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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)689 final
Brussels,13thNovember1980
•RAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THEAUTONOMOUS COMMONCUSTOMS
TARIFFDUTIESOffCERTAINAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Thesubject ofthefollowing draft regulation isthe
temporary suspension ofduties intheCommon Customs
Tariff foranumber ofagricultural items ,asrequested
- •bytheMember States . -.'
Itispartly aprolongation andpartly anewmeasure .
2.Itseems appropriate totheCommission that aduty suspension
isjustified forthegoods listed intheannex tothis
regulation .
TheCommission proposes atotal suspension for those
products forwhich Community production does notexist
or.isminimal .Apartial suspension isproposed incases
where theCommunity production covers only apart ofthe
,requirements .Therate ofthepartially suspended duty '
depends ontheextent ofthepossible Community supply "
totheCommunity users .TheCommission isalso looking V
' fortheright balance -between theinterests ofthesuppliers ,
users and theconsumers intheCommunity .'
■It also takes into account theneed toprotect employment .(
.3,Theproposed measures areconfined tosixmonths because
■ "ofthedifficulties of ,estimating theevolution of.the
basic factors . '
'4.For anumber ofitems forwhich the -Member States also
requested duty suspensions theCommission -does notpropose •
atariff measure because thenecessary Conditions arenot
-fulfilled ,Thisconcerndthe following items s - ,

CCTheadingNo
'0.5,01Aib).
ex03.01BIh)
ex03.01BIk
ex03„01BIqJ;
ex03.018IIs)
and8IIb>7
ex03.03AIVa)
ex06,,03B•Description orgoods
Salmon,,chilledorfrozen,,headless,,gutlessfor
smoking ,
Cod(GadusmorrhuaorGaduscallarias ),fresh,,chilled
or'tfro2en;whole,.headlessorinpieces,forprocessing
Haddock.,fresh,chilledorfrozen,whole,headlessor
mpiecss . torprocessing
Hake(PierlucciussppJfresh,c.hilledorfrozen,whole,,
headlessorinpieces,.'-forprocessing
Filletsofhake(Merluccius spp),fresh,chilledor
frozen,forprocessing
Prawns,whole,inshellandsimplyboiledinwater,
ofthespeciesPandalusborealis,inpaekingsofanet
capacityof3kgormore
Cutflowersandflowerbuds,notfurtherpreparedthan
dried

Draft . •
1 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
temporarily suspending theautonomous Common
.Customs Tariff duties oncertain agricultural '
products
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having' regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic •'/,
Community ,aridinparticular Article 28thereof , ; '
Having regard tothedraft .Regulation submitted bytheCommission ,,
Whereas production oftheproducts referred tomthis Regulation
isatpresent inadequate ornon-existent within theCommunity .and ,whereas
s J
producers arethus unable tomeet theneeds ofuser industries ; - ^ -
' t ' ^ 'I••''^ ' r .- '" ". ■
• p–(A v. . ■ „
Whereas itisintheCommunity 'sinterest incertain cases to
suspend theautonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially ,
chiefly because ofCommunity production ,andinother cases to
suspend them completely -;
Whereas ,inview ofthedifficulties involved inaccurately
assessing howtheeconomic situation will develop inthesectors
concerned inthenear future ,such suspensory measures should be
taken only temporarily , j'r ■
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ■" f
Article 1
From iJanuary to30June 198-j .,theautonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties fortheproducts listed intheAnnex •; ...shall
besuspended ^tthelevel indicated inrespect ofeach ofthem .
Article 2
Ttus Regulation shall enter into force on 1January 19.81 ••

This Regulation eJiall b©binding initsentirety eiad
directly applicable in -,allMaseber States „• -
Done atBrussels , ;i . FortheCouncil
" The President

ANNEX
CCTheadingNo Description ofgoods Rateofautonomous
duty(%)
ex03.01AIa)Salmontroutofthespecies"Salmo
gairdnerii"or"Salmoirideus"
(rainbowtrout)/fresh,chilled
orfrozen,ofaunitweightof•
notlessthan1.5kgforsmoking
(b)5
ex03.01Βig)Pikeddog-fish(Squalusacan­
thias)/fresh,chilledorfrozen/
whole/headlessorinpieces0
ex03.01
andBB
IIIIa)
b)7Filletsofherring,fresh/chilled
orfrozen/intendedforprocessing
(a)(b)0
ex03.02AIa)Herring/dried/saltedorinbrine/
whole/headlessorinpieces5'
ex03.02AIId>Filletsofherring/dried/salted
orinbrine.0
ex16.04Β -Salmon/fortheprocessing
industryforfurthermanufacture
intopastesorspreads(b).0
*
ex16.04CIISpicedandsattedherrings,in;
packingsofanetcapacityof10kg
ormore/0
ex16.04CII"Herring-flaps "/preparedorpreser~
vedinyinegar>inimmediatepackings
ofanetcapacityof10kgormore0
ex16.05ACrabsofthespecies"King"(Parali-
thodescamtschaticus )/"Hanasaki"
(Paraplithodes brevipes)/"Kegani"
(Erimacrusisenbecki)/"Queen"
'(Chionoecetes spp)/"Geryonquin-
quedens"and"Neolithodes asperrimus"/
simplyboiledinwaterandshelled
whetherornotfrozeninimmediate
packingsofanetqapacityof:2kg
ormore0

ANNEX-
ex16.05BShrimpsandprawnsotherthanthose
ofthegenus"Crangon"andofthe
species"Pandalusborealis",boiled
inwaterandshelled,whetherornot
frozenordried,forthe
industrialmanufactureorproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo16.05(b)10
(a)Thesuspensionshallapplytofishintendedtoundergoanytreatmentunlesstheyareintendedtoundergoexclusivelyoneormore
ofthefollowingtreatments:
–cleaning,gutting,heading,tailing,–cutting(excludingfilletingorcuttingoffrozenblocks),–sorting,–labelling,
•–packing,–icing, ;–freezing, -–deepfreezing,–thawing,separation. •
Thesuspensionifnotallowedforproductsonwhichotherwisequalifyingtreatmentsareintendedtobecarriedoutatretailor
cateringlevel.
Thesuspensionshallapplyonlytofishintendedforhumanconsumption.
(b)ControlerfdieuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbecarriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovisions.