CELEX: 51991PC0391
Language: en
Date: 1991-10-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

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 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMQRANPUM
1. In the third quarter of this year, the Commission, with the
   assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all
   requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of
   common customs tariff duties, including the requests for prolongation
   of the suspensions currently in force.
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The
   proposal for industrial products Is being prepared.
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined
   in the light of the criteria defined in the Commission communication
   to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff
   suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2 ) .
   As a result of this examination, the Commission deems it justifiable
   to suspend the duty on those products listed in the Annex to the
   attached draft Regulation.
4. As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned draft Regulation, the
   proposed period of validity is 6 months.
 ---pagebreak---                                                        proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N o                    19 \
                                                   of              1991
                temporarily suspending the autonomous C o m m o n Customs Tariff duties on a
                                            number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference
                                                               to the interests of Community production,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of the products                                     Article 1
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or
non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the          The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the
needs of user industries in the Community ;                    products listed in the table appearing in the Annex shall
                                                               be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of
Whereas in o n e c a s e . i t is in the interest of the       them.
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the   These suspensions shall apply from 1 January to 30 June
goods in question are produced in the Community, and           199Z
in the other case to suspend them totally ;
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately                              Article 2
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele-
vant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at                              1991.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
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   CM coda                        Description of goods                                            Autonomous dutius (X)
13 ax07133390                     Boans, whila, dried, of the species Phaaaolua vulgaris, of
                                  •hich not aore than 2 X by «eight are retained by a screen with
                                  apertures of a diaaeter of 8 aa, for use in the food-canning
                                  industry (a)                                                      8
26 axl6853088                     Lobster flesh, cooked, for the processing industry for lha
                                  aanufacture of butlars based on lobster, or of pastas, pAlis,
                                  soups or sauces (a) (C)                                          10
          (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be cerried out pursuant to
              the relevant Coaaunity provisions.
          (C) However, the suspension is not allowed ahere processing is carried out by
              retail or catering undertakings.
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget IIne concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Draft proposal for a Council
      Regulation, temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs
      tariff duties on a number of agricultural products
3.    Legal basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
4.    Object ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products
      Cost of this tariff-measure : on the basis of the available Community
      and national statistics, the cost of this tariff-measure is estimated
      at 2 300 000 ecus. (No change in the situation with regard to the
      previous year)
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