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Date: 1982-05-17
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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          temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
          duties on a number of agricultural products
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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1 . Yfie suoject of the -following draft regulation      the temporary * suspension
    of duties in the Common Customs Tariff for a number of agricultural items ,
    as requested by the Member State .
    It is partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
2 . Ir 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 and where the
    abolition of the duty protection does not jeopardize the market
    for that production .    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 .
3 . The proposed measures are confined to a fixed period because of the
    difficulties of estimating the evolution of the basic factors .
4 . For a number of items for which the Member States also requested duty
    suspensions the Commission does not propose a tariff measure ;
    a ) 03.01 Alb )        Salmon , fresh ( live or dead ), chilled or
                           frozen
        The Commission's' opinion is that because of Irish and United
        Kingdom production , the duty suspension requested by France ,
        Germany and Denmark , is not appropriate .
        It should be furthermore noted that as the present CCT duty
        rate is only 3.3% it is questionable whether a duty suspension
        would have a significant impact on the price of the finished
        product .                                                  j
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 b ) ex 03.01 B I h )     Cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías ),     fresh ,
                          chilled , whole , intended for processing
     ex 03.01 0 I k )     Haddock , fresh , chilled , whole , intended for
                         processing
     ex 03.01 B I q )     Hake ( Merluccius spp ) fresh , chilled , whole ,
                          intended for processing
     ex 03.01 B II a )    Fillets of hake ( Mer luccius' spp ), fresh , chilled
        and B II b ) 7   or frozen , intended for processing
     The duty suspensions requested by Denmark , for the abovementioned
     white fish do not seem justified , because landings from Norway and
     East European countries , at relatively low prices , have caused dif­
     ficulties throughout the Community market .
     The Commission believes that the problems experienced by Danish
     processors could be alleviated by better contacts with Community
     catchers ( particularly Ireland and the United Kingdom ) and ,
     furthermore, Denmark has the possibility to benefit from         a
     reduced rate of 3.7% for Icelandic cod and haddock .
c ) ex 03.03 A I         Tails of crawfish , chilled or frozen , shelled
                         or not
     The Commission cannot accept that subsidises in form of a duty
     suspension ( as requested by France and the United Kingdom ) should
     be granted for these luxury goods which unlike in usual cases of
     duty suspension are not intended to improve the competiti vity of
     Community processors , but are sold direct to the consumer .
d ) ex 16.04 C II        Spiced and salted herrings , in immediate packings
                         of a net capacity of 10 kg or more of which the
                         average weight of 7 headless herrings is greater
                         than 1 kg
                                                                i
     The sensitivity of the Community herring      market is such that the
     requested duty suspension ( Denmark ) does not seem justified .
     There exists a duty reduction to 10% for this type of herring
     from Iceland and there are in addition measures for herring and
     other semi-finished herrings products erga omnes .
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5 . Attention is drawn to the fact that the Council Resolution of 27.6.1974
    simplifying the task of the customs administrations ( OJ C 79 / 74 ) requires
    ti-.e puolicatio.n of the attached Regulation at least six weeks before thi9
    entry into force .
 ---pagebreak---                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
              temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariif duties on a
                                          number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 taken only temporarily by fixing - their period of vali­
COMMUNITIES.                                                dity by reference to the. interests of Community
                                                            production,                     ■ j
Having regard 10 the Treaty cstabli ihing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,                           -                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard 10 | hr draft Regulitiort submitted by                               Artille 1 !
                                                                                               i
tlie Commission .                          i
                                                            The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties tor
Whereas production in the Community of the                  the products listed in the tables annexed hereto shaii
products specified         ( his Regulation is currently    be suspended at the le 'el indicated against each of
                                                            them .
inadequate or r.on - i'<isU- nt ; wheteas producer* thus
cannot meet the needs of user industries in the
                                                            These suspensions shall be applicable :
Community ; '
                                                            – from 1 July to 31 December 1932                        for'
Whereas in cert.>iu ■ ases it is in the interest of the           the products Listed in Table I ,
Community to sus | end the autonomous Common                – .f                I982t0 ^0 June. 1983 "for            the
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since      ... products listed in Table II -.            •-
the goods in question are produced in the Community
and in the other caes to suspend them tot.iily ;
Whereas, in -view of the difficulty of assessing accu­                             Artide 2
rately short-term trends in the economic situation m
the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be         This Regulation shall enter into force on . 1      JiH
                                                                                                                   X   1982 .
              This Ke^uLtion shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              Stalin.
              Done at
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                        The President
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                                               table        I
          CCT                                                                           Rate of
        heading .                               Dc^nptscn                             aucoiiomous
           No                                                                          duiv ( %)
 ex 03.01 B I c)   Piked dog-fish (squalus acanthias), fresh . chilled or frozen",
                  whole, headless or in pieces
 ex 03.01 B I c)   Flaps of piked do^-fish (squalus acanthus), fresh , chilled or
                  frozen                                                                     0
    03.02 A I c)    Salmon, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces                4
 ex 03.02 A I f)  Coalfish (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens). salted or in
                  brine, whole, headless or in pieces, intended for smoking or
                  drying (a)                                                                8
 ex 03.02 A II d) Fillets of coalfish ( Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted or
                  in brine, intended for smoking or drying (a)                               9
ex 03.03 A I        Crawfish heads from the sorts
                   Palinurus spp , Panulirus spp ,
                   Jasus spp , for the processing industry (a )                          10
ex 07.04 B         Sweet red or green peppers , dried ,
                   dehydrated or evaporated , in pieces ,
                   with       a moisture content not
                   exceeding 9.5% but not further
                  prepared                                                                0
 ex 07.05 B I      Beans, white, dried, of the species 'Phaseolus vulgaris'               0
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         ι t 1                                                                                                    Kate of
        hrj.t.ng                                        DcVOptlOfl                                            lutonomout
          No
                                                                                                                «July ( Va )
ex I S.07 D l b) 2             o     U-an oil in jtUss          Ejch bottle holds 10 litres of purified
                     K>y«i t>ran oit tonuininf hy wcitfht :
                     – a nunimnm of H I % and a maximum of 12 % of palmitic acid esters ;
                     – a minimum of i-5 % and a maximum of 4 -7 */» of stearic acid esters ;
                     – a'mmimum of 22-4 % and a maximum of 29 % of oleic acid esters ;
                     – a minimum of 46 6 % and • maximum of 53-7 % of linolcic acid
                         esters .
                     – a minimum of 7 4 % and a maximum of 1 1 •/• of linolemc acid esters ;
                     and containing :
                     – not more than S millimolei of free fatty acid per kg of oil ;
                     – phospholipids corresponding to a nitrogen content not exceeding
                         0*04 m ^ per gram of oil.
                     The scva-bcan oil covered by this description is destinrd for the preparation
                     of emulsions for injections (a )                                                   8 with a maximum duty
                                                                                                        oflOQKCU per 100 kg
                                                                                                        net    weight,       plus a
                                                                                                        compensatory         amount
                                                                                                        in certain conditions
ex 16 04 Β I                    (or (he processing industry for manufacture into pastes ¿or
                     ¡»precis ( £t)                                                                                o
                                                                                                     ■
 CX 16.05 A        Crabs of the species 'King* ( Paralithodes c.imchaticus), 'Hana-
                   saki' ( Paralithodcs brevi pes), 'Kcgani' ( lirimacrus iscnbecki),
                   and 'Queen' (Chinoccctes spp), 'Red' (Geryon quinquedens)
                   and 'Rough stone' (Neolithodes asperrimus), simply boiled in                      |
                   water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in immediate pack-                      1
                   ings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more                                            |             0
 ex 16.05 Β          Shrimps and prawns of the species 'Pandalus borealis' boiled in water and
                     shelled, whether or not frozen or dried, intended for the industrial proces­
                     sing of products falling within heading No 16.05 (J*}                                     16
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          CCT                                                                                          Rate of
        heading                                      Description                                     autonomous
          No                                                                                          duty (%)
ex 03.0 1 Β I g)  Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides otherwise known
                  as 'Hippoglossus reinhardtius'), fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in
                  pieces                                                                                  0
ex 03.03 Β I q)   Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in pieces, intended for
                  processing (a) (b)                                                                      0
ex 03.01 C        Soft roes, frozen, intended for the manufacture of deoxyribonucleic acid
                  (DNA) (Ù)                                                                               0
ex 03.01 C        Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen                                                0
ex 03.02 C         Hard fish roes, salted or in brine                                                     0
    07.01 G III    Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia) fresh or chilled                                  11
ex 07.03 E         Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms within the meaning of                          1
                   subheading 07.01 Q I, in salted or sulphur water or to which other
                   substances ensuring their temporary preservation have been added, but not
                   specially prepared for immediate consumption                                           0
ex 07.04 Β         Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms within the meaning of                           1
                   subheading 07.01 Q I, dried, dehydrated or evaporated, whole or in identi­
                   fiable slices or pieces, intended for treatment other than simple repacking
                   for retail sale     (c)                                                                 0
ex 08.01 A         Dates, fresh or dried, intended for the processing industry, other than for
                                                                                                              0
                   the production of alcohol (a)
 ex 08.01 A      Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into imme-
                 diate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 1 1 kg (¿t)                                  0
                                                                                                   i
 ---pagebreak---           CCT                                                                                                     Rale of
         hc-.iding                                           Description                                        autonomous
           No
                                                                                                                 duty (%)
 ex 08.09                  Rose-hips, fresh                                                                            0
     08.10                 Fruit of the species Vaccinium, whether or not cooked, in frozen state, not
 ex B, C and ex D          containing added sugar                                                                      0
 ex 08.10 D                Rose-hips, whether or not cooked, in frozen state, not containing added
                           sugar                                                                                       0
 ex 08.10 D              Dates, frozen , in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg
                         or more, not intended for the production of alcohol (a}                                      0
 ex 09.04 B I              Ground paprika for use in animal feedingstuffs (3]                                          o
 ex 16.04 A II             Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in
                           brine
  ex 16.05 B               Lobster flesh / cooked , to be used by the proces'
                           sing industry for the manufacture of butters
                           based on Lobster , pastes , and soups or sauces
                            (a He )                                                                                  10
      23.07 A               Fish or marine mammal solubles
 (a) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Commu­
     nity provisions.
(y The suspension shall apply to fish intended to undergo any operation unless they are intended to undergo exclusively one or
    more of the following operations :
    – cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading ;
    – cutting (excluding filleting or cutting of frozen blocks) ;
    – sampling, sorting ;
    – labelling ;
    – packing ;
    – chilling ;
    – freezing ;
    – deep freezing ;                        •
    – thawing, separation.
    The suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations) qualifying for suspen­
    sion where such treatment (or operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level.
    The suspension of customs duties shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.
( c ) However , the suspension is not allowed where the treatment is carried
       out by retail sale or catering undertakings .