CELEX: 51991PC0196
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2658/87 ON THE TARIFF AND STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURE AND ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                  C0M(91) 196 final
                                  Brussels, 14 June 1991
                          Proposal for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
           on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
                and on the Common Customs Tariff
                  (presented by the Commission)
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In the framework of the wultilaterial GATT negotiations on the
introduction of the harmonized system, customs duties on the
import of certain inedible animal and vegetable fats and oils
were increased. This increase in customs duties is proving
disadvantageous to the Community's economic operators.
It is for this reason that, since 1 July 1990, the customs
duty has been suspended to a rate of 2% (0J L 164 of
29.6.1990). '
It appears more appropriate, for better management, to
introduce this suspended rate into the Common Customs Tariff
by a reduction in the autonomous duty rate.
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                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                    amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
                 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
                         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 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas   during    the  GATT    negotiations    on   the  introduction   of   the
harmonized   system, customs duties on the          import  of  certain  inedible
animal and vegetable fats and oils were increased;
Whereas this increase in customs duties is proving disadvantageous to
economic operators; whereas         it  is therefore    expedient   to apply   the
customs duties which applied prior to the negotiations;
Whereas   the   balance   of   concessions   and   obligations   under  the   GATT
should not, however, be called into question;
Whereas it is expedient to amend the autonomous customs duties applied
to   these    products-,   whereas     therefore    Council    Regulation    (EEC)
No 2668/871, as     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No         ..../..2, should
be amended accordingly.
1   OJ No L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1
2   OJ No L
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                Article 1
1.   The combined nomenclature attached to Regulation     (EEC) No 2658/87
     is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
2.   The amendments to combined nomenclature subheadings provided for in
     this Regulation shall be applied as Taric subdivisions until their
     insertion  in the combined   nomenclature under   the conditions  laid
     down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
 It shall apply from 1 July 1991.
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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                                                                      Rate of duty
CN code                        Description                                                 Supplemen-
                                                             autonomous                    tary unit
                                                             (%) or levy     conventional
                                                                ( AGR)
1518 00      Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their
             fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated,
             sulphurized, blown, polymerized by heat in
             vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically
             modified, excluding those of heading No 1516;
             inedible mixtures or preparations of animal
             or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of
             different fats or oils of this chapter, not
             elsewhere specified or included :
1518 00 10   - Linoxyn                                             20              12
               Fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, for
               technical or industrial uses other than
               the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
               consumption (1) :
1518 00 31   - - Crude                                              5 (2)
1518 00 39   - - Other                                              8 (2)
(1) L'ntry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community
provisions.
(2) In certain conditions, the collection of a compensatory amount is provided for in addition
to customs duty.
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                                                                         Rate of duty
CN code                            Description                                               Supplemen-
                                                               autonomous                    tary unit
                                                               (%) or levy      conventional
                                                                  ( AGR)            (%)
   1                                      2                          3                4          5
              - Other :
          (1)
1518 00 xx    - - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and
                   their fractions, boiled, oxidized,
                   dehydrated, sulphurized, blown, polymerized
                   by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or
                   otherwise chemically modified, excluding
                   those of heading No 1516                          15               12
          (2)
1518 00 xx    - - ether                                                2              12
(1) Taric codes for 1991: 1518 00 90 * 20
(2) Taric codes for 1991: 1518 00 90 * 90
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