CELEX: 51989PC0149
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Date: 1989-03-31
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(89 ) 149 final
                                         Brussels , 31 March 1989
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 on the
      common organization of the market in fishery products
              and Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658 / 87 on the
          tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
                         Common Customs Tariff
                    ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Until 1 January 1988 a GATT-bound customs duty exemption applied to
imports of fresh or chilled herring flaps from 15 February to 15 June .
With the changeover from the CCT to the Harmonized System the
exemption   was discontinued since no indication had been made by
either the Member States or the Community 's trading partners that there
was any significant volume of imports .
It now appears from recent information that the Community does make
significant imports of the product in question from Norway and
Sweden . The customs duty exemption should therefore be reintroduced .
The Fisheries Council on 23 February noted the Commission 's intention
to submit a proposal for a Regulation introducing total suspension of
customs duties on fresh and chilled herring flaps of tariff heading
0304 10 99 from 15 February to 15 June and gave its agreement in
principle .
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 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 on the common
              organization of the market in fishery products and
          Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658 / 87 on the tariff and statistical
                 nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 of 29 December 1981
on the common organization of the market in fishery products , as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3468/882, and in particular Article 30
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas up to 31 December 1987 a GATT-bound customs duty exemption applied
to fresh , chilled and frozen herring from 15 February to 15 June each year ;
whereas from 1 January 1988 a new customs tariff based on the Harmonized
Commodity Description and Coding System has been applied ; whereas when
the change was made from the old nomenclature to the Harmonized System
the abovementioned exemption was discontinued for fresh and chilled herring
flaps ; whereas a customs duty of 15% is levied on these ;
Whereas in the intervening period significant imports of the product . in
question have been recorded on the Community market ;       whereas the customs
duty exemption should therefore be reintroduced ;
Whereas Annex VII to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 should therefore be amended
accordingly ;
1 0J L 379, 31.12.1981 , p. 1 .
20J L 305 , 10.10.1988, p. 1 .
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 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2. -
Whereas Annex VII to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 appears in the Common
Customs Tariff ;   whereas the Common Customs Tariff adopted by Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/87 3, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No
should therefore be amended ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
1 . Annex VII to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 and Annex I to
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658 / 87 are hereby amended as indicated in the
Annex to this Regulation .
2 . Changes made in CN subheadings by this Regulation shall be
applicable as TARIC subheadings pending their insertion in the combined
nomenclature as provided for in Article 12 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 2658 / 87 .
                                     Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 15 February 1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     For the G ©une il
30J L 256, 7.9.1987, p.
40J L ,              , p.
                       p.
 ---pagebreak---                                         ANNEX
   CN code                Description
                                                       Rate of duty
                                            Autonomous       Conventional Supplementary
                                             ( % ) or             (%)          unit
                                             levy ( AGR )
        1                  2                       3                4           5
0304             Fish fillets and other
                 fish meat ( whether or
                 not minced ), fresh ,
                 chi l led or frozen :
0304 10          - Fresh or chilled :
0304 10 11
     to          unchanged
0304 10 91
                 - Other :
                 - Herring flaps :
0304 10 92       - from 15 February
                         to 1 5 June ^            Free            Free
0304 10 93       - from 16 June to
                         14 February 2             20             15 4
0304 10 98       - Other ^                         18             154
0304 20 11
     to          unchanged
0304 90 99
lîARIC code for 1989 : 0304 10 99* 13
^TARIC    code for 1989 : 0304 10 99* 11 and 12
3TARIC cod for 1989 : 0304 10 99* other than 11 , 12 and 13
^ Duty exemption for herring falling within subheadings 0302 40 90,0303 50 90,
  0304 10 93 , 0304 10 98 and 0304 90 25 within the limits of a global
  annual tariff quota of 34 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent
  Community authorities and subject to compliance with the reference price .
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 ---pagebreak---                                  FICHE FINANCIERE
1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée :
2 . Base juridique : Article 30 du règlement 3796/ 81
3 . Intitulé de l' action : Modification de l' Annexe VI du règlement 3796/81 et
                            du règlement 2658 /87
4 . Objectif : Suspension des droits de douane pour les flancs de harengs frais
               et réfrigérés pour la période du 15 février au 15 juin telle
               qu' elle était appliquée avant le 1.01.1988 .
5 . Mode de calcul :
    - code de la N. C. :   0304.10.99
    - droit à appliquer :   0%
    - droit normal  :      15 /i
6 . Perte de recettes :
    Valeur des importations moyenne 1985/87 : 1.654.000 Ecus
    Perte de recettes : 1.654.000 x 1 5% = 248.000 Ecus
 ---pagebreak---                   IMPACT ON COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT
This proposal restores the GATT-bound exemption from customs duties
applied by the Community until the changeover from the CCT to the
Harmonized System on 1 January 1988 . There will be no serious impact
on competitiveness and employment in the Community .