Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2420/92 temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty 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
Date: 1993-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, maize, starch, suspension of customs duties

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

C0M(93)  492 

f i n al 

B r u s s e l s,  6  October  1993 

Proposal 

f or  a 

COUNCIL  REG'"  ATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  2420/92  temporarily  suspending 
t he  Common  Customs  T a r i ff  duty  on  imports  of  c e r t a in  mixtures 
from 
of  r e s i d u es  of  t he  maize  s t a r ch 

industry  and  of  r e s i d u es 

t he  e x t r a c t i on  of  maize  germ  o il  obtained  by  wet  m i l l i ng 

( p r e s e n t ed  by 

the  Commission) 

Explanatory Memorandum 

This proposal for a regulation concerns the prolongation, 
until 30 June 1994, of the temporary suspension of the Common 
Customs Tariff duty 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, 3535/92, 833/93 and 1993/93, 
suspending duty on such products from 1 January 1992 to 3 0 
September 1993. 

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amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92 temporarily suspending 
the Common Customs Tariff duty 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 

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 Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92  (1) suspended the Common 
Customs Tariff duty 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 3 0 September 
1993; 

Whereas it is appropriate that the suspension of duties be 
prolonged until 30 June 1994 ; 

(1)  OJ No L 237, 20.8.1992, p. 14. Regulation as last amended 

by Regulation  (EEC) No 1993/93  (OJ No L 182, 24.7.1993, 
p. 11). 

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whereas a study is under way in order to determine the 
feasibility of using a method of microscopic analysis for 
determining the amount of residues from the extraction of 
maize germ oil obtained by wet milling and residues from the 
sifting of maize in residues of starch manufacture from maize; 
whereas this study is expected to lead to an agreement by 31 
December 1993; whereas it is appropriate to suspend the use of 
the microscopic method for these purposes until a decision can 
be reached with regard to this method, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Article 1 of Regulation  (EEC) No 2420/92, "30 September 
1993" shall be replaced by "30 June 1994". 

Article 2 

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1993. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President, 

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 duty 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. 113 of the Treaty. 

4.  Objective: 

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

5.  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 
18 000 000 ECUs for the period covered by the draft 
regulation. 

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