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Date: 1982-10-12
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 (1983) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(82)636 final
                                                   Brussels, 12 October 1982
                                Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties
      on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey ( 1983 )
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---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 1983 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 - 24 .
   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 REGULATfON (EEC)
                on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
                                           agricultural products originating in Turkey ( 198. 3 )
THE COUNC'II . OI ; THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS A DOITED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                                   Article /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community , and in particular
Article 1 13 thereof,                                                   1.   From I January until 31 December 198 3 the
                                                                       products originating in Turkey listed in the Annex
Having regard          to Council           Regulation ( EEC )         shall be admitted for import into the Community of
No 3033 / 80 of I ! November 1980 laying down the                      Nine at the customs duties indicated for each of
                                                                       them .
trade arrangements applicable to certain goods
resulting from the processing of agricultural prod­
ucts ( ' ), and in particular Article 12 thereol .
                                                                        2 . For the purposes of application of this Regula
                                                                        tion , 'originating products' shall mean those prod
Having regard to the proposal trom the Commis­                          ucts which fulfil the conditions laid down in Asso -    '
sion ,                                                                  ciation Council Decision No 4 / 72 of 29 Decembci
                                                                         1972 annexed to Regulation . ( EEC ) No 428/ 73 ( 'I,
Whereas, under Annex 6 of the Additional Protocol                       as amended by Decision No 1 /75 of 26 May 1975
laying down the conditions , procedures and time­                       annexed to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1431 / 75 (*).
tables for implementing the transitional phase pur­
suant to Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an
association between the European Economic Com­                         The methods of administrative cooperation whn.li
munity and Turkey, and under Article I of the In­                       ensure that the products listed in the Annexes ben
terim Agreement between the European Economic                           ellt from the total or partial suspension shall IK
Community and Turkey consequent on the acces­                           those laid down in Association Council Decision
sion of new Member States to the Community , the                         No 5 / 72 of 29 December 1972 annexed to Regula­
Community must totally or partially suspend the                         tion ( EEC) No 428 /73 , as last amended by Decision
Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to cer­                          No 1 /78 of 18 July 1978 annexed to Regulation
tain products ; whereas it also appears necessary on                    ( EEC ) No 2152 / 78 ( M.
a provisional basis to adjust or supplement some of
the advantages provided for in the abovementioned
Annex 6 ; whereas the Community should therefore ,
 with regard to the products originating in Turkey
contained in the list annexed to this Regulation ,
                                                                                                   Article 2
suspend until 31 December 198 3 either the fixed
component of the charge applicable to the goods
 coming under Regulation ( EEC ) No 3033 / 80 or the                     When the imports of products benefiting from the
customs duty applicable to the other products , at the                   arrangements provided for in Article I come into the
levels indicated for each of them ;                                      Community in quantities or at prices which cause or
                                                                         threaten to cause serious loss to the Community
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 19 ol the 1979                     producers of similar products or directly competitive
Act of Accession , the Council adopted Regulation                        products , the Common Customs Tariff duties m.ij?
( EEC) No 3555 / 80 of 16 December 1980 determin­                        be partially or wholly reintroduced for the products
ing the arrangements to be applied with regard to                        in question . These measures may also be taken u
                                                                         the event of serious loss or the threat of serious Un­
imports into Greece , originating in Algeria , Israel ,
 Malta, Morocco , Portugal , Syria , Tunisia or Tur­                     limited to a single region of the Community .
key ( 2 ); whereas as a result this Regulation applies
to the Community of Nine ,
                                                                         (>) OJ No L 59 , 5.3 . 1973 , p . 73 .
(')   OJ No L m , 29 . I I. 1980, p . I.                                 («) OJ No L 142 , 4. 6 . 1975 , p . I.
(•' ) OJ No L. ^ 2 , 31 . 12 . 19X0, p . I.                              (>) OJ No L 253 , 15 . 9. 1978, p . I.
 ---pagebreak---                         Article 3                           days following the day of its notification . The inter­
                                                            vention of the Council shall not have a suspensory
1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2 ,       effect. The Council shall meet without delay . It may
the Commission may decide by means of a Regula­             by a qualified majority amend or annul the mea­
tion to reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties            sure taken .
for a limited period .
2.   Where the Commission has been requested by a                                    Article 4
Member State to take action it shall take a decision
within a maximum period of 10 working days from              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
receipt of the request and shall inform the Member           day following its publication in the Official Journal
States of the action taken .                                 of the European Communities.
3 . Any Member State may refer the Commission 's
action to the Council, within a period of 10 working         It shall apply from 1 January 198 3
              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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                                   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
     C CT
 headi ng                            Description          Rate of duty
    No
06.03       Cut   flowers and flowerd buds of a kind
            suitable for bouquets of for ornamental
            purposes , fresh , dried , dyed , bleached ,
            impregnated or otherwise prepared :
            ex B.    Other   :
                     - Cut flowers , not further pre-
                        pared than dried                       5 %
07.01       Vegetables , fresh or chilled :
            exT .   Other  :
                    - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L.
                      or Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
                      Moench );  Moringa oleifera
                      ( Drumsticks )                          free
                    - Aubergines , from 1 to 14 January       9 %
07.02       Vegetables ( whether or not cooked ), pre-
            pared by freezing :
            ex B.    Other   :
                     - Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L.
                        or Abelmoschus esculentus ( L. )
                        Moench )                              free
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    No                                    Description                        Rate of duly
            Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or
            in other preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for
            immediate consumption :
            ex E. Other vegetables :
                    – Okra ( Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus escu-
                        lentus ( L. ) Moench )                                  Free
            Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced,
            broken or in powder but not further prepared :
            ex B.   Other :
                    – Horse-radish (Cochlcaria armoracia )                      Free
                   - Okra         ( Hibiscus esculentus L. or
                      Abelmoschus esculentus                ( L. )
                      Moench )                                                  Free
            Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples,
            avocados, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried,
            shelled or not :
             ex B.  Bananas :
                    – Dried                                                       2%
             Other fruit, fresh :
            – Rose-hips fruit                                                    Free
            – Watermelons, from I November to 31 March                          6-5%
   08.10     Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not con­
             taining added sugar :
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^                                         Description                           Rale of duly
   08.10
  (cont'd)
           ex D.   Other :
                   – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08
                        B , E and I - and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons
                        and watermelons                                              7%
                   - Rose-hips fruit                                                f ree
   08.11   Fruit provisionally preserved ( lor 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 ( fruil of the 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
                        watermelons                                                Free
    5.04   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 interna­
                     tional units per gram                                         Free
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("<Ί heading                                 Description                             Rate of duty
     Ν ..
   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
                   confectionary and substitutes therefor made from sugar sub­
                   stitution products, containing cocoa                               8 % + 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 11 .     Other :
                         – Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegeta-
                             bles 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                                   4 % -1- vc
     20.02     Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
               acetic acid :
               ex H. Other, including mixtures :
                                                                                          Free
                        – Moringa oleifera (Drumsticks)
     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
                             Β, l ;. and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                                                                       10% + ( L)
               ex B.     Other :
                         – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08
                             Β, Κ and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                                                                           10%
     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 :
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     No
   20.04    B. ex I. – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D,
  (conl 'd)                   08.08 B , E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples,
                              melons and watermelons                                  6% + ( L)
                ex 11 . Other :
                               Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 L),
                              08.08 B , E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                              melons and watermelons                                      6%
    20.05   Jams, frtiil jellies, marmalades, I'rnit purer and fruit pastes, being
            cooked preparations , whether or not containing added sugar :
            C. Other :
                       I. With a sugar content e xceeding 30 % by weight :
                           ex b ) Other :
                                    – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 ,
                                        08.08 B , i : and F and 08.09, excluding
                                         pineapples, melons and watermelons           II % + ( L)
                 ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceed­
                           ing 30 % by weight :
                           – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E
                                and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons
                                and watermelons                                        ll% + ( L)
                 ex 111 . Other :
                           – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E
                                and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons
                                and watermelons                                             %
     20.06   Fruit , otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not contain­
             ing added sugar or spirit :
             B.   Other :
                   I. Containing added spirit :
                        a ) Ginger                                                        10%
                        b ) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capa­
                             city :
                             I.   Of more than I kg :
                                  aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17% by
                                        weight                                          10% + ( L)
                                   bb ) Other                                             10%
                             2 . Of 1 kg or lésa :
                                  aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 19% by
                                        weight                                          10% 4 ( 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 U. li and F and 08.09, excluding
                                           pineapples, melons and watermelons . . . .   7% + ( L)
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(.'CT heading                               Description                          Rale of duly
      No
    20.06     B. II . a) ex 8. – Tamarind (pods, pulp)                           7 % + (L)
   (cont'd)
                       b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a
                          net capacity of 1 kg or less :
                          ex 8 .    Other fruits :
                                    – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 ,
                                        08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09, excluding
                                        pineapples, melons and watermelons ....   8 % + ( 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 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                             excluding pineapples, melons and
                                             watermelons                               7%
                            2.    Of less than 4-5 kg :
                                  ex bb) Other fruit and mixtures of fruit :
                                         – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                             08.01 , 08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                              excluding pineapples, melons and
                                              watermelons                               7%
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CCT heading                                Description                           Rale of duty
    No
   20.07    Fruit juices ( including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether
            or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not con­
            taining spirit :
             A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 " C :
                 III . Other :
                       ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net
                               weight :
                               – Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08
                                    lì, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                   melons and watermelons                             14%
                          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 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                            excluding pineapples, melons and
                                            watermelons                           14% + ( L)
                               ex 2 .   Other :
                                        – Fruit falling within heading Nos
                                            08.01 , 08.08 Β, E and F and 08.09,
                                            excluding pineapples, melons and
                                            watermelons                                14%
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CCT heuding
    No                                 Description                        Rate of duty
  21.07     Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
            A. Cereals in grain or ear form, pre-cooked or otherwise pre­
               pared :
                 I. Matze                                                 3 % + vc
                11 . Rice                                                 4 % + vc
               III . Other                                                4 % -I- vc