CELEX: 31986R4116
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 4116/86 of 22 December 1986 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1987)

31 . 12 . 86                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 380 / 21
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4116 / 86
                                                              of 22 December 1986
                   on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural
                                                     products originating in Turkey ( 1987)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                    Tunisia or Turkey ( 6 ); whereas in the absence of a Protocol
                                                                            as provided for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of
                                                                            Accession of Spain and Portugal , the Community must take
                                                                            the measures referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       Act ; whereas , this Regulation therefore applies to the
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113                          Community of Ten ,
thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3033 / 80                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products (*) and in particular Article 12
thereof,                                                                                                    Article 1
                                                                             1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1987 the products
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                         originating in Turkey listed in the Annex shall be admitted
                                                                            for import into the Community of Nine at the customs
                                                                            duties indicated for each of them .
Whereas , under Annex 6 of the Additional Protocol laying
down the conditions , procedures and timetables for
implementing the transitional phase referred to in Article 4                2 . For the purposes of application of this Regulation ,
of the Agreement establishing an association between the                    'originating products' shall mean those products which
European Economic Community and Turkey ( 2 ) and under                      fulfil the conditions laid down in Association Council
Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Association                  Decision No 4 / 72 attached to Regulation (EEC ) No
Agreement between the European Economic Community                           428 / 73 ( 6 ), as amended by Decision No 1 / 75 attached to
and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member                        Regulation ( EEC ) No 1431 / 75 ( 7 ).
States to the Community ( 3 ), which was signed in Ankara
on 30 June 1973 and entered into force on 1 March
 1986 ( 4 ), the Community must totally or partially suspend
the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain                      The methods of administrative cooperation which ensure
products ; whereas it also appears necessary , on a                         that the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the
provisional basis , to adjust or supplement some of the                     total or partial suspension shall be those laid down in
                                                                            Association       Council     Decision    No 5 / 72  attached   to
advantages provided for in the abovementioned Annex 6 ;
whereas the Community should , therefore , with regard to                   Regulation ( EEC ) No 428 / 73 , as last amended by Decision
the products originating in Turkey contained in the list                    No 1 / 83 , attached to Regulation ( EEC ) No 993 / 83 ( 8 ).
annexed to this Regulation , suspend until 31 December
 1987 either the fixed component of the charge applicable to
the goods falling within Regulation ( EEC ) No 3033 / 80 or
the customs duty applicable to the other products , at the                                                  Article 2
levels indicated for each of them ;
                                                                            When the imports of products benefiting from the
                                                                             arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the
Whereas , in accordance with Article 119 of the Act of                       Community in quantities or at prices which cause or
Accession of Greece , the Council adopted Regulation                        threaten to cause serious loss to the Community producers
( EEC) No 3555 / 80 ( 5 ), determining the arrangements to                   of similar products or directly competitive products , the
be applied with regard to imports into Greece , originating                  Common Customs Tariff duties may be partially or wholly
in Algeria , Israel , Malta , Morocco , Portugal , Syria ,                  reintroduced for the products in question . These measures
                                                                            may also be taken in the event of serious loss or the threat
                                                                             of serious loss limited to a single region of the
                                                                             Community .
(0   OJ No L 323 , 29 . 11 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No 217 , 29 . 12 . 1964 , p. 3683 / 64 .
( 3) OJ No L 361 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , p. 2 .                                  ( 6 ) OJ No L 59 , 5 . 3 . 1973 , p. 73 .
(4)  OJ No L 48 , 26 . 2 . 1986 , p. 36 .                                   ( 7 ) OJ No L 142 , 4 . 6 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(5)  OJ No L 382 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , p. 1 .                                  ( 8 ) OJ No L 112 , 8 . 4 . 1983 , p. 1 .
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                         Article 3                                3 . Any Member State may refer the Commission's action
                                                                  to be Council , within a period of 10 working days
1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2 , the         following the day of its notification . The intervention of
Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to                 the Council shall not have a suspensory effect . The Council
reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited            shall meet without delay. It may by a qualified majority
period .                                                          amend or annul the measure taken .
2 . Where the Commission has been requested by a
Member State to take action it shall take a decision within
a maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the                                    Article 4
request and shall inform the Member States of the action
taken .                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                          G. SHAW
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                                                                       ANNEX
                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
     Order No       heading                                                Description                                       Rate of duty
                       No
                       07.01       Vegetables , fresh or chilled:
                                   T. Other :
     15.0001                           ex II . Aubergines , from 1 to 14 January                                                 9 %
                   ex 08.09        Other fruit , fresh :
     15.0003                       — Watermelons , from 1 November to 31 March                                                  6,5 %
                       18.06       Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
     15.0005    I                  A. Cocoa powder , not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose                  3 % + VC
     15.0007                       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 :
     15.0009                           ex II . Other :
                                                 — Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegetables in the form
                                                     of sun-dried discs of dough , known as 'papad'                              Free
                       21.07       Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
                                   A. Cereals in grain or ear form , pre-cooked or otherwise prepared :
     15.0011    l                         I. Maize                                                                            3 % + VC
     15.0013    l                        II . Rice                                                                            3 % + VC
     15.0015
                \                       III . Other                                                                           2 % + VC
Abbreviations:
( L)   = levy ,
VC     = variable component ,
ads    = additional duty on sugar.