CELEX: 31976R1450
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1450/76 of 21 June 1976 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

24. 6 . 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 163/ 1
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                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1450/76
                                                      of 21 June 1976
                temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                            number of agricultural products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    is to be determined by reference to the interests of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   Community production,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 28               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 thereof,
                                                                                        Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
 ment (*),                                                      the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­
                                                                lation shall be suspended at the level indicated in
Whereas production in the Community of the                      respect of each of them .
 products specified in this Regulation is currently
 inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus            These suspensions shall be applicable :
 cannot     meet the     needs of user industries    in  the    — from 1 July 1976 to 30 June 1977 for the
 Community ;                                                        products listed in Table I,
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community in               — from 1 September 1976 to 31 March 1977 for the
 certain cases to suspend the autonomous Common                     product listed in Table II,
 Customs Tariff duties partially only because these             — from 15 October 1976 to 31 December 1976 for
goods are produced in the Community, and in other                   the product listed in Table III .
 cases to effect total suspensions ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­
 rately short-term trends in the economic situation in          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be             following its publication in the Official Journal of
taken only for temporary periods, the length of which           the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1976.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                             J. HAMILIUS
(') Opinion issued on 18 June 1976 (not yet published in the
    Official Journal).
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                          TABLE I
                                                                                                                  Rate of
           CCT                                                                                                  autonomous
                                                          Description of goods
        heading No                                                                                                  duty
                                                                                                                    <%)
    03.01 A I b)   Salmon, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen                                                     0
ex 03.01 B I e)     Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces        0
ex 03.01 B I g)     Black halibut (Hippoglossus reinhardtius), fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless or
                                                                                                                       0
                    in pieces
ex 03.01 B I q)    Sardinops sagax, sardinops ocellata (pilchards), fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless
                   or in pieces, intended for the processing industry (a)                                              8
ex 03.01 B 1 q)    Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the
                                                                                                                       8
                   processing industry (a)
                                                                                                                       0
ex 03.01 C         Roes, fresh , chilled or frozen
ex 03.02 A I c)    Anchovies (Engraulis sp . p.) salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces, in barrels
                   or other containers of a net capacity of 10 kg or more                                              5
    03.02 A I e)                                                                                                       4
                   Salmon , salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces
                   Sprats, salted or in brine , whole , headless or in pieces                                          0
ex 03.02 A I f)
ex 03.02 A I f)                                                                                                        7
                   Saithe (Gadus virens), salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces
ex 03.02 A II d)   Fillets of Saithe (Gadus virens), salted or in brine                                                7
ex 03.02 C         Fish roe, salted or in brine                                                                        0
 ex 03.03 A I      Tails of crawfish , chilled or frozen , shelled or not                                             10
ex 03.03 B I b)    Oysters, fresh (living), weighing no more than 12 g each                                            0
ex 03.03 B I b)    Oysters, fresh (living), of the 'Crassostrea gigas' variety, weighing more than 100 g each          0
ex 07.03 E         Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in brine, in sulphur water or
                   in preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate consumption                     4
 ex 07.05 B I      Beans dried , white of the species Phaseolus vulgaris                                               0
ex 08.01 A         Dates, fresl or dried, in immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 35 kg, for
                                                                                                                      0
                   repacking for retail sale (a)
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                                                                                                                             Rate of
             CCT                                                                                                           autonomous
                                                                             Description of goods
         heading No                                                                                                            duty
                                                                                                                               (%)
 ex 08.01 A                      Dates, fresh or dried, intended for processing other than for the production of alcohol
                                 (a)                                                                                              0
 ex 08.01 F                      Cashew nuts, shelled                                                                             0
 ex 08.09                        Rose-hips, fresh                                                                                 0
ex 08.10 A                       Bilberries, whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, without added sugar                    4
 ex 08.10 B                      Cranberries and rose-hips, whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, without
                                 added sugar                                                                                      0
 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 (a)                                                                0
 ex 09.04 B I                    Paprika, ground, for use in animal feedingstuffs (a)                                             0
     09.10 C I                   Saffron, neither crushed nor ground                                                             10
 ex 16.04 A II                    Fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine                     0
ex 16.04 C II                     Spiced and salted herrings, packed in barrels, intended for the processing industry (a)        12
 ex 16.05 A                       Crabs of the 'King', 'Hanasaki', 'Kegani' and 'Queen' varieties, simply boiled in water
                                  and shelled, whether or not frozen, in packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more,
                                  intended for the processing industry (a)                                                       0
 ex 16.05 A                       Crabmeat, excluding meat of the species 'Cancer pagarus', simply boiled in water,
                                  whether or not frozen, in packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, for repacking for
                                  retail sale (a)                                                                                 5
 ex 16.05 B                       Shrimps and prawns other than those of the 'Crangon' variety, boiled in water and
                                  shelled, whether or not frozen , intended for the industrial manufacture of products
                                  falling within heading No 16.05 (a)                                                            10
     23.07 A                      Fish or marine mammal solubles                                                                  2
(a) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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                                                    TABLE II
                                                                                                          Rate of
         CCT                                                                                            autonomous
                                                     Description of goods
      heading No                                                                                            duty
                                                                                                            (%)
ex 03.01 B I d)  Sardines (Clupea pilchardus Walbaum), fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, of a length of
                 20 cm or more                                                                               0
                                                   TABLE III
                                                                                                          Rate of
         CCT                                                                                            autonomous
                                                     Description of goods
      heading No                                                                                            duty
                                                                                                            (%)
ex 06.04 B I     Natural Christmas trees unfit for replanting and branches of coniferous trees or holly
                 for ornamental purposes                                                                     0