CELEX: 51979PC0636
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-13
Title: Draft COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (79) 636
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(79)636 final.
                                              Brussels , 13 November 1979
                                Draft
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ?
  temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
               duties on certain agricultural products
           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(79 ) 636 final .
 ---pagebreak---                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The subject of the following draft regulation is the
temporary suspension of duties in the Common Customs
Tariff for a number of agricultural items , as requested
by the Member States .
It is partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
             y
It seems appropriate to the Commission that a duty suspension
is justified for the goods listed in the annex to this
regulation .                                               1
The Commission proposes a total suspension for those
products for which Community production does not exist
or is minimal . A partial suspension is proposed in cases
where the Community production covers only . a part of the
requirements . The rate of the partially suspended duty
depends on the extent of the possible Community supply
to the Community users . The Commission i3 also looking
for the right balance between the interests of the suppliers ,
users and the consumers in the Community .
It also takes into account the need to protect employment .
The proposed measures are confined to six months because"
of the difficulties of estimating the evolution of the
basic factors .
For a number of items for which the Member States also
requested duty suspensions the Commission does not propose
a tariff measure because the necessary conditions' are not
fulfilled , This concernd the following items s "
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CCT headxng No                 Description of goods
ex 20.07, A II a) Pear juice of a value exceeding 22EUA per 100 kg
                  net weight , for use in the manufacture of perry ,
                  meeting the following requirements :
                  1 ) havmg
                      a) a specific gravity of not less than 1.36
                          at 15° C
                      b ) a total acidity expressed as malic acid
                          of not less than 2.5 percent weight /volume
                      c ) a pH of not less than 3.9.
                  2) containing not more than :
                      a ) 0.2 mg /kg of arsenic
                      b ) 3 mg /kg of copper
                      c ) 10 mg /kg of iron                '    ■
                      d) 1 mg /kg of lead
                      e ) J 00 mg /kg of sulphur dioxide
                      f ) 7.5 mg /kg of zinc
                  3 ) not containing :
                      a ) pectic substances
                      b ) in 10 g of juice , micro-organism capable
                          of growth on Scarr s osmophilic medium
 ---pagebreak---                               Draft
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
           temporarily suspending the autonomous Common
           Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural
                            products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 28 thereof ,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ,
Whereas production of the products referred to in this Regulation
is at present inadequate or non-existent within the Community and
producers are thus unable to meet the needs of user industries ;
Whereas  it is in the Community 's interest in certain cases to "
suspend  the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially ,
chiefly  because of Community production , and in other cases to
suspend  them completely ;
Whereas , in view of the difficulties involved in accurately
assessing how the economic situation will develope in the sectors
concerned in the near future , such suspensory measures should be
taken only temporarily /
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
From J January to 30 June J 980 , the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties for the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall
be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of them .
                           Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January J 950 .
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     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
                                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX
CCT heading' No      Description of goods                        Rate of autonoraous
                                                                     . duty ( % )
03.01 Alb )          Salmon , fresh ( live or dead), chilled            0
                     or frozen
ex 03.01 B XI a)     Fillets of herring , fresh , chilled or            0
    and B II b ) 7    frozen , intended for the processing(a)
ex 03.01 C            Soft roes , frozen , for the manufacture ,
                      of deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) ( a)
03.02 A I a)          Herring , dried , salted or in brine , .
                     whole , headless or in pieces
ex 03,02 Aie )        Anchovies (Engraulis sp.p.), salted or
                      in brine , whole , headless or in pieces ,
                      in packings of a net capacity of 8 kg ~
                      or more
ex 03.02 A II d )     Fillets of herring , dried , salted or
                      in brine
ex 16.04 B I          Salmon , intended for the processing     >
                      industry for further manufacture into
                     pastes or speads(a)
ex 16.04 C II         Spiced and salted herrings , in packings
                     of a net capacity of 10 kg or more
ex 16,04 C II        "Herring-flaps", prepared or preserved
                     in vinegar , in packings of a net capa­
                     city of 10 kg or more      '  .
ex 16.05 A           Crabs of the 'King' (Paralithodes
                     camtchaticus ) , 'Hanasaki' ( Paralithodes
                     Brevipes ) , 'Kegani' ( Erimacrus isenbecki ) ,
                     and 'Queen' (Chionoecetes sp.p .) varieties ,
                     etc .
ex .16,05 A          Crabs , excluding the species 'Cancer
 _>
                     pagarus' , simply boiled in water and
                     shelled , whether or not frozen , in
                     packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or
                     more , for repacking for retail sale (a)
ex 16.05 B           Shrimps and prawns other than those of            10
                     the 'Crangon' variety , boiled ifi water
                     and shelled , whether or not frozen or
                     dried , intended for the industrial manu­
                     facture of products falling within
                     heading No 16.05(a)
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be
     effected pursuant to the relevant Community provisions .