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OBTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1257final
Brussels,25July1973
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION EEC)
temporarily andpartiallysuspendingtheautonomousduty
intheCommonCustomsTariffonalmonds
,of.sub-heading08.05AII
(submittedtotheCouncil'bytheCommission)
0014(73)1257final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
X.The German Governement has made arequest tothe Commission for a
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total suspension oftheCommon Customs Tariff duties onalmonds of
subhea ding 08.0.5 AII.Thereasons given forthis request areas j
follows :Thealmond harvest inItaly which would ,inthemain
JL
satisfy German requirements ,only reacheshalf thenormal harvest this
year .There would not therefor beany supplies from Italy forGermany .
.1
Asinsome third countries' the almond harvest will also bepoor ,
the result will beaConsiderable rise inprices inrespect of
which counteimeasures must be .taken .
2.Atameeting ofthe Economic Tariff Problems Grpup :of2July 1973
experts ofthesixoriginal Member States didnot offer any
objections totherequest andhave toacertain extent supported it.
-Onthe other hand theItalian delegation ,with the support ofthe
French delegation ,agreed only toasuspension forthis product
tothe level of3
3.TheCommission proposes totheCouncil asuspension ofduties to
thelevel of3%'»onthealmonds inquestion forthefollowing
reasons : . ■ „ .
-Community production ofalmonds ,even inyears ofnormal harvests
iscapable ofsatisfying therequirements oftheCommunity inpart
only ,sothat theremaining requirements ,which areofconsiderable
proportions ,have tobemetbyimportation from third countries
(Spain ,USA ,Iran ,Marocco andPortugal )asisshown inthefollowing
statistical table :
ι
Imports (1971 ,inmetric tons )
into the
Community
(original )toGermany toFrance toBénélux
itoItaly
from theCommunity
(original ) 12,301 7,637 2,1^5 2,318 1
from third
countries 30,700 15,380 10,902 2,891 1,527

-2-
Inspite ofthis situation the duty onthis product has never been
suspended inprevious normal years ,inparticular because ononehand
Community production ofalmonds isconfined inthemain toeconomically
weak regions (Sicily )andontheother hand theworld price ismuch
lower than that ofthe Italian product .
Thepoorer harvest inthemain producing countries will result ina
considerable increase inprice .For this reason the sale ofthe
Community production which this year will also bepoorer than normal ,
will meet less competitive pressure .This will permit ofthe intro­
duction ofasuspension ofduty tothelevel of3%fortheperiod
from 1October 1973 to30June 197k .

PROP OSAI ?ORA
OTTCJL RHKJLATIOIT teÇ)
temporarily andpartially suspending the
autonomous duty intheCommon Customs Tariff
onalmonds ofsubheading 08.05 AII
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , i
I
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article k3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament :
Whereas ,this year ,production ofalmonds isconsiderably lower than
normal intheCommunity andinthird countries ;whereas ,therefore ,the
price tends toincrease ;whereas ,inthese circumstances ,asuspension of
theduty intheCommon Customs Tariff to3%would facilitate thesupplying
ofCommunity users without endangering Community production and the
income ofCommunity producers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Theautonomous duty inthe Common Customs Tariff foralmonds of
subheading 08.05 AIIshall besuspended to alevel of3%forthe
period from 1October 1973 to30June 197^*
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1October 1973 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety
and directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President