CELEX: 51974PC1672
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Date: 1974-10-18
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Malta (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(74)1672 final
                                                           Brussels , 18 October 1974
                                I
                                   Proposal for a
                           REGULATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
            totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties
             on certain products , falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the
                     Common Customs Tariff, originating in Malta
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(74) 1672 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLAITATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council has agreed that from 1 Januazy 1974 Malta should be given
treatment no less favourable than that accorded to the other countries
which benefit from generalised preferences .
The object of the Regulation annexed hereto is to put this decision into
practice ;  it extends to Malta, autonomously during 1975 * "the total or
partial suspension of the Common Customs Tariff Duties on the products
in Chapters 1 to 24 which the Commission proposed in connection with the
generalised preferences .
The proposal concerns only those products which are of interest to Malta
in respect of which Community treatment of Malta is no more favourable
than the treatment given under the generalised preferences .
As the Regulation is based on Articles 43 and 113 of the Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community , the European Parliament must be consulted .
Attention is drawn to the fact that both the content of the Regulation and
the list of products annexed to it are directly related to the Commission 's
proposal to the Council concerning generalised preferences in respect to
the products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff
(Doc . C0M(74 ) 950 final of 19.6.1974 ).
The annexed proposal will therefore have to be aligned on the final text
of the abovementioned Regulation when the latter has been adopted by the
Council .
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                                                          Proposal for a
                                           REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
                          totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
                          products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                                                             nating in Malta
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  applied wherever the duties calculated according to
            COMMUNITIES,                                                 the abovementioned detailed rules prove to be higher
                                                                         than them ,
            Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
            Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
            and 1 1 3 thereof ;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
            Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
            1059/69 (') of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade
            arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting                                    Artide 1
            from the processing of agricultural products, as last        1 . From 1 January
            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1491 /73 (2), and in                  to 31 December 1975", the products origi­
            particular Article 1 2 thereof ;                             nating in Malta listed in Annex A shall be admitted
          . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;          for import into the Community as originally consti­
                                                                         tuted at the customs duties indicated for each of them .
            Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
            ment ;                                                       On importation into Denmark, Ireland and the
                                                                         United Kingdom, there shall be applied to the above-
            Whereas, under Annex I to the Agreement (3) esta­            mentioned products the customs duties determined by
            blishing an Association between the European                 multiplying, by a coefficient equal to the margin of
            Economic Community and Malta, the Community                  preferences existing between the duties given in
            must partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff             Annex A and the Common Customs Tariff duties
            duties applicable to certain products ; whereas it also      applicable, the duties obtained by reducing the differ­
            appears necessary provisionally to adjust or to supple­      ence between the lowest duty applied on 1 January
            ment certain of the tariff benefits provided for in the       1972 to the developing' countries and the Common
            abovementioned Annex ; whereas, accordingly, the             Customs Tariff, by ^0 % in respect of the products
            Community should, in respect of the products origi­          mentioned in Annex B, and by 60 % in respect of the
            nating in Malta listed in Annex A to this Regulation,        other products given in Annex A.
            suspend either the fixed component of the levy appli­                                           !
            cable to goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No              However, the duties given in Annex A shall be
            1059/69 or the customs duty applicable to the other          applied where the duties resulting from the abovemen-
            products for the period from 1 January to 31               . tioned calculation are higher than them.
December 1975 and. at the levels indicated for
each of them :
            Wnereas, for certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of         2. For the purposes of the application of this Regu­
            the Common Customs Tariff, this scheme would,                lation, the rules of origin shall be those in force at the
            however, involve the application in the new Member           time as regards the implementation of the Agreement
            States in 1975 of customs duties higher than or very         establishing an Association between the European
            close to those applied by the new Member States to           Economic Community and Malta.
            non-member countries in general on the basis of the
            Act of Accession ; whereas, in order to maintain an          The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient
            equivalent preferential margin for these products also,      processing is waived in respect of products originating
            reduced customs duties should be applied to them in          in the Community as originally constituted shall not,
            accordance with the detailed rules based on the prin­        however, apply in the case pf the abovementioned
            ciple of maintaining in the new Member States a pref­        products when they undergo in Malta only insufficient
            erence proportional to that which exists between the         working or processing as defined in items 1 to 6 of
            duties of the Common Customs Tariff and the duties           list A annexed to the Protocol to the aforesaid Agree­
                                                                         ment.
            given in Annex A to this Regulation ; whereas, with a
            view to granting Malta the best possible treatment, in
            accordance with the objectives of the preference                                      Article 2
            scheme, the duties given in Annex A should also be
            ( ') OJ No L 141 , 12. 6. 1969, p. 1 .                       When products benefiting from the arrangements
            (*) OJ No L 151 , 7. 6. 1973, p. 1 .                         provided for in Article 1 ^are imported in the Commu­
            (J) OJ No L 61 , 14. 3. 1971 , p. 3 .                        nity in such quantities or at such prices that Commu-
 ---pagebreak--- nicy producers of products similar to or in direct           3. Any Member State may refer to the Council the
competition with them suffer or are likely to suffer         measure taken by the Commission, within a period of
from serious disadvantage, the Common Customs                not more than 10 working days after it has been
Tariff duties may be reintroduced in whole or in part        informed thereof. The fact that the matter is referred
on the products in question. Such measures may also          to the Council shall not cause the measure to be
be taken in the event of actual or potential serious         suspended. The Council shall meet immediately. It
disadvantage in a single region of the Community.            may, acting on a qualified majority, amend or rescind
                                                             the measure in question.
                        Article 3
1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2,
the Commission may decide, by means of . a Regula­                                 Article 4
tion, to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for a
limited period.
2.    In the event of such action being requested by a
Member State, the Commission shall take a decision
within a period of not more than 10 working days             This Regulation shall enter into force on
from receipt of the request and shall inform the              1 January 1975 *
Member States of the action taken.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member -
              States.                                                                 ...
               Done at Brussels,
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                              ANNEX A
   CCT heading
       No                                                 Description                            Rate of duty
        1                                                      2                                      3
 02.01            Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02,
                  01.03, or 01.04 fresh, chilled or frozen :
                  A. Meat :
                      III. Of swine :
                            b) Other                                                                 Free
 02 « 04          Other meat and edible meat offals , fresh., chilled
                  or frozen :
                  C. Other :
                        ex I. frogs * legs ••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••                            Free
04.06             Natural honey •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••                                24 %
05.03
                 Horsehair     and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer or between
                 two layers of other material :
               | B. Other                                                                           Free
06.03             Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for
                 bouquets or for ornamental purposes , fresh, dried ,
                  dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared :
                  ex A. Fresh :
                              - Orchids :
                                 I. From 1 June to 31 October                                         19 %
                                II . From 1 November to 31 May ••••••••••••••                         12 %
15.10            Fatty acids ; acid oils from refining ; fatty alcohols :
                  A. Stearic acids
                 C. Other fatty acids : acid oi'ls from refining                                    F 3 55
                                                                                                    Free
16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal ; .
                 A. Liver :
                    I. Goose or duck liver                                                            13 %
                 B. Other :
                     II. Game or rabbit meat or offal :
                         – Game                                                                      10 %
                         – Rabbit                                                      • . . . .     12 %
                    III. Other :
                           b) Other :
                              ex 1 . . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                      – Prepared or preserved bovine tongue                . . .     16 %
                                 2. Other :
                                      aa) Ovine meat or offal                                . .     16 %
                         '            bb ) Other                                                     16 %
 ---pagebreak--- CCT heading
   No                                                   Description                                         Rate of duty
                                                            2
            Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
               E. Sauerkraut '                                                                                  12 %
            ex F. Capers                           '.                            .                              12 %
            Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
            containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit :
            A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15"C :
               III. Other :
                     ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :                       '
                             – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples                     21
                          b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                               ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 °/o by weight :
                                     ' – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pine­
                                           apples                                                               21 % + ( L)
                              ex 2. Other :
                                       – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pine­
                                          apples                                                                21%
            B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15°C :
               II. Other :
                    a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a: per 100 kg net weight :                               "
                            2. Grapefruit juice                                                                 10,5 %
                        ex 3. Other citrus fruit juices :
                                 aa) Containing added sugar                                                     11 %
                                 bb) Other                      ."                       . . ;                  12 %
                        ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and peach
                                 juices :
                                 aa) Containing added sugar                                                     13 %
                                 bb) Other                                                                      14 %
                             7. Mixtures :
                                 ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either separately or
                                          together, over 25 °/o of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, apple,
                                          pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice :
                                          11 . Containing added sugar                                           13 %
                             1            22. Other                                                             14 %
                   ■b ) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight : .
                        2. Grapefruit juice :
                            aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 °/« by weight . . . .                  10 % + ( L)
                           bb) Other                                                                            10 %
                       4. Other citrus fruit juices :
                           aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight ....                        12 % + ( L)
                           bb) With an added sugar content of 30°/* or less by weight . . . .                   12 io
                           cc) Not containing added sugar                                                       13 %
                       7. Other fruit and vegetable juices :
                           ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight,
                                      excluding apricots and peaches                                            13 $ + ( L)
                           ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30 %> or less by weight,
                                      excluding apricots and peaches                             ' . . .        13 %
                           ex cc) Not containing added sugar, ex-cluding apricots and peaches                  14%
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  CCT heading
      No                                              Description                                Rate 01 duty
20.07                   8 . Mixtures :
(cont'd)                    ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either separately or
                                    together, over 25 % of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, pear,
                                    tomato, apricot or peach juke ;
                                    11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight      13 % + ( L)
                                    22. With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight      13 1°
                                    33 . Not containing added sugar                          . .  14 %
21.06         Natural yeasts ( active or inactive) ; prepared baking powders :
              A. Active natural yeast :
                 II. Bakers' yeast :
                     a) Dried                                                                       6 % + ve
                     b) Other                                                           , . . .     6 % + ve
23.01         Flours and meals, of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs, unfit for
              human consumption ; greaves :
              B. Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans or molluscs                               Free
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX B
List of the products in respect of which the difference between the lowest duties applied on
1 January 1972 to developing countries by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom and
the duties of the Common Customs Tariff must be reduced by 20'/*, in accordance with
                                                      Artide 1
  CCT heading
       No                                                     Description
16.02 (a)                 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                          B. Other :
                              III. Other :
                                   b) Other :
           \                          ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                             –» prepared or preserved bovine tongue
20.02                     Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
                          acetic acid :
                          E. Sauerkraut
20.07                     Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether
                          or not containing added sugair, bait unfermented and not containing
                          spint :                     '
                          A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15° C :
                              III. Other :
                                   ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                          – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                               pineapple
                                       b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net
                                           weight :
                                           ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/oby
                                                   weight ;
                                                  – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 . ex­
                                                        cluding ipineapples
                                           ex 2. Others :
                                                  – Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , ex­
                                                        cluding pineapples
                          B. Of a specific gravity of 1*33 or less at 15°C :
                              II. Other :
                                   a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                          2. Grapefruit juice               . ,
                                      ex 3. Other citrus (fruit juices :
                                             aa) Containing added sugar
                                             bb) Other                    ♦
                                      ex 6. Other fruk and vegetable juices, excluding apricot
                                             and peach juices :
                                             aa) Containing added sugar
                                             bb) Ooher
(a) From 1 April 197$, this heading will be deleted from this Annex.
 ---pagebreak---   CCT heading                                     Description
      No
                               7. Mixtures :
                                  ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                       , ,                separately or together, over 25 °/o or grape,
                                           citrus fruit, .pineajpme, appk, fpear, tomato,
                                        - apricot or peach juiioe :
                                           11 . Containing added sugar
                                           22. Other
                     • b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight :
                          2. Grapefruit juice :
                              aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 °/o by
                                   weight
                              bb) Other
                          4. Other citrus fruit juices :
                              aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 %> by
                                   weight
                              bb) With an added sugar content of 30 #/o or less by
                                  weight
                              cc) Not containing added sugar
                         7. Other fruit and vegetable juices :
                              ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o
                                      by weight, excluding apricots and peaches
                              ex bb) With and added sugar content of 30 °/o or less
                                      by weight, excluding apricots and peaches
                              ex cc) Not containing added sugar, excluding apricots
                                      and peaches
                          8 . Mixtures :
                              ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                                      separately or together, over 25 °/o of grape, ci­
                                      trus fruit, pineapple, pear, tomato, apricot or
              i                       peach juice :
                                      11 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                                            30 %> by weight
                                     22. With an added sugar content of 30°/o or
                                            less by weight
                                      33. Not containing added sugar
06.03         Chit flowers and flower "buds of a kind suitable for
              bouquets or for ornamental purposes , fresh, dried ,
              dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
              ex A# Fresh :
                     – Orchids :                                  •••-'