CELEX: 51998PC0430
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-10
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2632/97 temporarily suspending some or all of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain fishery products (1998)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  Brussels, 10.07.1998
                                                  COM(1998) 430 final
                                   Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2632/97 temporarily suspending
  some or all of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain fishery
                                   products (1998)
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. During the first quarter of this year, the Commission, assisted by the Economic
   Tariff Problems Group, reviewed all the requests for temporary suspension of
   autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties presented to it by the Member States,
   including requests for extending suspensions currently in force.
2. The attached proposal concerns fishery products.
   For industrial and agricultural products, the proposal for a Regulation temporarily
   suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties is before the Council.
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined in the light of
   the criteria set out in the communication from the Commission concerning
   autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (see OJ C 128, 25.4.1998, p. 2).
   In the light ol this review, the Commission considers that the suspension of duties is
   justified for the products listed in the attached proposal for a Regulation.
4. As can be seen from Article 1 of the above-mentioned proposal for a Regulation, the
   period of validity of the proposed measure is 5 months.
 ---pagebreak---                                            Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                   /98
                                        of              1998
  amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2632/97 temporarily suspending
     some or all of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain fishery
                                          products (1998)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community relies at present on imports from third countries for supplies of
certain fishery products; whereas it is in the interest of the Community to suspend
partially or totally the customs duties for these products;1 whereas, in order to avoid
endangering the prospects for developing the production of competitive products in the
Community while ensuring that the industries concerned receive the necessary supplies,
it is advisable to adopt these suspension measures only from 1 August to
31 December 1998,
Whereas it is for the Community to decide to suspend these autonomous duties,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                              Article /
1. From 1 August to 31 December 1998 the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
   on "fillets and meat of Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma), in the form of
   industrial blocks, frozen, for processing (a) (b)" (Taric codes ex 0304 20 85 10 and ex
   0304 90 61 10) are hereby suspended at the level of 4%.
2. Imports of these products shall qualify for the suspension referred to in paragraph 1
   only provided that the free-at-frontier price laid down by the Member States, in
   accordance with Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of
    17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and
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   aquaculture products, is not lower than the reference price fixed or to be fixed by the
   Community for the products or categories of products in question.
    OJ No L 356, 31.12.1997, p.9.
    OJ No L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 of 12.7.1993 (OJ
    N o L 172, 15.7.1993, p. 1).
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at       ,       1998
                                                                  For the Council
                                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                              FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1. Budget heading involved: Chapter 12 Article 120
2  Title of operation: Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Annex to
   Council Regulation (EC) No 2632/97 temporarily suspending all or some of the
   autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain fishery products (1998).
3- Legal basis: Article 28 of the EC Treaty.
4- Objective: Suspension of the CCT duties for the above products.
5. Measures aimed at prevention and protection: Checks on the end-use of some of the
   products covered by this Council Regulation will be carried out in accordance with
   Articles 291 to 304 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down
   provisions for the implementation of the Community Customs Code.
6. Cost:
   It is proposed that autonomous duties on "fillets and meat of Alaska pollack
   (Theragra chalcogramma), in the form of industrial blocks, frozen, for processing
   (a) (b)" (Taric codes ex 0304 20 85 10 and ex 0304 90 61 10) be reduced from
   7.5 % to 4% for the period 1 August-31 December 1998.
   On the basis of the most recent EUROSTAT statistics (1996), the additional loss of
   revenue is estimated at ECU 2 875 000, a figure calculated as follows:
    1996 imports ( 12 months)                                     ECU 197 122 000
   Forecast imports in period 1.8-31.12.1998                      ECU 82 134 000
   Original autonomous duty                                                    7.5%
   Amended autonomous duty                                                       4%
   Additional loss            ECU 82 134 000 x (7.5 - 4)/l()0 -   ECU 2 875 000
   Estimated cost of the current operation (1.1.1998-31.12.1998)
    The amount of duty foregone as a result of the proposed measure can be estimated at
   ECU 37 498 000 + 2 875 000 = 40 373 000, compared with ECU 38 565 000
   foregone in respect of the previous measure (1.1.1997 to 31.12.1997).
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