarytoamend .Regulation (EEC)
No562/81,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No562/81isherebyamendedasfollows:
(1)0JNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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(1)Infootnote(b)tothe2.1%rateofdutyinrespectOTsubheading
03.01BIq):Other,"30June1931"siialLbereplacedby"30June1932";
(2)Infootnote(a)tothe12.6%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading
03.01BIIa):Freshorchilledandinfootnote(a)tothe10,5%rate
ofdutyinrespectofsubheading03.01BIIb)7:Other,"30June1981"
shallbereplacedby"31December1981"; ,
(3)Infootnote (e)tothe3%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading
03.02Ale):Salmon,saltedorinbrine,"30June1981"shallbe
replacedby"30June1982";
(4)Withrespecttothe12.6%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading03.03
BIb):Other,thefollowingfootnote(f)shallbeadded:
"(f)Dutyratereducedto6.3%(suspension)uptoandincluding31December
1981inrespectoffreshoysters(live)weighingnomorethan12g
-each";
(5)In.footnote(a)tothe10.5%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading -.
07.01GIII:Horse-radish (Cochleariaarmoracia),"30June1981"-
shallbereplacedby"30June^1982";
C5)Withrespecttothe11.2%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading07.04
exB:Other,,thefollowingfootnote(b)shallbeadded: .
"(b)Dutyratereducedto7%(suspension )uptoandincluding
31December1981inrespectofsweetredor"greenpeppers";
(7)Infootnote(a)tothe14%rateofdutyinrespectofsubheading
16.04CII:Other,"30June1981"shallbereplacedby"31December
1981".

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident