CELEX: 51980PC0240
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Date: 1980-05-08
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON A NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                               Brussels , 8th May 1980
                          DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS
                TARIFF DUTIES ON A NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
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                            SUMMARY                   ,
                          i
 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^ States
     It is partly a prolongation and partly a new measure .
2 . It seems appropriate that a duty suspension is justified for
     the goods listed in the annex to this regulation .
     A total suspension is proposed 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 .    The rate
     of the partially suspended duty depends on the extent of the
     possible Community supply to the Community users .   It has also
     been looked for the right balance between the interests of the
     suppliers , users and the consumers in the Community .
     Furthermore the need to protect employment has been taken^into
     consideration .                        .   -
3 . 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 .    This concerns
     the following items :
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM .
                    , .  ■     . ■ ■ '  1 ■                                                                    i.
.The subject Of the following draft regulation is the
   temporary suspension of duties in the Common Customs Tariff • . .W
  for a number of agricultural items , as requested by the                                                             i
  Member States .            '       '■    " •                                         •
  It is z^kly a prolongation and partly a new measure .                                                   <•
  Ic eeerna appropriate to the Commission that a duty suspension .
  is' justified for "the goods lifted in the ann^x to this
  regulation*.'' ' ■            .
                                                                     ' .         • ' v.­                 *   »  . »
The Commission proposes a total suspension for those products ,
     •                                                                                                          t     • *
 for which Community production does not . exist or is minimal .
A partial suspension is proposed iri cases where the Community ,
 production covers only a part of the requirements . The rate                                                          ••
 of the partially suspended duty depends on the extent of the
 possible Community supply to the Community users . ' The potomissioa
  is also       '       looking for the right balance between the
  interests ofthe suppliers , userfe and the consumers- in the v '
  Community . •
  It also takes into account the need to protect employment .
           '                                                     :    • .. ■■■-' .• ' .
              .                    v          . -      .■ . .      ■        •' •             ■ J.
  Th^ proposed measure's are confined to a fixed period .
                           •                                                             *     - -•   ■»
  because of the' difficulties of estimating the evolution of the
 ,basic'."factors / .                             *■      .<• '•                     r              ,• .            ;
  For a number of items for which the Mmnbsr States also requested
                  *                         ^  •     .                                     •
  duty suspensions the Commission does not proposed tariff measure
 because the necessary conditions aria not fulfilled * This . ' • ; . ' ,
'concerns . the - following
 ---pagebreak--- ' CCT heading No                                       Description of goods
      ex03.01 Ala )                 Salmon Trout ( Salmo gairdnerii or Salmo irideus ), fresh ,
                                    chilled OP frozen, with an individual weight of at y least
                                    1.5 kilograms , for smoking
             ex 03.01 B I d)   Sardines (Clupea pilchnrdus Wnlbaum), fresh, chilled or
                   /
                               frozen, whole, of a length of 20 cm or more
        ex 03.01 B I h)        Cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias), fresh, chilled or frozen,
                               whole, headless or in pieces, intended for processing •
        ex 03.01 B I k)        Haddock, fresh, chilled or frozen, vyhole, headless or in pieces, intended
                               for processing     _
        ex 03.01 B 1 q)        Hake (Meriuccius spp), exc (. udi ng the specie Merlucius
                                bilinear is ,            fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in
                              pieces, intended for processing                                                 '
        ex 03.01 B II a) and   Fillets of cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias), fresh, chilled or frozen(
                  B II b) 1    intended for processing                                                      j
        ex 03.01 B II a ) and  Fillets of haddock, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing     ''J
                 B II b) 3
        cx 03.01 B II a) and   Fillets of hake (Meriuccius spp), fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for ^
                 B II b) 7 ,   processing                                                                  j
          ex 03.02 A-I c)         Anchovies (Engraulis spp), salted or in brine, whole,
                                  headless or in pieces, in packings of a net capacity of •
                                  8 kg or more
          ex 16.04 C II           Spiced and salted herrings, in packings of a net capacity ;
                                  of 10 kg or more
          ex 16.04 C II           'Herring-flaps', prepared or preserved in vinegar, ill .<
                                  packings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more               > ,
          ex 16.05 B               Shrimps and prawns other than those of the 'Crangon' ;
                                  variety* boiled -in water and shelled, whether or not
                                   frozen or dried, intended for the industrial manufacture i
                                  of products falling within heading No 16.05          -        {
                                                                        »
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                                       !                • DRAFT
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) i
                temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                          number of agricuitural products
   THE COUNCIL OF THB EURCPBAN                                  period of validity by reference to the interests of
   COMMUNITIES.                                                 Community production,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing (he European
   Economic Community, and in particular Article 28             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   thereof,
. Having regard to the draft. Regulation submitted by                                   Article /
   vhe Commission,                                    '         The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
  Whereas production in the Community of the                    the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­
. products specified in this Regulation is currently            lation shall be suspended at the level indicated against
   inadequate or non-existent , and whereas producers           each of them .
  thus, cannot meet the needs of user industries in the
                                                                These suspensions shall be applicable/
  Community ;
                                                                –• from 1 July to 31 December 1986 loi the products
  "Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the            listed in Table I,
  Community to suspend the autonomous Common
                                                                –- from 1 July 19$0 to 30 June 198 1 for the
  Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since          products listed in Table II,
  the goods in question are produced in the Commu-
  nit^and in the other cases to suspend them totally ;
  Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­
  rately shor.-term trends in the economic situation in                 ,   ,         ; Article 2
  the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be
  taken only for temporary periods by fixing their              This Regulation shall enter into force on I July 19fo
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and . directly applicable in all Member
                States.                                                                                   .
                Done at Brussels,
                                '  <4
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               the President
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                                                                       A NMiX
                                                                      TABLE
                      CCT                                                                                                           Rjic of
                    tH'jtfing                                               IX-urintion                                         tuionomotn         ^
                       No                                                                                                         duly (%1         J
              IM.0I A I b)              Salmon, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen
      r
 .      ex 03.01 B I e)                 Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen,
                                       whole, headless or in pieces
   ex 03.01 B ft a)                       Fillets of herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for                                    1        .
  .      and B II b) 7                    processing (a) (b)                                                                     0
         03.02 AI a)                       Herring, dried, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in                                           I
                                          pieces                                                                                 5            ;
   ex 03.02 A II d)                        Fillets of herring, dried, salted or in brine
   ex 16.04 B*I                           Salmon intended for the processing industry for further                                    –    S
                                          manufacture into pastes or spreads (b)                                                 0        '
                                                                                                   1
                                                                                                                                  -       Î
  ex 16.05 A                              Crabs of the 'King' (Paralithodes camtschaticus),
                                          'Hanasaki'            (1'aralithodes " brevipes),              'Kegani'
                                          (Erimacrus isenbecki), and 'Queen' (Chionecaetes spp)
                                          varieties, simply boiled in water and shelled whether or
                                          not frozen in pacldngs of a net capacity of 2 kg or more
  ex 16.05 A-                             Cribs, excluding the species 'Cancer pagarus', simply
                                          boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in
                                          packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, for
                                          repacking for retail sale (b)                                                          5
                                 '° ^ intended to undere° Mr treatment unless they are intended to undergo exclusively one or more of
     – cleaning, gutting, heading, tailing,                 "
     – cutting {excluding filleting or cutting of frozen block*),
     – sorting,                >                                               -         ,                ,            .  ,        .
     –    labelling,                                                             .      •J                                         •        ,
     –    packing,                                                      \.
     –    «cing»                                 .   r           • ■                       .         '
     –    freezing,
     –    deep freezing,                                 v                                             ,     '
     –    thawing, separations             -                  ,              *     -                         .
     The suspension if not allowed for products on which otherwise qualifying treatments ire intended to bt carried out at mail or catering
     The suspension shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.
(b) Control of the use fir this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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                                                 TABLE II
                                                                  V
          GCT                                                                               Rate of
        heading     ! .                               Description                         Autonomous
           No
                                                                                           duty (%)
                                                                                                     1
ex 03.01 B I g)          Lesser or Greenland halibut (Hippoglossus reinhardtius),
                         fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces               0
ex 03.01 B I q)         Sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards), fresh , chilled - or'
                        frozen :
                        (a) whole, of a length of 20 cm or more,                    «
                        (b) headless, of a length of 15 cm or more,
                        intended for the processing industry (a) (b)                            4
ex 03.01 B I q)         Flaps of Sardinops sagax or ocellata (pilchards), fresh, chilled
                        or frozen, of a length of 12 cm or more, intended for the
                        processing industry (a) (b)                          >                  0
ex 03.01 B 1 q)         Sturgeons, fresh , chilled or frozen, whole, headless or in
                        pieces, intended for the processing industry (a) (b)                    0
 03.01 C                   Soft roes, ' frozen, for . the           manufacture   of
                            deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) lb)                                0       '
ex 03.01 C              Hard fish roes, fresh , chilled or frozen ,                            0         ,
    03.02 A I e)        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 processing
                        (a b)                                                                   7
ex 03.02 A II d)        Fillets of coalfish (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted
                        or in brine, intended for processing (a) (b)                            7
ex 03.02 C               Hard fish roes, salted or in brine                                     0
ex 03.03 A I            Tails of crawfish , chilled or frozen , shelled or not                 10 --'1
ex 03.03 B I b)         Oysters, fresh (live), weighing -no more than 12 g each                 0
ex 03.03 B I b)          Oysters, fresh (live), of the 'Crassostrea gigas Variety,                     , ■!
                         weighing more than 100 g each                                          0        ,
    07.01 G III          Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia), fresh or chilled                 11
ex 07.03 E        1 ! Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in
                         brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but
                         not specially prepared for .immediate consumption                      Q
ex 07.04 B              Jvtushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, dried, dehy­
                         drated or evaporated, whole or in identifiable pieces or slices,
                         intended for treatment other than simple repacking for retail
                         sale (b) (c)                                                            0'
 ex 07.04 B              Sweet red or green peppers, dried, dehydrated or evaporated,
                         whole, cut or sliced, but not further prepared , . ,                    0
 ex 07.05 B I       J Beans, dried, white, of the species Phaseolus vulgaris                     0
 ex 08.01 A               Dates, fresh or dried, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                         not exceeding 35 kg, for repacking for retail sale(b)                   0
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                   CCT
                 henilinft                                            Description                                            autonomous
                    N«                                                                                                        MHi* m
    ex 08.01 A                       Dates, fresh or dried, intended for processing other than for
                                    the production of alcohol (b)
    ex 08.09                        Rose-hips, fresh
08.10 exB , C                         Fruit ofthe species Vaccinium
 and exD                              ( wether or not cooked ), preserved- by
                                      freezing , not containing added sugar
    ex 08.10 B                       Rose-hips,,whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, not
                                    containing added sugar
                                           '                     /
    ex 08.10 B            .          Dates, frozen, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5
                                     kg or more, not intended for the production of alcohol (b)                                    o
    ex 09.04 B I                    Paprika, ground, for use in animal feedingstuffs (b)                                           o
           09.10 CI                 Saffron, neither crushed nor ground                                                           10
    ,    ■■        'I
    ex 16.04 A II                   Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and
                                    simply salted or in brine \                                                                    0
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                                                      1                    -i          ; '                               •
           23.07 A                  Fish or marine mammal so ubtes                                                                 0
       (a) The suspension shall apply to fish intended to undergo any treatment unless they are intended to undergo exclusively
              one or more of the following treatments :                                               ' '      -       *                , ,
              – cleaning, gutting, heading, tailing, • *
              – cutting (excluding filleting or cutting of frozen blocks),
            > – sorting,                 *                                                                 '
              – labelling,      \                                                          \
              – packing,,                                 '  .
   ■ -        – icing,            . ' .                                                                            * i     '
             '–freezing,                                           "                               '4
              – deep freezing,                                                                            . t
              – thawing, separation.                                                                   -         .
              The suspension is not allowed for products on which otherwise qualifying treatments are intended to be carried out
         • at retail or catering level,                                                                                ' »
              The suspension shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption,                        <                       .    ,
     (h) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
    (c) However, (he duty suspension shall not apply where the treatment is carried out by retail sale or catering undertakings.