COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 371 final 
Brussels, 31 July 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION fEEC) 
temporarily suspending tba Co—on Customs Tariff duties 
oa import» of cartain mixturea of reeidues of tba aaisa starch industry 
aad of rasiduss from tha axtraction of aaisa gam oil 
by wet milling 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The proposed regulation aims to safeguard the climate of 
confidence which characterises commercial relations with 
our. American partners in the interim period before a 
single agreed interpretation is reached on the results of 
the consultations which have taken place within the 
framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
under Article XXIII, with the aim of consolidating import 
duties for residues from the manufacture of starch from 
maize which was the subject of the "Memorandum of 
Understanding" of 15 October 1991. 
This proposed regulation is the follow-up 
to Regulation (EEC) No 3799/91 which suspended the import 
duties on such products for the year of 1991. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties 
on imports of certain mixtures of residues of the maize starch industry 
and of residues from the extraction of maise germ oil 
by wet milling 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas differences have arisen between the United States and Community 
authorities regarding the implementation of the outcome of the 
consultations held on the basis of Article XXIII of the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade and aimed at binding the import duties on residues 
from the maize starch industry , a matter which was dealt with in the 
Memorandum of Understanding of 15 October 1991; 
Whereas it would be desirable, pending agreement on a solution to the 
problem, temporarily to suspend the collection of import duties on the 
goods in question for the period 1 January 1992 to 31 October 1992, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Collection of the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to imports of the 
goods described below are hereby suspended from 1 January 1992 until 
31 October 1992: 
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ex 2309 90 31 Mixtures of residues from the maize starch industry and of 
residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by wet 
milling having by weight on the dry product: 
a protein contant less than or equal to 40%; 
a fat content (calculated in accordance with method 
A found in Annex I to Commission Directive 
84/4/EEC) less than or equal to 4.5%; 
ex 2309 90 41 Mixtures of residues from the maize starch industry and of 
residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by wet 
milling having by weight on the dry product: 
a starch content less than or equal to 28%; 
a protein content less than or equal to 40%; 
a fat content (calculated in accordance with method 
A found in Annex I to Commission Directive 
84/4/EEC) less than or equal to 4.5%. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1992. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council, 
The President 
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