CELEX: 51983PC0624
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Date: 1983-10-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1984) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                          COM( 83)        624 f i n a l
                                                                          B r u s s e l s , 21 Oc t obe r 1983
                                              Proposal for a
                                      COyNCIL_REGULATION_(EEC)
        on t h e t o t a l or p a r t i a l      s u s p e n s i o n o f Common Customs T a r i f f
 d u t i e s on c e r t a i n a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s o r i g i n a t i n g i n Turkey ( 1 9 8 4 )
                   ( s u b m i t t e d t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commi ssi on)
 COM( 83) 624 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Additional Protocol and the Supplementary Protocol concluded by the
   Community with Turkey provide for certain partial or total suspensions for
   agricultural products mentioned in Chapter 1 - 24 of the Common Customs
   Tariff.
   Furthermore, the Council has decided that as from 1 January 1974 Turkey
   should not be treated less favourably than the countries and territories
   benefiting from generalised tariff preferences.
2. The proposal for a regulation is aimed at securing implementation of these
   decisions.   They extend to Turkey for 1984 on an autonomous basis, the
   total or partial suspensions of duties proposed by the Commission under the
   generalised tariff preference scheme, these suspensions would, however, be
   confined to the products mentioned in Chapters 1 - 24, in respect of which
   no provision is made for more favourable treatment in the agreements with
   Turkey.
3. It is pointed out that :
          the proposal for a regulation is based on the interim Agreement
          whose period of validity extend until the entry into force of the
          Supplementary Protocol;
          the enacting terms of the regulation and the list of products in annex
          to it are based on the one hand on the proposal forwarded by the
          Commision to the Council concerning generalised tariff preferences
          for the agricultural products mentioned in Chapters 1 - 2 4 .
   This    proposal   would    therefore  have  to   be  amended        should the
   Supplementary Protocol comes into force and will have to be harmonized
   with the final text of the regulation on suspensions under the generalised
   preference scheme when this has been adopted by the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                                               Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( SEC)
                on the total or paitial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural
                                            products originating in Turkey (198 4 )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         be admitted for import into the Community of Nine at the
                                                                   customs duties indicated for each of them.
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 11.3
  thereof,                                                         2.      For the purposes of application of this Regulation,
                                                                   ‘originating products’ shall mean those products which
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80             fulfil the conditions laid down in Association Council
  of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade                        Decision No 4/7 2 of 29 December 1972 annexed to
  arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from          Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 (3), as amended by
 the processing of agricultural products ('), and in               Decision No 1/75 of 26 May 1975 annexed to
 particular Article 12 thereof,                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1431/75 («).
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   The methods of administrative cooperation which ensure
 Whereas, under Annex 6 of the “Additional Protocol                that the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the
                                                                   total or partial suspension shall be those laid down in
 laying down the conditions, procedures and timetables
 for implementing the transitional phase pursuant to               Association Council Decision No 5/72 of 29 December
 Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an association            1972 annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 428/73, as last
 between the European Economic Community and                       amended by Decision No 1 / S 3 o f 25 A p r i l 1983
 Turkey, and under Article 1 of the Interim Agreement              annexed t o R e g u l a t i o n       (EEC) Uo 9 9 3 / 8 3  (5).
 between the European Economic Community and
 Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member
 States to the Community, the Community must totally or
 partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties                                         Article 2
 applicable to certain products; whereas it also appears
 necessary on a provisional basis to adjust or supplement          When the imports of products benefiting from the
 some of the advantages provided for in the                        arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the
 abovementioned Annex 6; whereas the Community                     Community in quantities or at prices which cause or
 should therefore, with regard to the products originating         threaten to cause serious loss to the Community
 in Turkey contained in the list annexed to this                   producers of similar products or directly competitive
 Regulation, suspend until 31 December 198//either the             products, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be
 fixed component of the charge applicable to the goods             partially or wholly reintroduced for the products in
 coming under Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 or the                   question. These measures may also be taken in the event
 customs duty applicable to the other products, at the             of serious loss or the threat of serious loss limited to a
 levels indicated for each of them;                                single region of the Community.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 119 of the 1979 Act
of Accession, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No
 3555/80 of 16 December 1980 determining the
arrangements, to be applied with regard to imports into                                     Article 3
Greece, originating in Algeria, Israel, Malta, Morocco,
Portugal, Syria, Tunisia or Turkey (2); whereas as a result       1.      In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the
this Regulation applies to the Community of Nine.                 Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to
                                                                  reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited
                                                                  period.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                  2.      Where the Commission has been requested by a
                                                                  Member State to take action it shall take a decision within
                          Article 1                               a maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the
                                                                  request and shall inform the Member States of. the action
 1.     From 1 January until 31 December 1984 the                 taken.
products originating in Turkey listed in the Annex shall
                                                                  (’) OJ No L 59, 5. 3. 1973, p. 73.
(') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1.                              («) OJ No L 142, 4. 6. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1.                              (J) OJ No I. 1 1 2 , 8 . 4 . 1 9 8 3 ,  p.  1.
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3.    Any Member State may refer the Commission’s                                    Article 4
action to the Council, within a period of 10 working days
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on
following the day of its notification. The intervention of
                                                              1 Ja nua r y 1 9 8 4 .
the Council shall not have a suspensory effect. The
Council shall meet without delay. It may by a qualified
majority amend or annul the measure taken.
               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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                                                      A N N EX
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
      CCT
     heading                                         Description                                   Rate of duty
       No
      03.03        Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or
                   dead), chilled, frozen, salted, in brine or dried; crustaceans, in
                   shell, simply boiled in water:
                   A. Crustaceans:
                       ex V. Other
                                ex b) Other:
                                        — Peurullus spp                                                  4 %
       06.02       Other live plants, including trees, shrubs, bushes, roots, cuttings
                   and slips:
                   ex D. Other:
                           —     Yuccas and cactuses, not planted in pots, tubs, boxes
                                 or the like .....................................................       5 %
      06.03        Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for
                   ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or
                   otherwise prepared:
                   ex B. Other:
                          — Cut flowers, not further prepared than dried                                 5 %
      07.01        Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
                      T. Other:
                 gX JJ t Aubergines, from 1 to 14 January
                 ex I I I .      Ot her :
                         — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
                             Moench); Moringa oleifera (Drumsticks)                                   Free
      07.03        Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other
                   preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate
                   consumption:
                   ex E. Other vegetables:
               1         — 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
     08.01        Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avoca­
                  dos, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or
                  not:
                  ex B. Bananas:
                          — Dried                                                                       Fr e e
   ex 08.09       Other fruit, fresh:
                  — Rose-hips fruit                                                                    Free
                  — Watermelons, from 1 November to 31 March                                         6-5 %
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 CCT
heading                                     Description                                   Rate of duty
   No
 08.10      Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing
            added sugar:
            ex D. Other:
                    — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E
                       and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                       melons                                                                 6%
                     — Rose-hips fruit                                                        Free
 08.11      Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
            brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable
            in that state for immediate consumption:
                C. Papaws                                                                     Free
                D. Bilberries (fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus)                       3%
             ex E. Other:
                     — Quinces                                                                 4%
                     — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B and
                        F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                        melons                                                                 Free
   15.04     Fats and oils, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined:
             A. Fish-liver oil:
                   I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 international units
                      per gram                                                                 Free
   18.06     -Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
              A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of
                  sucrose                                                                   3 %· + vc
              C. Chocolate and chocolate goods, whether or not filled; sugar
                  confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution
                  products, containing cocoa                                               9 % + vc
                                                                                           with a max.
                                                                                            of 27% +
                                                                                                ads
    19.02     Malt extract: preparation of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind
              used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less
              than 50 % by weight of cocoa:
              B. Other:
                   ex II. Other:
                          — Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegetables
                              in the form of sun-dried discs of dough, known as
                              ‘papad’                                                           Free
  ex 19.04     Tapioca and sago, excluding tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from
               potato or other starches                                                    Free + vc
    20 .0 2    Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
               acid:
               ex H. Other, including mixtures:
                      — Moringa oleifera (Drumsticks)                                            Free
    20.03      Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar:
               ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
                       _ Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E
                          and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                          melons                                                             6 % + (L)
               ex B. Other:
                       _ Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B, E
                          and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                          melons
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  CCT
heading                                   Description                                 Rate of duty
   No
 20.04  Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or
        crystallized):
        B Other:
           ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
                    — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B,
                         E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and
                         watermelons                                                  6 % + (L)
           ex II. Other:
                    — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.02 D, 08.08 B,
                         E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and
                         watermelons                                                      6%
 20.05  Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purie and fruit pastes, being
        cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar:
        C. Other:
                 I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
                •   ex b) Other:
                            — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E
                                and F, and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                and watermelons                                      6 % + (L)
           ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding
                     30 % by weight:
                     — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F
                         and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                         melons                                                      6. % + (L)
            ex III. Other:
                     — Fruit falling within heading nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F
                         and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­
                         melons                                                          6   %
 20.06  Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added
        sugar or spirit:
        B. Other:
             I. Containing added spirit:
                  a) Ginger                                                               10 %
                  b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity:
                      1. Of more than 1 kg:
                         aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by weight            10 % + (L)
                         bb) Other                                                        10 %
                      2. Of 1 kg or less:
                          aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight           10 % + (L)
                          bb) Other                                                       10 %
             II. Not containing added spirit:
                  a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net
                      capacity of more than 1 kg:
                      ex 8. Other fruits:
                             — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E
                                 and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                 and watermelons                                      6 % + (L)
                             — Tamarind (pods, pulp)                                   7 % + (L)
                             9.  Mixtures of fruit:
                                 ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit ex­
                                         ceeds 50 % of the total weight of the
                                         fruits:
                                        — Mixtures of two or more fruits fall­
                                             ing within heading Nos 08.01,
                                             08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, exclud­
                                             ing melons and watermelons .......        6 % + (L)
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       CCT
     heading                                   Description                                           Rate of duty
        No
              B    1 1 b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net
^ 0 .0 6                   capacity of 1 kg or less:
( c o n t 1d)              ex 8. Other fruits:
                                  — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08 It, H
                                     and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                     and watermelons                                                 6 % + (L)
                        c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net
                           capacity:
                           1. Of 4-5 kg or more:
                               ex dd) Other fruits:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                                          B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                          melons and watermelons                                        6 %
                                   ex ee) Mixtures of fruit:
                                          — Mixtures of two or more fruits falling
                                               within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08 B, E
                                               and F and 08.09, excluding melons
                                               and watermelons, in which no single
                                               fruit exceeds 50 % of the total weight
                                               of the fruits .......................................     6 %
                           2. Of less than 4-5 kg:
                               ex bb) Other fruit and mixtures of fruit:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                                          B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                          melons and watermelons                                           </o
                                                                                                             y
                                          — Mixtures of two or more fruits falling
                                              within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08 B, E
                                              and F and 08.09, excluding melons
                                               and watermelons, in which no single
                                               fruit exceeds 50 % of the total weight
                                               of the fruits .......................................      6%
      20.07    Fruit juices {including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
               containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
               A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C:
                  1I1V Other:
                       ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
                              — Fruit falling within subheading 08.01 A                                  Free
                •             — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 B to H, 08.08
                                  B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                  and watermelons                                                       6 %
                           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
                                        B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                        melons and watermelons                                       6 % + (L)
                              ex 2. Other:
                                     — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01, 08.08
                                         B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                        melons and watermelons                                          6 %
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      CCT
     heading                                     Description                                        Rate of duty
       No
20.07             B. Of a specific gravity of 1· 33 or less at 15 ° C :
(cont'd)              II. Other:
                           a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight
                               6. Other fruit and vegetable juices:
                                    ex aa) Containing added sugar:
                                           — Fruit         falling     within         heading
                                                Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons .....................................            6   %
                                    ex bb) Other:
                                           — Fruit         falling     within         heading
                                                Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons .....................................            6   %
                          b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight:
                               7. Other fruit and vegetable juices:
                                    ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding
                                           30 % by weight:
                                           — Of fruit           falling within heading
                                                Nos 08.01, 08.08 B,E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons .....................................    6 % + (L)
                                    ex bb) Within an added sugar content of 30 % or
                                           less by weight:
                                           — Of fruit           falling within heading
                                                Nos 08.01,08.08 B, F. and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons ......................................            6    %
                                    ex cc) Not containing added sugar:
                                           — Of fruit           falling within heading
                                                Nos 08.01,08.08 B, E and F and 08.09,
                                                excluding pineapples, melons and
                                                watermelons ......................................            6    %
      21.07      Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
                 A. Cereals in grain or ear form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:
                      I. Maize                                                                     Fr e e + VC
                     II. Rice                                                                      Fr ee + VC
                    III. Other                                                                     F r e e + VC
 Abbreviations:
 (L) = levy,
 vc = variable component.
 ads = a d d i t i o n a l    d u t y on s u g a r