CELEX: 51981PC0741
Language: en
Date: 1981-12-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) N° 562/81 on the reduction of customs duties on imports into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(81)741 final.
                                                           Brussels , 1 December 1981
                                               Proposal for a
                               •           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                 amending Regulation ( EEC ) N° 562/ 81 on the reduction of
                 customs duties on imports into the Community of certain
                 agricultural products originating in Turkey
                            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 19 September 1980 , the EEC-Turkey Association Council adopted a
Decision N° 1 / 80 intended to develop the Association .
In order to introduce the necessary measures in the tariff field to
implement that Decision , the Council , by means of Regulation ( EEC )
                                 1
N° 562 / 81 of 20 January 1981 , as amended by Council Regulation ( EEC )
            2
N° 2058 / 81 , fixed the rates of duty applicable for the period 1 January .
1981 to 31 December 1982 to imports of certain agricultural products
originating in Turkey .
In accordance with the said Decision N° 1 / 80 of 19 September 1980 ,
those rates were calculated on the basis of the duties applicable
to imports into the Community .
In its Regulation ( EEC ) N° 3152 / 81 of 3 November 1 981 the Council has
suspended for the period 4 November to 31 December 1981 the autonomous
Common Customs Tariff duties at the level of 10 % for boneless herrings
and Atlanto-Scandian herrings ; consequently , the duties applicable to
imports into the Community are amended .
The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to take account of
these amendments and to fix new customs duties to be appli-ed as from
4 November 1981 to both the products listed in the Annex to Regulation
( EEC ) N° 562 / 81 .
  0J N° L 65 , 11.3.1981 , p . 1 .
20J N° L 202 , 22.7.1981 , p . 41 .
30J N° L 314 of 4.11.1981 , p . 9
 ---pagebreak---                               PROPOSAL FOR A
                            COUNCIL REGULATION   ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 on the reduction of customs duties
       on imports into the Community of certain agricultural products
                               originating in Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the EEC-Turkey Association Council, by its Decision No 1 / 80fdecided
to abolish in stages the customs duties still applicable to imports into
the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey which may not
yet be imported into the Community free of customs duty ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 ( 1 ) as amended by Regulation ( EEC )
No 2058 / 81                      C2 ) established rates of duty applicable for the
period 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1982 ; whereas , in accordance with
Decision No 1 / 80 , the said rates were calculated on the basis of the customs
duties applicable in the Community ;
Whereas by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3152 / 81 of 3 November 1981 tempo­
rarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number
of agricultural products ( 3 ), certain duties were partially suspended from
4 November to 31 December 1981 ;
                                                                    aea/am®
( 1 ) 0J No L 65 , 11,3,1981 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) 0J No L 202 , 22.7=1981 , p. 41 ,
 ( 3 ) 0J No L 314 , 4.11 . 1981 , p. 9 .
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -
Whereas the rates of duty applicable in the Community of Nine have there­
fore been altered in respect of these products ; whereas this must be taken
into account in establishing the customs duties to be applied during the
same period to imports of such products originating in Turkey
Whereas it is accordingly necessary to amend the Annex to Regulation
( EEC ) No 562 / 81 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION       :
                                     Article 1
In the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 , footnote ( a ) to the 14 X
rate of duty in respect of subheading 16.04 C II " Other " is replaced
by the following note :
   ( a ) The rate of duty shall be reduced to 7 % ( suspension ) up to
         and including 31 December 1981 for :
         a ) " Herring-flaps ", prepared or preserved in vinegar , in immediate
             packings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more , of which the
             average weight of 10 flaps is greater than 1 kg ;
         b ) Atlanto-scandian herrings , spiced and salted , in immediate
             packings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more , of which the
             average weight of five whole herrings is greater     than 1 kg .
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 4 November 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                               The President