Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty on certain mixtures of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize and residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by the wet process
Date: 1991-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, maize, starch, suspension of customs duties

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 477 final 

Brussels, 29 November  1991 

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Proposal 

f or  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

temporarily  suspending  the  Common  Customs  Tariff  duty 
on  c e r t a in  mixtures  of  residues  from  the  manufacture  of  starch 
from  maize  and  residues  from  the  e x t r a c t i on  of  maize  germ  o il 
by  the  wet  process 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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Explanatory Memorandum 

This proposal for a Regulation will implant the agreement 
reached following consultation with the USA within the 
framework of GATT-Article XXIII, with the aim of consolidating 
import duty agreed in 1967 by the Community, concerning 
residues from the manufacture of starch from maize. 

In particular, this agreement provides for the non-collection 
of import duty or repayment of duty already paid, for "corn 
gluten feed" having certain analytical characteristics, and 
applies for the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 
1991. 

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Proposal for a 

REGULATION  (CEE) NO 
of 

/.. OF THE COUNCIL 

temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty 
on certain mixtures of residues from the manufacture of starch 
from maize and residues from the extraction of maize germ oil 
by the wet process 

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 the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas consultation has taken place with the United States of 
America within the framework of the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade under Article XXIII , with the aim of 
consolidating import duties for residues from the manufacture 
of starch from maize; 

Whereas, following the aforementioned consultation it is 
considered necessary to suspend the collection of import 
duties for the goods described in Article 1 of this Regulation 
for the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1991; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The collection of the Common Customs Tariff duties relating to 
the products described below is suspended from 1 January 1991 
to 31 December 1991: 

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Ex 2309 90 31 

Mixtures of residues from the manufacture of starch  from maize 
and residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by the wet 
process  (*) 

Ex 2309 90 41 

Mixtures of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize 
and residues  from the extraction of maize germ oil by the wet 
process, with a starch content not exceeding 28% by weight on 
the dry product  (**) 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following  its publication  in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 

It shall apply  from 1 January 1991. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President, 

(*)  TARIC Code 2309 90 31 * 10 
(**)  TARIC Code 2309 90 41 * 10 

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