Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of agricultural products
Date: 1992-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, suspension of customs duties

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COMMISSION  OF  THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(92) 153 final 

Brussels, 22 April  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

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

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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  foi  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. 

proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No 

192 

of 

1991 

temporarily  suspending  the  autonomous  C o m m on  C u s t o ms  Tariff  duties  on  a 
number  of  agricultural  products 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

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

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas  production  in  the  Community  of  the  products 
is  currently  inadequate  or 
specified 
the 
non-existent;  whereas  producers  thus  cannot  meet 
needs  of  user  industries  in  the  Community  ; 

in  this  Regulation 

to 

in  one 

case 
suspend 

it  is  in  the  interest  of 
the 
Whereas 
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 ; 

vant  sectors,  suspension  measures  should  be  taken  only 
temporarily  by  fixing  their  period  of  validity  by  reference 
to  the  interests  of  Community  production, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION : 

Article  I 

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  shall  be  valid 
—  from  1  July  to  31  December  1992.  for  the  products 

mentioned  in  Table  I, 

—  from  1  July  1992  to  30  June  1993  for  the  products 

mentioned  in  Table  II. 

Whereas,  in  view  of  the  difficulty  of  assessing  accurately 
short-term  trends  in  the  economic  situation  in  the  rele 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  1  July  1992 

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

Done  at 

1992. 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

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CN code 

TARIC 

Description  of goods 

Autonoaous  duties (X) 

ANNEX 
I 

TABLE 

1 

63826528 
63637526 
6x63641898 
ex63649897 

2  6x63826998 
8x83837998 

3  6x63626998 

4  6x63626998 
ex6303799P 

5  ...83627008 
6x83636880 

6  ex8383ieee 

168 
131 

• 30 
130 

140 

• 50 
140 

tie 
120 

HO 

Dogfish  of the 6pecies  Squalus 
frozen 

acanihias, 

fresh,  chilled or 

Sturgeons,  fresh,  chilled  or frozen,  for processing  (a) (b) 

Luap  fish 
(Cycloplarus 
for  processing  (a) 

luapus) 

with  roe,  fresh  or  chilled, 

Red  Snapper 
for  processing  (a)  (c) 

(Luljanus 

purpureas), 

fresh,  chilled  or  frozen, 

Hard  fish  roes,  fresh,  chilled  or  frozen 

ific  salaon 
spp.), 
the  processing  industry  for aanufacture  into  pastes or 

frozen  and headless, 

(Oncorhynchus 

spreads  (a) 

7  ex030380ee 

116 

Soft  roe,  frozen,  for the aanufacture  of deoxyribonucleic  acid 
or  protaaine  sulphate  (a) 

8  ex03052000 

110 

Hard  fish  roes,  salted  or in brine 

9  ex03061990 
ex03062990 

20  exl6041166 
6x16042016 

21  6x16043098 

22  exl6051000 

ne 
116 

126 
126 

tlO 

til 
119 

Krill  for processing  (a) 

Pacific  salaon 
industry  for aanufacture  into  pastes or spreads  (a) 

spp.),  for the processing 

(Oncorhynchus 

Hard  fish  roes,  •ashed,  cleaned  of adherent  organs  and siaply 
salted  or in brine,  for processing  (a) 

caachaiicus), 

Crabs of the species  'King'  (Paraliihodes 
'Hanasaki'  (Paraliihodes  brevipas),  'Kegani' 
(.Eriaacrus  isanbaclci),  'Queen* and  *Sno«' 
(.Chionoecetas spp.),  'Red'  (Geryon  quinquedans), 
'Rough stone'  (Meoli thodas  asperriaus),  Liihodas 
anlarctica, 
(Portunus 
or  not frozen,  in iaaediate  packings  of a net content  of  2kg 
or  aore 

siaply  boiled  in water  and shelled,  nhelher 

'Mud'  (Scylla  sarrala),  'Blue' 

spp.), 

23  exl66S3068 

tlO 

Lobster  flesh,  cooked,  for the processing  industry  for  the 
aanufacture  of butlers  based  on lobster,  or of pastes,  pates, 
soups  or sauces  (a) (c) 

3 

TABLE  II 

CN  code 

TARIC 

Description  of goods 

Autonomous  duties (X) 

16  6x87162180 

tlO 

Pees  in pods, of the species  Pi SUB  sativum  of the variety 
Hortansa  axiphiua, 
6aa, to be used,  in their  pods,  in the aenufacture of prepared 
seals  (a)  (C) 

frozen,  of a thickness  not exceeding 

0 

12  6x07119056 

13  6x97123086 

14  6x87133390 

15  6x88641668 

16  6x08641060 

114 
192 

•17 
•24 

•20 

til 
121 

•12 
•22 

Nushrooas,  excluding  aushrooas  of the species  Agaricus  spp., 
provisionally  preserved  in brine,  in sulphur  water, or in other 
preservative  solutions, but unsuitable  in thai  stale for 
iaaediale  consumption,  for the food-canning  industry  (a) 

Mushrooas,  excluding  aushrooas  of the species  Agaricus  spp. , 
dried,  whole  or in identifiable  slices or pieces,  for  treatment 
other  than  siaple  repacking  for retail  sale  (a)  (C) 

Beans,  white,  dried,  of the species  Phasaolus  vulgaris, 
which  not aora  than  2X by weight  ere retained  by a screen  with 
apertures  of a diameter  of 8aa, for use in the food-canning 
industry  (a) 

of 

Deles,  fresh  or dried,  for the processing  industry,  other  then 
for  the production  of alcohol  (a) 

Dates,  fresh or dried,  for packing  for retail  sale  into 
iaaediale  packings  of a net content  not exceeding  11kg  (a) 

17  8x08104656 

110 

Fruit  of the species  Vacciniua 

aacrocarpon, 

fresh 

18 

08119050 
08119070 
8x08119096 

135 

Fruit  of the genus  Vacciniua, 
not  containing  added  sugar  or other  sweetening  aatter 

•hether  or not cooked,  frozen, 

(a) Control of the use  for this  special  purpose  shall  be carried  out pursuant to 

the  ralavanl  Coaaunily  provisions. 

(b) Tha  suspension  shall  apply  to fiah  intended  to undergo  any operation  unless 

they  are intended  to undergo  exclusively  one or aore of the following 
oparaliona: 
- cleaning,  gutting,  tailing,  heading, 
- cutting  (excluding,  filiating  or cutting  of frozen  blocks), 
- aaapling,  sorting, 
-  labelling, 
-  packing, 
-  chilling, 
-  freezing, 
- deep  freezing, 
-  thaaing,  separation. 
Tha  suspension  is not allowed  for products  intended,  in addition,  to undergo 
Irealaenl  (or operations)  qualifying  for suspension  ahere  such  treslaenl (or 
oparaliona)  is (are) carried  out at retail  or catering  level. The suspension 
of  cusloas  duties  shall  apply  only  to fiah  intended  for huean  conauaplion. 

(c) Hoaever,  tha suspension  is not allowed  where  processing  is carried  out by 

retail  or catering  undertakings. 

FINANCIAL  RECORD 

1. 

Budget  Iine concerned  : Chap.  12 Art.  120 

2. 

Title of  the  tariff measure  concerned  : Draft  proposal  for  a Council 
Regulation,  temporarily  suspending  the autonomous  common  customs 
tariff duties on  a number  of  agricultural  products 

3. 

Legal  basis  : Art.  28 of  the Treaty 

4. 

Object ive  : suspension of CCT duties on  the abovementioned  products 

5. 

Cost  of  this  tariff-measure : 

To be borne by  the EEC-budget  : 

- 

for  the same exercise  in 1991, the  loss of own  resources was 
expected  to be of  the order  of  23 400 000 ecus  (of P.E. E/391/91 
C0M(91) 103 of  25.03.1991) 

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  24 570 000 ecus. 

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