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Date: 1988-04-18
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 ) 206 final
                                                  Brussels , 18 April 1988
                             Proposai for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
                on a number of agricultural products
                    ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . In the first 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 proposai for a Régulation covers agri cultural products . The pro¬
    posai for the other product categories ( aircraft and other industrial
    products ) is being drawn up . It will shortly be sent to the Council .
3 . The principle followed when examining the requests for suspension was to
    grant total suspension where Community production of the product in question
    is minimal or non-existent , and partial suspension where Community production
    only partially caters for Community requirements . For the latter , the rate
    of suspension varies according to the supply possibilities 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 .
    The other products for which a request for suspension was made and which,
    in the Commission 's view, are not eligible for a suspension since they
    do not meet the criteria mentioned above, are listed in point 7 below .
    The name of the Member State which requested the suspension is also shown .
5 . As stated in Article 1 of the draft Régulation, the proposai is for a period
    Limited to one year, except for one product Cseaweeds^and other algae -
    CN 1212 20 00) where the period is 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 administrations ( 0J No C 79 of
    8.7.1974, p. 1 ), this Regulation must be published at least six weeks before
    coming into force .
7 . The List of products referred to in the second paragraph of point 4 is as
    follows :
    ex 0811 10  90      Strawberri es    ( Denmark )
    ex 0811 20  31      Raspberri es     C "       )
    ex 0811 90  90      Kiwis            ( "       )
    ex 0813 10  00      Dried apricots ( "         )
    ex 2008 20  59      Pineapples       ( "       )
    ex 2401 30  00      Stalks of denatured tobacco
                        less than 10 cm to <^3 ( Belgium )
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -
For the Last product , consultations iare under way to ascertain whether there
is production in the Community .
If , in the Light of these consultations , it transpired that there was no
Community production available , the Commission would make a proposal in
its discussions in the Council to add this product to the list annexed
to the draft Regulation .
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 ---pagebreak---                                              Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                            number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,                                                        HAS ADOPTE D THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to thè       proposai      submitted by thè                                Article 1
Commission ,
                                                                The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the
Whereas production in the Community of the products             products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or         the level indicated against each of them.
non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the
needs of user industries in the Community ;                     These suspensions shall be valid :
Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the           – from 1 July to 31 Decarber 19B8 for the products listed
                                                                    in Table I,
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the    – from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 for the products
                                                                    listed in Table II.
goods in question are produced in the Community, and
in the other cases to suspend them totally ;
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rel¬
evant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only
 temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference
 to the interests of Community production ;
                                                                                          Article 2
                                                                              /
                                                                 This Régulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1983-
                  This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 'applicable in- ajl Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels,
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                                                                          1/
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                 TABLE I
                                                                                                                  Autonomous duties
             CN Code                                        Description of goods                                          (%)
       0302 21 10             Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinbardtius hippoglossoidts), fresh,
       0303 31 10             chilled or frozen                                                                           6
  ex 0302 69 95                Red Snapper (Lutjanus purpureas)
  ex 0303 79 99                                                                                                            0    -
 ex 0303 10 00                 Salmon, frozen and headless, for the processing industry for manufacture
 ex 0303 22 00                 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 11 00
ex 1604 20 10                  Salmon for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or
                               spreads (a)                                                                                 .
          (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
                                                          TABLE II
    Notes relating to the following table :
    (a) Checks on their use for this spécial 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 operations :
         – cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,
         – cutting (excluding, filleting or cutting of frozen blocks),
         – sampling, sorting,                                      '
         – labelling,
         – packing,
         – chilling,
         – freezing,
        – deep freezing,
         – thawing, séparation.
         The suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations)
         qualifying for suspension where such treatment (for operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering
         level . The suspension of customs duties shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.
     (c) However, the suspension is not allowed where the treatment is carried out by retail sale or catering under¬
         takings.
                                                                                                                  Autonomous duties
         CN Code                                             Description of goods
                                                                                                                          (*/·)
   ex    0302 21 10             Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinbardtius bippoglossoidesji fresh,
   ex    0303 31 10             chilled or frozen intended for processing (a) (b)                                            0
   ex    0302 65 10             Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), fresh , chilled or frozen
   ex    0303 75 10                                                                                                          6
   ex    0302 69 95             Lump fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) with roe, fresh or chilled, intended for
                                processing (a)                                                                               0
   ex    0302 69 95             Sturgeons, fresh , chilled or frozen,                                 intended
   ex    0303 79 99              for processing (a) (b)                                                                      0
                                                                                                                                    S
 ---pagebreak---     CN Code                                    Description oí goods                           Autonomous duties
                                                                                                    c/.)
ex 0302 70 00   Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen
ex 0303 80 00                                                                                        0
ex 0303 80 00   Soft roes, frozen, intended for the manufacture of deoxyribonucleic acid
                (DNA) (a)                                                                            0
ex 0305 20 00   Hard fish roes, salted or in brine                                                   0
ex 0306 19 90   Krill for processing (a) ( b )
ex 0306 29 90                                                                                        0
ex 0711 90 50   Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms within the meaning of
                 CN-Code 0709 51               150
                                           , in salted or sulphur water, or to which other
                substances ensuring their temporary preservation have been added, but
                 not specially prepared for immediate consumption                                     0
ex 0712 30 00   Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms within the meaning of
                  CN-Code 0709 51 10
                                         , dried, dehydrated or evaporated, whole or in iden¬
                 tifiable slices or pieces, intended for treatment other than simple
                 repacking for retail sale (a) (c)                                                    0
 ex 0713 33 90      Beans, white, dried, of the species Pbaseolus vulgaris, of which
                    not more than 2 % by weight are retained by a screen with aper¬
                    tures of' 8 mm in diameter, for use in the food-canning industry
                    «                                                                                  0
 ex 0304 10 00    Dates, fresh or dried, intended for the processing industry, other than for
                  the production of alcohol (a)                                                        0
 ex 0804 10 00    Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into immediate packings
                  of a net capacity not exceeding 1 1 kg (a) ' v                                       0
 ex 0810 40 50     Fruit of the species                   (Vaccinium'macrocarpon ) fresh               0
  ex 0810 90 90   Rose-hips, fresh                                   >-                                0
  ex 0811 90 50   Fruit of the genus Vaccinium, whether or not cooked, in frozen state,
  ex 0811 90 70   not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
  ex 0811 90 90                                                                                        0
  ex 0811 90 90   Rose-hips, whether or not cooked, in frozen state not containing added
                  sugar or other sweetening matter                                                     0
  ex 0811 90 90   Dates, frozen, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or more,
                  not intended for the production of alcohol (a)                                       0
                                                                                                                c
 ---pagebreak---     CN Code                                                                                   Autonomous dudes
                                          Description of goods
                                                                                                     (V.)
ex 1507 90 10 Purified soya-bean oil in glass bottles. Each bottle holds 10 litres of puri¬
              fied soya-bean oil containing by weight :
              – a minimum of 8,5 % 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 linoleic acid
                    esters,
              – a minimum of 7,4 % and a maximum of 1 1 % of linolenic acid
                    esters
              and containing :
              – not more than 5 millimoles of free fatty acid per kilogram 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                      8
               préparation of émulsions for injections (a)
                                                                                             MAX 125 ECU / 100
                                                                                            kilograms net
                                                                                            plus a compensatory
                                                                                            amount      in    certain
                                                                                                   conditions
ex 1604 30 90  Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adhèrent organs and simply salted or
               in brine
ex 1605 10 00  Crabs of the species ‘King’ (Paralithodts camebatiau), ‘Hanasaki’
                (Paralitbodes brevipes), ‘Kegani’ (Erimacrus isenbecki) ‘Queen’ and
               ‘Snow’ (Cbionoecetes spp), ‘Red’ (Gtryon quinqutdtns), ‘Rough stone’
                (Neolithidcs asperrimus), Lithodes antarctica, ‘Mud’ (Scylla serrata),
                ‘Blue’ (Portunus spp), simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not
                frozen, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more                         0
ex 1605 30 00   Lobster flesh, cooked, to be used by the processing industry for the
                manufacture of butters based on lobster, pastes, pates, soups or sauces (a)
                (c)                                                '' -                                10
   2309 90 10   Fish or marine mammal solubles                                                          0
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                                FICHE FINANCIERE
1 . Ligne budgétaire concerne : Chap . 12 , art . 120
2 . Intitulé de 1' action :
    Projet de proposition de règlement du Conseil portant suspension
    temporaire des droits autonomes du tarif douanier commun pour un
    certain rentore de produits agricoles .
3 . Base juridique : Art . 28 du Traité-CEE
4 . Objectifs de l' action :
    Suspensions des droits du TDC pour les produits susvisés
5 . Coût de 1 1 action :
    à la charge du Budget de la CE : Evaluation rendue difficile , faute de
                                       statistiques communautaires précises
    non-perception des droits : Une pondération établie à partir des données
                                 fournies par certains Etats membres fait
                                 ressortir un coût approximatif pour 1' action
                                 pendant la période du 1.7.1988 au 30.6.1989 ,
                                 d' environ 16.380.500 ECUS .