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EXPLANATORY MEMQRANPUM 
1. In the third quarter of this year, the Commission, with the 
assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all 
requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of 
common customs tariff duties, including the requests for prolongation 
of the suspensions currently in force. 
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The 
proposal for industrial products Is being prepared. 
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined 
in the light of the criteria defined in the Commission communication 
to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff 
suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2). 
As a result of this examination, the Commission deems it justifiable 
to suspend the duty on those products listed in the Annex to the 
attached draft Regulation. 
4. As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned draft Regulation, the 
proposed period of validity is 6 months. 
proposal for a 
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temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a 
number of agricultural products 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production in the Community of the products 
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or 
non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the 
needs of user industries in the Community ; 
Whereas in one case.it is in the interest of the 
Community to suspend the autonomous Common 
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the 
goods in question are produced in the Community, and 
in the other case to suspend them totally ; 
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately 
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele­
vant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference 
to the interests of Community production, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the 
products listed in the table appearing in the Annex shall 
be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of 
them. 
These suspensions shall apply from 1 January to 30 June 
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at 1991. 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
CM coda Description of goods Autonomous dutius (X) 
13 ax07133390 Boans, whila, dried, of the species Phaaaolua vulgaris, of 
•hich not aore than 2 X by «eight are retained by a screen with 
apertures of a diaaeter of 8 aa, for use in the food-canning 
industry (a) 8 
26 axl6853088 Lobster flesh, cooked, for the processing industry for lha 
aanufacture of butlars based on lobster, or of pastas, pAlis, 
soups or sauces (a) (C) 10 
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be cerried out pursuant to 
the relevant Coaaunity provisions. 
(C) However, the suspension is not allowed ahere processing is carried out by 
retail or catering undertakings. 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget IIne concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Draft proposal for a Council 
Regulation, temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs 
tariff duties on a number of agricultural products 
3. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty 
4. Object ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products 
Cost of this tariff-measure : on the basis of the available Community 
and national statistics, the cost of this tariff-measure is estimated 
at 2 300 000 ecus. (No change in the situation with regard to the 
previous year) 

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