Council Regulation (EEC) No 2917/79 of 20 December 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff
Official Journal L 329 , 24/12/1979 P. 0016 - 0017
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 8 P. 0033
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 172 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , P . 1 .
( 2 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2917/79
OF 20 DECEMBER 1979
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
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 SUBHEADING 16.02 B I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF INCLUDES PREPARED AND PRESERVED POULTRYMEAT OR POULTRY OFFAL ; WHEREAS A FLOW OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF NEW PREPARATIONS CONTAINING MAINLY UNCOOKED TURKEYMEAT HAS APPEARED ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE PRECISE DETAILS OF THE TREND OF THESE IMPORTS ; WHEREAS , FOR THIS PURPOSE , IT IS NECESSARY BOTH TO DEFINE THE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE LEVY AND TO SUBDIVIDE THE SUBHEADING WHICH INCLUDES THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION BY AMENDING THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ANNEXED TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 OF 18 JUNE 1968 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2915/79 ( 2 ),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ANNEXED TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :
1 . THE ADDITIONAL NOTE TO CHAPTER 16 IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL NOTE :
' ADDITIONAL NOTE :
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBHEADINGS 16.02 B I A ) 1 , B III A ) 1 AND B III B ) 1 AA ), THE TERM " UNCOOKED " SHALL APPLY TO PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANY HEAT TREATMENT OR WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO A HEAT TREATMENT INSUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THE COAGULATION OF MEAT PROTEINS IN THE WHOLE OF THE PRODUCT AND WHICH THEREFORE , IN THE CASE OF SUBHEADINGS B III A ) 1 AND B III B ) 1 AA ), SHOW TRACES OF A PINKISH LIQUID ON THE CUT SURFACE WHEN THE PRODUCT IS CUT ALONG A LINE PASSING THROUGH ITS THICKEST PART . '
2 . SUBHEADING 16.02 B I IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :
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// // RATE OF DUTY //
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HEADING NUMBER // DESCRIPTION // AUTONOMOUS % OR LEVY ( L ) // CONVENTIONAL % //
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1 // 2 // 3 // 4 //
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16.02 // OTHER PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT OR MEAT OFFAL : //
// B . OTHER : //
// I . POULTRY MEAT OR OFFAL : //
// A ) CONTAINING 57 % OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF POULTRY MEAT ( B ): //
// 1 . CONTAINING UNCOOKED MEAT OR OFFAL ; MIXTURES