CELEX: 51978PC0607
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-17
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (Submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM(78)607 final
                                                    Bruxelles , 17 November 1978
                               DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                         TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON
                         CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL
                                                 PRODUCTS
                            (Submitted "by the Commission to the Council)
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 ---pagebreak---                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The subject of the following draft regulation is the
 temporary suspension of duties in the Common Customs Tariff
 for a number of agricultural items , as requested by the
Member States .
 It 10 partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
Ic seems appropriate to the Commission that a duty suspension
i.s justified for the goods listed in the annex to this
regulation.
The Commission proposes a total suspension for those products
for which Community production does not exist or is minimal .
A partial suspension is proposed in cases where the Community
production covers only a part of the requirements . The rate
of the partially suspended duty depends on the extent of the
possible Community supply to the Community users . The Commission
is also         looking for the right balance between the
interests of the suppliers , users and the consumers in the
Community .                '    ,      '
It also takes into account the need to protect employment .
The proposed measures are                 confined to six months
because of the difficulties of estimating the evolution of the
basic factors .
For a number of items for which the Member States also requested
duty suspensions the Commission does not propose a tariff measure
because the necessary conditions are not fulfilled. This
concerns the following items t     ,•
 ---pagebreak--- OCT heading No                                 Description of goods
ex 03.01 B I ij )        Coalfish ( Poltachius virens or Gadus virens), fresh
                         chilled or frozen, whole headless or in pieces,                        '
                         intended for the processing industry
08.05 A II              Almonds other than bitter                                                   j
ex 20.07 A II a)      p?ar juice of a value exceeding 22 UA per . 00 kg nec .j,
                      for    use in the manufacture of perry, meeting
                        requirements :                                    -
                                                                                     the follow^"
                        1 ) having
                          a) a specific gravity of not less than 1.36 at 15° C
                          b ) 2*5
                              a total    acidity expressed as malic-" acid^ of not lessi
                                  percent weight / volume
                          :> a pH of not less than 3.9             ■ !/■.'
                        2 ) containing not more than :       • - . ;                          •
                    , a ) 0.2 mg / kg of arsenic                                           ;;
                  > ' • b ) 3; mg / kg of copper         •'                 v v.
                  | C ) 10.9 mg/ kg of iron
                       . H) 'Vrng / kg of lead                                 ^         {
                         c ) 100 mg/ kg of sulphur dioxide                '      ,      '
                         f ) 7.5 ng / kg of zinc           ,          ' ■ \V
                        5) not containing :                                        •              ;
                         a ) pectic substances                  -
                         b> Scare
                              in 10 'sg osmophilic
                                        of juice, micro-organism
                                                   medium
                                                                   capable or growth on
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                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                    temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs
              -     Tariff duties on certain agricultural produots
    THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economio Community,
    and in particular Article 28 thareof,
    Having regard "to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ,
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    Whereas production of the produots referred to in this Regulation is at present
    inadequate or non-existent within the Community and producers are thus unable
    to , meet the naeda of user industries ;
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    Whereas it is in the Community 's interest in oertain oases to suspend the
 'autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially, ohiofly because of
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                        Community produotion , , and in other cases to suspend them
    completely ;
    Whereas,     in view           of the difficulties involved in accurately assessing
j low the eoonomio situation will develops in the sectors concerned in the near
    future, these suspension measures should be taken only temporarily, by fixing
 j their term of validity to coincide with the interests of Community produotion,
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    HAS ADOPTED THIS RECRJLATIOH *                    *
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                                           Artide 1   , .
    From 1 January to 30 June 1979 /
: t he autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for "tho produots listed ^,
i -in the            annexe to this Regulation 9hall be suspended at the level
    indicated in respect of each of them*
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                               Article 2
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Januery 1979.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
          directly applicable in all Member States .-
Done at Brussels ,
                                                    for the Council
                                                     The President
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        CCT heading No                                               Description of goods •                     v '        Rate of
                                                                                                                    •   . autonomous
                                                                       ■                                                      duty ^
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     03.01 A I b )                                          fresh * live or dead ), chilled or .                      '        0
i ex 03.01 B II a )                          Filets of herring , fresh , chilled or frozen,                                    0
j and B II b ) 7                             intended for the processing industry ( a )
  ! ex 03.02 Ala )                          Herring , dried , salted or in brine , whole ,                                     0
                                            headlessr or in pieces , intended for the
                                            processing industry ( a )
     ex 03.02 A I f )                       Sprats , salted or in brine , whole , headless                                     0
                                            or in pieces
  I ex 03.02 A II d)                        Fillets of herring , dried , salted or in brine ,                                  0
                                            intended for the processing industry Ca ) t .
     ex 07.01 G III                         Horse-radish ( Cochlearia amoracia ), fresh or chilled 7
    ex 16.04 B                              Salmon , intended for the processing industry
                                            for further manufacture into pastes or
                                            spreads ( a )
    ex 16.04 C II                           Spiced and salted'herrings , in packings of a
                                            net capacity of 10 kg or more , intended for
                                            the processing industry ( a )
  , ex 16»04 C II                             Herring-flaps , prepared or preserved in                                         0
  j                                         vinegar , in packings of a net capacity of
                                            10 kg or more , intended for the processing
  j                                         mdustry ( a )
    ex 16.05 B                              Shrimps and prawns other than those of the                                       10 .
                                            " Crangon" variety , boiled in water and shelled ,
                                            whether or not frozen or dried , intended for
                                            the industrial manufacture of products
                                            falling within heading No 16.05 ( a )
       •> Control of the utc tor this tpecid putpoM thtil be effected pursuant to the rtlmtil Gimmunity pnmnom.
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     FINANCIAL              S H E t T
                                                        Date    13.10.78
1.     Budget line concerned : Chap . 12 , art . 120
2.     Title of activity :
     - Draft Council Regulation ( EEC ) temporarily suspending the autonomous
        Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products .
       Lec.al basis :    Art .   28   Treaty of Rome
A.     Objectives of the activity :
                                                                  for the period 1.1 until
       Suspension of CCT duties for goods mentioned und<;r 2 . 30.6.1979 .
                                               1.1 until 30.6.1979
5.0    Coîits of the activity                  Inpossible to evaluate seriously because C(
                                               munity statistics do not exist .
       to the agcount of the EC budget
                                               The information given by the requesting Mei
       by non collection of duties             States shows a minimis loss of 2 100 000 El
   /