Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 1995-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, common customs tariff, food processing, fruit vegetable, tariff nomenclature

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

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Brussels,  8.06.1995 
COM(95)242 final 

95/0137  (ACQ 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 2658/87  on the tariff  and statistical  nomenclature 
and on the Common  Customs  Tariff 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On the  occasion of  the adoption  by  the Council  in December  1994 of Regulation  (EC) 
No 3290/94 on ÛIQ adjustments  and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural 
sector  in  order  to  implement  the  agreements  concluded  during  the  Uruguay  Round  of 
multilateral trade negotiations (OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p.  105), the Commission made 
the following  statement  in respect  of the fruit  and vegetables  sector: 

"Should  the  entry  price  te  adjusted,  the  Commission  will  see  to  it  that  the 
import prices, within the meaning of Article 23(2) and (3) (Annex XIII), are set 
separately  for  sour  cherries  and  cucumbers  for  processing,  including  in 
situations where they are shown together with the products for eating under the 
tariff  heading." 

This  proposal  is  the  follow-up  to  that  statement  and replaces  the  transitional  measures 
adopted  by  the  Commission  relating  to  the  entry  price  arrangements  applicable  to 
cucumbers  for  processing.  Its  purpose  is  to  reduce  the  entry  prices  of  cucumbers  for 
processing  set out in  Annex 2 in the  combined nomenclature,  which have been  set at a 
level  designed  to protect  cucumbers  for  eating. The proposed  entry prices take  account 
of the import prices recorded in recent years and are intended to maintain the conditions 
of  supply of the Community  industries processing  cucumbers. 

With regard to sour cherries, the need to establish a separate entry price and the level of 
that price are still being  examined. 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EQ  No 

of 

amending  Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff  and statistical  nomenclature 
and on the Common Customs  Tariff 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 

113 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas Annex  I to Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2658/87 of  23 July  19871, as last amended by 
Commission  Regulation (EC) No 3115/942, contains in Part 3, Section I, Annex 2 in the combined 

nomenclature  the  list  of  products  to  which  an  entry  price  applies  and  also,  in  respect  of  those 

products,  the  scale  of  entry prices  used  for  the  tariff  classification  of  imported  products  and  for 

determining the import  duties applicable; whereas  application  of the said entry prices  in the case 

of cucumbers for processing can represent an excessive burden for the industry; whereas lower entry 

prices should  be set therefore for those products; whereas the entry prices to be fixed must take into 

account  the  average  unit  values  recorded  in  trade  over  a  representative  period;  whereas  the  ad 

valorem autonomous rates of duties for those products should be reduced also to the same level as 

the ad valorem conventional  rates of duties; 

Whereas  the period  of importation  for  cucumbers  for processing  commences  on  1 May;  whereas, 

in  order  to  allow  the  industry  to be  supplied  under  normal  conditions from the  beginning  of  the 

processing period, the transitional measures necessary have been adopted by Commission Regulation 

(EC) No 

adopting certain transitional measures relating to the entry price arrangements applicable 

to cucumbers  for  processing, 

HAS "ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

O J N o L 2 ^ 6,  7.9.1987, p.  1. 
OJ No L 345, 31.12.1994, p. 5. 

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Article 1 

1. 

Annex I, Part 3, Section I, Annex  2 in the combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation 

(EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 

2. 

At the time of the annual reduction of the ad valorem  conventional rates of duty in respect 

of  cucumbers  for  processing  falling  under  CN  codes  0707 00 20,  0707  00 25  and 

0707 00 30, decided in line with the implementation of the agreements concluded during the 

Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the corresponding ad valorem autonomous 

rates of duties shall be reduced to the same level  and according to the same timetable. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall  enter into force on the seventh day following  its publication in the  Official 

Journal of the European Communities. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

A  N  N  E X 

Rate  of duty 

autonomous 

(%) 

conventional 

(%) 

[IN code 

Description 

W7 00 20 

From  1 to  15 May: 

-  For processing1: 

-  - With an entry price per  100 kg net  weight  of: 

- - - Not  less than  35 ECU2 

15,5 

15,5 

-  - - Not less than  34,3  ECU but  less than  35 ECU' 

- - - Not less than 33,6 ECU  but  less than 34,3 ECU4 

Not less than  32,9 ECU but less than 33,6 ECU5 

-  - - Not less than 32,2 ECU but less than  32,9 ECU6 

-  - - Less than 32,2 ECU7 

-Other: 

- - With an entry price per  100 kg net weight  of: 

-  - - Not  less than  56 ECUX 

- - - Not  less than  54,9 ECU but  less than  56 ECU" 

-  - - Not less than  53,8 ECU  but  less than  54,9 ECU'0 

- - - Not  less than  52,6 ECU  but  less than  53,8 ECU11 

Not less than  51,5 ECU but  less than  52,6 ECU12 

-  - - less than  51,5 ECU13 

15,5+  0,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5+  1,4 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 +  2,1 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 +  2,8 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5+  45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

15,5 +  1,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 + 2,2  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 + 3,4 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 + 4,5 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 + 45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
16 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

15,5 

15,5 +  1,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
15,5 + 2,2  Ecu/100 
kg/net 
15,5 + 3,4  Ecu/100 
kg/net 
15,5 + 4,5 Ecu/100 
kg/net 
15,5 + 45,7  Ecu/100 
kg/net 

12 

E n t ry  u n d er  t h is  s u b h e a d i ng 
C o m m u n i ty  p r o v i s i o n s. 
T A R IC  c o d es  07 07  00 
T A R IC  c o d es  07 07 
07 07 
T A R IC 
0 7 07 
T A R IC 
07 07 
T A R IC 
0"H)7 
T A R IC 
1  00 

c o d es 
c o d es 
c o d es 
c o d es 
T A R IC  c o d es  0 70 
T A R IC  c o d es 
T A R IC  c o d es 
T A R IC  c o d es 
T A R IC  c o d es 
T A R IC  c o d es 

2 0 
20 
20 
20 
2 0 
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72 
20 
20 
20 
20 
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26 
32 
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82 
86 
92 
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a nd 
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a nd 
07 D7 
a nd 
0 7 C7 
a nd 
07 07 
a nd 
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and 

0 7 ( 1/ 
0 7 O7 
0 7 ( )7 
07  u 7 
07  07 

1 4 

20 
20 
20 
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20 
20 
20 
20 
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7-1 

18 
24 
28 
34 

7 8 
84 
88 
94 
98 

CN code 

Description 

0707  00 25 

- - From  16 May to 30  September: 

- - For processing1 : 

Rate  of duty 

autonomous 

conventional 

(%) 

(%) 

With an entry price per  100 kg net weight  of: 

Not less than  35 ECU2 

19,3 

19,3 

Not less than 34,3 ECU but less than  35 ECU3 

Not less than  33,6  ECU  but less than  34,3  ECU4 

Not less than 32,9 ECU  but  less than  33,6 ECU5 

Not less than  32,2  ECU  but  less than  32,9 ECU6 

Less than  32,2 ECU7 

- - Other: 

With an entry price  per  100 kg net weight  of: 

Not less than  56 ECU8 

Not less than  54,9 ECU but less than  56 ECU9 

Not less than  53,8 ECU but less than  54,9 ECU10 

Not less than  52,6 ECU but  less than  53,8 ECU11 

- 

- Not  less than  51,5  ECU  but less than  52,6 ECU12 

Less than  51,5 ECU13 

19,3 +  0,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  1,4  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  2,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  2,8  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

19,3 +  1,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 2,2 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 3,4 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 4,5  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

20 +  47,3  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

19,3 

19,3 +  1,1 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +2,2  Ecu/100 
kg/net 
19,3 + 3,4 Ecu/100 
kg/net 
19,3 +4,5  Ecu/100 
kg/net 
19,3 +45,7  Ecu/100 
kg/net 

E n t ry  under  this  s u b h e a d i nq  is  subject  to  the  c o n d i t i o ns  laid  d o wn  in  t he  relevant 
C o m m u n i ty  p r o v i s i o n. 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00 25  *  12  and  0707  00 25 

T A R IC  codes  0707  00 25 * 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00  25 * 
T A R IC  codes  07 07  00 25 * 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00 25 * 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00  25 * 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00 25 * 12 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00 25 * 
T A R IC  codes  07 07  00  25 * 
T A R IC  codes  07 07  00 25 '' 
T A R IC  codes  07 07  00 25 " 
T A R IC  codes  0707  00  2b * 

14 
16  and  07 07  00 25 * 
22  and  07 07 
26  and  07 07 
32  and  07 07 
36  and  07 07 
and  07 07  00 
7 6  and  07 07 
82  and  07 0'/ 
06  and  07 07 
92  and 07 07 
96  and  07u7 

00 
00 
00 
00 
25 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 

25 
2 5 
25 

14 

18 
24 
28 
34 
38 

7 8 
84 
88 
94 
98 

M 

N  code 

Description 

07 00 30 

From  1 to 31 October: 

-  For processing1: 

Rate of duty 

autonomous 

(%) 

conventional 

(%) 

- - With an entry price per  100 kg net weight  of: 

Not less than  35 ECU2 

19,3 

19,3 

-  - - Not less than  34,3 ECU  but  less than  35 ECU1 

- - -  Not  less than  33,6  ECU  but  less than  34,3  ECU4 

Not  less than  32,9  ECU  but  less than  33,6 ECU* 

-  - - Not  less than  32,2  ECU  but  less than  32,9 ECU6 

- - -  Less than 32,2 ECU7 

-  Other: 

-  - With an entry price per  100 kg net weight  of: 

-  - - Net less than  76,2 ECU8 

Not less than 74,7 ECU but less than  76,2 ECU" 

-  - - Not less than  73,2 but  less than  74,7 ECU10 

Not  less than  71,6 but  less than  73,2  ECU" 

-  - -  Not  less than  70,1  ECU  but  less than  71,6 ECU12 

-  - - Less than  70,1 ECU1' 

19,3 +  0,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  1,4  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  2,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  2,8  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 +  45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
20 +  47,3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

19,3 +  1,5  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 4,6 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 6,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

19,3 

19,3 +  1,5  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 3 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 4  4,6 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 6,1  Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 
19,3 + 45,7 Ecu/ 
100 kg/net 

L'admission  dans  candte  sous-position  e 
dispositions  communautaires  édictées  en 
TARIC  codes  07 07  00  30  *  12  and  07 07  00 
TARIC  codes  07 07  00  30  *  16  and  07 07 
TARIC  codes  07 07  00  30  *  22  and  07 07 
TARIC  codes  0707  00  30  *  26  and  07 07 
TARIC  codes  0707  00  30  *  32  and  07 07 
TARIC  codes  07 07  00  30  *  36  and  07 07 

TARIC  codes  0707  00  30  +  12  and 
TARIC  codes  0707  00  30  ' 7 6 
TARIC  codes  07 07  CO  30  •'• 82 
TARIC  code:; 070?  uu  30  ' »o 
TARIC  codes  07;..',• 00  .-so >• <)2 
TARIC  codes  070/  On  30  "  96 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

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iî 

1. 

BUDGET  HEADING:  1000 

Date: 25 April  1995 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  861.3 million 

TITLE: 
Proposai  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2658/87  on the  tariff  and  statistical  nomenclature 
and on the Common  Customs  Tariff. 

LEGAL  BASIS: Articles 28 and  113 of the Treaty. 

AIMS: 
To maintain  market protection  and to  fix  separate  entry prices for products for processing. 

5. 

FINANCIAL  IJMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 

CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
NATIONAL  AUTHORrnES 
OTHER 

5.1. 

REVENUE 
-  OWN RESOURCES  OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(95) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(96) 

pm. 

p.m. 

pm. 

1997 

1998 

1999 

2000 

5.2. 

METHOD  OF CALCULATION: 
Since the application  of an entirely new system  is concerned, any data available may provide  a reliable base  for the 
assessment  of any financial  impact. 

6.0. 

i  6.i. 

I 6.2. 

6.3. 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  FROM APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT 
CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET/ 

YES 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

WILL  A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

OBSERVATIONS 

Setting  separate  entry prices  for  products  for  processing results in more  balanced market  protection  than  at  ;] 
present. 

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