CELEX: 31978R0965
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 965/78 of 8 May 1978 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

No L 125/4                       Official Journal of the European Communities                               13 . 5 . 78
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 965/78
                                                  of 8 May 1978
              temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                        number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  period of validity by reference to the interests of
COMMUNITIES,                                                 Community production,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                                   Article 1
the Commission,                                              The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
Whereas production in the Community of the                   the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­
products specified in this Regulation is currently           lation shall be suspended at the level indicated against
inadequate or non-existent and whereas producers             each of them .
thus cannot meet the needs of user industries in the
                                                             These suspensions shall be applicable :
Community ;
                                                             — from 1 July to 31 December 1978 for the products
Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the
                                                                 listed in Table I,
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties only partially particularly since      — from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979 for the
                                                                 products listed in Table II,
the goods in question are produced in the Commu­
nity and in the other cases to suspend them totally ;        — from 1 September 1978 to 31 March 1979 for the
                                                                 product given in Table III.
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­
rately short-term trends in the economic situation in                                Article 2
the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be
taken only for temporary periods by fixing their             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 May 1978 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                          P. DALSAGER
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                                                                         ANNEX
                                                                         TABLE I
                                                                                                                                    Rate
                           CCT
                                                                                Description                                     autonomous
                       heading No
                                                                                                                                 duty ( % )
                 03.01 A I b)                   Salmon , fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen                                      0
            ex 03.01 B I h)                     Cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias), fresh, chilled or
                                                frozen, whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the
                                                processing industry (a) (b)                                                         10
            ex 03.01 B I k)                     Haddock, fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in
                                                pieces, intended for the processing industry (a) (b)                                10
            ex 03.01 B I q)                     Hake, fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in
                                                pieces, intended for the processing industry (a) (b)                                10
            ex 03.01 B II a) and                Fillets of herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for
                          B II b) 7             the processing industry (a)                                                           0
            ex 03.01 B II a) and                Fillets of hake, fresh, chilled or frozen intended for the
                          B II b) 7             processing industry (a) (b)                                                         10
            ex 03.02 Ala)                       Herring, dried, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in
                                                pieces, intended for the processing industry (a)                                     0
            ex 03.02 A I f)                     Sprats, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces                             0
            ex 03.02 A II d)                    Fillets of herring, dried, salted or in brine, intended for
                                                the processing industry (a)                                                           0
            ex 16.04 B                          Salmon, intended for the processing industry for further
                                                manufacture into pastes or spreads (a)                                               0
            ex 16.04 C II                       Spiced and salted herrings, in packings of a net capacity
                                                of 10 kg or more, intended for the processing industry (a)                           0
            ex 16.04 C II                       'Herring-flaps', prepared or preserved in vinegar, in pack­
                                                ings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more, intended for the
                                                processing industry (a)                                                              0
            ex 16.05 B                          Shrimps and prawns other than those of the 'Crangon'
                                                variety, boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen
                                                or dried, intended for the industrial manufacture of
                                                products falling within heading No 16.05 (a)                                        10
            (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions:
            (b) Subject to compliance with the reference price .
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                                                                       TABLE II
                    CCT                                                                                                         Rate of
                   heading                                                 Description                                        autonomous
                     No                                                                                                        duty (%)
           ex 03.01 B I e)           Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen,
                                     whole, headless or in pieces                                                                   0
           ex 03.01 Big)             Lesser or Greenland halibut (Hippoglossus reinhardtius), fresh,
                                     chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in pieces                                                0
           ex 03.01 B I q)           Sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards) fresh, chilled or frozen,
                                     whole, of a length of 20 cm or more, intended for the processing
                                     industry (a)                                                                                   4
           ex 03.01 B I q)           Flaps of Sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards) fresh, chilled or
                                     frozen, of a length of 12 cm or more, intended for the
                                     processing industry (a)                                                                        0
           ex 03.01 B I q)           Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in pieces,
                                     intended for the processing industry (a)                                                       0
           ex 03.01 C                Hard fish roes, fresh , chilled or frozen                                                      0
           ex 03.02 A I c)           Anchovies (Engraulis spp) salted or in brine, whole, headless or
                                     in pieces, in packings of a net capacity of 8 kg or more                                       0
                03.02 A I e)         Salmon, salted, or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces                                      4
           ex 03.02 A I f)           Coalfish (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted or in brine,
                                     whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the processing indus­
                                     try (a)                                                                                        7
           ex 03.02 A II d)          Fillets of coalfish (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted or in
                                     brine                                                                                          7
           ex 03.02 C                Hard fish roes, salted or in brine                                                             0
           ex 03.03 A I              Tails of crawfish, chilled or frozen, shelled or not                                          10
           ex 03.03 B I b)           Oysters, fresh (live), weighing no more than 12 g each                                         0
           ex 03.03 Bib)             Oysters, fresh (live), of the 'Crassostrea gigas' variety, weighing
                                     more than 100 g each                                                                           0
           ex 07.03 E                Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in
                                     brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but not
                                     specially prepared for immediate consumption                                                   0
           ex 07.04 B                Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, dried, dehydrated
                                     or evaporated, whole or in identifiable pieces or slices, intended
                                     for the processing industry (a)                                                                0
           ex 07.04 B                Sweet red peppers, dried, dehydrated or evaporated, whole, cut or
                                     sliced, but not further prepared                                                               0
           ex 07.05 B I              Beans, dried, white of the species Phaseolus vulgaris                                          0
           ex 08.01 A                Dates, fresh or dried, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                     not exceeding 35 kg, for repacking for retail sale (a)                                         0
           (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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                      CCT                                                                                                          Rate of
                    heading                                                 Description                                          autonomous
                       No                                                                                                         duty ( % )
            ex 08.01 A                Dates, fresh or dried, intended for processing other than for the
                                      production of alcohol (a)                                                                        0
            ex 08.09                  Rose-hips, fresh                                                                                 0
            ex 08.10 A                Bilberries (fruits of Vaccinium myrtillus), whether or not cooked,
                                      preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar                                                4
            ex 08.10 B                Blue-black fruits of the species Vaccinium, other than those of
                                      Vaccinium myrtillus, whether or not cooked, preserved by
                                      freezing, not containing added sugar                                                             4
            ex 08.10 B                Cranberries (fruits of Vaccinium vitis idaea), whether or not
                                      cooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar                                       0
            ex 08.10 B                Red or rose fruits of the species Vaccinium, other than those of
                                      Vaccinium vitis idaea, whether or not cooked, preserved by
                                      freezing, not containing added sugar                                                            0
            ex 08.10 B                Rose-hips, whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, not
                                      containing added sugar                                                                           0
            ex 08.10 B                Dates, frozen in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                      more, not intended for the production of alcohol (a)                                             0
            ex 09.04 B I              Paprika, ground, for use in animal feedingstuffs (a)                                             0
                 09.10 C I            Saffron , neither crushed nor ground                                                           10
            ex 1 6.04 A II            Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply
                                      salted or in brine                                                                               0
            ex 16.05 A                Crabs of the 'King', 'Hanasaki', 'Kegani' and 'Queen' varieties,
                                      simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen , in
                                      packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, intended for the
                                      processing industry (a)                                                                          0
            ex 16.05 A                Crabs, excluding the species 'Cancer pegarus', simply boiled in
                                      water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in packings of a net
                                      capacity of 2 kg or more, for repacking for retail sale (a)                                      5
                 23.07 A              Fish or marine mammal solubles                                                                   0
            (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions .
                                                                       TABLE III
                      CCT                                                                                                          Rate of
                    heading                                                 Description                                          autonomous
                       No                                                                                                         duty ( % )
            ex 03.01 Bid)             Sardines (Clupea pilchardus Walbaum), fresh, chilled or frozen,
                                      whole , of a length of 20 cm or more                                                            0