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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEÀN COMMUN' ,T!
COM(78)376 final
Brussels,27July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthetotalorpartialsuspensionofCommonCustomsTariffduties
oncertainproducts,fallingwithinChapters 1to24oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inMalta(1979)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(78)376final

CThoCounoilhamagroodthat'from1Jan-awry1974-2'Salta,(should "bogivea.
treatment noloosfavourable thanthataooordcsdtotheothorcountries
which "bonofitfrorageneralised preferences .
Thooh.jootoftheRegulationannexedheretoiatoputthindeoisioninto
practice;itcoctondotoJfalta,autonomously during197^>thetotalor
partialsuspensionoftheCorsonCustomsTariffDutiesonthoproducts
inChapters1to24whichthoComrciaaionproposedinconnectionwiththe
£oneraliaed preferences *
ThopropooalooncernconlythoseproductswhichareofinteracttoM&lta''
inrespectoft/hioh-CommunitytreatmentofMaltainnomorefavovxrahls
thanthe.troatioontgivenunderth<9generalisedprafarenoes."■.
AnthoRegulationiabasedonArtioles43and113ofthoTreatyestablishing
thoEuropeanEconomicCoraravinity,theEuropean •Parliament'rauatbe•consultad•
•AttentioniadrawntothofactthatboththecontentofthaRogul'ationarid
tholintofproductaannexedtoitaredirectlyrelatedtotheCoomisoica 1a
proposaltotheCounciloonoorr.ing ;generalisedprefoi-enoqain.respectto
-hoproductsfallingvrithinChapters1to24ofthoCororoonOuetomsTariff.•
fry
*noQ?inGxe^proposalwillthar&for©havatobealignedonthefin.sutext
"theaooveaer.tlonedRegulationvlson"tholetter3xaa1-oeuailop^od "bytha
Coiuioil, .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthetotalorpartialsuspensionofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesoncertain
productsfallingwithinChapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi-,
natinginMalta(197)
THECOUNCiLOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNiTIES,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
Havingregardto.CouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1059/69of28May1969layingclownthetradearran­
gementsapplicabletocertaingoodsresultingfromthe
orocessingofagriculturalproducts('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3058/7.5(*),andinparticular
Article12thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean .Parlia­
ment(3),*,
Whereas,underAnnexItotheAgreementesta­
blishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta(*),theCommunity
mustpartiallysuspendtheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicabletocertainproducts;whereasitalso
appearsnecessaryprovisionallytoadjustortosupple­
mentcertainofthetariffbenefitsprovidedforinthe
above-mentioned Annexwhereas,accordingly,the
Communityshould,inrespectoftheproductsorigin
natinginMaltalistedintheAnnextothis"Regulation,
suspendeitherthefixedcomponentofthelevyappli­
cabletogoodscomingunderRegulation (EEC)No
1059/69orthecustomsdutyapplicabletotheother
productsfrom1Januaryto31December1979and.at
thelevelsindicatedforeachofthem,.timeasregardstheimplementation ofthe-Agreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta.
Article2
Whenproductsbenelitingfromthearrangements
providedforinArticle1a*eimportedintheCommu­
nityinsuchquantitiesoratsuchpricesthatCommu­
nityproducersofproductssimilartoorindirect
competitionwiththemsufferorar.elikelytosuffer
fromseriousdisadvantage ,the_Common 1Customs
Tariffdutiesmaybereintroducedinwholeorinpart
ontheproductsinquestion.Suchmeasuresmayalso
betakenintheeventofactualorpotentialserious
disadvantageinasingleregionoftheCommunity .
Article3
1.InordertoensuretheapplicationotArticle2,
theCommissionmaydecide,bymeansofaRegula­
tion,toreintroducethelevyingofcustomsdutiesfora
limitedperiod. ..'■**
2.Intheeventofsuchactionbeingrequestedbya
MemberState,theCommission shalltakeadecision
withinaperiodofnotmorethan10workingdays
fromreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStatesoftheactiontaken.
HASADOITlvl)THISKI-GUl.ATION:
Anide1
1.FromiJanuaryto31December197°,the
productsoriginatinginMalta,listedintheAnnex,
shallbeadmittedforimportintotheCommunityat
thecustomsdutiesindicatedforeachofthem.3.AnyMemberStatemayrefertotheCouncilthe
measuretakenbytheCommission ,withinaperiodof
notmorethan10workingdaysafterithasbeen
informedthereof.Thefactthatthematterisreferred
totheCouncilshallnotcausethe..measuretobe
suspended.TheCouncilshallmeetimmediately .It
may,actingonaqualifiedmajority,amendorrescind,
themeasureinquestion.
2.ForthepurposesoftheapplicationofthisRegu­
lation,therulesoforiginshallbethoseinforceatthe
(')(>|NoI.141,12.(>.I'W>.p.I.
(■')0|NuI.lof.,2VII.1V7,S. ,
(>)O1NoC ■
.(')(>|No1.M.H.\.I'>71,t>.».
(5)0JN0L111,28.4.1976,p.11..Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonlJanuary
1979.:

This'Regulationsnailbebindingioitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinali-Mei
States.•
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
.ThePresident .■

ANNEX
CCT
heading
NoDescription Rateofduly
I ! ■2•". .1
02.01MealandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03,or01.04fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
III.Ofswine:
b)Other -• • Free
02.04Othermeatandediblemeatoffals,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
■exA.Ofdomesticpigeons ,7%
•-exB.Furredgame,frozen- Free
C.Other:
exI.Frogs'legs '
II.OtherFree
Free
04.06-Naturalhoney 22%
05.03'Horsehairandhorsehairwaste,whetherornotputupasalayer.
orbetweentwolayersofothermaterial:.
B.OtherFree
07.01Vegetables,freshorchilled:
exT.Other: ''*,.■.-
–Okra(HibíscusesculentusL.orAbelmoschus escu-
lentus(L.)Mocnch):Moringaoleífera(drumsticks) Free
08.08Berries,fresh:
F.Other6%
15.10 IFattyacids,acidoilsfromrefining;fattyalcohols:
C.Otherfattyacids;acidoilsfromrefining Free
16.02OtherpreparedorprcKervedni'catormeatoffal:
A.Liver:■-
I.Coo>eorduckliver ■14%

-2- ANNEX
CCI''
lu.nlinjj
..N«-.
Description Rateofduly
l ;2
16.02
(cont'd)B.Other:< *
II.Gameorrabbitmeatoroffal:
[ ■–Game j'9%
–Rabbit jI140/0
1III.Other:
Ib)Other: •
1.Containingbovineroeatoroffal:
I
II exbb)Other:
.
...–Preparedorpreservedbovinetongue 17%
I
Ij'2.Other: / I'
I
I
1j aa)Ovinemeatoroffal 18%
I
Ibb)Other 16%.
20.02
.■ !
•.1 1Vegetablesprepafedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegaror
Jaceticacid:
B.Truffles [.I4%\
!D.Asparagus
i•■ ' • ■'20%
■.1
!iE.Sauerkraut
1 - .16%
1
' ■ ii .
|cxF.Capers -•12%,
.20.07
i
jFruitjuices(includinggrapemust)andvegetablejuices,whether'
ornotcontainingadded'sugar,bututifermentedandnot
!containingspirit:.
A.-Ofaspecificgravityexceeding I-.13atI5°C:
IU.Other:, _' ■..
exa)Ofavalueexceeding .50u.a.per100kgnet
weight:
i–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos08.01,08.08
B,EandFand08.09,excludingpineapples ,
melonsandwatermelons
i .15% ■
'j b)Offtvaluenotexceeding30u.a.per100kgnet
weight:
cx1.Withanaddedsugarcontentexceeding
.50%byweightr
–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos08.0!,i
08.08I},EandFand08.09,excluding \
pineapples,melonsandwatermelons .j1.S%+(L)
| ex2.Other:
i–FtuitfallingwithinheadingNos08.01,
08.08B,EandFand08.09,excluding
pineapples,melonsandwatermelons 15%

-3- ANNEX
cxrr
NoDescription Rateoiduty
l 2 --|\
20.07
(iOnt'J)B.Ofaspecificgravityof1-33orlessat15°C:
II.Other:
a)Ofavalueexceeding30u.a.per100kgnetweight:
2.Grapefruitjuice 8%
'e)(3.Othercitrusfruitjuices:
aa)Containingaddedsugar
.bb)Other"13%
13%
6.Otherfruitandvegetablejuices,excluding
apricotandpeachjuices:
exaa)Containingaddedsugar:
–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos
08.01,08.08B,EandFand08.09,
excludingpineapples,melonsand
watermelons 10%
■' !–Other,excludingapricotandpeach
juices 17%
| exbb)Other:
–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos
08.01,08.08B,EandFand08.09,
excludingpineapples,melonsand
watermelons 10%
–Other,excludingapricotandpeach
juices 18%
7.Mixtures :
cxbb)Other,excludingmixturescontaining
eitherseparatelyortogether,over25%
ofgrape,citrusfruit,pineapple,apple,
pear,tomato,apricotorpeachjuice:
II.Containingaddedsugar
22.Other17%
18%
b)Ofavalueof30u.a.orlessper100kgnetweight:
2.Grapefruitjuice:
aa)Withanaddedsugarcontentexceeding30%
byweight
bb)Other
4.Othercitrusfruitjuices:8%+(L)
8%
aa)Withanaddedsugarcontentexceeding30%
byweight
bb)Withanaddedsugarcontentof30%orless
byweight
cc)Notcontainingaddedsugar14%+(L)
14%
15%
-I
I
i!
>?
1<
;

-4- ANNEX
CCI
hiMiIing
NoDescription RaieotJnty
I 2 \
20.07 ;
(cont'd)|
i
j
!
.i7.Otherfruitandvegetablejuices,excludingapricot
andpeachjuice:
-exaa)Withanaddedsugarcontentexceeding
30%byweight:
–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos08.01,
08.08B,EandFand08.09,excluding
pineapples,melonsandwatermelons 10%+(L)
–Other,excludingapricotandpeach
juices 17%+(L)
exbb)Withanaddedsugarcontentof30%or
lessbyweight:
.–FruitfallingwithinheadingNos08.01,
08.08B,EandFand08.09,excluding
vpineapples ,melonsandwatermelons 10%
'–Other,excludingapricotandpeach-
juices 17%
..excc)Notcontainingaddedsugar:-
–FruitfallingwithinleadingNos08.01,
08.08B,EandFand08.09,excluding-
pineapples,melonsand-watermelons 10%
–Other,excludingapricotandpeach
juices 18%
8.Mixtures :
*exbb)Other,excludingmixturescontaining
eitherseparatelyortogether,over25%of
grape,citrusfruit,pineapple,apple,pear,
tomato,apricotorpeachjuice:
11.Withanaddedsugarcontentexceeding
I 30%byweight 17%+(L)
22.Withanaddedsugarcontentof30%.
orlessbyweight 17%
33.Notcontainingaddedsugar18%
21.0.6Narturalyeasts(activeorinactive);preparedbakingpowders:
A.Activenaturalyeast:
II.Bakers'yeast:
a)Dried. 5%+vc
b)Other 5%+vc
! :!111 1

-5- ANNEX
ccr
lu-.'din^
NoDescription .!K.itcot<4tity
I
1 ;■1Iî
23.01 Floursandmeal,ofmeat,offals,fish,crustaceansormolluscs,
unfitforhumanconsumption ;greaves:
B.Floursandmealsoffish,crustaceansormolluscs Free
Ahhrtii.ifion*;
(L)-levy.
ve–variablecomponen!.