CELEX: 51993PC0025
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products of chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in Malta (1993)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                              C0M(93) 25 final
                                              Brussels, 29 January 1993
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
  totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products
               of Gbapters 1 to 24 of the Onahlnei Momanolature
                       and originating In Malta (1905)
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORÏ MHCRANDOM
1.   The Council has decided that from 1 «January 1974 Malta should benefit
     from treatment no less favourable that that granted to countries which
     benefit from the Generalized System of Preferences.
     The aim of the attached Regulation 1 B to Implement that decision for
     the year 1993. It unilaterally suspends, totally or partially, the
     Common Customs Tariff duties on products falling within Chapters 1 to
     24, In line with the Commissi on's proposal for the generalized System!
     of preferences.
2.   Within the limits of these suspensions, Portugal will apply customs
     duties calculated In accordance with the Protocol to the Agreement
     between the EEC and Malta consequent on the accession of Spain and
     Portugal.
3.   The proposal concerns only those products which are of interest to
     Malta and for which the Community arrangements in respect of Malta are
     not more favourable than those laid down in the Generalized System of
     Preferences.
Annex: proposal for a Regulation
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                      "B
                                                           Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                   /93
                                                        of
                  totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling within
                        Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta (1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Within the context of these tariff suspensions
                                                                               the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                   the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the
thereof,                                                            European Economic Community and Malta consequent on
                                                                    the accession of Spain and Portugal.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of
                                                                    2.     For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the rules
11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements
                                                                    of origin shall be those in force at the time for the
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                    implementation of the Agreement establishing an
of agricultural products ('), and in particular Article 12
                                                                    Association between the European Economic Community
thereof,
                                                                    and Malta.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Annex I to the Agreement establishing
an Association between the European Economic Community
and Malta ( 2 ), the Community must partially suspend the           Where products benefiting from the arrangements, provided
Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain                  for in Article 1, are imported into the Community in such
products; whereas it would also be appropriate provisionally        quantities or at such prices that they cause or threaten to
to adjust or supplement certain of the tariff benefits provided     cause material injury to Community producers of like or
for in the said Annex; whereas, in respect of products listed       directly competing products, the duties applicable may be
 in the Annex to this Regulation and originating in Malta,          partially or totally reimposed on the products concerned.
the Community should accordingly suspend the fixed                  Such measures may be taken also in the event of material
component of the charge applicable to goods covered by              injury or threat of material injury limited to one region of the
 Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 and the customs duty                   Community.
 applicable to other goods at the levels indicated for each
 product from 1 January to 31 December 1993,
                                                                                               Article 3
 Whereas in the context of the said tariff suspensions,
                          the Portuguese Republic will apply         1.    In order to implement Article 2 the Commission may
 customs duties calculated in accordance with the said               adopt a Regulation reimposing customs duties for a given
 Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association               period.
 between the European Economic Community and Malta
 consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
 Portuguese Republic to the Community (5),                           2.    Where a Member State asks the Commission to adopt
                                                                     such a Regulation, the Commission shall reach its decision
 Whereas the decision for the suspension of customs within a maximum of 10 working days from the day on
 dlities on products covered by this Regulation should which it receives the request and shall inform the Member
 be taken by the Community;                                          States of the action taken.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     3.    Any Member State may refer the measure taken by the
                                                                     Commission to the Council within 10 working days of
                                                                     notification. The fact that the matter is referred to the
                            Article 1                                Council shall not cause the measure to be suspended. The
                                                                     Council shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a qualified
  1.     From 1 January to 31 December 199 3products listed          majority, amend or rescind the measure in question.
  in the Annex and originating in Malta shall be imported into
  the Community at the rates of duty indicated in the Annex for
  each product.
                                                                                                Article 4
  (') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1.                               This regulation shall enter into force on the third
  (?) OJ NoL.61, 14.3. 1971, p. 3.                                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
  (J) OJ No L 81, 23. 3. 1989, p. 11.                                of the European Communities.
                                                                      It shall apply as from 1 January 1993.
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                                                    5
                                                                            ANNEX
                                        List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Malta (a)
     Order                                                                                                                                             Rate of
                         CN code                                                         Description
       No                                                                                                                                              duty (b)
       (D                   (2)                                                              (3)                                                          (4)
16.0040                 0206 10 99          Edible offal fresh, chilled or frozen                                                                      2%
                        0206 21 00          Of bovine animals
                        0206 29 99
16.0055                 0208 10 10          Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen                                                 7%
                                            of domestic rabbits
16.0060                 0208 10 90          Of rabbits, other than domestic rabbits, or hares                                                          Free
16.0070                 0208 20 00          Of frogs' legs
16.0160                 0302 65             Dogfish and other sharks                                                                                   4%
16.0210                 0303 75             Dogfish and other sharks                                                                                   4%
16.0230                 0304 10 11          Fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh, chilled or frozen                                                  10%
                        0304 20 11          Frozen fillets of trout
16.0330                 0306 12             Lobsters                                                                                                   4%
16.0340                 0306 13 10          Shrimps and prawns
16.0350                 0306 13 90          Other shrimps and prawns                                                                                   4,5%
16.0360                 0306 14             Crabs                                                                                                       4%
16.0370                 0306 19 10          Freshwater crayfish
16.0380              ex 0306 19 90          Perullus spp.
16.0400                 0306 22             Lobsters                                                                                                    4%
16.0410                 0306 23 10          Shrimps and prawns
16.0420                 0306 23 90          Other shrimps and prawns                                                                                    4,5%
16.0500                  0307 39 90          Mussels (Pema ssp.)                                                                                        4%
16.0510                  0307 41            Cuttlefish and squid
                         0307 49 11
 16.0520                 0307 49 19          Cuttlefish                                                                                                 5,5%
 16.0530                 0307   49  31       Squid                                                                                                      4%
                         0307   49  33
                         0307   49  35
                         0307   49  38
                         0307   49  51
 16.0540                 0307   49  71       Cuttlefish
 16.0550                 0307   49  91       Squid
                         0307   49  99
(a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the produas is to be considered as having no
     more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes
     are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
 (b) Without prejudice to the levying of any additional duties applicable.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                  è
      (1)        (2)                                                     (3)                                                 (4)
16.0560      0307   51 00 Octopus                                                                                          4%
             0307   59 10
             0307   59 90
             0307   91 00
             0307   99 13
             0307   99 19
             0307   99 90
16.0570      0409 00 00   Natural honey                                                                                    25 %
16.0580                   Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included                            4%
          ex 0410 00 00   - Royal jelly
          ex 0410 00 00   -   Other                                                                                        2%
16.0690      0603 90 00   Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes,          7%
                          dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
16.0734      0707 00 19   Cucumbers, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October                                           16%
16.0740                   Other vegetable, fresh or chilled                                                                12%
          ex 0709 20 00   Asparagus, from 31 October
16.0750   ex 0709 30 00   Aubergines, from 1 January to 31 March                                                           9%
16.0760   ex 0709 40 00   Celery, other than celeriac, from 1 January to 31 March
16.0790   ex 0709 90 90    Pumpkins and courgettes, from 1 January to the last day of February                             9%
                           Other, excluding parsley and okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L)
                           Moench), from 1 January to 31 March
 16.0825      0711 40 00   Cucumbers and gherkins                                                                           12%
 16.0860   ex 0712 30 00   Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms                                                        6%
 16.0880      0713 10 90   Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split                            2%
 16.1070   ex 0807 10 10   Watermelons, from 1 November to 30 April                                                         6,5%
 16.1300      0814 00 00    Peel of citrus fruit or melons, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in    Free
                            sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
 16.1610       1212 10 91   Locust bean seeds, not decorticated, crushed or ground                                          Free
 16.1620       1212 10 99   Other locust bean seeds                                                                         6%
 16.2020                    Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions                  2,5%
               1515 21 10   Maize (corn) oil and its fractions for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture
                            of foodstuffs for human consumption (e)
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                               y
      (1)       (2)                                                   (3)                                                 (4)
16.2290   ex 1602 90 31  Prepared or preserved rabbit                                                                   14%
16.2510      1704 90 30  White chocolate                                                                                4%
16.2520   ex 1704 90 51  Other pastes, including marzipan                                                               6%
             1704 90 55  Throat pastilles and cough drops
             1704 90 61  Sugar-coated (panned) goods
             1704 90 65  Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery
             1704 90 71  Boiled sweets whether or not filled
             1704 90 75  Toffees, caramels and similar sweets
             1704 90 81  Compressed tablets
             1704 90 99  Other
16.2580                  Food preparations of flour, meal, starch nor malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or
                         containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50%, not elsewhere
                         specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not
                         containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than
                         10%, not elsewhere specified or included
          ex 1901 10 00  Preparations for infant use, put for retail sale, not containing cocoa powder                  Free
             1901 20 00  Mixed and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905
          ex 1901 90 90  Other, not containing cocoa powder
16.2600                  Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for
                         example, corn flakes), cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or
                         otherwise prepared
             1904 10 10  Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products               Free
             1904 10 30
             1904 10 90
16.2610       1904 90 10 Of rice                                                                                        3%
16.2620       1904 90 90 Of other cereals                                                                               2%
 16.2630      1905 10 00 Crispbread                                                                                     Free
 16.2660      1905 90 10 Matzos                                                                                         Free
 16.2670      1905 90 20  Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing             Free
                          wafers, rice paper and similar products
 16.2680      1905 90 30  Bread                                                                                          4%
 16.2690                  Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or  14%
                          acetic acid
              2001 20 00  — Onions
 16.2700      2001 90 50  — Mushrooms                                                                                    14%
           ex 2001 90 80  - Other, excluding 'mixed pickles', sweet peppers and papaya chutney
 16.2750   ex 2004 90 30  Capers                                                                                         12%
 16.2800      2005 90 30  Capers                                                                                         12%
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                              8
      (1)        (2)                                                   (3)                                               (4)
16.2820                   Fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or    6%
                          crystallized)
          ex 2006 00 39   Other, with a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight
                          Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                          0805 40 00,0807 20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,
                          0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2830   ex 2006 00 90   Other, than with a sugar content not exceeding 13 %                                          6%
                          Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                          0805 40 00,0807 20 00,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                          0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2840                   Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked    8%
                          preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
          ex 2007 10 90   Other
                          Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (excluding figs and pineapples),
                          0807 20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                          0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2850                   Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit                                                          18%
          ex 2007 91 10   With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight, excluding orange jam and marmalade
          ex 2007 91 30   With sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 3 0 % by weight, excluding orange
                          jam and marmalade
16.2860   ex 2007 91 90   Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade                                                    19%
16.2865       2007 99 31  Jam, jellies, marmelades, cherry purée and cherry pastes with a sugar content exceeding      25%
                           30 % by weight
16.2870   ex 2007 99 39    With  a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight                                              8%
                           Fruit  falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                           0807  20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                           0810  90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2880    ex 2007 10 10   With  a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight                       8%
           ex 2007 99 59   Fruit  falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                           0807  20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                           0810  90 30 and 0810 90 80
 16.2890   ex 2007 99 90   Other                                                                                        8%
                           Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (excluding figs and pineapples),
                           0807 20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                           0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
 16.2900                   Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or   6%
                           not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or
                           included
           ex 2008 11 91   Ground-nuts
           ex 2008 11 99   Other, including mixtures in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg, excluding
              2008 19 10   almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts
 16.3290                   Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing     28%
                           added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
               2009 20 11  Grapefruit juices
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                        <b
     (1)       (2)     T                                               (3)
                                                                                                  28%
16.3300     2009 20 19  ! Grapefruit juice
                                                                                                  7%
16.3310     2009 20 91    Grapefruit jmcc
            2009 20 99
                          Citrus fruit i»«ces (excluding lemon juices) containing added sugar     13%
16.3320  ex 2009 30 31
                          Citrus fruit juices (excluding lemon juices) not containing added sugar
         ex 2009 30 39
                                                                                                  14%
16.3340     2009 30 91    Other citrus fruit juices
                          With an added sugar content exceeding 30 /„ by weight
                          With an added sugar content not exceeding 30% by weight
            2009 30 95
                                                                                                  17%
16.3360     2009 40 30    Pineapple juice
                                                                                                  17%
16.3370     2009 40 91    Pineapple juice
                                                                                                  Free
16.3400  ex 2009 80 39    Date juice
                                                                                                  4%
16.3550     2102 10 31    Bakers' yeast
            2102 10 39
                                                                                                  Free
16.3580     2102 20 90    Other
                           Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding                           3%
16.3760
            2309 10 90    Other dog or cat food
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                      AP
                                            Tarie codes
Order No      CN code        Tarie code                 Order No      CN code          Tarie code
16.0380   ex 0306 19 90   0306 19 90*20                 16.2700   ex 2001 90 80    2001 90 80*41
                                                                                                 *49
                                                                                                 *51
16.0580   ex 0410 00 00   0410 00 00*10                                                          *59
                                                                                                 *61
                                                                                                 *69
          ex 0410 00 00   0410 00 00*90                                                          •70
                                                                                                 *92
                                                                                                 *93
16.0740   ex 0709 20 00   0709 20 00*12                                                          *97
                                                                                                 *98
                                       *92
 16.0750  ex 0709 30 00   0709 30 00 * 10                16.2750  ex 2004 90 30    2004 90 30 * 20
                                       *20
                                                         16.2820  ex 2006 00 39    2006 00 39 * 10
 16.0760  ex 0709 40 00   0709 40 00*13
                                       *91
                                                         16.2830   ex 2006 00 90   2006 00 90*10
 16.0790   ex 0709 90 90   0709 90 90 * 12
                                        *23
                                        *24              16.2840   ex 2007 10 90    2007 10 90*10
                                        *31
                                        *51
                                        *52
                                                         16.2850   ex 2007 91 10    2007 91 10*19
                                        *58
                                                                   ex 2007 91 30    2007 91 30*19
                                        *91
 16.0860   ex 0712 30 00   0712 30 00*22                 16.2860   ex 2007 91 90    2007 91 90*19
                           0712 30 00*24
                           0712 30 00*27
                                                         16.2870   ex 2007 99 39    2007 99 39*10
 16.1070   ex 0807 10 10   0807 10 10*10
                                                          16.2880   ex 2007 10 10   2007 10 10*10
                                        *20                         ex 2007 99 59   2007 99 59*10
  16.2290   ex 1602 90 31  1602 90 31*20                  16.2890   ex 2007 99 90   2007 99 90*10
  16.2520   ex 1704 90 51  1704 90 51*90
                                                          16.2900   ex 2008 19 10   2008 19 10*90
  16.2580   ex 1901 10 00   190110 00*16
                            1901 1000*18
                            1901 10 00*96                                            2009 30 31 *90
                                                          16.3320   ex 2009 30 31
                            1901 1000*98                                             2009 30 39 * 90
                                                                    ex 2009 30 39
            ex 1901 90 90   190190 90*16
                            1901 90 90*18
                            1901 90 90*97
                            1901 90 90*99                 16.3400    ex 2009 80 39   2009 80 39 * 20
 ---pagebreak---                                                                             M
FINANCTAL KBO0RD
1.   Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.   Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.   Title of the tariff measure oonoerned : Proposal for a Council
     Regulation totally or partially suspending the duties applioahle to
     certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Comhlneci Nomenclature and
     originating in Malta (1993)
4.   Objective : Implementation of a Council Decision (to apply to Kalta a
     treatment which is not less favourable than that aooorded to those
     countries benefitting from generalised preferences)
5.   Method of calculation :
     OCT heading: various
     Duty to be applied: various, between 0% and 28%
     Normal OCT duty: various, between 3% and 27%
6.   Duty-loss : Duty-loss for 1993 cannot be calculated, due to the
     uncertainty as to Malta's export possibilities.
     There should be no increase in duty-loss for 1993 as oompared with
     1992.
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                                                      ISSN 0254-1475
                                                               COM(93) 25 final
                                                      DOCUMENTS
EN                                                                         11 02
                                Catalogue number : CB-CO-93-028-EN-C
                                                             ISBN 92-77-52320-4
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L-2985 Luxembourg