PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) REDUCING THE LEVIES ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Date: 1989-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, third country

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM (89) 554  final 

Brussels,  6  November 1989 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

**tadng  the  levies  on certain «grloaltural j^oducts 
originating in  developing  countries 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The  Commission's  Action  Plan  for  coordinated  aid  to Poland  and 

Hungary,  which  was  approved  by  the Council  on  3 October,  provides  for 

the extension  of  the  benefits  of  the Community's  Generalised  System  of 

Preferences  to Poland  and  Hungary  and  for  additional  agricultural 

concessions  as  a means  for  improving  their  access  to  the  Community 

market.  A  proposal  to extend  the  benefits  of  the Generalised  System  of 

Preferences  to Poland  and  Hungary  was  transmitted  to  the Council  on 

13 October  and  modified  by  the  proposal  transmitted  to  the Council  on 

31  October. 

In this  context,  the Commission  considers  it appropriate  to accord  to 

the  beneficiaries of  the Generalised  System  of  Preferences  certain 

concessions  for  agricultural  products  In the  form of  fifty  per  cent 

levy  reductions  within  quantitative  limits. 

Proposal for a Council Kegulatlon 

reducing the levies on certain agricultural products 
originating in developing countries 

THE OOTNCIL OP THE EOBDPEAN (X3MMDNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Cfcxramunity, 
and in particular Article 43 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament, 

Whereas, in view of the situation on agricultural inarkets both inside and 
outside the Community and taking account of the Community's interest in 
maintaining harmonious relations in agricultural trade with developing 
countries, adjustments should be made to certain specific aspects of the 
common organizations of the agricultural markets; 

Whereas to this end a preference should be granted consisting, according to 
the product concerned, either in a reduction of the import levy within the 
limits of a fixed quota or in a reduction of the levy without quantitative 
restriction; 

whereas all interested Community traders should be ensured equal and 
continuous access to the said quotas and the levy laid down for the quotas 
should be applied consistently to all imports of "tine products in question 
into all Member States until the volumes laid down are exhausted; whereas, 
to this end, a system for using the Community quotas should be established 
based on presentation of a certificate of authenticity certifying the 
nature, country of last export and country of origin of the products; 

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whereas the procedure for implementing this Regulation should be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Pegulation (EEC) 
No 2759/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of 
the market in pigmeat or the corresponding procedure in the Regulation on 
the common organization of the market for any other product concerned, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS RBSOLATICN: 

Article  2 

1. From 1 January to 31 December 1990 a reduced levy shall apply to imports 
into the Community of the products listed in Annex I, as indicated in 
the said Annex. 

2. 2ne arrangements laid down in paragraph 1 shall apply only to products 
originating in the countries or territories listed in Annex III to 
Council Regulation (ESC) No 

excluding Korea. 

Article  2 

The procedure for implementing Article 1(1) shall be adopted in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2769/75 
or the corresponding Articles of the Regulation on the common organization 
of the market for any other product concerned, with regard in particular 
to: 

(a) 

(b) 

provisions concerning the certification of the nature, country of 
last export and country of origin of the products; 

provisions enabling the certification referred to in point (a) to 
be verified. 

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Article  S 

Imports subject to a reduced levy under other Community preferential 
arrangements shall not be charged against the amounts listed in Annex I. 

Article  4 

If the Commission discovers that products covered by the arrangements laid 
down in Article 1 are being imported into the Community in such quantities 
or at such prices that they cause or threaten to cause serious injury to 
Community producers of like or directly competing products, the levies 
applied in the Community may be partly or completely re-established for the 
products concerned with regard to the countries or territories causing the 
injury.  Such a measure' may also be taken in the case of serious injury or 
the threat of serious injury to a region of the Community. 

Article 

5 

1. In order to apply Artiole 4, the Commission may decide, by adopting a 

regulation, to re-establish the normal levy for a given period. 

2. Should a Member State ask the Commission to take such action, the 

Commission shall take a decision within ten working days of receipt of 
the request and shall inform the Member States of its decision. 

3. Any Member State may refer to the Council the measure taken by the 

Commission within ten working days following the day on which it was 
informed thereof.  Such referral shall not have the effect of suspending 
the measure.  The Council shall meet forthwith.  It may, acting by a 
qualified majority, amend or cancel the measure in question. 

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Article 

6 

Articles 4 aid 5 shall not prejudice the application of the safeguard 
clauses adopted pursuant to Article 43 of the Treaty within the framework 
of the common agricultural policy or pursuant to Article 113 of the Treaty 
within the framework of the common commercial policy. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 

Serial 
Number 

CN code 

Description 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Rate 
of  levy 

Volume of 
fixed amount 
(tonnes) 

(4) 

(5) 

50.0001 

Q2.02-C6* 

Ducks, pluciced and drawn, known as "63% ducks" 

50* (L) 

3 0 00 

50.0002 

02.02-14* 
02.02-51*  • 
02.02-71* 
02.02-81* 
02.02-87* , 

Geese, plucked and drawn 
75% geese 
cuts.... legs... .paletots 

50% (L) 

25 000 

50.0003 

0203 29 13 

Frozen  loins and cuts thereof of domestic swine 

50% (L) 

4 0 00 

50.0004 

02.06-21* 
02.06-27* 
02.06-29* 

Hans, bacons and parts... 
Loins and parts... 
Bellies and parts... 

50% (L) 

2 000 

50.0003 

16.01-92* 

Sausages, dry or for spreading 

50% (L) 

4 000 

50.0006 

16.01-98* 

Sausages, cooked, other than IIver 

50% (L) 

1 500 

50.0006 

16.02-39* 

PI great preparations 

52.1585 

1106 13 00 

Potato starch 

50% CL) 

6 8 00 

50% (L) 

no limit 

* NIMEXE codes 

; to be convert* 

id Into CN codes by DG XXI 

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