CELEX: 51988PC0546
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Date: 1988-10-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) suspending wholly or in part the Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1989) (presented by the Commission)

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                                                        COM ( 88 ) 546  final
                                                       Brussels , 13 October 1988
                                     Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   suspending wholly or in part the Common Customs Tariff duties on
       certain agricultural products originating in Turkey ( 1989 )
                             (presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXFIANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.          The additional Protocol and the Supplementary Protocol concluded
            by the Comnunity with Turkey provide for certain partial or total
            suspensions of duty on agricultural products falling within
            Chapters 1 - 24 of the Common Customs Thriff .
            In addition , the Council decided that , with effect from 1 January
            1974, Turkey should not be treated less favourably than those
            countries and territories which qualify for generalized tariff
            preferences .
2.          The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation is to implement
           that decision . It extends to Turkey for 1989 , on a unilateral
           basis , the total or partial suspensions of duties proposed by the
            Commission under the generalized tariff preferences scheme . These
            suspensions are , however , confined to those products falling
           within Chapters 1-24 in respect of vhich no provision is made for
            more favourable treatment in the agreements with Turkey .
3.          Attention is drawn to the fact that :
            ( i)the proposal for a Regulation is based on the Supplementary
                Protocol vhich entered into force on 1 March 1986 ( 1 );
          ( ii)the enacting terms of the Regulation and the lists of products
                annexed to it cure based on the proposals vrtiich the Commission
                has presented to the Council concerning generalized tariff
                preferences for agricultural products .
            This proposal should therefore be harmonized with the final text
            of the Regulations on suspensions under the generalized
            preferences scheme and with the Combined Nomenclature once the
            texts in question have been adopted by the Council .
 ( 1 ) O.J. No L 48, 26.2.1986, p. 36
 ---pagebreak---                                                               Proposai for a
                                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No . . . / 83
                                                              of .
                suspending wholly or in part the Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products
                                                          originating in Turkey ( 1989)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                   Whereas the Council adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 1059/88 of
                                                                             28 March 1988 laying down the arrangements applicable
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        to Greece 's trade with Turkey (5) ;
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                                                                                  whereas the Council
                                                                             has also adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 2573 / 87 of 11
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3033 / 80 of                  August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade
11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements                          between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand , and Algeria ,
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of                 Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia and Turkey , on the
agricultural products ( ' ), and in particular Article 12                    other ( 6 ); whereas this Regulation applies therefore to the
thereof,                                                                     Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, or
                                                                              to the Community as currently constituted, as
                                                                              appropriate,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas under Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol laying                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
down the conditions, procedures and timetables for
implementing the transitional phase referred to in Article 4 of
the Agreement establishing an association between the
European Economic Community and Turkey ( 2 ) and under                                                         Article 1
Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Association
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member
                                                                              1.    From 1 January until 31 December 19$ the customs
States to the Community ( 3 ), which was signed in Ankara on                 duties on imports into the Member States
                                                                                                   of the products originating in Turkey listed
30 June 1973 and entered into force on 1 March 1 986 ( 4 ), the
                                                                             in the Annex shall be those indicated for each of them , in the
Community must wholly or in part suspend the Common                          said Annex .
Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain products ;
.vhereas it also appears necessary , on a provisional basis , to           Where this Regulation is applicable in Spain and in.
adjust or supplement some of the advantages provided for in                Portugal, these countries shall apply duties calculated
the abovementioned Annex 6 ; whereas the Community                          in accordance with the relevant provisions set out
should , therefore , with regard to the products originating in             in Regulation ( EEC) N° 2573/87 .
T urkey contained in the list annexed to this Regulation ,
suspend until 31 December 1989 either the fixed component
of the charge applicable to the goods falling within the scope                2 . For the purposes of application of this Regulation ,
of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3033 / 80 or the customs duty                       ‘originating products’ shall mean those products which fulfil
applicable to the other products , at the levels indicated for               the conditions laid down in Association Council Decision
 ach of them ;                                                               No 4 / 72 attached to Regulation ( EEC ) No 428 / 73 I 7 ,' ,
                                                                             as amended by Decision No 1 / 75 attached to Regulation
                                                                             ( EEC ) No 1431 / 75 ( 8 ).
                                                                             The methods of administrative cooperation for ensuring that
                                                                            the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the total or
                                                                            partial suspension shall be those laid down in Association
                                                                            Council Decision No 5 / 72 attached to Regulation 'EEC )
                                                                            No 428 / 73 , as last amended by Decision No 1 / 83 , attached
                                                                            to Regulation ( EEC ) No 993 / 83 ( s ).
       (U OJ    No L 323 , 29 . 11 . 1980 , p. 1 .                                                            Article 2
       ( 2 ) OJ No 217 , 29 . 12 . 1964 , p . 3687 / 64 .
       ( J ) OJ No L 361 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , p . 2 .
       ( 4 ) OJ No L 48 , 26 . 2 . 1986 , p. 36 .                          When imports of products qualifying for the arrangements
                                                                           provided for in Article 1 come into the Community in
                                                                           quantities or at prices which cause or threaten to cause
                                                                           ( J ) oj No L 104, 23.4.1988, p. 4.
                                                                           (‘)   OJ No   L 250 , 1 . 9 . 1987 , p. 1 .
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                                                                                 OJ
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                                                                                           59 , 5 . 3 . 1973 , p. 73 .
                                                                                           142, 4 . 6 . 1975 , p. 1 .
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                                                                           (”)   OJ No   L 112 , 8 . 4 . 1983 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- serious injury to the Community producers of similar            request and shall inform the 'Member States of the action
products or directly competitive products , the Common          taken .                                ~~ -■
Customs Tariff duties inay be partially or wholly
re-established for the products in question . These measures    3.     Any Member State may refer the Commission’s'awion
may also be taken in the event of serious injury or the threat  to the Council , within a period of 10 working days following
of serious injury limited to a single region of the             the day of its notification .
Community .
                                                                Referring the matter to the Council shall not have a
                                                                suspensory effect. The Council shall meet without delay. It
                          Article 3                             may by a qualified majority amend or annul the measure
                                                                taken .
1.     In order to ensure the application of Article 2 , the
Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to                                           Article 4
re-establish Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited
period .                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
2.     Where the Commission has been requested by a
Member State to take action it shall take a decision within a
maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels ,
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                                                           1
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        ANNEX
                List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Turkey for which there are grounds for total or
                                               partial suspension of the Common Customs Tariff
       Order
        No
                         CN code                                           Description                                       Rate of duty        applicable
                                         Vegetables , fresh or chilled :
15.0001             ex 0709 30 00       – Aubergines , from 1 to 14 January                                                      9%
                                        Melons ( including watermelons ) and papaws (papayas ), fresh :                                         in the Comuni ty
15.0003             ex 0807 10 10       – Watermelons , from 1 November to 31 March                                             6,5%         * as constituted
                                        Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :                                                 on 31.12.1985
15.0005             ex 1806 10 10       – Cocoa powder , not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose            3% + MOB
                    ex 1806 10 30
                    ex 1806 10 90                                                                                                         'S
15.0007             ex 1806 20 10       Chocolate and chocolate goods , whether or not filled , sugar confectionery and     9% + MOB
                    ex 1806 20 30       substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products , containing cocoa      with a max. of
                                                                                                                          27% + ADS / Z
                    ex 1806 20 50
                    ex 1806 20 90
                       1806 31 00
                       1806 32 10
                       1806 32 90
                       1806 90 11
                       1806 90 19                                                                                                              in the Carmini ty
                       1806 90 31                                                                                                            ^ as currently
                       1806 90 39                                                                                                              constituted
                       1806 90 50
15.0009             ex 1901 90 90       – Preparation based on flour of leguminous vegetables in the form of sun-dried           Free
                                           discs of dough , known as ‘papad'
15.0011             ex 1903 00 00       Tapioca , other than tapioca prepared from potato starch                            2% + MOB
                                        Preparations:
15.0013                0710 40 00       – – Of maize                                                                        3% + MOB
                       0711 90 30
                       2001 90 30
                       2004 90 10
                       2005 80 00
                       2008 99 85
15.0015                1904 90 10       – – Of rice                                                                         3% + MOB
15.0017                1904 90 90       – – Of other cereals                                                                2% + MOB
                                                                                                                                          y
Abbunations :
MOB      = variable component ,
AD S / Z = additional duty on sugar.
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FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.       Base juridique : art . 113 du Traité
3.       Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement ( CEE ) du
         Conseil portant suspension totale ou partielle des droits du tarif
         douanier ccrrmun pour certains produits agricoles originaires de
         Turquie ( 1989 )
4.       Objectif : Assurer le respect des engagements contractés
5.       Mode de calcul :
         N° du T.D.C.        :  divers
         Volume du plafond : non limité
         Droits à appliquer : droits nuis ou réduits
         Droits du T.D.C. :    divers
 6.      Perte de recettes :
          100 000 écus , selon 1' utilisation prévisible des suspensions
          décidées .
          Par rapport à la période contingentaire précédente : néant
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 ---pagebreak---                nain iv IMPACT SUR IA COMPÉTITIVITÉ ET L' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
de la Communauté . L' impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' enploi dans la
Ca munauté .