PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON A NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Date: 1991-04-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crustacean, food processing, leguminous vegetable, suspension of customs duties

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 103 final 

Brussels,  4  aprit 1991 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

temporarily  suspending the autonomous common  customs  tariff 
duties on a number of agricultural  products 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1. 

2. 

3. 

In the  first  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. 

The attached  proposal  concerns  a number  of  agricultural  products.  The 
proposal  for  Industrial  products  Is being  prepared. 

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 or  12 months, depending  on 
the case. 

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proposal  for a 

CpUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No 

/9l 

of 

1991 

ttnipararity  auspend&ng  tlte  autonomous  Common  Customs  Tariff  duties  on  a 
number  of  agricultural  products 

THE COUNCIL  OF TH6  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

MAS ADOPTED THIS REGU1ATION 

Having regard to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European 
Economic  Community,  and  in  particular  Article  28 
thereof, 

Having  regard  to  ate  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  die  Community; 

to  suspend 

Whereas  in  certain  eases  it  is  in  the  interest  of  the 
Community 
the  autonomous  Common 
Customs Tariff  duties only  partially, particularly since  the 
goods  in  question  are  produced  in  the  Community,  and 
in  the  other  cases  to  suspend  them  totally ; 

Whereas, in  view  of  die  difficulty  of  assessing  accurately 
short-term  trends  in  the  economic  situation  in  the  rele 
vant  sectors,  suspension  measures  should  he  taken  only 
temporarily by fixing  their period of validity by reference 
to  the  intereste  of  Community  production, 

Art kit  1 

The  autonomous  Common  Customs Tariff  duties  for the 
products listed  in the Annex  hereto shall  be suspended at 
the  level  indicated  against  each  of  them. 

These  suspensions  shaH  be  valid 

—  from  1 July  to  31  December  1991  for  the  products 

mentioned  in  Table  I, 

—  from  1 July  1991  to  30  June  1992  for  the  products 

mentioned  in  Table  II. 

Art kit  2 

This Regulation shaW enter into force on  1 Jvty 199J 

This  Regulation  shaH  be  binding  in  its  entirety  ami  directly  applkabte  m  all  Nk-m.ber 

Don»  at 

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For tête  Cmtwil 

TJfce President 

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ANNEX 

Nota for  the  purpose  of  the  following tables : 

(a) Central of the uaa for thie apeeial  purpoaa  ehell be cerried out pureuent to 

tha  relevant  Coeounily  provieione. 

(b) The euepeneion  ehell  apply to fieh  intended  to undergo  eny  operetion  unlets 
they are intended to undergo  exclusively  one or eore of the folloving 
oporetione: 
* cleaning,  gutting,  toiling,  heeding, 
- cutting  (excluding,  filleting or cutting of frozen  blocks), 
- eeepling,  eorting, 
-  labelling, 
- packing, 
- chilling, 
-  freezing, 
- deep  freezing, 
- theeing,  eeperetion. 
The  euepeneion  is not allowed for producte  intended,  in addition, to undergo 
treeteenl (or operetione) quelifying  for euepeneion  «here  euch  treeteent (or 
operetione) ie (era) cerried out et reteil or coloring  level. The euepeneion 
of  cueloea  duties  ehell  epply  only to fiah  intended for hueen  coneueption. 

(C) Hoaaver, tha euepeneion  ie not alloead  «here  processing  ia carried out by 

retail er cetaring  underlekings. 

CM  coda 

D t M f f y i l oo  at  gooda 

Au4of>o*.o>u-s  d u t i es  (X) 

TABLE  I 

11  M t t l t MM 

Baawa,  «&lta,  oW*d,  of  lh«  ajteciet  PhaseoiuB  w*lg*ris,  of  which 
not  aura  MMO  S I  by  v«igM  are  r*4aifl*d  by  a *ir**n  «iih  apart era*  of 
•  diaa*4«r  of  9  M,  #W  U«*  in  4h*  food-canning  industry  <•> 

*•  Ml213»M 

Eaaaaada  wad otfetr  »4>-g««t  for  W*a procaoarng  indwalrg,  oth*r  UtM  for 
Mat  prMhtcUoa  of  aar*al  fodd*r  (a) 

21  anlMfMtt 

lofcatar  ft**)),  coefctd,  for  tha  arecMtinf  iadvatry  far  tha  n M i f a c l u ri 
of 
tott*ra  boaad  on  Ufcalat,  *  of  pacta*,  p*lta,  a«t)»«  w  O*««M  (•) 
at) 

0 

0 

ie 

CN coda 

Deecription of goode 

Aulonoeous  duties  (X) 

T A B LE II  _ 

fa  -

1 

63828526 
03937528 
0x63641898 
0x63649887 

Dogfieh  of  the epecies  Squalua  acanihiaa, 

fresh, chilled  or  frozen 

2  0x83826888 
0x83637998 

lad 8nappar 
ILuljanva 
proceaaing  (a) (C) 

purpuraua), 

fresh, chilled  or  frozen,  for 

3  0x63626998 

Luep  fieh  ICgcloplarua 
procaeeing  (a) 

luapua)  eith  roe,  freeh or chilled,  for 

4  0x83828898 
0x83637886 

S  0x93627866 
0x63638666 

8lurgeone,  fraeh, chilled  or  frozen,  for proceaaing  (a) (b) 

Hard  fieh  roae,  freeh, chilled  or  frozen 

6  0x83831868 

Pacific  ealaon  (Oncorhynchua  app.),  frozen  end  heedless,  for  the 
proceaaing  induatry  for  aenufecture  into paetee or  epreede  (e) 

7  ex838386ee 

Soft  roe, frozen,  for  the eenufeclure of deoxyribonucleic  ecid or 
prolaaina eulphele  (e) 

8  0x63652666 

Hard  fieh  roee, eelted  or  in brine 

8  0x83861898 
0x83662988 

frill  for proceeeing  (e) 

16  0x87182188 

Peae  in pods, of  the epeciee  Piaua  aativua  of  the veriely 
Horlanaa  axiphiua, 
used,  in their  pods,  in the eenufeclure  of prepered  «eels  (e) (c) 

frozen,  of e thiclcneaa not exceeding  6 ee,  to be 

11  0x87119959 

Huehrooee, excluding  auehrooea of  the epeciee  Agaricut 
provieionelly preeerved  in brina,  in sulphur  eatar, or  in other 
praearvetive  eolutione,  but uneuiteble  in that atete  for  ieeediete 
conaueption,  for  the  food-conning  induetry  (a) 

app., 

12  0x97123966 

Huehrooee, excluding  euehrooee of  the epeciee  Agaricut 
driad, «hole or  in  identifieble  alicae or piecee,  for  treeteenl  other 
then aiapla  repoeking  for  releil aale  (a) (C) 

app., 

6* oode 

utecrhpitan  vt 

Au4ot»o*o.u»  du I f es (X) 

14  0*6*941060 

Dotee,  frseh or oVtod, for tile proeessi-ng  industry,  olher  than for  the 
product ton of eVeohoi  (e>* 

?-

15  ex8W41860 

Detae,  fresh or dried, for pecking for retail  eels  into  ieeediete 
packings of a net content not exceeding  11 kg (e) 

18  0x88194859 

Fruit of the epeciee  Vacciniua 

aacrocarpon, 

freeh 

18 

88118658 
68119979 
0x08119896 

21  ex158799l9 

23  0x18641166 
0x16642818 

Pruit of the genue  Vacciniua, 
eonteining  edded  euger or other  sweetening  eeller 

whether or nol  cooked,  frozen, not 

Purified  aoya-been  oil in glees  bottles.  Eech  boltle  holds 18 litres 
of purified  eoye-been  oil eonteining by «eight: 
- 8,5 I or eore but not eore  then 12 X of peleitic  ecid  estere, 
- 2,5 X or aora but not aore  than  4,7 X of ataeric  acid  asters, 
- 22,4 X or aore but nol eore  then  29 X of oleic  ecid  eelors, 
- 46,6 X or aora but not aore  than S3,7 X of linoleic  acid  asters, 
- 7,4 X or aore but not eore  then 11 X of linolenic  ecid  osiers 
and  containing: 
- nol aora  than 5 aillieoles of free  felly  ecid  per kilogree of  oil, 
- phoephalipida  corresponding  to e nitrogen  content not exceeding  8,84 

ag per graa of oil, 

The  eoye-been  oil covered by Ihie description  ia destined  for  the 
praparetion of aauleions for injections (e) 

8 

•ix  125 ECU/190 
kilo-
greee nol plus s cos-
pensalory  eaount in 
certein  conditions 

Pecific  aaleon  (Oncorhynchua 
aenufecture  into  pestes or epreeda (a) 

app.), 

tor  Ihe processing  industry for 

24  0x16643098 

Herd  fiah  roae,  «eshed,  cleened of adhèrent  orgene end eieply  selted 
or in brine, for proceeeing (e) 

25  ex16851999 

Crabe of the epeciee  'King'  {.Paraît  ihodaa 
caachalicua), 
'Haneeeki'  IPareltihodaa  bravipaa),  'Kegeni' (Eriaacrua 
iaanbacki)  'Queen' end  '8no«*(Chionoacaiaa  app.),  'ted' 
(Qaryon  quinquadana),  'tough alone'  Waolilhodaa  aaparriaua), 
Lllhodat  aniarclica,  'Hud'  IScylLa aarrata),  'Blue' 
(Partunua 
frozen,  In  ieeediete  packings of e net content of 2 kg or eore 

eieply  boiled  in «eter end shelled,  whether or not 

app.), 

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FICHE FINANCIERE 

1. 

2. 

Ligne  budgétaire concernée  : Chap.  12 art.  120 

Intitulé  de  l'action  : Projet  de proposition  de  règlement  du Conseil 
portant  suspension  temporaire  des droits  autonomes  du  tarif  douanier 
commun  pour  un certain nombre  de produits agricoles. 

3. 

Base.lurldlaUQ  : Art. 28 du  Traité-CEE. 

4. 

Oblectlf  de  I'action  : Suspension  des droits  du T.D.C. pour  les 
produits susvlsés. 

5. 

Coût  de  l'action : 

Sur  la base  des statistiques communautaires  et  nationales 
disponibles,  le coût  de cette action est  estimé  è 23 400 000 Ecus. 
Pour  ia môme  période,  l'année  passée, on  avait  prévu un coût  de 
23.520.000  d'Ecus.  (cf. Procédure  écrite  n. E/147/90,  doc. 
C0M(90)(65) du 9 février  1990). 
La  légère  réduction  par  rapport  à  l'exercice  précédent  est  due à  la 
suppression  de certains  produits  de  la  liste des  suspensions. 

1. 

a. 

3. 

The subject ef  the annexed proposal  for a regulation  Is the 
sttspenolon of  the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number 
ef agricultural  products. 

In this marmer, the needs of user-Industries,  Including small  and 
medl«n*$l2ed enterprises, wit I be met. 

Tilts measure,  In add It ton to maintaining the competitive capacity of 
those  Industrie*, Is likely to safeguard ar»d/or  Improve employment. 

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