CELEX: 31991R1517
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1517/91 of 31 May 1991 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

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31991R1517

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1517/91 of 31 May 1991 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products  

Official Journal L 142 , 06/06/1991 P. 0007 - 0009

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1517/91  of 31 May 1991  temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural productsTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,  Whereas production in the Community of the products specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or non-existent; whereas producers thus cannot meet the needs of user industries in the Community;  Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the Community to suspend the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the goods in question are produced in the Community, and in the other cases to suspend them  totally;  Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately short-term trends in the economic situation in the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference to the interests of  Community production,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at the level indicated against each of them.  These suspensions shall be valid  - from 1 July to 31 December 1991 for the products mentioned in Table I,  - from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 for the products mentioned in Table II.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 31 May 1991. For the Council  The President  A. BODRY   ANNEX  TABLE I   CN code  Description of goods  Autonomous duties (%)      ex 0713 33 90  Beans, white, dried, of the species Phaseolus vulgaris, of which not more than 2 % by weight are retained by a screen with apertures of a diameter of 8 mm, for use in the  food-canning industry (a)  0      ex 1212 20 00  Seaweeds and other algaes, for the processing industry, other than for the production of animal fodder (a)  0      ex 1518 00 90  Inedible mixtures of animal or vegetable fats and oils, or their  fractions, not chemically modified  2      ex 1605 30 00  Lobstev flesh, cooked, for the processing industry for the manufacture of butters based on lobstev, or of pastes, pâtés, soups or sauces (a) (c)  10     TABLE II   CN code  Description of goods  Autonomous duties (%)         0302 65 20  0303 75 20  ex 0304 10 98  ex 0304 90 97  Dogfish of the species (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen  6      ex 0302 69 98  ex 0302 79 98  Red Snapper (Lutjanus purpursus), fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (c)  0      ex 0302 69 98  Lump fish (Cycloperus lumpus) with roe, fresh or chilled, for processing (a)  0      ex 0302 69 98  ex 0303 79 98  Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b)  0      ex 0302 70 00  ex 0303 80 00  Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen  0      ex 0303 10 00  Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), frozen and headless, for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or spreads (a)  0      ex 0303 80 00  Soft roe, frozen, for  the manufacture of deoxyribonuclaic acid or protamine sulphate (a)  0      ex 0305 20 00  Hard fish roes, salted or in brine  0      ex 0306 19 90  ex 0306 29 90  Krill for processing (a)  0      ex 0710 21 00  Peas in pods, of the species Pisum sativum of the variety Hortense axiphium, frozen, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, to be used, in their pods, in the manufacture of prepared meals (a)  (c)  0      ex 0711 90 50  Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the species Agaricus spp., provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, for the food-canning  industry (a)  0      ex 0712 30 00  Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the species Agaricus spp., dried, whole or in identifiable slices or pieces, for treatment other than simple repacking for retail sale (a) (c)  0      ex 0804 10 00  Dates, fresh or  dried, for the processing industry, other than for the production of alcohol (a)  0      ex 0804 10 00  Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 11 kg (a)  0      ex 0810 40 50  Fruit of  the species Vaccinium macrocarpon, fresh  0      0811 90 50  0811 90 70  ex 0811 90 90  Fruit of the genus Vaccinium, whether or not cooked, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening saller  0      ex 1507 90 10  Purified soya-bean oil in glass bottles. Each bottle holds 10 litres of purified soya-bean oil  containing by weight:    - 8,5 % or more but not more than 12 % of palaitic acid esters,    - 2,5 % or more but not more than 4,7 % of stearic acide esters,    - 22,4 % or more but not more than 29 % of oleic acid esters,    - 46,6 % or more but not  more than 53,7 % of linoleic acid esters,    - 7,4 % or more but not more than 11 % of linolenic acid esters    and containing:    - not more than 5 millimoles of free fatty acid per kilogram of oil,    - phosphalipids corresponding to a nitrogen  content not exceeding 8,84 mg per gram of oil,    The soya-bean oil covered by this description is destined for the preparation of emulsions for injections (a)  8  maximum ECU 125/100 kilograms net plus a compenatory amount in certain conditions      ex 1604 11 00  ex 1604 20 10  Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or spreads (a)  0      ex 1604 30 00  Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for processing (a)  0       ex 1605 10 00  Crabs of the species 'King' (Paralithodes camchaticus), 'Hanasaki' (Paralithodes brevipes), 'Kegani' (Erimacrus isenbecki), 'Queen' and 'Snow' (Chionoscales spp.), 'Red' (Geryon quinquedens), 'Rough stone' (Neolithodes asperrimus),  Lithodes antarctica, 'Mud' (Scylla serrata), 'Blue' (Portunus spp.), simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in immediate packings of a net content of 2 kg or more  0     (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be  carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.  (b) The suspension shall apply to fish intended to undergo any operation unless they are intended to undergo exclusively one or more of the following operations:  - cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,  - cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks),  - sampling, sorting,  - labelling,  - packing,  - chilling,  - freezing,  - deep freezing,  - thawing, separation.  The suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations) qualifying for suspension where such treatment (or operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The suspension of customs duties  shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.  (c) However, the suspension is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.