Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2420/92, temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of mixtures of residues of the maize starch industry and of residues from the extraction of maize germ oil obtained by wet milling
Date: 1993-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: maize, starch, suspension of customs duties, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(93) 127 final 

Brussels, 19 March 1993 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92, temporarily  suspending 
the Common  Customs Tariff duty on imports of  mixtures of 
residues of the maize starch  industry and of residues from the 
extraction of maize germ oil obtained by wet milling 

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Explanatory Memorandum 

This proposal  for a regulation concerns the prolongation, 
until  31 May 1993, of the temporary  suspension of the Common 
Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain mixtures of 
residues of the maize starch industry and of residues from the 
extraction of maize germ oil obtained by wet milling. 

This regulation, when adopted, will provide the follow-up to 
Regulations  (EEC) Nos 2420/92 and  3535/92, suspending duty on 
such products from  1 January  1992 to 31 March 1993. 

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COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 

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amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92, temporarily  suspending 

the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of  mixtures of 
residues of the maize starch  industry and of residues from the 
extraction of maize germ oil obtained by wet milling 

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 Council Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92  (1), as last 
amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 3535/92  (2), suspended the 
Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain mixtures of 
residues of the maize starch  industry and of residues from the 
extraction of maize germ oil obtained by the wet milling 
process, for the period  from  1 January  1992 to 31 March 1993; 

Whereas  it is appropriate that the suspension of duties be 
prolonged until 31 May 1993, 

(1)  OJ No L 237, 20.8.1992, p. 14 
(2)  OJ No L 359, 9.12.1992, p. 1 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Article 1 of Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92, the date of 31 
October 1992 shall be replaced by that of 31 May 1993. 

Article 2 

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

It shall be applicable from 1 April 1993. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President, 

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FINANCIAL RECORD 

1.  Budget line concerned;  Chap. 10 art. 100 

Title of the measure concerned; 

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 
(EEC) No 2420/92, temporarily suspending the Common 
Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain mixtures of 
residues of the maize starch industry and of residues 
from the extraction of maize germ oil obtained by wet 
milling. 

3.  Legal basis; Art. 28 of the Treaty. 

4.  Objective; 

Suspension of the CCT duties  (agricultural levies) for 
the above products. 

Cost of this measure; 

For the current financial year, on the basis of the 
Community statistics currently available, one can 
estimate that the cost of this measure will be about 
4 000 000 ECUs for the period covered by the draft 
regulation. 

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