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C0M(94) 184 final 
Brussels,17.05.1994 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff 
duties on a number of agricultural products 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In the first quarter of this year, the Commission, with the 
assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all 
requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of 
common customs tariff duties, including the requests for prolongation 
of the suspensions currently in force. 
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The 
proposal for industrial products is being prepared. 
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined 
in the light of the criteria defined in the Commission communication 
to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff 
suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2). 
As a result of this examination, the Commission deems it justifiable 
to suspend the duty on those products listed in the Annex to the 
attached draft Regulation. 
4. As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned proposal for a 
Regulation, the proposed period of validity is 12 months. 
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temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a 
number of agricultural products 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of the products 
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or 
non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the 
needs of user industries in the Community ; 
Whereas in these cases, it is in the interest of the 
Community to suspend the autonomous Common 
Customs Tariff duties totally ; 
Whereas the decision for the suspension of these autono­
mous duties should be taken by the Community ; 
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately 
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele­vant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only 
temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference 
to the interests of Community production, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the 
products listed in the table appearing in the Annex shall 
be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of 
them. 
These suspensions shall apply from 1 July 1994 to 
30 June 1995-
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on I July 1994. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at 1994 
For the Council 
The President 
CN code 
1 exQ71021Q0 
2 ex07119060 
3 ex8712360G 
4 exG7133396 ANNEX 
TAR IC Description of goods 
(11 Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the species figaricus 
(91 spp., provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or 
in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state 
for immediate consumption, for the food-canning industry (a) 
(1? Hushrooas, excluding mushrooms of the species Agaricus spp., 
(24 dried, whole or in identifiable slices or pieces, for treatment 
other than siaple repacking for retail sale (a) (b) W 
Autonomous duties (X) 
•10 Peas in pods, of the species Pisuti sativum of the variety 
Horlense axiphiu», frozen, of a thickness not exceeding 
6nm, to be used, in their pods, in the manufacture of prepared 
meals (a) (b) 0 
(26 Beans, white, dried, of the species PhaseoLus vulgaris, of 
which not more than 2X by weight are retained by a screen with 
apertures of a diameter of 8am, for use in the food-canning 
industry (a) 
S ex68841l (11 Dates, fresh or dried, for the processing industry, other than 
(21 for the production of alcohol (a) 
6 ex88841698 
7 exG8164856 (12 Dales, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into 
(22 immediate packings of a net content not exceeding likg (a) 
(10 Fruit of the species Vacciniua macrocarpon, fresh 
8 ex081G908G (18 Rose-hips, fresh 
9 88119858 
88119678 
ex08119099 (66 
(67 Fruit of the genus Vacciniua, whether or not cooked, frozen, 
not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
16 ex88119G99 (48 Rose-hips, whether or not cooked, frozen, not containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter 
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to 
the relevant Community provisions. 
(b) However, the suspension is not allowed where processing is carried out by 
retail or catering undertakings. 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation, temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs 
tariff duties on a number of agricultural products 
3. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the EC-Treaty 
4. Object ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products 
5. Cost of this tariff-measure : 
To be borne by the EC-budget : 
for the same exercise in 1993, the loss of own resources was 
expected to be of the order of 33 500 000 ecus. 
for the current exercise, based on the Community statistics 
available, a reasonable estimate for the cost of the operation 
for the period covered by the attached draft Regulation would be 
of the order of 27 300 000 ecus. 
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