CELEX: 51977PC0580
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-14
Title: Draft COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(77) 580 final
                                               Brussels , 14 November 1977
                                  Draft
                        COUNCIL REGULATION' ( EEC )
         temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs
          Tariff duties on    certain   agricultural products
             ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 580 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 States .
It is partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
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 in most cases confined to six months
because of the difficulties of estimating the evolution of the
basic factors . In one case the duty suspension is restricted
to two month for seasonal reasons .
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 :
 ---pagebreak--- CCT heading No                      Description of goods
ex 03.01 B I h )     Cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias ), fresh , chilled
                     or frozen , whole , headless or in pieces , intended for
                     the processing industry
ex 03.01 B I ij )    Coalfish ( Pollachius virens or Gadus virens ), fresh ,
                     chilled or frozen , whole , headless or in pieces ,
                     intended for the processing industry
ex 03.01 B I k )     Haddock , fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , headless
                     or in pieces , intended for the processing industry
ex 03.01 B I m ) 2   Mackerel , fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , size 1 ,
                     intended for the processing industry
ex 03.01 B I q )     Hake , fresh , chilled or frozen , whole , headless or
                     in pieces , intended for the processing industry
ex 03.01 B II a )    Fillets of cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias ),
and b ) 1            fresh , chilled or frozen
ex 03.01 B II a )    Fillets of hake , fresh , chilled or frozen
and   b) 7
ex 03.02 Aie )       Anchovies ( Engraulis sp.p .) salted or in brine ,
                     whole , headless or in pieces , in barrels or other
                     containers of a net capacity of 10 kg or more
    03.02 A I e )    Salmon , salted or in brine , whole , headless or in
                     pieces
    20.07 B II a ) 1 Unfermented orange juice without added alcohol ,
                     whether or not containing added sugar , of a
                     specific gravity of 1.33 or less at 15° C and
                     of a value not exceeding 30 EUA per 100 kg net
                     weight
 ---pagebreak---                                Kraft
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                          f
               temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs
               Tariff duties on certain agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted "by the Commission ,
Whereas production of the products referred to in this Regulation is at present
inadequate or non-existent within the Community and producers are thus unable
to meet the needs of user industries and consumers in the Community ;
Whereas it is in the Community 's interest in certain cases to suspend the
autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially, chiefly because of
the existence of Community production , and in other cases to suspend them
completely ;
Whereas , taking account of the difficulties involved in accurately assessing
the development of the economic situation in the sectors concerned in the near
future , these suspension measures should be taken only temporarily, by fixing
their term of validity to coincide with the interests of Community production ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in the
Annex hereto shall be suspended at the level indioated in respect of each
of them .
 ---pagebreak--- These suspensions shall be apply :
- from 1 January to 28 February 1978 for the product     listed in
  Table I.
- from 1 January to 30 June 1978 for the products listed in
  Table II .
                               Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
           directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                    For the Counci I
                                                       The President
 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX
                                    TABLE I
CCT headingI No                      Description of goods             Rate of
                                                                     autonomous
                                                                         duty
ex   03.01 6 I q )        Sardinops sagax or ocellata ( pilchards ),       4%
                          fresh , chilled or frozen , whole ,
                          headless or in pieces , intended for the
                          processing industry ( a )
                                    TABLE II
ex   03.01 Β I q )        Sturgeons , fresh , chilled or frozen ,          0%
                          whole , headless or in pieces , intended
                          for the processing industry ( a )
ex   03.01 Β II a )       Fillets of herring , fresh , chilled or          0%
and        Β II b ) 7     frozen , intended for the processing
                          industry ( a )
ex   03.02 A I a )        Herring , dried , salted or in brine ,           0%
                          whole , headless or in pieces ,
                          intended for the processing
                          industry ( a )
ex   03.02 A I f )      Coalf i sh ( pollachius virens or Gadus            7%
                        'virens ), salted or in brine , whole ,
                          headless or in pieces , intended for
                          the processing industry ( a )
ex   03.02 A II d) I      Fillets of herring , dried , salted              0%
                          or in brine , intended for the
                          processing industry ( a )
                      !
ex   16.04 Β              Salmon , in packings of a net capacity           0%
                      I
                          of 5 kg or more , intended for the
                          processing industry ( a )
ex   16.04 C II           Spiced and salted herrings , packed in           07.
                          barrels , intended for the processing
                          industry ( a )
ex   16.04 C II         " Herring-f laps " prepared or preserved           0%
                          in vinegar , in barrels or other pack­
                          ings of a net capacity of 10 kg or
                          more , intended for the processing
                          industry ( a )
     23.07 A              Fish or marine mammal solubles                   0%
( a ) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined
      by the competent authorities .