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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)636final.
Brüssels,22November1976»
Draftofa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
temporarily andtotallysuspendingtheautonomous CommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesonpotatoesofsubheadings07.01AI,IIa)andIIIt>)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(76)636final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
According tothemost recent information ,the1976 harvest is
very poor .Itisexpected tobeinthearea of28/29miot.,i.e.
14-15%less incomparison with the1975 harvest (33»5^9miot.)
which wasalready indeficit .Itmust "beadded that thequantity
ofstocks isunsatisfactory andthere areproblems inconservation .
Atpresent ,themarket isalmost static ,but atalevel of
prices higher than last year.Uptothepresent ,imports ,especially
from theUSA andCanada ,have permitted aneffective response tostabi­
lizing theCommunity market ,both forware potatoes andpotato plants .
Inorder toease thefuture supply oftheCommunity market and
atthe same time torestrain theforecast trend towards higher prices ,
the Commission proposes :
atheprolongation ofthetotal suspension ofCCTduties until the
28th February 1977 for :
-ware potatoes ,sub-position 07-01 ,AIIIb,
–potato plants ,sub-position 07*01 ,A.I.
bthetotal suspension ofcustoms duties until the28th February 1977 for
–nçwpotatoes ,sub-position 07.01 .IIa*

Draft ofa
COUNCIL .REGULATION (EEC )
temporarily andtotally suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties onpotatoes ofsubheadings 07.01 AI,IIa)andIIIb)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 28thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas ^inview oftherisk ofincreases inthecost ofliving which
might result from thecurrent shortage ofpotatoes intheCommunity ,
thesuspension oftheautonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
onpotatoes ofsubheadings 07.01 AIand IIIb),atpresent in
force andexpiring on31December 1976 (1),should beextended from
1January until 28February 1977 and theautonomous Common Customs
Tariff duty on potatoes ofsubheading 07.01 AIIa)should also
betotally suspended forthesame period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
From 1January until 28February 1977 theautonomous Common Customs
Tariff duties onthefollowing goods shall betotally suspended :
CCTheading No Description ofgoods
07.01 AI
07.01 AIIa)
07.01 AIIIb)Seed potatoes
Newpotatoes
Other potatoes
(1)0JNoL251 ,15.9.1976 ,p.3and 4.

2
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe 1January 1977 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President
I

FINANCIAL SHEETAnnextodoc.GUD/1160/76
Date18November1976
1.Budgetlineconcerned :Chap.12,art.120
2.Titleofactivity:CouncilRegulationtemporarily andtotallysuspending
theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforpotatoesof
subheadings 07.01A1,IIa)andIIIb)
3.Legalbasis:Art.28Treaty
4.Objectives oftheactivity:
SuspensionofCCTdutiesforgoods
5.0Costsoftheactivity
totheaccountoftheECbudget
bynoncollectionofdutiesofRome
lonedunder2.
1976 j1977
2,3?/,000UA