CELEX: 51982PC0619
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Date: 1982-10-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Malta (1983) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          COM(82 ) 619 final
                                          Brussels , 7 October 1982
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
    products , falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff
    and originating in Malta ( 1983 )
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council has agreed that from 1 January 1974 Malta should be given
treatment no less favourable than that accorded to the other countries which
benefit from generalized preferences.
The object of the Regulation annexed hereto is to put this decision into practice;
it extends to Malta, autonomously during 1983, the total or partial suspension of
the Common Customs Tariff Duties on the products in Chapters 1 to 24 which
the Commission proposed in connection with the generalized preferences .
The proposal concerns only these products which are of interest to Malta in
respect of which Community treatment of Malta is no more favourable than the
treatment given under the generalized preferences.
Attention is drawn to the fact that both the content of the Regulation and the
list of products annexed to it are directly related to the Commission's proposal
to the Council concerning generalized preferences in respect to the products
falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff .
The annexed proposal will therefore have to be aligned on the final text of the
abovementioned Regulation when the latter has been adopted by the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                  uiaHy or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products,
                  faliing within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Malta
                                                           ( 198 3 )
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                        Article 1
 pean Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 1 1 3 thereof,
                                                                   1 . From 1 January to 31 December 198 J the prod­
                                                                   ucts originating in Malta listed in the Annex shall
                                                                   be admitted for import into the Community of Nine
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                         at the customs duties indicated for each of them .
 No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the
 trade arrangements applicable to certain goods
resulting from the processing of agricultural prod­                2. For the purposes of the application of this
 ucts ( ' ), and in particular Article 12 thereof.                 Regulation, the rules of origin shall be those in force
                                                                   at the time as regards the implementation of the
                                                                   Agreement establishing an Association between the
 Having regard io the proposal from the Commis                     European Economic Community and Malta.
sion ,
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, under Annex I to the Agreement establish­
ing an Association between the European Economic                  When products benefiting from the arrangements
Community and Malta (2), the Community must                       provided for in Article I are imported in the Com­
partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff                       munity in such quantities or at such prices that
duties applicable to certain products ; whereas it                Community producers of products similar to or in
also appears necessary provisionally to adjust or to              direct competition with them suffer or are likely to
supplement certain of the tariff benefits provided                suffer from serious disadvantage, the Common Cus­
for in the abovementioned Annex ; whereas, accord­                toms Tariff duties may be reintroduced in whole or
ingly, the Community should, in respect of the prod­              in part on the products in question . Such measures
ucts originating in Malta listed in the Annex to this             may also be taken in the event of actual or potential
Regulation, suspend either the fixed component of                 serious disadvantage in a single region of the Com­
the levy applicable to goods coming under Regula­                 munity.
tion ( EEC) No 3033/80 or the customs duty appli­
cable to the other products from I January to
31 December 198 3and at the levels indicated for
each of them :                                                                             Article 3
                                                                  1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2,
 Whereas in the absence of a protocol provided for in             the Commission may decide, by means of a Regula­
 Article 118 of the 1979 Act of Accession, the Com­               tion, to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for
munity must take the measures referred to in Article              a limited period.
 119 of that Act ; whereas the tariff measure in ques­
tion will therefore apply to the Community of Nine,               2.    In the event of such action being requested by a
                                                                  Member State, the Commission shall take a decision
                                                                  within a period of not more than 10 working days
                                                                  from receipt of the request and shall inform the
                                                                  Member States of the action taken.
                                                                  3 . Any Member State may refer to the Council the
                                                                  measure taken by the Commission, within a period
(')  OJ No L 323 , 29. II . 1980, p. I.                           of not more than 10 working days after it has been
(J) OJ No L 61 , 14. 3 . 1971 , p. 3 .                            informed thereof. The fact that the matter is referred
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to the Council shall not cause the measure to be sus­                             Article 4
pended . The Council shall meet immediately. It
may, acting on a qualified majority, amend or res­         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
cind the measure in question .                              198.3-
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels,
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                                        ANNEX
  err
heading                               Description                        Rale of duty
  No
    I                                      2                                  3
 02.01   Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
        01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04 fresh, chilled or frozen :
        A. Meat :
             III . Of swine :
                   b) Other                                                 Free
 02.04  Other meat and edible meat offals, fresh, chilled or frozen :
        ex A. Of domestic pigeons                                            6%
        ex B. Furred game, frozen                                           Free
            C.   Other :
                  ex I. Frogs' legs                                         Free
                    II . Other                                              Free
 04.06   Natural honey                                                      25%
 05.03   Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer
         or between two layers of other material :
         B. Other                                                           Free
                                                  V
06.03   Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or
        for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impreg-
        nated or otherwise prepared :
        ex B.   Other :
                – Cut flowers, not further prepared than dried              5%
                – Cut flowers , bleached , impregnated
                    or otherwise prepared                                 14%
 ---pagebreak---  C CT                       Descript ion                  Rate of duty
heading
 No
 1                               2                              3
07.01   Vegetables , fresh or chilled :
        G. Carrots , turnips ,, salad beetroot ,
            salsify , celeriac , radishes and similar
            edible roots :
            III . Horse-radish   ( Cochlearia armoracia )
                  armoracia )                                  11  %
        ex T : Other   :
               - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L. or
                  Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
                  Moench ); Moringa oleì fera
                  ( drumsticks )                               Free
 07.02  Vegetables ( whether or not cooked );
        preserved by freezing :
        ex B. Other    :
               - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L. or
                  Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
      ,
                  Moench )                                     Free
 07.03  Vegetables provisionally preserved in
        trine, sulphur water or in other
        preservative solutions , but not specially
        prepared for immediate consumption :
        E. Other vegetables :
           - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L. or
              Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
              Moench )                                         Free
 07.04  Dried , dehydrated or evaporated vegetables
        whole , cut , sliced , broken or in powder ,
        but not further prepared :
        ex B. Other    :
               - Horse-radish ( Cochlearia
                  armoracia )                                  Free
               - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L.
                  or Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
                  Moench )                                    Free
 ---pagebreak---   C CT                                     Descript ion                          Rate of duty
heading
  No
    1                                              2                                     3
        OS OK   Herries, fresh :
                F.  Other                                                          5%
        15 . IO Fully acids , acid oils from refilling ; fatty alcohols :
                C. Other fatty acids ; acid oils from refining                    Free
         16.02  Olher prepared or preserved meat or meal offal :
                Λ.  Liver :
                       1 . Goose or duck liver                                    14%
                B.  Olher
                      II . Game or rabbil meal or oliai :
                           –   ( iame                                               9%
                           –   Rabbit                                             14%
                    III . Olher :
                           b ) Olher :
                               1 . Containing bovine meal or offal :
                                   ex bb ) Olher :
                                           – Prepared or preserved bovine longue  17%
                               2.  Olher :
                                   aa ) Of sheep or goals
                                           Sheep .                                IK %
                                        – Goals                                   1 <)%
                                   bb ) Olher .                                   1 ft %
        20 02   Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise lhan by vinegar or
                acetic acid :
                                                                                   14%
                   B. TrufHes
                                                                                  20%
                   O. Asparagus
                   E.     Sauerkraul                                               15%
                                                                                   12%
                ex F.     Capers
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 ( XT
heading                                  Description                          Rale of duly
   No
    1                                         2                                    3
20.07   Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether
        or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not con­
        taining spirit :
        A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1 · 33 at 1 5 0 C :
             III . Other :
                   ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net
                           weight :
                           – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08
                                Β, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                melons and watermelons                           14%
                      b) Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net
                           weight :
                           ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                                   30 % by weight :
                                   – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                       08.01 , 08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                       excluding pineapples, melons and
                                       watermelons                           14% + ( L)
                           ex 2.   Other :
                                   – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                       08.01 , 08.08 Β , F, and F and 08.09,
                                       excluding pineapples, melons and
                                       watermelons                              14%
         B. Of a specific gravity of 1 ■ 33 or less at 1 5 ° C :
             II .  Other :
                   a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
                       2 . Grapefruit juice                                       8%
                       3 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                            ex aa) Containing added sugar :
                                     – Excluding lemon juices                    13%
                            ex bb) Other :
                                     – Excluding lemon juices                    13%
                       6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apri-
                            cot and peach juices :
                            ex aa) Containing added sugar :
                                     – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                         08.01 , 08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                         excluding pineapples, melons and
                                          watermelons                             9%
                                     – Other, excluding apricot and peach
                                         juices                                  17%
                            ex bb) Other :
                        '           – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                         08.01 , 08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                         excluding pineapples, melons and
                                         watermelons                              9%
                                    – Other, excluding apricot and peach
                                         juices                                  18%
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Ικ'.ίΐΙιημ                                       Description                                    Rale of duly
    Ν ,.
      ■                                               2                                              3
  20.07       B. II . a) 7.    Mixtures :
(con ι 'tl)                   ex bb ) Other, excluding mixtures containing
                                          either separately or together, over 25 %
                                          of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, apple.
                                          pear, tomaio, apricot or peach juice :
                                          1 1 . Containing added sugar                             17%
                                          22 . Other                                               18%
                      b ) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight :
                          2 . ( irapefruit juice ;
                              aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding
                                     V) " ι, bv weight                                         8 % + ( I. )
                              I>h ) Other                                                           8%
                          4.   Other citrus fruit juices :
                               aai With an added sugar content exceeding
                                     30 % by weight                                            14% + ( L )
                               bb ) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less
                                     by weight                                                     14%
                              cc) Not containing added sugar                             . .       IS %
            I
            i             7. Oilier Iruii and vegetable juices, excluding apri-
                              cot il nil peach juice :
            I                 ex aa ) Willi an added sugar coment exceeding
                                         .10 % hy weight :
            j                            – Fruit falling within heading Nos
            !                                   08.01 , 08.08 Β , E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples , melons and
            i                                   watermelons                                    9% + ( 1 .)
                                        – Other, excluding apricot and peach
                                                juices                                         17% + ( L)
                              ex bb ) With an added sugar content of 30% or
                                         less by weigh ! :
                                        – Kruit falling wilhin heading Nos
                                                08.01 , OK .08 B, 1: and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons                                         9%
                                        – Other, excluding apricot and peach
                                               juices                                             17%
                              ex cc) Not containing added sugar :
                                        – Fruit falling wilhin heading Nos
                                                08.01 , 08.08 Β , E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons                                        9%
                                          – Other, excluding apricot and peach
                                                juices                                             18%
                          8.   Mixtures :
                              ex bb ) Other, excluding mixtures containing
                                         either sepHrttlely or lofiether, over ?5 %
                                          ul |tru |>«, tilnis Iruli , pinunmilii , upplt ,
                                          n»Kf , iitniuiti, ii prim it ur p»ai:li | ul»m     I
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     heading                                  Description                         Rale of duty
        No
         1                                         2                                   3
     20.07      B. II . b) 8 . ex bb) 1 1 . With an added sugar content exceed-           \
    (com 'd)                                  ing 30 % by weight                  17% + (L)
                                         22. With an added sugar content of 30 %
                                              or less by weight                      17%
                                         33 . Not containing added sugar             18%
      21.06     Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders :
                A. Active natural yeast :
                  . II . Baker's yeast :
                         a) Dried                                                  5 % + vc
                         b) Other                                                  5 % + vc
      23.01     Flours and meal , of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs,
                unfit for human consumption ; greaves :
           •    B. Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans or molluscs                 Free
Abbreviations :
( L) - levy,
vc ® variabrc component.