CELEX: 51982PC0704
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Date: 1982-11-04
Title: Draft for a 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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                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
                       duties on a number of agricultural products
                       ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM ( 82 ) 704 final .
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM-
1 . The subject of the following draft regulation is 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 . It 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 wher« the Community'
    production covers only a part of the requirements . The rate af the
    partially suspended duty depends on the exjent of the po$sible Community
    supply to the Community users . The Commission is also' Ipojkiing foe the
    right balance between the interests of the suppliers, : users- ancj' the .
    consumers in the Community .                :' v '         •   - • >■ !'•
    It also takes into account the need to protect employmehtf. ; : t ' .
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3 . The proposed measures are confined to a fixed period feeca«u$e Jo/I tbfi
    difficulties of estimating the evolution of the basic factor's .          -
4 . For a number of items for which the Member States also requested duty •
    suspensions the Commission does not propose a tariff measure because
    the necessary conditions are not fulfilled . *Fhis concerns the following
    items :          '
 ---pagebreak---        C CT
      heading                                    description
         No
   03.01 Alb )          Salmon , fresh ( live or dead ), chilled or frozen
   03.01    A I b)      Salmon , frozen , headless for the processing
                        industry for further manufacture into pastes
                        and spreads
      ex 03.01 Ble) 1]   Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless
                         or in pieces
      ex 03.01 Β I e) 1  Flaps of piked dög-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen
  ex 03.01 Β I h)1       Cod ( Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías ), fresh .
                         chilled , whole , intended for processing
       03.01 Β I         Saithe ( Pollachius virens or Gadus virens ),
       ij ) 1            fresh or chilled , intended for processing
   ex 03.01 Β I k)1      Haddock , fresh , chilled , whole , intended for
                         processing
  ex 03.01 Β I t ) 1     Hake ( Merluccius spp .) fresh , chilled , whole .
                          intended for processing
   ex 03.01 Β II a )      Fillets of hake ( Merluccius spp .), fresh .
   and         Β II b)9  chilled or frozen , intended for processing
       ex 03.03 A I
                          Crawfish heads (Palinurus spp, Panulirus spp and Jasus spp), for the proces­
                          sing industry
   ex 16.04 C II          " Herring-flaps " prepared or preserved in
                         vinegar , in immediate packings of a net
                          capacity of 10 kg or more , of which the
                          average weight of 10 " flaps " is greater than
                          1 kg
5 . Attention is drawn to the fact that the Council Rf-soLut u-ri < *' <> 7.6.1 <> 74
     simplifyinq the task of the customs administrations ( OJ C " 79 i 7 *-) requires
     the publication of the attached Regulation at least six weei<s before this
     entry intc force .
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                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                       number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                             only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by
COMMUNITIES,                                                 reference to the interests of Community production,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                                     Article 1
the Commission,
                                                             The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
Whereas production in the Community of the                   the products listed in the tables annexed hereto shall
products specified in this Regulation is currently           be suspended at the level indicated against each of
inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus          them .
cannot meet the needs of user industries in the
Community ;                                                  These suspensions shall be applicable :
Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the
                                                             – from 1 January to 30 June             198 3 for the
                                                                 products listed in Table I,
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since     – from 1 Apri L to 30 June 1983 for the products
                                                                 listed- in Table II .
the goods in question are produced in the Community
and in the other cases to suspend them totally ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accura­
tely short-term trends in the economic situation in the       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken         1989 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                           TA3LE
                                                                                                              Rate of
                                                                                                            autonomous
                                                        Description
                                                                                                             duty ( %)
                      Salmon , salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces
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
                      Beans, white, dried, of the species 'Phaseolus vulgaris'
                      Purified soya-bean oil in glass bottles. Each bottle holds 10 litres of purified
                      soya-bean oil containing by weight :
                      – a minimum of S-5 % and a maximum of 12 % of palmitic acid esters,
                      – a minimum of 2-5 % and a maximum of 4-7 % of stearic acid esters,
                      – a minimum of 22-4 % and a maximum of 29 % of oleic acid esters,
                      – a minimum of 46-6 % and a maximum of 53-7 % of linoltfri i C a C i d
                                                                                          esters
                      – a minimum of 7-4 % and a maximum of 1 1 % of linoleic acid esters,
                      and containing :
                      – not more than 5 millimoles of free fatty acid per kg of oil,
                      – phosphalipids corresponding to a nitrogen content not exceeding
                          0 04 mg per gram of oil.
                      The soya-bean oil covered by this description is destined for the preparation    8  with   a    maximum
                      of emulsions for injections (a)                                                  duty of l25 ECU per
                                                                                                       100 kg net weight,
                                                                                                       plus a compensatory
                                                                                                       amount ^ in        certain
                                                                                                       conditions– --^ -.
                      Salmon for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or spreads (a)                 0
                      Crabs of the species 'King' (Paralithodes Caffichaticus), 'Hanasaki (Parali-
                      thodes brevipes), 'Kegani' (Erimacrus isenbecki), and 'Queen' (ChiOflOe Cet t S
                      spp), 'Red' (Geryon quinquedens) and 'Rough stone' (Neolithodes asper-
                      rimus), simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen , in imme­
                      diate packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more
                      Lobster flesh, cooked, to be used by the processing industry for the manu­
                      facture of butters based on lobster, pates and pastes, soups or sauces (a) (jb)             10
                      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 (a)(b )                                    15
   (a) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
  ( b ) However , the suspension is not allowed where the treatment
         is carried out by retail sale or catering undertakings .
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                                                  TABLE II
     C CT                                         Descript ion                                          Rate of
    headi ng                                  •
                                                                                                      autonomous
      No                                                                                                duty ( % )
        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
( a ) Checks on their use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant
      to the relevant Community provisions .