CELEX: 51988PC0848
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Date: 1988-12-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) suspending tariff concessions and increasing duties under the Combined Nomenclature with regard to certain products originating in the United States (presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM     ( 88 )  848  final
                                                   BrusseLs ,         16December 1988
                           Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         suspending tariff concessions and increasing duties
   under the Combined Nomenclature with regard to pertain products
                   originating in the United States
                  ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                             Explanatory Mémorandum
The Commission proposes that , in aooordanoe with the Council 's conclusions
of 22 November , customs duties under the Combined Nomenclature be raised to
100% for natural honey , walnuts in shell , dried fruit and oanned sweet corn
originating in the united States .
The adoption of these measures oames in the wake of retaliatory measures
taken by the United States in Deoember 198? in respeot of oertain prcduots
exported by the Community following the Directive banning the use of
certain substances having a hormonal action in livestock fanning .
                                                                              1
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              suspending tariff oanoeesians and inareasing duties
        under the Combined Nomenclature with regard to certain products
                         originating in the United States
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CCKbUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomio Community ,
 and in partioular Article 113 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 Whereas the United States of America has decided to apply additional
 customs duties to imports of certain produots from the European Eoonomio
 Community , in breach, of the commitments which it has undertaken urder the
 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT ) ;
 Whereas these measures cause significant injury to the Community producers
 oonoemed ;
 Whereas , in order to protect the Community ' s interests , it is judged
 necessary to take measures having an equivalent effeot on imports of
products originating in the united States ; whereas certain rates of duty
 established ’under the Combined Nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC )
No 2658/ 87 of 23 JUly 1987 , 1 as last amerded by Régulation ( EEC ) Ne . 2
should therefore be adjusted ;
Whereas the adjusted rates should be included in the Combined Nomenclature
Whereas this Regulation may be revised in response to any changes in the
restrictive measures decided by the United States ,
1   OJ No L 266 , 7.9.1987 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Artlole 1
 The Combined Nomenclature annexed to Counoil Regulation (EEC ) No 2668/87 is
 hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto .
                                   Artlole 2
 1 . The release into free oiroulatlon of the products referred to In Article
 1 may be made subjeot to proff of their origin .
 2 . Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in
 accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC )
No 802/68 . 1
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                        For the Counoil
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.0.1968 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 Rate o1f duty        Suppl fi ¬
       CM                       Descri ption                                         ni en tary
      code                                                Autonomous    Conventional
                                                              Î               %      uni t
                                                          or levy ( L )
         1                           2                        3                 4          5
   0409 00 00   Natural honey                               30 ( 1 )        27 ( 2 )     –
   0710         Uegetables ( uncooked or cooked by
                steaming or boiling in water ), frozen :
   0710 10 00
   to            ( unchanged )
   0710 30 00
   0710 40 00 - Sweet corn                               20,8 i MOB         8 + MOB
                                                             (3)              (2)
   0710 80 to             ■
   0710 90 00    ( unchanged )
   071 1       Uegetables provisional ly preserved
                ( for example , by sulphur dioxide gas ,
                in brine , in sulphur water or in other
                preservative solutions ), but not un-
               sui table in that state for immediate
                consumption :
  0711 10 00
  to            ( unchanged )
  071 1 90 10
  071 1 90 30 - Sweet corn                               20,8 + MOB         8 + MOB
                                                             (3)                (2)
  071 1 90 50
  to            ( unchanged )
  0711 90 90
           J
( 1 ) The autonomous duty applicable to products , originating in the United 5tates of
      America is fixed at 100 5 .
( 2 ) Products , originating in the United States of America , are not eligible for this
      conventional duty .
( 3 > The autonomous Hutu applicable to products , originating in the United States of
 ---pagebreak---                                                    2                                       ANNEX
                                                                      Pate ol duty           Suppl ε ¬
        CH                               Descri ption                                        πί en tary
      code                                                      Autonomous    Conventional
                                                                    %              Î         unit
                                                                or levy ( L )
         1                                    2                     3                4             5
  0802                 Other nuts , fresh or dried , whether or
                       not shelled or peeled :
  0802 1 1 to
  0802 22 00 ( unchanged )
                       -- Wal nuts :
  0002 31 00 – In shell                                            8 ( 1 )        8 (2)
  0802 32 00
   to                  ( unchanged )
  0802 90 90
  0813                 Fruit , dried , other than that of hea¬
                       ding Nos 0801 to 0804 ; mixtures of
                       nuts or dried fruits of this chapter :
  0813 10 00           - Apricots                                  9(1 )           7 (2)         –
  0813 20 00 - Prunes                                             18 ( 1 )        12 ( 2 )       –
  0813 3 0 00              Apples                                 10 ( 1 )         8 (2)
  0813 40              - Other fruit ;
( 1 ) The autonomous duty applicable to products , ori si nating in the United States of
       America is fixed at 100 5 .                                                 .
( 2 ) Products , originating in the United States of America , are not eligible for this
       f   ip •* i.i i    . ,i 11»*j • •
 ---pagebreak---                                           3                                          ANNEX
                                                                Rate ol  duty          Suppl U "
       CN                       Descri ption                                           mentary
      code                                                Autonomous    Conventional
                                                              S               Î        unit
                                                          or levy ( 1.)
        1                            2                        3                 4          5
   0813 40 10  .- Peaches , including nectarines             9(1 )            7 (2)      –
   0813 40 30 – Pears                                       10 ( 1 )          8 (2)      –
   0813 40 50 – Papaus ( papayas )                           3(1 )            4 (2)      –
   0813 40 90 – Other                                        8 (1 )           6 (2)
   0813 50    – Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of
                 this chapter :
               – Eruit sal ads of dried fruit , other
                  than that of heading Nos 0801 to
                  0806 :
   0813 50 11 - Not. containing prunes                       9(1 )            3 (2)      –
   0813 50 19 - Containing prunes                           12 ( 1 )        12 ( 2 )
   0813 50 30 -. Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts
                  of heading Nos 0801 and 0802               8(1 )            8 (2)      –
              –- Other mixtures :
  0813 50 91  -. Not containing prunes or figs              10(1 )          10 ( 2 )     –
  0813 50 99 – Other                                        12 ( 1 )        12 ( 2 )
  2001        Uegetables , fruit , nuts and other edi ¬
              ble parts of plants , prepared or pre ¬
              served by vinegar or acetic acid :
  2001 10 00
  to          ( unchanged )
  2001 90 20
( 1 ) The autonomous duty applicable to products , originating in the United States of
      America is fixed at 100
(?) Produrts , or i gi nati no in the United States of America , are not eligible for this
 ---pagebreak---                                            4                                    ANNEX
                                                             Rate ol  duty        Suppl e -
       C.N                        Description                                     mentary
      code                                             Autonomous    Conventional
                                                                           Î      uni t
                                                       or levy ( L )
         1                             2                   3                 4        5
  2001 90 30 – Sweet corn ( Zea mays var .            20,0 + MOB        8 + MOB
                    sar.charata )                         (1 )             (2)
  2001 90 40
  to            ( unchanged )
  2001 90 90
  2004         Other vegetables prepared or preserved
               otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
               acid , frozen :
  2004 10 to
  2004 90      ( unchanged )
  2004 90 10 ---· Sweet corn ( Zea mays var . saccha- 20,0 + MOB        0 + MOB
                    rata )                                (1 )             (2)
  2004 90 30
  to           ( unchanged )
  2004 90 99
(1 ) The autonomous duty applicable to products , originating in the United States of
       America is fixed at 100 1 + HOB .
( 2 ) Products , originating in the United States of America , are not eligible for this
 ---pagebreak---                                                        5                                                                    ANHEX
                                                                                            Pate o   c duly                   Suppl e~
       CN                                Descri pti on
      code                                                                        Autonomous          Conventional
                                                                                          %                    %              un i t
                                                                                  or 1 evy ( l. )
        1                                      2                                          3                      4                 5
   2005          Other vegetables prepared or preserved
                 otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
                  acid , not frozen :
   2005 10 00
   to             ( unchanged )
   2005 70 00
   2005 80 00     . Sweet; corn ( Zea mays var . saccha-                        20,8 ■«· MOD                 8 . MOD
                      saccharata )                                                      (1 )                   (?)
   2005 90 to
   2005 90 90     ( unchanged )
   2008          Fruit , mils and other edible parts of
                 plants , otherwise prepared or preser-
                 ved , whether or not containing added
                 sugar or other sweetening matter or
                spirit , not elsewhere specified or
                 included :
   2008 11 to
   2008 99 79 ( unchanged )
   2008 99 85     . ·– Maize ( corn ), other than sweet                         20,8 i MOD               8 * MOB
                         corn ( Zea mays var . saccharata )                             (1 i                 (2)
  2008 99 91
   lo            ( unchanged )
  2008 99 99
( 1 ) The autonomous duty applicable to products , originating in the United States of
      America is fixed at 100 \ »• MOD .
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 ---pagebreak---                             FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Increase in the duty rates
Frcm the day following the publication date of the present regulation ,
the duty rates will be increased to 100 % for certain products imported
from the United States .
The increase in Customs revenue estimated as follows on the basis of
imports of the products concerned in 1987 :
NATOTAL HONEY      2.419.000 ECU X  ( 100 % - 27 % )  =  1.765.870 ECU
WALNUTS IN
SHELL             64.387.000 ECU X  ( 100  % - 8 %)   = 59.236.040 ECU
FRUITS , DRIED    37.428.000 ECU X  ( 100  % - 12 % ) = 32.936.640 ECU
CANNED MAIZE      21.247.000 ECU X  ( 100 % - 8 % )   = 19.547.240 ECU
                                          TOTAL         113.485.790 ECU