CELEX: 51973PC1257
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION EEC) temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous duty in the Common Customs Tariff on almonds of sub-heading 08.05 A II (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                          COM(73 ) 1257 final
                                                          Brussels , 25 July 1973
                                    PROPOSAL FOR A
                             COUNCIL REGULATION EEC )
         temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous duty
                     in the Common Customs Tariff on almonds
                          , of . sub-heading 08.05 A II
                 ( submitted to the Council 'by the Commission)
0014(73) 1257 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
X. The German Governement has made a request to the Commission for a
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     total suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties on almonds of
     subhea ding 08.0.5 A II . The reasons given for this request are as                j
     follows : The almond harvest in Italy which would , in the main
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     satisfy German requirements ,only reacheshalf the normal harvest this
     year . There would not therefor be any supplies from Italy for Germany .
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     As in some third countries' the almond harvest will also be poor ,
     the result will be a Considerable rise in prices in respect of
     which counteimeasures          must be . taken .
2 . At a meeting of the Economic Tariff Problems Grpup : of 2 July 1973
     experts of the six original Member States did not offer any
     objections to the request and have to a certain extent supported it .
  - On the other hand the Italian delegation , with the support of the
     French delegation , agreed only to a suspension for this product
     to the level of 3
3 . The Commission proposes to the Council a suspension of duties to
     the level of 3 %' » on the almonds in question for the following
     reasons :     .     ■    „   .
   - Community production of almonds , even in years of normal harvests
     is capable of satisfying the requirements of the Community in part
     only , so that the remaining requirements , which are of considerable
     proportions , have to be met by importation from third countries
     ( Spain , USA , Iran , Marocco and Portugal ) as is shown in the following
     statistical table :
                                                                               ι
                             Imports ( 1971 , in metric tons )
                       into the
                       Community        to Germany      to France   to Bénélux   to Italy
                       ( original )
                                                                  i
from the Community
( original )             12, 301          7, 637          2, 1^5      2, 318          1
from third
countries                30, 700         15, 380         10, 902      2, 891      1,527
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In spite of this situation the duty on this product has never been
suspended in previous normal years , in particular because on one hand
Community production of almonds is confined in the main to economically
weak regions ( Sicily ) and on the other hand the world price is much
lower than that of the Italian product .
The poorer harvest in the main producing countries will result in a
considerable increase in price . For this reason the sale of the
Community production which this year will also be poorer than normal ,
will meet less competitive pressure . This will permit of the intro­
duction of a suspension of duty to the level of 3 % for the period
from 1 October 1973 to 30 June 197k .
 ---pagebreak---                               PROPOSAI ?OR A
                          OTTCJL RHKJLATIOIT teÇ)
               temporarily and partially suspending the
               autonomous duty in the Common Customs Tariff
               on almonds of subheading 08.05 A II
THE   COUNCIL   OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              i
                           I
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
and in particular Article k3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament :
Whereas , this year , production of almonds is considerably lower than
normal in the Community and in third countries ; whereas , therefore , the
price tends to increase ; whereas , in these circumstances , a suspension of
the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to 3 % would facilitate the supplying
of Community users without endangering Community production and the
income of Community producers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
The autonomous duty in the Common Customs Tariff for almonds of
subheading 08.05 A II shall be suspended to a level of 3 % for the
period from 1 October 1973 to 30 June 197^*
                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1973 *
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
              and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council
                                                        The President