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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C 0 M (8 3 ) 497 final·
Brussels, 12 Septem ber 1983
Proposal for a  
COyNCIL_REGULATION_(EEC).
totally or partially suspending C o m m o n  C ustom s Tariff duties o n  
certain products, falling within Chapters 1  to 24 of the  
C o m m o n  C ustom s Tariff an d  originating in M alta (1984)
(submitted to the Council b y the Com m ission)
C 0M (83) 497 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council has agreed that from 1  January 1974 Malta should be given  
treatm ent no less favourable than that accorded to the other countries which  
benefit from generalized preferences.
The object of the Regulation annexed hereto is to put this decision into practice;  
it extends to Malta, autonomously during 1984, the total or partial suspension of  
the Common Customs Tariff Duties on the products in Chapters 1  to 24 which  
the Commission proposed in connection with the generalized preferences.
The proposal concerns only these products which are of interest to Malta in  
respect of which Community treatm ent of Malta is no more favourable than the  
treatm ent given under the generalized preferences.
Attention is drawn to the fa ct that both the content of the Regulation and the  
list of products annexed to it are directly related to the Commission's proposal  
to the Council concerning generalized preferences in respect to the products  
failing within Chapters 1  to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff.
The annexed proposal will therefore have to be aligned on the final text of the  
abovementioned Regulation when the latter has been adopted by the Council.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling 
within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Malta (1984)
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade 
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from 
the processing of agricultural products ('), and in 
particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under Annex I to the Agreement establishing 
an Association between the European Economic 
Community and Malta (2), the Community must 
partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties 
applicable to certain products; whereas it also appears 
necessary provisionally to adjust or to supplement certain 
of the tariff benefits provided for in the abovementioned 
Annex; whereas, accordingly, the Community should, in 
respect of the products originating in Malta listed in the 
Annex to this Regulation, suspend either the fixed 
component of the levy applicable to goods coming under 
Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 or the customs duty 
applicable to the other products from 1  January to 
31 December 198 4and at the levels indicated for each of 
them;
Whereas in the absence of a protocol provided for in 
Article 118 of the 1979 Act of Accession, the Community 
must take the measures referred to in Article 119 of that 
Act; whereas the tariff measure in question will therefore 
apply to the Community of Nine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. From 1  January to 31 December 198 4, the products
originating in Malta listed in the Annex shall be admitted 
for import into the Community of Nine at the customs 
duties indicated for each of them.2. For the purposes of the application of this 
Regulation, the rules of origin shall be those in force at the 
time as regards the implementation of the Agreement 
establishing and Association between the European 
Economic Community and Malta.
Article 2
When products benefiting from the arrangements 
provided for in Article 1  are imported in the Community 
in such quantities or at such prices that Community 
producers of products similar to or in direct competition 
with them suffer or are likely to suffer from serious 
disadvantage, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be 
reintroduced in whole or in part on the products in 
question. Such measures may also be taken in the event of 
actual or potential serious disadvantage in a single region 
of the Community.
Article 3
1. In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the 
Commission may decide, by means of a Regulation, to 
reintroduce the levying of customs duties for a limited 
period.
2. In the event of such action being requested by a 
Member State, the Commission shall take a decision 
within a period of not more than 10 working days from 
receipt of the request and shall inform the Member States 
of the action taken.
3. Any Member State may refer to the Council the 
measure taken by the Commission, within a period of not 
more than 10 working days after it has been informed 
thereof. The fact that the matter is referred to the Council 
shall not cause the measure to be suspended. The Council 
shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a qualified 
majority, amend or rescind the measure in question.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 
1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council  
The President
(') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. 
(2 ) OJN 0L6I, 14. 3. 1971, p. 3.

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ANNEX
C CT
headingNoD escription R ate of duty
1 2 3
0 2 .0 1 Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01, 
01.02, 01.03 or 01.04 fresh, chilled or frozen:
A. Meat:
III. Of swine:
b) Other Free
02.04 Other meat and edible meat offals, fresh, chilled or frozen:
ex A. Of domestic pigeons 6 %
ex B . Furred game, frozen Free
C. Other:
ex I. Frogs’  legs Free
H . Other Free
04.06 Natural honey 25 %
05.03 Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer or 
between two layers of other material:
B . Other Free
06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for 
ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or 
otherwise prepared:
ex B . Other:
—  Cut flowers, not further prepared than dried 5 %
—  Other cut flowers %
07.01 Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and 
similar edible roots:
13/o III. Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)
ex T. Other:
—  Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 
Moench); Moringa oleifera (drumsticks) Free
07.02 Vegetables (whether or not cooked); preserved by freezing: 
ex B . Other:
—  Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 
Moench) 13 %
07.03 Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other 
preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate con­
sumption:
E. Other vegetables:
—  Okra {Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 
Moench) Free
07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables whole, cut, sliced, broken 
or in powder, but not further prepared:
ex B . Other:
—  Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia) Free
—  Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 
Moench) 11 %

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C C T
headingNoD escription 1late of duty
1 2 3
08.08 Jerries, fresh:
F. Other 5 %
15.10 Fatty adds, acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols:
C. Other fatty adds; acid oils from refining Free
16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal: 
A. Liver:
1 . Goose or duck liver 14 %
B. Other:
1 1 . Game or rabbit meat or offal:
—  Game 9 %
—  Rabbit 14 %
III. Other:
b) Other:
1. Containing bovine meat or offal:
ex bb) Other:
—  Prepared or preserved bovine tongue 17 %
2. Other:
aa) Of sheep or goats:
—  Sheep 18 %
— Goats 16%
bb) Other 16 %
2 0 .0 2 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic 
acid:
B. Truffles 14%
D. Asparagus 20 %
E. Sauerkraut 15 %
ex F. Capers 1 2%
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not 
containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
A . Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C:
III. Other:
ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
—  Fruit falling within subheading 08.01 A Free
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 B  to H, 
08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 %
b) Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net 
weight:
ex 1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight:
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.01 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples 
melons and watermelons 6 % +
ex 2. Other:
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.O i  
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples 
melons and watermelons6 %

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CCT
heading
NoD escription Rate of duty
1
20.07 B . Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C:
(C °nt'd)  „ 0thcr.
a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
2. Grapefruit juice
3 .  L e m o n  juice an d  other citrus.  _  ... fruit juicesex aa) Containing added sugar:
—  Excluding lemon juices 
ex bb) Other:
—  Excluding lemon juices
6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and 
peach juices:
ex aa) Containing added sugar:
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons
—  Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 
ex bb) Other:
— Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons
—  Other, excluding apricot and peach juices
7. Mixtures:
ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either 
separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus 
fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or 
peach juice:
11. Containing added sugar 
22. Other
b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight:
2. Grapefruit juice:
aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight
bb) Other
4. Other citrus fruit juices:
aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight
bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by 
weight
cc) Not containing added sugar 
7. Other fruit and vegetable juices/
ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight:
—  Fruit falling within headingNos 08.01,08.08 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons
—  Other, excluding apricot and peach juices8 %
13 % 
13 %
6 %
17 %
%
18 %
17% 
18 %
8 % + (L)
8 %
14 % + (L)
14 %
15 %
6 % + (L) 
17 % + (L)

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C C T
headingNoD escription R ate of duty
1 2 3
20.07
(cotit’ d)B . II. b) 7. ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by 
weight:
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 
B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 %
— Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 17%
ex cc) Not containing added sugar:
—  Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 
4 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, 
melons and watermelons 6 %
—  Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 18 %
8. Mixtures:
ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either 
separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus 
fruit, pineapple, apple, pest, tomato, apricot or 
peach juice
11. With an added sugar content exceeding 
30 % by weight 17 % + (L)
22. With an added sugar content of 30 % or less 
by weight 17 %
33. Not containing added sugar 18 %
21.06 Natural yeasts-(active or inactive); prepared baking powders: 
A. Active natural yeast:
1 1 . Baker’ s yeast:
a) Dried V C
b) Other V C
23.01 Flours and meal, of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs, unfit for 
human consumption; greaves:
B. Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans or molluscs Free
Abbreviations:
(L) = levy,
vc = variable component.