CELEX: 31974R0556
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 556/74 of the Council of 4 March 1974 totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Malta

No L 67/2                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  9 . 3 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 556/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 4 March 1974
             totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
             products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                                                        nating in Malta
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        applied wherever the duties calculated according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the abovementioned detailed rules prove to be higher
                                                                   than them,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 113 thereof ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1059/69 (^ of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting                                            Article 1
from the processing of agricultural products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1491 /73 (2), and in                1 . Until 31 December 1974, the products origi­
particular Article 1 2 thereof ;                                   nating in Malta listed in Annex A shall be admitted
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                for import into the Community as originally consti­
                                                                   tuted at the customs duties indicated for each of them .
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
ment ;                                                             On importation into Denmark, Ireland and the
                                                                   United Kingdom, there shall be applied to the above­
Whereas, under Annex I to the Agreement (3) esta­                  mentioned products the customs duties determined by
blishing an Association between the European                       multiplying, by a coefficient equal to the margin of
Economic Community and Malta, the Community                        preferences existing between the duties given in
must partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff                   Annex A and the Common Customs Tariff duties
duties applicable to certain products ; whereas it also            applicable, the duties obtained by reducing the differ­
appears necessary provisionally to adjust or to supple­            ence between the lowest duty applied on 1 January
ment certain of the tariff benefits provided for in the             1972 to the developing countries and the Common
abovementioned Annex ; whereas, accordingly, the                   Customs Tariff, by 20% in respect of the products
Community should, in respect of the products origi­                mentioned in Annex B, and by 40 % in respect of the
nating in Malta listed in Annex A to this Regulation,              other products given in Annex A.
suspend either the fixed component of the levy appli­
cable to goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No                     However, the duties given in Annex A shall be
1059/69 or the customs duty applicable to the other                applied where the duties resulting from the abovemen­
products for the period until 31 December 1974 and                 tioned calculation are higher than them .
at the levels indicated for each of them ;
Whereas, for certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of               2.     For the purposes of the application of this Regu­
the Common Customs Tariff, this scheme would,                       lation , the rules of origin shall be those in force at the
however, involve the application in the new Member                 time as regards the implementation of the Agreement
States in 1974 of customs duties higher than or very               establishing an Association between the European
close to those applied by the new Member States to                  Economic Community and Malta.
non-member countries in general on the basis of the
Act of Accession ; whereas , in order to maintain an               The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient
equivalent preferential margin for these products also,             processing is waived in respect of products originating
reduced customs duties should be applied to them in                 in the Community as originally constituted shall not,
accordance with the detailed rules based on the prin­               however, apply in the case of the abovementioned
ciple of maintaining in the new Member States a pref­               products when they undergo in Malta only insufficient
erence proportional to that which exists between the               working or processing as defined in items 1 to 6 of
duties of the Common Customs Tariff and the duties                  list A annexed to the Protocol to the aforesaid Agree­
                                                                    ment .
given in Annex A to this Regulation ; whereas, with a
view to granting Malta the best possible treatment, in
accordance with the objectives of the preference                                              Article 2
scheme, the duties given in Annex A should also be
(>) OJ No L 141 , 12. 6 . 1969 , p . 1 .                            When products benefiting from the arrangements
(2) OJ No L 151 , 7 . 6. 1973 , p . 1 .                             provided for in Article 1 are imported in the Commu­
h) OJ No L 61 , 14. 3. 1971 , p. 3.                                 nity in such quantities or at such prices that Commu­
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nity producers of products similar to or in direct           3 . Any Member State may refer to the Council the
competition with them suffer or are likely to suffer         measure taken by the Commission, within a period of
from serious disadvantage, the Common Customs                not more than 10 working days after it has been
Tariff duties may be reintroduced in whole or in part        informed thereof. The fact that the matter is referred
on the products in question . Such measures may also         to the Council shall not cause the measure to be
be taken in the event of actual or potential serious         suspended. The Council shall meet immediately. It
disadvantage in a single region of the Community.            may, acting on a qualified majority, amend or rescind
                                                             the measure in question .
                        Article 3
1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2,
the Commission may decide, by means of a Regula­                                   Article 4
tion, to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for a
limited period.                                              The suspension of customs duties laid down in this
2.     In the event of such action being requested by a      Regulation shall be introduced for 1974.
Member State, the Commission shall take a decision
within a period of not more than 10 working days             This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth
from receipt of the request and shall inform the             day following its publication in the Official Journal
Member States of the action taken .                          of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 4 March 1974.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                          W. SCHEEL
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                                                         ANNEX A
  CCT heading
      No                                              Description                             Rate of duty
       1                                                   2                                       3
02.01         Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02,
              0Ί.Ο3, or 01.04 fresh, chilled or frozen :
              A. Meat :
                  III . Of swine :
                        b) Other                                                                  Free
05.03         Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer or between
              two layers of other material :
              B. Other                                                                            Free
15.10         Fatty acids ; acid oils from refining ; fatty alcohols :
              C. Other fatty acids ; acid oils from refining                                      Free
16.02         Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
              A. Liver :
                  I. Goose or duck liver                                                         14 °/o
              B. Other :
                   II. Game or rabbit meat or offal :
                       — Game                                                                    12 °/o
                       — Rabbit                                                                  14 %
                 III . Other :
                        b) Other :
                           ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                  — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue                          18 °/o
                              2. Other :
                                  aa) Ovine meat or offal                                        18%
                                  bb ) Other                                                     18%
20.02         Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
                  E. Sauerkraut                                                                  16%
              ex F. Capers                                                                       16%
20.07         Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
              containing added sugar, but urofermented and not containing spirit :
              A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15"C :
                  III. Other :
                        ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                              — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples    25 %
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  CCT heading
      No                                                 Description                                      Rate of duty
       1                                                     2                                                 3
20.07                     b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
(cont'd)
                              ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight :
                                      — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pine­
                                          apples                                                             25 % + (L)
                              ex 2 . Other :
                                      — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pine­
                                          apples                                                             25 %
              B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15°C :
                 II . Other :
                      a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net weight :
                            2. Grapefruit juice                                                              12%
                         ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                 aa ) Containing added sugar                                                 14%
                                                                                                             15 %
                         ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and peach
                                 juices :
                                 aa) Containing added sugar                                                  17%
                                                                                                             18%
                             7 . Mixtures :
                                 ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either separately or
                                          together, over 25 °/o of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, apple,
                                          pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice :
                                           11 . Containing added sugar                                       17%
                                          22 . Other                                                         18%
                      b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight :
                         2. Grapefruit juice :
                            aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight ....                      12 % + ( L)
                            bb) Other                                                                      - 12%
                         4. Other citrus fruit juices :
                            aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight ....                     14 % + ( L)
                            bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight ....                    14 %
                            cc ) Not containing added sugar                                                  15 %
                         7. Other fruit and vegetable juices :
                            ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight,
                                      excluding apricots and peaches                                          17 % + ( L )
                            ex bb ) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight,
                                      excluding apricots and peaches                                         17%
                            ex cc) Not containing added sugar, excluding apricots and peaches                18%
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  CCT heading
      No                                             Description                                Rate of duty
       1                                                 2                                            3
20.07                   8 . Mixtures :
(cont'd)
                            ex bb) Other, exoluding mixtures containing either separately or
                                   together, over 25 % of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, pear,
                                   tomato, apricot or peach juice :
                                   11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o by weight       17 °/o + ( L )
                                   22. With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight        17%
                                   33 . Not containing added sugar                                 18%
21.06         Natural yeasts (active or inactive) ; prepared baking powders :
              A. Active natural yeast :
                 II. Bakers' yeast :
                     a) Dried                                                                        7 % + vc
                     b) Other                                                                       7 % + vc
23.01         Flours and meals, of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs, unfit for
              human consumption ; greaves :
              B. Flours and meals of fish , crustaceans or molluscs                                 Free
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                                                                  ANNEX B
           List of the products in respect of which the difference between the lowest duties applied on
           1 January 1972 to developing countries by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom and
           the duties of the Common Customs Tariff must be reduced by 20 #/o, in accordance with
                                                                    Article 1
               CCT heading
                    No                                                      Description
           16.02 ( a)                   Other prepared oir .preserved meat or meat offal :
                                        B. Other :
                                            III. Other :
                                                 b ) Other :
                                                     ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                                            — prepared or preserved bovine tongue
           20.02                        Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
                                        acetic acid :
                                        E. Sauerkraut
           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 :
                                            III. Other :
                                                 ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                                          — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                             pineapple
                                                      b ) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net
                                                          weight :
                                                          ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                                                 weight ;
                                                                 — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , ex­
                                                                     cluding pineapples
                                                          ex 2 . Others :
                                                                 — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , ex­
                                                                     cluding pineapples
                                        B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15°C :
                                            II . Other :
                                                 a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                                         2. Grapefruit juice
                                                     ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                                            aa) Containing added sugar
                                                            bb) Other
                                                     ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot
                                                            and peach juices :
                                                            aa) Containing added sugar
                                                            bb) Other
            ( a) From 1 April 1974 , this heading will be deleted from this Annex .
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            CCT heading
                 No                                       Description
           20.07                     7. Mixtures :
           (cont'd)                      ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                                                  separately or together, over 25 °/o of grape,
                                                  citrus fruit, ¡pineapple, apple, ¡pear, tomato,
                                                   apricot or peach juiioe :
                                                  11 . Containing added sugar
                                                   22 . Other
                             b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight :
                                2.   Grapefruit juiice :
                                     aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                          weight
                                     bb ) Other
                                4.   Other citrus fruit juices :
                                     aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                          weight
                                     bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by
                                          weight
                                     cc) Not containing added sugar
                                7.   Other fruit and vegetable juices :
                                     ex aa) Wiith an added sugar content exceeding 30%
                                             /by weight, excluding apricots and peaches
                                     ex bb) With and added isugar content of 30 % or less
                                              by weight, excluding aipriicots and peaches
                                     ex cc) Not containing added sugar, excluding apricots
                                              and peaches
                                 8 . Mixtures :
                                     ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                                              separately or together, over 25 % of grape, ci­
                                              trus fruit, pineapple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                              peach juice :
                                              11 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                                                    30 % by weight
                                              22 . With an added sugar content of 30% or
                                                    less by weight
                                              33 . Not containing added sugar