CELEX: 51993PC0193
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                                            COM(93) 193 final
                                                                                            Brussels, 7  May 1993
                                                                             Proposal for a
                                                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                                                        temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
                                                                duties on a number of agricultural products
                                                                     (presented by the Commission)
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                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. In the first 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 proposal for a
   Regulation, the proposed period of validity is 12 months.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Proposal for a
                                      COUNCIL RECULAI ION (EEC) No                     /93
                                                   of                      1993
                 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of
                                                    agricultural products
 INK COUNCIL <>!• THK EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.                       sectors, suspension measures should be taken only
                                                                  temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference to
                                                                  the interests of Community production,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing ihe European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal Irom the Commission,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas production in the Community of the products
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
                                                                  them.
Whereas in these cases, it is in the interest of the
Community to suspend the autonomous Common Customs
Tariff duties totally;                                            These suspensions shall apply from 1 J u l y       1993 t o 3 0 June
                                                                   1994.
Whereas the decision for the suspension of these
autonomous duties should be taken by the Community;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately
short-term trends in the economic situation in the relevant        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 J u l y    1993,
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels                           1993.
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                        The President
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    CM roila      TAP 10     Description   of goods                                                          Aulonoaous duties (X)
  1  ex07l0?100   010        Paaa in pods, of lha spscist Pi turn sativum        of lha variety
                            Horlanaa   Htiphiua,  frozan, of a Ihicknaaa nol exceeding
                            6aa, lo ba uaad, in lhair pods, in lha aanufaclura of praparod
                            aaals    (a)    (b)
  2  «07119060    «II        Huehrooas, excluding aushrooas of lha apaciaa             Agiricus
                  «91        *PP-,  provisionally praaarvad in brins, in sulphur aalar, or
                             in other praaarvalive a d u l i o n s , but unsuitable in lhal slate
                             for ieaadiata conauaption, for lha food-canning industry               (a)
  3  ais0712300Q  «17        Huehrooas,   ««eluding auahrooas of lha apaciaa          figaricus  app.,
                  •24       driad, ahola or in Idaniiflabla slicaa or plaças, for Iraalaanl
                            olhar than aiapla repacking for ralail aala            (a)    (b)
 4  ex07133390    «26       Baana, «hile, driad, of lha apaciaa Phtitolu»           vulgaria,    of
                            shlch nol aora than 2% by weight ara ralainad by a acraan aith
                            aparluras of a dieaatar of 8aa, for usa in lha food-canning
                             industry    (e)
 5  ««08041600    •!!       Dales, fraah or driad, for the procassing           industry, olhar     than
                  •21       for lha production of alcohol          (a)
 8  0x08041900    11?       Datas, frash or driad, for packing for ralail aala into
                  •22       iaeadinla packings of a net contanl nol axcaading 11kg               (a)
 7  ax081948S8    «10       Fruit of lha spacies Vaccintue         aecrocarpon,   fresh
 8  ««08109080    118       Rose-hips, fresh
 S     08119050             Fruil of tha ganua Vacciniua,        ahalher or nol cooked, frozen,
       08119876             nol containing addad sugar or olhar sweetening aatler
    8x681I9G99   166
                 • 67
18  BK88119099   146        tosa-hips, ahalher or nol cooked, frozen, nol containing added
                            auger or other saeetenlng aatler
                 (a) Conlrol of Ihn usa for Ihia apacial purpose shall be carried out pursuant to
                      lha relevant Coaaunily proviaiona.
                 (b) Hoaavar, lha suspension is nol allowed            ahera procaaaing    is carriad   oui by
                      retail or catering under takings.
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
      Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
      Regulation, temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs
      tariff duties on a number of agricultural products
      leflfl.l basis : Art. 28 of the Treaty
      Object Ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products
      Cost of th[s taxJl-f-measmrg. ••
      To be borne by the EEC-budget :
             for the same exercise In 1992, the loss of own resources was
            expected to be of the order of 23 400 000 ecus
             (Of P.E. E/537/92 C0M(92) 153 Of 10.04.1992).
             for the current exercise, based on the Community statistics
            available (1991), a reasonable estimate for the cost of the
            operation for the period covered by the attached draft Regulation
            would be of the order of 33 500 000 ecus.
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