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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)462 final
I , ? Brussels ,10,September 1975
λ
i Proposal for a
»
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL •
« ■ itotally orpartially suspending Common Customs
Tariff duties oncertain products ,falling
within Chapters 1to24ofthe Common Customs
Tariff ,originating inMalta
, , (1976 )
COM(75 )462final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council has agreed that from 1January 1974 Malta should begiven
treatment noless favourable than that accorded tothe other countries
which benefit from generalised preferences .
The object ofthe Regulation annexed hereto istoputthis decision into
practice ;itextends toMalta ,autonomously during 1976 ,thetotal or
partial suspension ofthe Common Customs Tariff Duties onthe products
inChapters 1to24which the Commission proposed inconnection with the
generalised preferences .
The proposal concerns only those products which are ofinterest toMalta
inrespect ofwhich Community treatment ofMalta isnomore favourable
than the treatment given under the generalised preferences .
Asthe Regulation isbased onArticles 43and 113 ofthe Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community ,the European Parliament must beconsulted .
Attention isdrawn tothe fact that both the content ofthe Regulation and
thelist ofproducts annexed toitaredirectly related tothe Commission 's
proposal tothe Council concerning generalised preferences inrespect to
the products falling within Chapters 1to24ofthe Common Customs Tariff •
The annexed proposal will therefore have tobealigned onthefinal text
ofthe abovementioned Regulation when thelatter has been adopted bythe
Counoil •

Proposal
REGULATION (EEC )No OFTHE COUNCIL ,
OÍ
totally orpartially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties oncertain products ,
falling within Chapters 1to24oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inMalta
(1976 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuro­
pean Economic Community ,and inparticular
Articles 43and 113thereof ;
Having regard to Council -Regulation (EEC )
No 1059/69(')of28May 1969 laying down the
trade arrangements applicable tocertain goods
resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products ,
aslastamended byRegulation (EEC )No1491/73(2),
andinparticular Article 12thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;theprinciple ofmaintaining inthenew Member
States apreference proportional tothat which exists
between theduties oftheCommon Customs Tariff
andtheduties given inAnnex AtothisRegulation ;
whereas ,with aview togranting Malta thebest
possible treatment ,inaccordance with theobjectives
ofthepreference scheme ,theduties given inAnnex A
should also beapplied wherever theduties calculated
according totheabovementioned detailed rules prove
tobehigher than them ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard tothe Opinion ofthe European
Parliament ;
Whereas ,under Annex ItotheAgreement (®)estab­
lishing anAssociation between theEuropean Eco­
nomic Community and Malta ,theCommunity must
partially suspend theCommon Customs Tariff duties
applicable tocertain products ;whereas italso
appears necessary provisionally toadjust orto
supplement certain ofthetariff benefits provided for
intheabovementioned Annex ;whereas ,accordingly ,
theCommunity should ,inrespect oftheproducts
originating inMalta listed inAnnex Atothis
Regulation ,suspend either thefixed component of
thelevy applicable togoods coming under Regulation
(EEC )No 1059/69orthecustoms duty applicable
totheother products from 1January to31December
1976 andatthelevels indicated foreach ofthem ;
Whereas ,forcertain products ofChapters 1to24of ■
the Common Customs Tariff ,this scheme would ,
however ,involve theapplication inthenew Member
States in1976 "ofcustoms duties higher than orvery
close tothose applied bythenew Member States to
non-member countries ingeneral onthebasis ofthe
ActofAccession ;whereas ,inorder tomaintain an
equivalent preferential margin for these products
also,reduced customs duties should beapplied to
them inaccordance with thedetailed rules based on
(')OJNoL141,12.6.1969 ,p.1.
(»)OJNoL151,7.6.1973 ,p.1.
(')OJNoL61,14.3.1971 ,p.3.Article 1
1.From 1January until 31December 197° ,the
products originating inMalta listed inAnnex Ashall
beadmitted forimport into the Community as
originally constituted atthecustoms duties indicated
foreach ofthem .
On importation into Denmark ,Ireland and the
United Kingdom ,there shall beapplied tothe
abovementioned products thecustoms duties deter­
mined bymultiplying ,byacoefficient equal tothe
margin ofpreferences existing between the duties
given inAnnex Aand theCommon Customs Tariff
duties applicable ,theduties obtained byreducing the
difference between the lowest duty applied on
1January 1972 tothedeveloping countries and the
Common Customs Tariff ,bytf0% inrespect ofthe
products ■mentioned inAnnex B,and by80% ir
respect oftheother products given inAnnex A.
However ,the duties given inAnnex Ashall be
applied where the duties resulting from the
abovementioned calculation arehigher than them .
2.For thepurposes ofthe application ofthis
Regulation ,therules oforigin shall bethose in •force
atthetime asregards the implementation ofthe
Agreement establishing anAssociation between the
European Economic Community andMalta .

However the provisions ofArticle 1
(2)(b )last sentence oftheProtocol
concerning the definition ofthe
concept ofthe origin ofgoods and
methods ofadministrative ooopera -
tion are not applicable insofar as
concerns products obtained inMalta
froms
-the products originating inone or
more Member State ofthe Community
asoriginally constituted and
exported toone ormore new Member
State ,or-the products originating inoneor
more new Member States and exported
toone ormore Member States of
the Community asoriginally
constituted
where the products referred tointwo
indents above have been the subject
ofthe insufficient working orpro­
cessing listed inpoints 1to6of
List Aannexed tothe above Protocol *
Article 2
When products benefiting from the arrangements
provided for inArticle 1are imported inthe
Community insuch quantities oratsuch prices that
Community producers ofproducts similar toorin
direct competition with fhem suffer orarelikely to
suffer from serious disadvantage ,the Common
Customs Tariff duties may bereintroduced in
whole orinpart ontheproducts inquestion .Such
measures may also betaken intheevent ofactual or
potential serious disadvantage inasingle region of
theCommunity .Article 3
1.Inorder toensure theapplication ofArticle 2,
theCommission may decide ,bymeans ofaRegu­
lation ,toreintroduce thelevying ofcustoms duties
foralimited period .
2.Intheevent ofsuch action being requested bya
Member State ,theCommission shall take adecision
within aperiod ofnotmore than 10working days
from receipt ofthe request and shall inform the
Member States oftheaction taken .
3.Any Member State may refer totheCouncil the
measure taken bytheCommission ,within aperiod
ofnotmore than 10working days after ithasbeen
informed thereof .The fact that thematter isreferred
tothe Council shall not cause the measure tobe
suspended .The Council shall meet immediately .It
may ,acting onaqualified majority ,amend or
rescind themeasure inquestion .
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January
1976.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
^ FortheCouncil
The President

ANNEX A
CCT
hcading NoDescription Rate ofduty
1 2 3
02.01 Meat and edible offals oftheanimals (ailing within heading
No01.01 ,01.02 ,01.03 ,or01.04 fresh ,chilled orfrozen :
A.Meat :
III.Ofswine :
b)Other Free
02.04 Other meat and edible meat offals ,fresh ,chilled orfrozen :
exB.Furred game ,frozen Free
03.01t
Fresh fish (alive ordead),chilled or
frozen :
B.Saltwater fish :
I.Whole ,headless orinpieces :
exq)other :
-aquarium fish Free
04.06 Natural honey 23%
05.03 Horsehair andhorsehair waste ,whether ornotputupasa
layer orbetween two layers ofother material :
B.Other Free
15.10 Fatty acids ,acid oilsfrom refining ;fatty alcohols :
C.Other fatty acids ;acid oilsfrom refiningFree
16.02 Other prepared orpreserved meat ormeat offal :
A.Liver :
I.Goose orduck liver 12,5 %
B.Other :
II.Game orrabbit meat oroffal :
–Game
, –Rabbit9 %12,5 26
III.Other :
b)Other :
ex1.Containing bovine meat oroffal :
–Prepared orpreserved bovine tongue ..
2.Other :
aa)Ovine meat oroffal
bb)Otheri6 io
16
16 1o
20.02Vegetables prepared orpreserved otherwise than byvinegar
oracetic acid :
E.Sauerkraut
exF.Capers14 1°
11$

CCT
heading NoDescription Rate ofduty
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must )and vegetable juices ,
whether ornotcontaining added sugar ,butunfermented and
notcontaining spirit :
A.Ofaspecific gravity exceeding 1-33 at15°C:
III.Other :
exa)Ofavalue exceeding 30u.a.per 100 kgnet
weight :
–Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 ,
excluding pineapples
b)Ofavalue notexceeding 30u.a.per100kgnet
weight :
ex1.With anadded sugar content exceeding
30% byweight :
–Fruits falling within heading No08.01 ,
excluding pineapples
ex2.Other :
–Fruits falling within heading No08.01 ,
excluding pineapples
B.Ofaspecific gravity of1-33orlessat15°C:
II.Other :
a)Ofavalue exceeding 30u.a.per100kgnetweight :
2.Grapefruit juice
ex3.Other citrus fruit juices :
aa)Containing added sugar
bb)Other
ex6.Other fruit and vegetable juices ,excluding
apricot andpeach juices :
aa)Containing added sugar
bb)Other
7.Mixtures :
exbb)Other ,excluding mixtures containing
separately ortogether ,over 25% of
grape ,citrus fruit ,pineapple ,apple ,
pear ,tomato ,apricot orpeach juice :
11.Containing added sugar
22.Other
b)Ofavalue of30u.a.orlessper100kgnetweight :
2.Grapefruit juice :
aa)With anadded sugar content exceeding
30% byweight
bb)Other
4.Other citrus fruit juices :
, aa)With anadded sugar content exceeding
30% byweight
bb)With anadded sugar content of30% or
less byweight
cc)Not containing added sugar .,19%
19%+(D
19%
9,5*
13 %
14 %
16
17
16 7o
17 1°
9>+ (L)
91o
13$+(L )
13$
14%

A
CCT
heading No Description Rate ofduty
1 2 3
20.07
(cont'd )7.Other fruit andvegetable juices :
exaa)With anadded sugar content exceeding
30% byweight ,excluding apricots and
peaches 16>+- (L)
exbb)With anadded sugar content or30%
orless byweight ,excluding apricots
and peaches 16%
excc)Not containing added sugar ,excluding
apricots and peaches 17%
8.Mixtures :
exbb)Other ,excluding mixtures containing
either separately ortogether ,over 25%
ofgrape ,citrus fruit ,pineapple ,pear ,
tomato ,apricot orpeach juice :
11.With an added sugar content
exceeding 30% byweight 16%+(L)
22.With anadded sugar content of
30% orlessbyweight 16 %
33.Not containing added sugar 17 7ο
21.0 6 Natural yeasts (active orinactive );prepared baking powders :
A.Active natural yeast :
II.Bakers' yeast :
5Kvc a)Dried
b)Other 5"M-yc
2301 Flours andmeals ,ofmeat ,offals ,fish,crustaceans ormolluscs ,
unfit forhuman consumption ;greaves :
B.Flours and meals offish,crustaceans ormolluscs Free  

ANNEX B
List ofthe products inrespect ofwhich thedifference between thelowest duties applied on
1January 1972 todeveloping countries byDenmark ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom andthe
duties oftheCommon Customs Tariff must bereduced by6o% ,inaccordance with Article 1
CCT
heading NoDescription
16.02 (a) Other prepared orpreserved meat ormeat offal :
B.Other :
III.Other :
b)Other :
ex1.Containing bovine meat oroffal :
–Prepared orpreserved bovine tongue
20.02 Vegetables prepared orpreserved otherwise than byvinegar oracetic acid :
E.Sauerkraut
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must )and vegetable juices ,whether or -not
containing added sugar ,butunfermented andnotcontaining spirit :
A.Ofaspecific gravity exceeding 1-33 at15°C:
III.Other :
exa)Ofavalue exceeding 30u.a.per100kgnetweight :
–Fruits falling within heading No08.01 ,excluding pineapple
b)Ofavalue notexceeding 30u.a.per100kgnetweight :
ex1.With anadded sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight :
–Fruits falling within heading No08.01 ,excluding
pineapples
ex2.Others :
–Fruits falling within heading No08.01 ,excluding
pineapples
B.Ofaspecific gravity of1*33 orlessat15°C:
II.Other :
I a)Ofavalue exceeding 30u.a.per100kgnetweight :
2.Grapefruit juice
ex3.Other citrus fruit juices :
aa)Containing added sugar
bb)Other
ex6.Other fruit and vegetable juices ,excluding apricot and
peach juices :
aa)Containing added sugar
bb)Other
(a)From 1April 197vthit heading will bedeleted from this Ann4x .

£·
CCT
heading NoDescription
20.07
(cont'd )7,Mixtures :
exbb)Other ,excluding mixtures containing either
separately ortogether ,over 25% ofgrape ,citrus
fruit ,pineapple ,apple ,pear ,tomato ,apricot or
peach juice :
11.Containing added sugar
.22.Other
b)Ofavalue of30u.a.orlessper100kgnetweight :
2.Grapefruit juice :
aa)With anadded sugar content exceeding 30% byweight
bb)Other
4.Other citrus fruit juices :
aa)With anadded sugar content exceeding 30% byweight
bb)With anadded sugar content of30% orlessbyweight
cc)Not containing added sugar
»
7.Other fruit and vegetable juices :
exaa)With anadded sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight ,excluding apricots and peaches
exbb)With anadded sugar content of30% orless by
weight ,excluding apricots andpeaches
excc)Not containing added sugar ,excluding apricots and
peaches
8.Mixtures :
exbb)Other ,excluding mixtures containing either separately
ortogether ,over 25%ofgrape ,citrus fruit ,pineapple ,
pear ,tomato ,apricot orpeach juice :
11.With anadded sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight
22.With anadded sugar content of30% orlessby
weight
33.Not containing added sugar