COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMVttJNITIES 
C0M(94) 505 final 
1 Brussels, 18.11.1994 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
temporarily suspending totally or partially the autonomous duties of the Common Customs 
Tariff for certain fishery products (1995) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
In the third quarter of this year, the Commission, with the assistance ~5f 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. 
The attached proposal concerns a number of fishery 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. 
As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned proposal for a Regulation, the proposed 
period of validity is 12 months. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 
of 1994 ? 
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temporarily suspending totally or partially the autonomous duties of the 
Common Customs Tariff for certain fishery products (1995) _ 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Community, and in particular Article 
28 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the 
Commission, 
Whereas Community supplies for certain 
fishery products currently depend on imports 
from third countries; whereas it is in the 
Community's interest to suspend totally or 
partially the customs duties for the products in 
question; whereas, in order not to jeopardize 
the development prospects of production of 
competitive products in the Community and to 
ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user 
industries, it is advisable to limit these suspen­
sion measures to a period 1 January to 31 
December 1995; 
Whereas the decision for the suspension of 
these autonomous duties should be taken by the 
Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1995, the 
autonomous duties of the Common Customs 
Tariff applicable to the products listed in the 
Annex shall be suspended at the level indicated 
in respect of each of them. 
2. Imports of the products in question shall not 
be covered by the suspensions referred to in 
paragraph 1 unless the free-at-frontier price, 
which is determined by the Member States in 
accordance with Article 22 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 
1992 on the common organization of the 
market in fishery and aquaculture products (l), 
is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or 
to be fixed, by the Community for the products 
under consideration or the categories of the 
products concerned. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 
January 1995. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at , 1994. 
For the Council 
The President 
C1) OJNo L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (OJ No L 172,15. 7. 
1993, p. 1). 
EN ANNEX 
CN code TASIC Description of goods Autonomous duties (X) ? 
1 63826526 
63637520 
6x63641698 
8x6364969? •66 
• 31 Dogfish of the species Squalus acanlhias, fresh, chilled or 
frozen 
2 ex8362699? 
ex83837997 «36 
«36 Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) 
3 ex8362699? (48 Luap fish (.Cycloplerus tuapus) «ith roe, fresh or chilled, 
for processing (a) 
4 ex63826997 
6x63637997 (58 Bed Snapper (Luijanus purpureas), fresh, chilled or frozen, 
(48 for processing (a) (c) 
5 6x63627886 
6x63627686 
6x63638666 
6x63638666 (11 
(91 
(21 
(29 Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen 
6 6x63631666 (16 Pacific salaon (Oncorhynchus spp.), frozen and headless, 
for the processing industry for aanufaclure into pastes or 
spreads (a) 
7 GxG3Q38G99 
ex83638888 Ml 
(19 Soft roe, frozen, for the aanufacture of deoxyribonucleic acid 
or prolaaine sulphate (a) 
9 ex63842685 
6x63649661 (18 Fillets and aeat of Alaska pollack (Theraqra chalcograaaa), 
(18 in the fora of industrial blocks, frozen, for processing (a) 
(b) 16 
18 ex638S269e (18 Hard fish roes, salted or in brine 
11 6x63861996 
ex63862998 (16 
(16 Krill for processing (a) 
12 exl6041188 
GK160.42610 (26 
(26 Pacific salaon (Oncorhynchus spp.), for the processing 
industry for aanufacture into pastes or spreads (a) 
13 6x16043699 (18 Hard fish roes, «ashed, cleaned of adherent organs and siaply 
salted or in brine, for processing (a) 
14 exl69S1969 
exl6951899 (11 Crabs of the species 'Xing' (Paralithodes 
(19 caachaticus), 'Hanasaki' (Paratithodes brevipes), 
'Kegani' (Eriaacrus isenbecki), 'Queen' and 
'Snow' (Chi'onoecetes spp.), 'Red' (Geryon 
quinquedans), 'Rough stone' (Neoii thodes asperriaus), 
Lithodes anlarclica, 'Hud' (Scytta serrala), 
'Blue* (Portunus spp.), siaply boiled in water and 
shelled, whether or not frozen, in iaaediale packings of a net 
content of 2kg or aore 
15 exl68S3686 (16 Lobster flesh, cooked, for the processing industry for the 
aanufacture of butters based on lobster, or of pastes, pâtés, 
soups or sauces (a) (c) 
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to 
the relevant Coaaunity provisions. 
(b) The suspension shall apply to fish intended to undergo any operation unless 
they are intended to undergo exclusively one or aore of the following 
operations: 
- cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading, 
- cutting (excluding filleting or cutting of frozen blocks), 
- saapling, sorting, 
- labelling, 
- packing, 
- chilling, 
- freezing, '' 
- deep freezing, 
- thawing, séparation. 
The suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo 
treataent (or operations) qualifying for suspension where such treataant (or 
operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The suspension 
of cusloas duties shall apply only to fish intended for huaan consumption. 
(c) However, the suspension is not- allowed where processing is carried out by 
retail or catering undertakings. J^ 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council Regulation, temporarily 
suspending totally or partially the autonomous duties of the Common Customs Tariff 
for certain fishery products (1995). 
3. Legal basis : Art. 28 of the EC-Treaty 
4. Objective : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products 
5. Cost of this tariff-measure : -
To be borne by the EC-budget : 
for the same exercise in 1994, the loss of own resources was expected to be of 
the order of 35 300 000 ECU. 
for the current exercise, based on the Community statistics available, a reasonable 
estimate for the cost of the operation for the period covered by the attached draft 
Regulation would be of the order of 37 000 000 ECU. 
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