CELEX: 51995PC0214
Language: en
Date: 1995-05-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         Brussels, 30.05.95
                                         COM(95)214 final
                          Proposal for a
                COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
           duties on a number of agricultural products
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              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.
   The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products.
2. The proposals for Regulations temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs
   tariff duties on industrial products are also in preparation.
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 proposal for a Regulation.
4. As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned proposal for a Regulation, the proposed period
   of validity is 12 months.
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                      /95
                                              of               1995
                  temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
                                    on a number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,                            of the economic situation in the sectors concerned
                                                              in the near future, these suspension measures
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  should be taken only temporarily, by fixing their
European Community, and in particular Article                period of validity by reference to the interests of
28 thereof,                                                   Community production,
Having regard to the proposal from the
Commission,                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas production of the products referred to in                                   Article 1
this Regulation is at present inadequate or
non-existent within the Community and producers               The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
are thus unable to meet the needs of user                     for the products listed in the table appearing in the
industries in the Community;                                 Annex shall be suspended at the level indicated in
                                                              respect of each of them.
Whereas in these cases, it is in the interest of the
Community to suspend the autonomous Common                   These suspensions shall apply from 1 July 1995
Customs Tariff duties totally;                               to 30 June 1996.
Whereas the decision for the suspension of these
autonomous duties should be taken by the                                            Article 2
Community;
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
Whereas, taking account of the difficulties                   1995.
involved in accurately assessing the development
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at         ,            1995.
                                                                      For the Council
                                                                      The President
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 ---pagebreak---    CN code               TARIC    Description of goods                                            Autonomous duties (X)
 1 ex871G21GG            (18      Peas in pods, of the species Pisua salivu» of the variety
                                  Hortense axiphiiiK, frozen, of a thickness not exceeding
                                  6««, to be used, in their pods, in the Manufacture of prepared
                                  •eats (a) (b)
 2 ex87119868            • 11     Hushrooas, excluding aushrooas of the species ftgaricus
                         *91      spp., provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or
                                  in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state
                                  for iaaediale consuaplion, for the food-canning industry (a)
 3 ex8?123888            »17      Hushrooas, excluding aushrooas of the species Agaricus   spp.,
                         »24      dried, «hole or in identifiable slices or pieces, for treataent
                                  other than siaple repacking for retail sale (a) (b)
 4 6x87133398            (26      Beans, «hite, dried, of the species Phaseolus vulgaris,  of
                                  which not aore than 2X by «eight are retained by a screen «ith
                                  apertures of a diaaeter of 8ea, for use in the food-canning
                                  industry (a)
 5 ex88841(              «11      Dates, fresh or dried, for the processing industry, other than
                         «21      for the production of alcohol (a)
 6 exe884ieee            *12      Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into
                         «22      immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 11kg (a)
 7 ex881848S8            (18      Fruit of the species Vacciniu»  aacrocarpon, fresh
 8 ex8818988S            118      Rose-hips, fresh
 9   88119850                     Fruit of the genus Vacciniu»,  «hether or not cooked, frozen,
     88119670                     not containing added sugar or other sweetening «alter
   ex88119895            «66
                         •67
18 6x68119895            •48      Pose-hips, «hether or not cooked, frozen, not containing added
                                  sugar or other sweetening aatter
         (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried oui pursuant to
             the relevant Coaaunity provisions.
         (b) However, the suspension is not allowed «here processing is carried out by
             retail or catering undertakings.
 ---pagebreak---                                        FINANCIAL RECORD
1. Budget heading involved: Chap. 12, Article 120.
2. Title of operation: Proposal for a Council Regulation temporarily suspending the autonomous
   Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products.
3. Legal basis: Article 28 of the EC Treaty.
4. Objective of operation: Suspension ofCCT duties for the above-mentioned products.
5. Cost of the measure:
   - to be borne by the EC budget (in uncollected customs duties - UCD):
   The cost is difficult to estimate in advance, mainly because of the lack of recent Community
    statistics coupled with the arrival of the three new Member States for whom full economic data
    are not available.
    On the basis of :
    -  latest available Eurostat statistics (22 MECU UCD for 1993)
    -  Member States' declarations on use of suspensions
    -  the period of validity of the Regulation (1.7.95 / 30.6.96)
    -  the presence of three new Member States
    -  the extension of the Regulation in identical form
    the best estimate of UCD for 1995 would be 24 MECU. This measure, which would apply for
    a year, would account for an equivalent amount.
    Estimated cost of this measure (1.7.95 / 30.6.96):
    24 000 000 ECU
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