CELEX: 31985R3666
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3666/85 of 20 December 1985 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1986)

No L 354 / 4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      30 . 12 . 85
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3666 / 85
                                                        of 20 December 1985
              on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural
                                               products originating in Turkey ( 1986 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                                Article 1
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                              1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1986 the products
                                                                      originating in Turkey listed in the Annex shall be admitted
                                                                      for import into the Community of Nine at the customs
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3033 / 80               duties indicated for each of them .
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products (*) and in particular Article 12                2 . For the purposes of application of this Regulation ,
thereof,                                                              'originating products' shall mean those products which
                                                                      fulfil the conditions laid down in Association Council
                                                                      Decision No 4 / 72 annexed to Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                   No 428 / 73 ( 3 ), as amended by Decision No 1 / 75 annexed
                                                                      to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1431 / 75 ( 4 ).
Whereas , under Annex 6 of the Additional Protocol laying             The methods of administrative cooperation which ensure
down the conditions, procedures and timetables for                    that the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the
implementing the transitional phase pursuant to Article 4             total or partial suspension shall be those laid down in
of the Agreement establishing an association between the              Association     Council       Decision     No 5 / 72 annexed      to
European Economic Community and Turkey , and under                    Regulation (EEC ) No 428 / 73 , as last amended by Decision
Article 1 of the Interim Agreement between the European               No 1 / 83 , annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 993 / 83 ( s ).
Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the
accession of new Member State to the Community , the
Community must totally or partially suspend the Common
Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain products ;                                               Article 2
whereas it also appears necessary on a provisional basis to
adjust or supplement some of the advantages provided for              When the imports of products benefiting from the
in the abovementioned Annex 6 ; whereas the Community                 arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the
should therefore , with regard to the products originating in         Community in quantities or at prices which cause or
Turkey contained in the list annexed to this Regulation ,             threaten to cause serious loss to the Community producers
suspend until 31 December 1986 either the fixed                       of similar products or directly competitive products , the
component of the charge applicable to the goods coming                Common Customs Tariff duties may be partially or wholly
under Regulation ( EEC) No 3033 / 80 or the customs duty              reintroduced for the products in question. These measures
applicable to the other products , at the levels indicated for        may also be taken in the event of serious loss or the threat
each of them ;
                                                                      of serious loss limited to a singel region of the
                                                                      Community .
Whereas , in accordance with Article 119 of the Act of
Accession of Greece , the Council adopted Regulation
(EEC) No 3555 / 80 determining the arrangements to be
applied with regard to imports into Greece, originating in                                           Article 3
Algeria , Israel , Malta , Morocco , Portugal , Syria , Tunisia
or Turkey ( 2 ); whereas in the absence of a Protocol as              1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2 , the
provided for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of                    Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to
Accession of Spain and Portugal , the Community must take             reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited
the measures referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of that              period .
Act; whereas , this Regulation therefore applies to the
Community of Nine .
                                                                      ( 3 ) OJ NoL 59 , 5 . 3 . 1973 , p. 73 .
(') OJ No L 323 , 29. 11 . 1980 , p . 1 .                             ( 4 ) OJ No L 142 , 4 . 6 . 1975 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ NoL 382,' 31 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .                                ( s ) OJ NoL 112 , 8 . 4 . 1983 , p . 1 .
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2 . Where the Commission has been requested by a                   the Council shall not have a suspensory effect . The Council
Member State to take action it shall take a decision within        shall meet without delay . It may by a qualified majority
a maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the            amend or annul the measure taken .
request and shall inform the Member States of the action
taken .
3 . Any Member State may refer the Commission's action                                      Article 4
to be Council , within a period of 10 working days
following the day of its notification . The intervention of        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 20 December 1985 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                          R. KRIEPS
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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
                   CCT
                 heading                                     Description                           Rate of duty
                    No
                    07.01     Vegetables , fresh or chilled:
                              T. Other :
             \                    ex II. Aubergines, from 1 to 14 January                              9 %
                                  ex III . Other :
                                           — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus
                                               esculentus ( L. ) Moench ); Moringa oleifera
                                               ( drumsticks )                                          Free
                    07.03     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
                                           esculentus ( L. ) Moench )                                  Free
                    07.04     Dried , dehydrated or evaporated vegetables , whole, cut, sliced,
                              broken or in powder but not further prepared:
                              ex B. Other :
                                       — Horse-radish ( Cochlearia armoracia )                        Free
                    08.01     Daters , bananas , coconuts , Brazil nuts , cashew nuts ,
                              pineapples , avocados , mangoes, guavas and mangosteens,
                              fresh or dried , shelled or not:
                              ex B. Bananas :
                                       — Dried                                                        Free
                ex 08.09      Other fruit , fresh :
                              — Rose-hips fruit                                                       Free
                              — Watermelons , from 1 November to 31 March                            6,5 %
                    08.10     Fruit , ( whether or not cooked ), preserved by freezing , not
                              containing added sugar :
                              ex D. Other :
             I                         — Rose-hips fruit                                              Free
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               CCT
              heading                               Description                             Rate of duty
                No
                08.11  Fruit provisionally preserved ( for example, by sulphur dioxide
                       gas, in brine , in sulphur water or in other preservative
                       solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate
                       consumption :
                       ex E. Other :
                                 — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D ,
                                    08.08 B and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples,
                                    melons and watermelons                                      Free
                 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 confectionery and substitutes therefor made from
                           sugar substitution products , containing cocoa                    9 % + 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 II . Other :
                                    — Preparations based on flour of leguminous
                                         vegetables 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                                2 % + vc
                 20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices,
                       whether or not containing added sugar , but unfermented and
                       not containing spirit :
                       A. Of a density exceeding 1,33 g / cm3 at 20 °C :
                           III . Other :
                                 ex a ) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net
                                         weight:
                                         — Fruit falling within subheading 08.01 A              Free
                                         — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 B to
                                            H , 08.08 B , E and F and 08.09 , excluding
                                            pineapples , melons and watermelons                 8 %
                                 ex c) Other :                              /
                                         — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 ,
                                            08.08 B , E and F and 08.09 , excluding
                                            pineapples , melons and watermelons             8 % + (L)
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                   CCT
                  heading                                Description                    Rate of duty
                    No
                    21.07     Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
                              A. Cereals in grain or ear form , pre-cooked or otherwise
                                 prepared :
                                    I. Maize                                            3 % + vc
                                   II . Rice                                            3 % + vc
                                  III . Other                                           2 % + vc
             Abbreviations :
             ( L)    = levy ,
             vc      = variable component ,
             ads     = additional duty on sugar .