CELEX: 51988PC0572
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products (presented by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(88 ) 572 final
                                                     Brussels , 24 October 1988
                                Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
                   on a number of agricultural products
                       (presented by the Commission )
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  1. In the third quarter of this year , the Commission, with the assistance of
     the Economic Tariff Problems Group , examined all the requests sent in by
     the Member States for temporary suspensions of Common Customs Tariff
     duties , including the requests for the renewal of suspensions at present
     in force .
  2. This draft proposal for a Regulation covers agricultural products . The
     proposalsfor the other product categories ( aircraft and other industrial
     products ) are being drawn up. They will be shortly be sent to the Council .
  3. The principi-e followed when examining the requests for suspension is to
     grant total suspension where Community production of the product in
     question is minimal or non-existent , and partial suspension where Commu¬
     nity production only partially caters for Community requirements . For
     the latter , the rate of suspension varies according to the supply possi ¬
     bilities open to users within the Community .
     In this way, the Commission seeks to keep a balance between the interests
     of producers , users and consumers . Moreover , the need to safeguard jobs
     within the Community has been constantly borne in mind .
  4. Given the criteria listed above , the Commission feels that suspension
     of duty is justified only for those products listed in the Annex to the
     attached draft Regulation .
     However, for the two following products which were submitted by Belgium ,
     consultations are under way to ascertain whether is production in the
     Community . If, in the light of these consultations , it transpires that
     there is no Community production available , the Commission will make a
     proposal in its discussions in the Council to add these products to the
     list annexed to the draft Regulation .
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  5. As stated in Article 1 of the draft Regulation, the proposal is for a
     period limited to six months . This is due to the difficulties of assessing
     accurately how the circumstances under which suspensions are granted
     will develop in the longer term .
  6. Particular attention is drawn to the fact that in order to comply with
     the Council Resolution of 27 June 1974 concerning measures to be taken
     with a view to simplifying the task of the customs adni ni strations ( OJ
     No C 79 of 8.7.1974, p. 1 ), this Regulation must be published at least
     six weeks before coming into force .
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 ---pagebreak---                                     List of products being examined
        CN code                                                     Description of goods
eK o3oé, ü ^ o             Shrimps and prawns of the species Penaeus monodon, frozen, for process¬
                           ing ( a ) ( b )
 ex 2401 30 00             Stalks of tobacco leaves, not less than 10 cm long, denatured by means of a colouring
                           agent
(a) C&ofr*o/ of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
(b) The suspension shall apply to fish intended to undergo any operation unless they are intended to undergo exclusively one or more of the following opera¬
    tions :
    – cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,
    – cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks),
    –   sampling, sorting,
    –   labelling,
    –   packing,
    –   chilling,
    –   freezing,
    –   deep-freezing,
    –   thawing, separation.
    The suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations) qualifying for suspension where such treatment ( or
    operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The suspension of customs duties shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Draft proposai for
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No                    / 88
                                                      of          1988
                 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                             number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        relevant sectors , suspension measures should be taken
                                                                only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           reference to the interests of Community production ,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
i hereof .
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                          A rticle 1
Whereas production in the Community of the products             The autonomous Common Customs Tariff dudes for the
specified : n this Regulation is current!)’ inadequate or       products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at
non-existent : whereas producers thus cannot meet the           the level indicated against each of them .
n^eds of user industries in the Community ;
                                                                These suspensions shall be valid
Whereas in    certain cases it is in   the interest of the
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the        f'om l January        to o0 June 1989 ,
g„ods in question are produced in the Community, and
in ’he other cases to suspend them totally ;
                                                                                            Artic.e 2
Whereas, in view oi the difficulty of assessing accurately
short-tenn   Lends    In  she economic    situation  in   the   This Regulation shall enter into force on ISt January
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Luxembourg,                1988 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
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       CN code                                                                                                      Autonomous
                                                           Description of goods                                        duties
  ex 0302 69 95        Red Snapper (Lutjanus Purpureus)                                                                   0
 ex 0303 79 99
 ex 0303 1 0 00
 ex 0303 22 00
                       Salmon, frozen and headless, for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes
                       or spreads (a)                                                                                     0
 ex 1212 20 00
                       Seaweeds and other algae, for the processing industry, other than for the production
                       of animal fodder (a)                                                                               0
 ex 1604 1 1 00
                      Salmon for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or spreads (a)                       0
 ex 1604 20 10
(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
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                                   FICHE FINANCIERE
                                                        Date
  1 - Ligne budgétaire concerne : Chap . 12 , art . 120
  2 . Intitulé de l' action :
      Projet de proposition de règlement du Conseil portant suspension
      tsnporaire des droits autonomes du tarif douanier comrvun pour un
      certain nombre de produits agricoles .
  3 . Base 3 uridique : Art . 23 du Traité-CEE
Y 4 . Objectifs de l' action :
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      Suspensions des droits du TDC pour les produits susvisés
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  5 . Coût de ]. 1 action :
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      à la charge du Budget de la CE : Evaluation rendue difficile , faute de
                                          statistiques communautaires précises
      non-perception des droits : TJne pondération établie à partir des données
                                    fournies par certains Etats membres fait
                                    ressortir ion coût approximatif pour l' action
                                    pendant la période du 1.1.1989 au 30.6.1989 ,
                                    d' environ 2 500 000 ECUS .
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