CELEX: 31970R2613
Language: en
Date: 1970-12-15
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2613/70 of the Council of 15 December 1970 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 in respect of certain products falling within sub-heading No 20.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  921
No L 281 / 12                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            27.12.70
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2613/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 15 December 1970
              amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 in respect of certain products falling
                           within sub-heading No 20.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 865 /68 , the tariff nomenclature provided
Having regard to the Treaty            establishing the        for in this Regulation must be incorporated in the
European Economic Community;                                   Common Customs Tariff;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
865/68 1 of 28 June 1968 on the common organisation
of the market in products processed from fruit and
vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                   Article 1
2275/70,2 and in particular Article 2 ( 10) thereof;
                                                               The text of Annex A to this Regulation shall be
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            substituted for that of Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 865/68 in respect of the products falling within
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 sub-heading No 20.07 A.
865/68 provides for an import levy to be charged on
the various added sugars contained in the products
listed in Annex I to that Regulation ;                                               Article 2
Whereas the charging of an import levy on certain              The tariff nomenclature resulting from the provisions
products processed from fruit and vegetables falling           of Article 1 and set out in Annex B shall be
 within sub-heading No 20.07 A of the Common                   incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff.
Customs Tariff which have a high concentration of
natural sugar should be avoided; whereas that
objective may be attained to a large extent by laying                                Article 3
down, through an amendment to Annex I to
Regulation (EEC) No 865/68, special provisions for             This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
applying the levy in question :                                1971 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 15 December 1970.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                       J. ERTL
1 OJ No L 153, 1.7.1968, p. 8 .
2 OJ No L 246, 12.11.1970, p. 4.
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                                               ANNEX A
     CCT
    heading                         ¿Description of goods             i1) (2)
      No
    20.07   ' A. L (unchanged)
                     (b) Of a value of 22 u.a. or less per 100 kg net
                         weight:
                         1 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                             30% by weight                            49  15
                 II. Apple juice or pear juice; mixtures of apple and
                     pear juice :                              '   r  i
                     (b) Of a value of 22 u.a. or less per 100 kg net
                         weight:
                         1 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                             30% by weight:
                             — apple juice                            49" 11
                             — pear juice and mixtures of apple and
                                  pear juice                          49  13
                III. Other :
                     (b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net
                         weight:
                         1 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                             30% by weight:
                             — lemon juice and tomato juice           49   5
                             — other fruit and vegetables juices in­
                                 cluding mixtures of juices           49  13
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                                     ANNEX B
                                                                            Autonomous
  CCT                                                                         customs
heading                         Description of goods
  No
                                                                          duty (% ) or levy
                                                                         (as an indication)
 20.07  A.   I. (unchanged)
                (a) Of a value exceeding 22 u.a. per 100 kg net weight           50
                (b) Of a value of 22 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight:
                    1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
                        weight                                                  50
                                                                              + (L)
                    2. Other                                                    50
            II. Apple or pear juice; mixtures of apple and pear juice:
                (a) Of a value exceeding 22 u.a. per 100 kg net weight          42
                (b) Of a value of 22 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight:
                    1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
                        weight                                                  42
                                                                              + (L)
                    2. Other                                                    42
           III. Other :
                (a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight           42­
                (b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight:
                    1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
                        weight                                                  42
                                                                              + (L)
                    2 . Other                                                   42