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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthedetermination ofimportdutiesonmixturesandsets
(agricultural products)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)341final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
■ι. .
TheCommission haslearnedthatcertainmixturesofagricultural productsare.
intradee.g.mixturesoffrozenpigmeatandbeeftoeat/mixturesofdifferent
cerealgroats.Themixturesknownhaveacomposition leadingtotheresultthat
theproductsarenotsubject'to anappropriate importlevy. \
Thepresentproposalhastheaimtoapplyimportdutiesonsuchmixturesaccording
tothenatureofeachcomponentofthemixtures.Thisprocedurecannotavoidto
givethenationaladministration andthetradeadditionaldifficulties anditis
thereforeproposedtoapplythesystemonlyinareaswhereitisknownthatproblems
exist,i.e.Chapter2and11oftheCommonCustomsTariff.Ifsimilarproblems
areencountered forotherproductsitisproposedthattheCouncilmayextendthe
fieldofapplication .Suchanextension mayincludeproductsputupinsetse.g.
cheesesimportedonaplatetogetherwithaknife.
Furthermore,itisproposedthat'theCommissioninaccordance withtheManagement
Committee mayadoptspecificmeasuresifproductsasaconsequence ofanon-
traditional presentation areimportedorareexpectedtobeimportedsubjectto.
importdutieswhichdonotraisethepriceoftheimportedprpductstothelevel
whichsuchproductsshouldattainon-importi
Theproposalisconsidered aspreventive measuresagainstabusesand"""YcTLifnit'losses
inimportdutiesinthefuturebutitis~~not~possibletoestablish apreciseestimation
astotherepercussions ontheCommunitybudget. '
ThisRegulationisbasedonArticle43ofthetreatyandtheEuropeanParliament
musttherefore beconsulted.

PROPOSAL
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
onthedetermination ofimportdutiesonmixturesandsets
(agricultural' products)
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities, ' -'
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfortheCommission;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament;
Whereasthesamerateofimportdutyisingeneralapplicabletoagroupof
productsfallingwithinaspecifiedsubheadingoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
whereasthewholescaleofproductsclassified inasubheading arethustobe
takenintoconsideration whenfixingtheimportduties;whereassuch
considerations mustbebasedonproductswhichcanbeconsidered asrepresentative
forthegroupofproductsinvolved;whereasrepresentative productswillbe
productswhichareknowntobeintrade;»
Whereasmixturesandgoodsputupinsetswillnotnormallybeconsidered as
representative becauseofthecomplexityofsuchmixturesandsets;whereas
theapplication ofthenormalimportdutyonsuchmixturesandsetswillnot,
alwaysleadtothedesiredresult;
Whereasthefactthatmixturesandsetsarenotconsidered asrepresentative
mayencourage themanufacture ofmixturesorsetswithaviewtothe
application ofalowerimportduty;
Whereasrulesshouldbeestablished toensurethatmixtures andsetscanbe
importedonlywhentheappropriate importdutiesarecharged;whereasit
cannotbeavoidedthattheapplication ofsuchrulesincertaincaseswill
resultindifficulties forbotfitheadministration andfortraders;whereas
therulesshouldbeappliedonlyinareaswhereproblemsexistorwherethey
arenecessary aspreventive measures;

-2-
Whereasdetailedimplementingrulesmaybenecessary;whereassuch
rulesshouldbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
26ofRegulation (EEC)No.2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketincereals*^,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No.1547/79^2*,
orinthecorresponding ArticleinotherRegulations onthecommonorganization
ofmarkets.
Whereasagricultural importchargesareapplicabletotheagricultural
productswhicharecomponentsofagricultural goodscoveredbyCouncil
Regulations (EEC)Nos. -
-•1059/69of28May1969layingdownthetradearrangements
applicabletocertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
product,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No.,and
2783/75of29October1975onthecommonsystemoftradefor_
ovalbuminandlactalbumin^;
Whereasitshouldbepossibletoapplyagricultural importchargesonagricultural
productswhetherornotprocessedintoagricultural orothergoodsifsuchproducts
areimportedorareexpectedtobeimportedintotheCommunitysubject,asa:
consequenceofanon-traditional presentation,toimportdutieswhichdonotraise
thepriceoftheagricultural productstoanappropriatelevel;
whereassuchdecisionsshouldbetakenveryrapidlybytheCommission' ;,
(1)0JN°L281,1.11.1975,p.1
(2)0JN°L188,26.7.1979,p.1
(3)0JN°L141,12.6.1969,p.1
(4)0JN°L282,1.11.1975,p.104

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Forthepurposes ofthis Regulation
(a)"agricultural products "means products covered byaRegulation establishing
acommon organization ofthemarket inrespect ofagricultural products ;
(b)"agricultural goods "means goods covered byRegulations (EEC)No.1059 /69
and2783 /75;
(c)"import duties "means customs duties andcharges having equivalent effect
aswell asagricultural levies andother import charges provided for
junder thecommon agricultural policy orunder thespecific arrangements
applicable tocertain goods obtained byprocessing agricultural products .
Article 2
1.Without prejudice toderogations provided for inspecific rules for
certain agricultural products ,the import duties onmixtures andgoods
put .upinsetsclassified 'pursuant toparagraph A.3(b)ofSection Iofthe
General Rules ofthe Common Customs Tariff shall bedetermined as
follows :
-components which areagricultural products oragricultural goods shall
beassessed inaccordance with thequantity ,thenature andthe
characteristics ofeach component ;
-other components shall becharged with the import duties applicable to
theheading orsubheading under which themixtures orsets areclassified
However ,iftheimporter isunable toestablish thenecessary particulars
foreach component ,theimport duties shall becharged asifthemixture
orthe setconsisted only ofthecomponent subject ,tothehighest import
duties .
2.Paragraph 1shall apply tomixtures andsets classified inChapters 2and
11oftheCommon Customs Tariff .TheCouncil ,acting byaqualified
majority onaproposal from theCommission ,mayextend thefield of
application .

3.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticlemaybeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulation (EEC)
No.2727/75orinthecorresponding ArticleinotherRegulations onthe
commonorganization ofmarkets^
«Article3
' '. •„• s v 7
Ifagricultural products,whetherornotprocessedintoagricultural orother,
goods,areimportedorareexpectedtobeimportedintotheCommunitysubject,
asaconsequence ofanon-traditional presentation ofsuchproductsorgoods,
toimportdutieswhichdonotraisethepriceoftheagricultural productsto
thelevelwhichsuchproductsshouldattainonimportfromnon-member States,
theCommission mayinaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredtoinArticle
2(3)adoptthenecessarymeasures. ,^
Article4
InPartI,SectionI,C.(GeneralRulesapplicable bothtonomenclature andto
duties)oftheCommonCustomsTariffannexedto
Regulation (EEC)No.950/68,thefollowingparagraphshallbeadded:
' " >
"4.Withoutprejudicetoderogations providedforinspecificrulesfor
certainagricultural products,theimportdutiesonmixturesandgoods
putupinsetsclassified pursuanttoparagraph A.3(b)withinChapters 2
and11shallbedetermined asfollows:
-componentswhichareagricultural productsoragricultural goodsshall
beassessedinaccordance withthequantity,thenatureandthe
characteristics ofeachcomponent;
•- - \
-othercomponentsshallbechargedwiththeimportdutiesapplicableto
-theheadingorsubheading underwhichthemixturesorsetsare
classified .
However,iftheimporterisunabletoestablishthenecessaryparticulars
foreachcomponent,theimportdutiesshallbechargedasifthemixture
orthesetconsistedonlyofthecomponentsubjecttothehighestimport
duties".

Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneinBrussels-
FortheCommission

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date:2/5/80
BUDGETHEADING:100,120receipts APPR0BIAT10NS :
2.TITLE:PropopsalofCounciLReguIa11onondetermmgimportdutiesonmixtures
andsets.
3.LEGALBASIS:article43oftheTreatyEEC
4.AIMSOFPROJECT:Toapplyimportdutiesonmixturesofagricultural products
accordingtothenatureofeachcomponentofthemixture,
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0 '
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC'
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)PERIODOF12MONTHS
(1)CURRENTFIMNCIAL YEAR
(1)FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR JINGFINANCI
<81)
(1)
5.0-1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS1982
(1)1983
(1)
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
6.0CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCED FROMAPPROBATIONS ENTEREDINTHERELEVANT CHAPTEROFTHECURRENTBUDGET?
YES/
6.1
6.2
6.3WILLFUTUREBUDGETAPPROBATIONS BENECESSARY ?
YES/NO
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•iOBSERVATIONS(1)Theproposal/isconsidered aspreventive measuresagainst
abusesandthereforewillhaveapositiveeffectonown
resources.Apreciseamountcannotbeestimated because
noreliabledataisavailable.
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