CELEX: 51981PC0630
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Date: 1981-10-27
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                         DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION  ( EEC )
                 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common
                 Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricul­
                 tural products
                   ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(81 ) 630 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 State ,
 It is partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
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 It seems appropriate to the Commission that a duty suspension is
justified for the goods listed in the annex to this regulation .
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 is 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 a fixed period 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 concerns the following
items :
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    headi ng                                      Description
      No
 ex  01.02 A II b )           Young male bovine animals intended for fattening , of a
                              live weight of 200 kg or less
     03.01 A I b )            Salmon , fresh ( live or dead ), chilled or frozen
      ex 03.01 Β I e)       Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless
                            or in pieces
 ex  03.01 Β I h )          Cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías ), fresh , chilled ,
                            whole , intended for processing
 ex  03.01 Β I k )          Haddock , fresh , chilled , whole , intended for processina
 ex  03.01    Β I q)        Hake ( Merluccius spp .) fresh , chilled , whole , intended
                          i for processing
       ex 03.01 Β I q)       Sardinops sagax or ocellata, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                             (a) whole, of a length of 20 cm or more ,
                             (b) headless, of a length of 15 cm or more, intended for processing (a) (b)
       ex 03.01 Β I q)        Flaps of Sardinops sagax or ocellata, fresh, chilled or frozen, of a length of
                              12 cm or more , intended for processing
 ex  03.01 Β II a )          Fillets of hake ( Merluccius spp .), fresh , chilled or
 and                         frozen , intended for processing
              Β  II b ) 7
        ex 16.04 C II          Spiced and salted herrings, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 10 kg
                               or more
ex   16.04 C II                " Herring-flaps " prepared o^preserved in vinegar ,
                               in immediate packings of a net capacity of 10 kg
                               or more , of which the average weight of 10 "^ laps "
                               is greater than 1 kg
ex   16.05 Β                 Shrimps and prawns of the species " Paranaeidae "
                             boiled in water and shelled , whether or not frozen
                             or dried , intended for the industrial processing
                             of products falling within heading No 16.05
ex   16.05 Β                 Lobster flesh to be used by the processing industry
                             for the production of butters based on crustaceans ,
                             pates or soup
5 . Attention is drawn to the fact that the Council Resolution of 27.6.1974
    simplifying the task of the customs administrations C 0 J C 79 / 74 ) requires
    the publication of the attached Regulation at least six weeks before this
    entry into force .
 ---pagebreak---                                                Draft
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                             .          number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  taken only temporarily' by fixing their period of vali­
COMMUNITIES.                . •   ■                          dity by reference to the interests of Community
                                                             production.
Having regard 10 the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,                                         i           HAS ADOPTED THIS R2GUI.ATION :
Having regard to tlx- draft Regul .ition submitted by                               Article I
the Commission .
                                                             The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
Whereas production in the Community of the "*                the products listed in the tables annexed hereto shaii
products specified in this Regulation i* currently           be suspended at the le e ! indicated against each of -
                                                             them .
inadequate or non-existent ; wlieieas producers thus ,                                                 1  .
cannot meet the needs of user industries in the
                                                             These suspensions shall be applicable :
Community ;
                                                             – from 1 January to 28 February 1982 for ,
Whereas in certain ■ ases it is in the interest of the            the products Listed in Table I , >
Community to sus| end the autonomous Common                  – .fro.nL.. I.January to 30 June. 1982 . for the
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since       .. products Listed in Table II »
the goods in question are produced in the Community
and in the other ca; es to suspend them tot.iily ; ,
                       I ..     >
Whereas, in yiew. of the difficulty of assessing accu­                              Article 2
rately short-term trends in the economic situation 111
the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be          This Regulation shall enter into force on \ m January 1982
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done- at
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
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         CCT                                                                                                 Rate oí
        heading                                          Description                                      autonomous
          No                                                                                                ducy ( %)
   ex 03.02 A I           Coalfish       ( Pollachius virens or Gadus
                f)       virens ), salted or in brine , whole ,
                         headless or in pieces , intended for smoking ( a)                                   8
   ex 03.02 A             Fillets of coalfish             ( Pollachius virens or
       II H )            Gadus virens ), salted or in brine , intended
                         for smoHno ( cO                                                                     9
(©) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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           CCI
         headir                                                                                             Rate of
                                                            Descrintir
           No                                                                                             autonome»
                                                                                                           A ,,*, / OAl
 ex 03.02
        I   c)
                         Anchovies ( Engraulis spp ), salted or in brine
                         whole , headless or in pieces ,- in packings of
                         a net capacity of 8 kg or more                                                         I
 ex 03.03 A              Crawfish heads for the processina indust rvfo.)                                        I
ex 07.04 B              Sweet red, or green, peppers, dried, dehydrated or evaporated, whol<
                        possibly cut or sliced, but not further prepared                                      1
ex 07.05 B
                        Beans, white, d ied, of the species Phaseolus vulgaris
ex 08.01 i              Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into immediate packings of
                        net capacity not exceeding 1 1 kg (0).
ex 08.10 1              Dates, frozen , in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or more, no
                        intended for the production of alcohol (fft)
ex 16.05 i              Crabs of the species 'King' (Paralithodes camtchaticus), 'Hanasaki' (Parali
                        thodes brevipes), 'Kegani' (Erimacrus isenbecki), and 'Queen' (Chinoecaete
                        spp), 'Red' (Geiyon quinquedens) and 'Rough stone' (Neolithodes aspet
                        rimus), simply l oiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in imme
                        diate packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more
ex 16.05 1              Shrimps and prawns of the species 'Pandalus borealis' boiled in water am
                        shelled, whether or not frozen or dried, intended for the industrial proces
                        sing of products falling within heading No 16.05 (Q)
    («) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.