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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Draftfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
temporarily suspendingtheautonomous CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesonanumberofagricultural products
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM -
1.Thesubjectofthefollowingdraftregulationisthetemporarysuspension
ofdutiesintheCommonCustomsTariffforanumberofagricultural items,
as.requestedbytheMemberState.' .
Itispartlyaprolongation andpartlyanewmeasure.
2.ItseemsappropriatetotheCommissionthatadutysuspensionis
justifiedforthegoodslistedintheannextothisregulation.
TheCommissionproposesatotalsuspension "forthoseproductsfor
whichCommunityproductiondoesnotexistorisminimal. ;\
Apartialsuspensionisproposedincaseswher«theCommunity'
productioncoversonlyapartoftherequirements .Therateafthe
partiallysuspendeddutydependsontheexjentofthepo$sibleCommunity
supplytotheCommunityusers.TheCommissionisalso'Ipojkiingfoethe
rightbalancebetweentheinterestsofthesuppliers,:users-ancj'the.
consumersintheCommunity. :'v' •-•>■!'•
Italsotakesintoaccounttheneedtoprotectemploymehtf.;:t'.
...•.:.v-:Ï-»»'
3.Theproposedmeasuresareconfinedtoafixedperiodfeeca«u$eJo/Itbfi
difficulties ofestimatingtheevolutionofthebasicfactor's.-
4.ForanumberofitemsforwhichtheMemberStatesalsorequestedduty•
suspensions theCommissiondoesnotproposeatariffmeasurebecause
thenecessaryconditionsarenotfulfilled.*Fhisconcernsthefollowing
items:'

CCT
heading description
No
03.01Alb)Salmon,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen
03.01AIb)Salmon,frozen,headlessfortheprocessing
industryforfurthermanufacture intopastes
andspreads
ex03.01Ble)1]Pikeddog-fish(Squalusacanthias),fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,headless
orinpieces
ex03.01ΒIe)1Flapsofpikeddög-fish(Squalusacanthias),fresh,chilledorfrozen
ex03.01ΒIh)1Cod(GadusmorrhuaorGaduscallarías),fresh.
chilled,whole,intendedforprocessing
03.01ΒISaithe(PollachiusvirensorGadusvirens),
ij)1freshorchilled,intendedforprocessing
ex03.01ΒIk)1Haddock,fresh,chilled,whole,intendedfor
processing
ex03.01ΒIt)1Hake(Merluccius spp.)fresh,chilled,whole.
intendedforprocessing
ex03.01ΒIIa)Filletsofhake(Merluccius spp.),fresh.
andΒIIb)9chilledorfrozen,intendedforprocessing
ex03.03AICrawfishheads(Palinurusspp,PanulirussppandJasusspp),fortheproces­
singindustry
ex16.04CII"Herring-flaps "preparedorpreservedin
vinegar,inimmediatepackingsofanet
capacityof10kgormore,ofwhichthe
averageweightof10"flaps"isgreaterthan
1kg
5.AttentionisdrawntothefactthattheCouncilRf-soLutu-ri<*'<>7.6.1<>74
simplifyinq thetaskofthecustomsadministrations (OJC"79i7*-)requires
thepublication oftheattachedRegulationatleastsixweei<sbeforethis
entryintcforce.

ν
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
temporarilysuspendingtheautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutiesona
numberofagriculturalproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasproductionintheCommunity ofthe
productsspecifiedinthisRegulationiscurrently
inadequateornon-existent ;whereasproducersthus
cannotmeettheneedsofuserindustriesinthe
Community ;
Whereasincertaincasesitisintheinterestofthe
CommunitytosuspendtheautonomousCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesonlypartially,particularlysince
thegoodsinquestionareproducedintheCommunity
andintheothercasestosuspendthemtotally;
Whereas,inviewofthedifficultyofassessingaccura­
telyshort-termtrendsintheeconomicsituationinthe
relevantsectors,suspensionmeasuresshouldbetakenonlytemporarilybyfixingtheirperiodofvalidityby
referencetotheinterestsofCommunityproduction,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutiesfor
theproductslistedinthetablesannexedheretoshall
besuspendedatthelevelindicatedagainsteachof
them.
Thesesuspensionsshallbeapplicable :
–from1Januaryto30June1983forthe
productslistedinTableI,–from1ApriLto30June1983fortheproducts
listed-inTableII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

TA3LE
DescriptionRateof
autonomous
duty(%)
ex07.04BSalmon,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces
Sweetred,orgreen,peppers,dried,dehydrated
orevaporated,inpieces,withamoisture
contentnotexceeding9.5%butnotfurther
prepared
Beans,white,dried,ofthespecies'Phaseolusvulgaris'
Purifiedsoya-beanoilinglassbottles.Eachbottleholds10litresofpurified
soya-beanoilcontainingbyweight:
–aminimumofS-5%andamaximumof12%ofpalmiticacidesters,
–aminimumof2-5%andamaximumof4-7%ofstearicacidesters,
–aminimumof22-4%andamaximumof29%ofoleicacidesters,
–aminimumof46-6%andamaximumof53-7%oflinoltfriiCaCidesters–aminimumof7-4%andamaximumof11%oflinoleicacidesters,
andcontaining :
–notmorethan5millimolesoffreefattyacidperkgofoil,
–phosphalipids corresponding toanitrogencontentnotexceeding
004mgpergramofoil.
Thesoya-beanoilcoveredbythisdescriptionisdestinedforthepreparation
ofemulsionsforinjections(a)
Salmonfortheprocessingindustryformanufactureintopastesorspreads(a)8withamaximum
dutyofl25ECUper
100kgnetweight,
plusacompensatory
amount^incertain
conditions– --^-.
0
Crabsofthespecies'King'(ParalithodesCaffichaticus ),'Hanasaki(Parali-
thodesbrevipes),'Kegani'(Erimacrusisenbecki),and'Queen'(ChiOflOeCettS
spp),'Red'(Geryonquinquedens )and'Roughstone'(Neolithodesasper-
rimus),simplyboiledinwaterandshelled,whetherornotfrozen,inimme­
diatepackingsofanetcapacityof2kgormore
Lobsterflesh,cooked,tobeusedbytheprocessingindustryforthemanu­
factureofbuttersbasedonlobster,patesandpastes,soupsorsauces(a)(jb)
Shrimpsandprawnsofthespecies'Pandalusborealis'boiledinwaterand
shelled,whetherornotfrozenordried,intendedfortheindustrialproces­
singofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo16.05(a)(b)10
15
(a)ChecksontheiruseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovisions.
(b)However,thesuspensionisnotallowedwherethetreatmentiscarriedoutbyretailsaleorcateringundertakings .

(o
TABLEII
CCT Description Rateof
heading•autonomous
No duty(%)
ex03.02AIf)Coalfish(PollachiusvirensorGadusvirens),saltedorinbrine,whole,
headlessorinpieces,intendedforsmokingordrying(a) 8
ex03.02AIId)Filletsofcoalfish(PollachiusvirensorGadusvirens),saltedorinbrine,
intendedforsmokingordrying(a) 9
(a)Checksontheiruseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuant
totherelevantCommunityprovisions .