CELEX: 31973R1653
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1653/73 of the Council of 18 June 1973 temporarily suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff on a number of agricultural products

No L 166/2                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            23 . 6 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1653/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 18 June 1973
             temporarily suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff
                                      on a number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof ;                                                    The autonomous duties in the Common Customs
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;          Tariff for the products listed in the annexed tables
                                                              shall be suspended at the level indicated in respect of
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­          each of those products.
ment ;
                                                             These suspensions shall be valid :
Whereas production in the Community of the
products specified in this Regulation is currently           — from 16 June 1973 to 14 February 1974 for            the
inadequate or non-existent and whereas producers are              products listed in Table I ;
thus unable to meet the needs of user industries in
the Community ;                                               — from 1 July 1973 to 31 December 1973 for            the
                                                                  products listed in Table II ;
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community in             — from 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974 for                the
certain cases only partially to suspend the autonomous            products listed in Table III ;
duties in the Common Customs Tariff because these
goods are produced in the Community, and in other             — from 1 September 1973 to 31 March 1974 for          the
cases to effect total suspension ;                                products listed in Table IV.
Whereas in view of the difficulty of accurately
assessing short-term trends in the economic situation                                Article 2
in the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be
taken only for temporary periods the length of which          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
is to be determined by reference to the interests of          publication in the Official Journal of the European
Community production ;                                        Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                            A. LAVENS
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                   Table I
                          CCT                                                                              Rate of duty
                       heading No                                     Description                         (autonomous)
            ex 03.01 B I m ) 2                    Mackerel, fresh, chilled or frozen, whole,                   5%
                                                  headless, or in pieces, intended for the
                                                  processing industry ( a)
             a) This suspension shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities .
                                                                  Table II
                          CCT                                                                              Rate of duty
                       heading No                                     Description                         ( autonomous)
            ex 08.02 A II a ) and b )             Bitter or Seville oranges                                     8%
                09.10 C I                         Saffron, neither crushed nor ground                          10%
            ex 16.04 C                            Fillets of herrings, raw simply coated in                    15%
                                                  batter or bread-crumbs, frozen
            ex 16.04 G                            Fillets of other fish, raw, simply coated                    15 %
                                                  in batter or bread-crumbs, frozen
                                                                  Table III
                          CCT                                                                              Rate of duty
                       heading No                                     Description                         (autonomous)
                03.01 A I b )                     Salmon , fresh , chilled or frozen                           total
                                                                                                          suspension
            ex 03.01 B I e )                      Piked dog-fish ( Squalus acanthias), fresh,                  total
                                                  chilled or frozen                                       suspension
            ex 03.01 Big)                         Black halibut ( Hippoglossus reinhard­                       total
                                                  tius), fresh , chilled or frozen                        suspension
            ex 03.01 B I q )                      Sardinops sagax sardinops ocellata (pil­                      8%
                                                  chards ), fresh, chilled or frozen , intended
                                                  for the canning industry (a)
            ex 03.01 B I q )                      Sturgeons , fresh , chilled or frozen , in­                   8%
                                                  tended for the processing industry ( a )
            ex 03.02 A I c )                      Anchovies ( Engraulis sp. p. ) salted or in                  total
                                                  brine, in barrels or other containers of                suspension
                                                  a net capacity of 10 kg or more
                03.02 A I e )                     Salmon , salted or in brine, whole, head­                    total
                                                  less or in pieces                                       suspension
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                          CCT                                                                             Rate of duty
                      heading No                                     Description                          ( autonomous)
           ex 03.02 A I f)                        Sprats, salted or in brine                                    total
                                                                                                           suspension
           ex 03.02 A I f)                        Coalfish (gadus virens), salted or in                          7%>
                                                  brine, in immediate packings of a net
                                                  capacity of :
                                                  a) 47 kg to 57 kg inclusive and con­
                                                      taining at most 50 fish halves
                                                  b) more than 57 kg and containing at
                                                      most 60 fish halves
           ex 03.03 B I b )                       Oysters weighing no more than 12 g                            total
                                                  each                                                     suspension
           ex 03.03 B I b )                       Oysters of the 'crassostrea gigas' variety                    total
                                                  weighing more than 100 g each                            suspension
           ex 07.01 Q II                          Chanterelles                                                   4%
           ex 08.01 A                             Dates, in immediate packings of a          net                total
                                                  capacity not exceeding 35 kg, for           re­          suspension
                                                  packing, under customs or equivalent       ad­
                                                  ministrative control , for retail sale      ( a)
                08.08 C                           Bilberries                                                     4%
           ex 08.09                               Rose-hips, fresh                                              total
                                                                                                           suspension
           ex 09.04 B I                           Paprika, ground, for use in animal                            total
                                                  feedingstuffs ( a)                                       suspension
           ex 16.05 A                             Crabs of the ' King', 'Hanasaki', 'Kegani'                    total
                                                  and 'Queen' varieties, simply boiled in                  suspension
                                                  water and shelled, whether or not fro­
                                                  zen , in packings of a net capacity of 2
                                                  kg or more, intended for the canning
                                                  industry ( a)
           ex 16.05 B                             Shrimps and prawns other than those                           10%
                                                  of the Crangon variety , boiled in water
                                                  and shelled, whether or not frozen, in­
                                                  tended for the industrial manufacture
                                                  of products falling within heading No
                                                  16.05 ( a )
                23.07 A                           Fish or marine mammal solubles                                  2%
            (a) This suspension shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities .
                                                                 Table IV
                           CCT                                                                               Rate of duty
                       heading No                                     Description                           ( autonomous)
            ex 03.01 Bid )                         Sardines ( Clupea pilchardus Walbaum),                        total
                                                   fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, of a                    suspension
                                                   length of 20 cm or more