CELEX: 51991PC0103
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON A NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                       C0M(91) 103 final
                                       Brussels, 4 aprit 1991
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
    temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff
            duties on a number of agricultural products
                    (presented by the Commission)
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  In the first quarter of this year, the Commission, with the
   assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all
   requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of
   common customs tariff duties, Including the requests for prolongation
   of the suspensions currently In force.
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The
   proposal for Industrial products Is being prepared.
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined
   In the light of the criteria defined In the Commission communication
   to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff
   suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2 ) .
   As a.result of this examination, the Commission deems it Justifiable
   to suspend the duty on those products listed In the Annex to the
   attached draft Regulation.
4. As stated In Article 1 of the aforementioned draft Regulation, the
   proposed period of validity Is 6 months or 12 months, depending on
   the case.
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                                                   proposal for a
                                    CpUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                    /9l
                                                      of        1991
                 ttnipararity auspend&ng tlte autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                            number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF TH6 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      MAS ADOPTED THIS REGU1ATION
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                                        Art kit 1
thereof,
Having regard to ate proposal from- the Commission,           The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the
                                                              products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at
Whereas production in the Community of the products           the level indicated against each of them.
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or
non-existent; whereas producers thus cannot meet the          These suspensions shaH be valid
needs of user industries in die Community;
Whereas in certain eases it is in the interest of the
Community to suspend the autonomous Common                    — from 1 July to 31 December 1991 for the products
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the      mentioned in Table I,
goods in question are produced in the Community, and
in the other cases to suspend them totally ;                  — from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 for the products
                                                                  mentioned in Table II.
Whereas, in view of die difficulty of assessing accurately
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele-
vant sectors, suspension measures should he taken only                                  Art kit 2
temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference
to the intereste of Community production,                     This Regulation shaW enter into force on 1 Jvty 199J
                This Regulation shaH be binding in its entirety ami directly applkabte m all Nk-m.ber
                Don» at                          1**l.
                                                                          For tête Cmtwil
                                                                           TJfce President
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                                                          ANNEX
Nota for the purpose of the following tables :
                 (a) Central of the uaa for thie apeeial purpoaa ehell be cerried out pureuent to
                     tha relevant Coeounily provieione.
                 (b) The euepeneion ehell apply to fieh intended to undergo eny operetion unlets
                     they are intended to undergo exclusively one or eore of the folloving
                     oporetione:
                     * cleaning, gutting, toiling, heeding,
                     - cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks),
                     - eeepling, eorting,
                     - labelling,
                     - packing,
                     - chilling,
                     - freezing,
                     - deep freezing,
                     - theeing, eeperetion.
                     The euepeneion is not allowed for producte intended, in addition, to undergo
                     treeteenl (or operetione) quelifying for euepeneion «here euch treeteent (or
                     operetione) ie (era) cerried out et reteil or coloring level. The euepeneion
                     of cueloea duties ehell epply only to fiah intended for hueen coneueption.
                 (C) Hoaaver, tha euepeneion ie not alloead «here processing ia carried out by
                     retail er cetaring underlekings.
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   CM coda        D t M f f y i l o o at gooda                                                    Au4of>o*.o>u-s d u t i e s (X)
11 M t t l t M M  Baawa, «&lta, oW*d, of lh« ajteciet PhaseoiuB w*lg*ris, of which
                  not aura MMO S I by v«igM are r*4aifl*d by a *ir**n «iih apart era* of
                  • diaa*4«r of 9 M , #W U«* in 4h* food-canning industry <•>
                                                                                                    0
*• Ml213»M       Eaaaaada wad otfetr »4>-g««t for W*a procaoarng indwalrg, oth*r UtM for
                  Mat prMhtcUoa of aar*al fodd*r (a)
                                                                                                    0
21 anlMfMtt      lofcatar ft**)), coefctd, for tha arecMtinf iadvatry far tha n M i f a c l u r i
                 of tott*ra boaad on Ufcalat, * of pacta*, p*lta, a«t)»« w O*««M (•)
                 at)
                                                                                                   ie
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     CN coda     Deecription of goode                                                   Aulonoeous duties (X)
  1    63828526  Dogfieh of the epecies Squalua acanihiaa,     fresh, chilled or frozen
       03937528
     0x63641898
     0x63649887
  2  0x83826888  lad 8nappar ILuljanva  purpuraua),    fresh, chilled or frozen, for
    0x83637998   proceaaing (a) (C)
  3 0x63626998   Luep fieh ICgcloplarua  luapua) eith roe, freeh or chilled, for
                 procaeeing (a)
 4  0x83828898  8lurgeone, fraeh, chilled or frozen, for proceaaing (a) (b)
    0x83637886
 S  0x93627866  Hard fieh roae, freeh, chilled or frozen
    0x63638666
 6  0x83831868  Pacific ealaon (Oncorhynchua app.), frozen end heedless, for the
                proceaaing induatry for aenufecture into paetee or epreede (e)
 7 ex838386ee   Soft roe, frozen, for the eenufeclure of deoxyribonucleic ecid or
                prolaaina eulphele (e)
 8  0x63652666  Hard fieh roee, eelted or in brine
 8  0x83861898  frill for proceeeing (e)
    0x83662988
16 0x87182188   Peae in pods, of the epeciee Piaua aativua of the veriely
                Horlanaa axiphiua, frozen, of e thiclcneaa not exceeding 6 ee, to be
                used, in their pods, in the eenufeclure of prepered «eels (e) (c)
11 0x87119959   Huehrooee, excluding auehrooea of the epeciee Agaricut      app.,
                provieionelly preeerved in brina, in sulphur eatar, or in other
                praearvetive eolutione, but uneuiteble in that atete for ieeediete
                conaueption, for the food-conning induetry (a)
12 0x97123966   Huehrooee, excluding euehrooee of the epeciee Agaricut      app.,
                driad, «hole or in identifieble alicae or piecee, for treeteenl other
                then aiapla repoeking for releil aale (a) (C)
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     6* oode     utecrhpitan vt                                                           Au4ot»o*o.u» du I f es (X)
14  0*6*941060   Dotee, frseh or oVtod, for tile proeessi-ng industry, olher than for the
                 product ton of eVeohoi (e>*
 15  ex8W41860   Detae, fresh or dried, for pecking for retail eels into ieeediete
                 packings of a net content not exceeding 11 kg (e)
18  0x88194859   Fruit of the epeciee Vacciniua  aacrocarpon,  freeh
18     88118658 Pruit of the genue Vacciniua,   whether or nol cooked, frozen, not
       68119979 eonteining edded euger or other sweetening eeller
    0x08119896
21  ex158799l9  Purified aoya-been oil in glees bottles. Eech boltle holds 18 litres
                of purified eoye-been oil eonteining by «eight:
                - 8,5 I or eore but not eore then 12 X of peleitic ecid estere,
                - 2,5 X or aora but not aore than 4,7 X of ataeric acid asters,
                - 22,4 X or aore but nol eore then 29 X of oleic ecid eelors,
                - 46,6 X or aora but not aore than S3,7 X of linoleic acid asters,
                - 7,4 X or aore but not eore then 11 X of linolenic ecid osiers
                and containing:
                - nol aora than 5 aillieoles of free felly ecid per kilogree of oil,
                - phoephalipida corresponding to e nitrogen content not exceeding 8,84
                   ag per graa of oil,
                The eoye-been oil covered by Ihie description ia destined for the
                praparetion of aauleions for injections (e)
                                                                                            8
                                                                                          •ix 125 ECU/190
                                                                                          kilo-
                                                                                          greee nol plus s cos-
                                                                                          pensalory eaount in
                                                                                          certein conditions
23  0x18641166  Pecific aaleon (Oncorhynchua app.), tor Ihe processing industry for
    0x16642818  aenufecture into pestes or epreeda (a)
24  0x16643098  Herd fiah roae, «eshed, cleened of adhèrent orgene end eieply selted
                or in brine, for proceeeing (e)
25  ex16851999  Crabe of the epeciee 'King' {.Paraît ihodaa   caachalicua),
                'Haneeeki' IPareltihodaa bravipaa), 'Kegeni' (Eriaacrua
                iaanbacki)   'Queen' end '8no«*(Chionoacaiaa app.),  'ted'
                (Qaryon quinquadana), 'tough alone' Waolilhodaa aaparriaua),
                Lllhodat aniarclica, 'Hud' IScylLa aarrata), 'Blue'
                (Partunua app.), eieply boiled in «eter end shelled, whether or not
                frozen, In ieeediete packings of e net content of 2 kg or eore
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                               FICHE FINANCIERE
    1. Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120
    2. Intitulé de l'action : Projet de proposition de règlement du Conseil
       portant suspension temporaire des droits autonomes du tarif douanier
       commun pour un certain nombre de produits agricoles.
    3. Base.lurldlaUQ : Art. 28 du Traité-CEE.
    4. Oblectlf de I'action : Suspension des droits du T.D.C. pour les
       produits susvlsés.
    5. Coût de l'action :
       Sur la base des statistiques communautaires et nationales
       disponibles, le coût de cette action est estimé è 23 400 000 Ecus.
       Pour ia môme période, l'année passée, on avait prévu un coût de
       23.520.000 d'Ecus. (cf. Procédure écrite n. E/147/90, doc.
       C0M(90)(65) du 9 février 1990).
       La légère réduction par rapport à l'exercice précédent est due à la
       suppression de certains produits de la liste des suspensions.
 ---pagebreak--- 1. The subject ef the annexed proposal for a regulation Is the
   sttspenolon of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number
   ef agricultural products.
a. In this marmer, the needs of user-Industries, Including small and
   medl«n*$l2ed enterprises, wit I be met.
3. Tilts measure, In add It ton to maintaining the competitive capacity of
   those Industrie*, Is likely to safeguard ar»d/or Improve employment.
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