CELEX: 51992PC0371
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-31
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain mixtures of residues of the maize starch industry and of residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by wet milling

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     C0M(92) 371 final
                                                     Brussels, 31 July 1992
                                      Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION fEEC)
                 temporarily suspending tba Co—on Customs Tariff duties
         oa import» of cartain mixturea of reeidues of tba aaisa starch industry
                  aad of rasiduss from tha axtraction of aaisa g a m oil
                                      by wet milling
                              (presented by the Commission)
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                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The proposed regulation aims to safeguard the climate of
confidence which characterises commercial relations with
our. American partners in the interim period before a
single agreed interpretation is reached on the results of
the consultations which have taken place within the
framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
under Article XXIII, with the aim of consolidating import
duties for residues from the manufacture of starch from
maize which was the subject of the "Memorandum of
Understanding" of 15 October 1991.
This proposed regulation              is the follow-up
to Regulation (EEC) No 3799/91 which suspended the import
duties on such products for the year of 1991.
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                               Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                of
          temporarily suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties
  on imports of certain mixtures of residues of the maize starch industry
           and of residues from the extraction of maise germ oil
                               by wet milling
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas differences have arisen between the United States and Community
authorities regarding the implementation of the outcome of the
consultations held on the basis of Article XXIII of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade and aimed at binding the import duties on residues
from the maize starch industry , a matter which was dealt with in the
Memorandum of Understanding of 15 October 1991;
Whereas it would be desirable, pending agreement on a solution to the
problem, temporarily to suspend the collection of import duties on the
goods in question for the period 1 January 1992 to 31 October 1992,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
Collection of the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to imports of the
goods described below are hereby suspended from 1 January 1992 until
31 October 1992:
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ex 2309 90 31   Mixtures of residues from the maize starch industry and of
                residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by wet
                milling having by weight on the dry product:
                        a protein contant less than or equal to 40%;
                        a fat content (calculated in accordance with method
                        A found in Annex I to Commission Directive
                        84/4/EEC) less than or equal to 4.5%;
ex 2309 90 41   Mixtures of residues from the maize starch industry and of
                residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by wet
                milling having by weight on the dry product:
                        a starch content less than or equal to 28%;
                        a protein content less than or equal to 40%;
                        a fat content (calculated in accordance with method
                        A found in Annex I to Commission Directive
                        84/4/EEC) less than or equal to 4.5%.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                          For the Council,
                                                          The President
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