CELEX: 51976PC0453
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Date: 1976-09-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, dried, dehydrated or evaporated for the processing industry of subheading ex 07.04 B (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(76)453 final
                                                    Brussels , 8 September 1976
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                                  Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION   ( EEC )
    i        temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs
             Tariff duty on mushrooms , excluding cultivated
                        I
             mushrooms , dried , dehydrated or evaporated for the
             processing industry of subheading ex 07.04 B
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM ( 76 ) 453 final
                      )
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The government of the Federal Republic of Germany has requested at the
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Commission a total suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties on
mushrooms , excluding cultivated mushrooms , dried, dehydrated or evaporated,
 intended for the processing industry of subheading ex 07.04 B ( rate of
duty : 16% ).
The mushrooms in question are used almost solely in the manufacture
of soups . The requirement of the processing industry in Germany alone
totals 300 tonnes at about 3 193 800 u.a . for the first half of 1977 ;
it has to be met entirely with imports from third countries .
Customs protection does not seem necessary because high harvesting
costs make Community production out of the question . Suspension of
duties will enable the Community processing industry to compete with
the cheaper finished product form third countries . The tariff suspension
could also combat inflationary trends . The cost of dried , dehydrated or evaporat
evaporated mushrooms has risen considerably, as shown in the prices below :
         1970              4 968 u.a. / m.t .
         1973              8 162 u.a. / m.t .
         1974              8 872 u.a. / m.t .
         1975             10 646 u.a. / m.t .
The government experts of the " Economic Tariff Problems Group " were
unanimously in favour of the German request .
The Commission considers that the request by the German government should
be endorsed and that the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on the
mushrooms in question be totally suspended from 1 January to 30 June 1977 .
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                                  Β.
 The Working Party on Tariff Economy also examined requests for tariff
 suspensions presented by various Member States for the following produces s
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 OCT No                     Description of goods            Date of CCT duty
 ex 02.01 B II b ) 2   Tongues of domestic bovine animals ,            7%
                        intended for the processing industry
 ex 08.02 A II a )     Bitter or Seville oranges , fresh or     15 / 20%
            and  b)    dried
ex 08.05 A II          Almonds ( other than bitter almonds ),          7%
                       fresh or dried, shelled or not , whole
ex 08.05 A II          Almonds                                         7%
The Commission feels that it cannot propose suspension of duties on these
products at this stage for the following reasons :
< 1 ) Tongues
      It is impossible for the time being to evaluate the consequences of the
drought in the Community , which has resulted in an increase in the number
of cattle slaughtered ." Thus it is difficult to forecast the situation as
regards the supply of bovine tongues on the Community market at the beginning
of 1977 ( date requested for entry into force of suspension in question ).
( 2 ) Bi tter oranges
      This fruit is to be the subject of trade negotiations with a third
country that is an usual main supplier . It is not advisable to anticipate
the results of these negotiations by suspending tariff duties on the goods
in question .
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 ---pagebreak--- ( 3 ) Almonds
      On the basis of present forecasts , it is estimated that Community
almond production will be even higher in 1976 than in 1975 .
      Moreover , at 30 June 1976, stocks of peeled almonds from t;he 1975
harvest were still considerable .
      The sale of almonds harvested in the Community could be jeopardized
by a tariff suspension .
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                      Council Regulation ( EEC )
               temporarily suspending the autonomous Common
               Customs Tariff duty on mushrooms , excluding
               cultivated mushrooms , dried , dehydrated or
               evaporated , intended for the processing
               industry of subheading ex 07.04 B
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and in particular Article 43 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 );
Whereas Community production of mushrooms , excluding cultivated mushrooms ,
dried , dehydrated or evaporated , intended for the processing industry of
subheading ex 07.04 B is not at present in a position to meet the
 requirements of the Community processing industry ;
Whereas in view of such supply difficulties , it is advisable to suspend totally
the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty from 1 January to 30 June 1977 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty for the products listed below
shall be totally suspended :
CCT No                           Description of goods
ex 07.04 B           Mushrooms , excluding cultivated mushrooms , dried ,
                     dehydrated or evaporated , intended for the
                     processing industry ( a )
( 1 ) Opinion issued on                                                   ■■/•■
( a ) The application of this suspension will be subject to the
      conditions determined by the competent authorities .
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                              Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
          directly applicable in all Member States .
Pone at Brussels /                                   For the Council
                                                      The President