CELEX: 51983PC0497
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Date: 1983-09-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Malta (1984) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- C O M M IS SIO N OF THE EU R O P E A N C O M M U N IT IE S
                                                            C0M(83) 497 final·
                                                            B rus se ls, 12 September 1983
                                           Proposal f or a
                                      COyNCIL_REGULATION_(EEC).
    t o t a l l y or p a r t i a l l y suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on
           certain products, f a l l i n g within Chapters 1 to 24 of the
              Common Customs Tariff and or ig in ati ng in Malta (1984)
                    (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   C0M(83) 497 f in a l
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council has agreed that from          1 January 1974 Malta should be given
treatm ent no less favourable than that accorded to the other countries which
benefit from generalized preferences.
The object of the R egulation annexed hereto is to put this decision into practice;
it extends to M alta, autonom ously during 1984, the total or partial suspension of
 the Common Custom s Tariff D uties on the products in Chapters 1 to 24 which
 the Com m ission proposed in connection with the generalized preferences.
 The proposal concerns only th ese products which are of in terest to Malta in
  resp ect of which Com m unity treatm ent of Malta is no more favourable than the
  treatm ent given under the generalized p references.
  A ttention is drawn to the fa c t that both the content of th e Regulation and the
  list of products annexed to it are directly related to the Commission's proposal
   to the Council concerning generalized preferences in resp ect to the products
   failing within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Custom s T ariff.
   The annexed proposal will th erefore have to be aligned on the final tex t of the
   abovem entioned R egulation when the latter has been adopted by the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                totally or partially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products, falling
                 within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Malta (1 9 8 4 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       2.     For the purposes of the application of this
                                                               Regulation, the rules of origin shall be those in force at the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          time as regards the implementation of the Agreement
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113              establishing and Association between the European
thereof,                                                        Economic Community and Malta.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade                                                 Article 2
 arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from
                                                                When products benefiting from the arrangements
 the processing of agricultural products ('), and in
                                                                provided for in Article 1 are imported in the Community
 particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                in such quantities or at such prices that Community
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             producers of products similar to or in direct competition
                                                                with them suffer or are likely to suffer from serious
 Whereas, under Annex I to the Agreement establishing           disadvantage, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be
 an Association between the European Economic                   reintroduced in whole or in part on the products in
 Community and Malta (2), the Community must                    question. Such measures may also be taken in the event of
 partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties             actual or potential serious disadvantage in a single region
  applicable to certain products; whereas it also appears       of the Community.
  necessary provisionally to adjust or to supplement certain
  of the tariff benefits provided for in the abovementioned                                Article 3
  Annex; whereas, accordingly, the Community should, in
  respect of the products originating in Malta listed in the     1.     In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the
  Annex to this Regulation, suspend either the fixed             Commission may decide, by means of a Regulation, to
  component of the levy applicable to goods coming under         reintroduce the levying of customs duties for a limited
  Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 or the customs duty                period.
  applicable to the other products from 1 January to
                                                                 2.     In the event of such action being requested by a
  31 December 198 4and at the levels indicated for each of
                                                                 Member State, the Commission shall take a decision
  them;
                                                                 within a period of not more than 10 working days from
  Whereas in the absence of a protocol provided for in           receipt of the request and shall inform the Member States
  Article 118 of the 1979 Act of Accession, the Community        of the action taken.
   must take the measures referred to in Article 119 of that
                                                                  3.     Any Member State may refer to the Council the
   Act; whereas the tariff measure in question will therefore
                                                                  measure taken by the Commission, within a period of not
   apply to the Community of Nine,
                                                                  more than 10 working days after it has been informed
                                                                  thereof. The fact that the matter is referred to the Council
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                   shall not cause the measure to be suspended. The Council
                                                                  shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a qualified
                             Article 1                            majority, amend or rescind the measure in question.
   1. From 1 January to 31 December 198 4, the products                                     Article 4
   originating in Malta listed in the Annex shall be admitted
   for import into the Community of Nine at the customs           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
   duties indicated for each of them.                              1984.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels,
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                     The President
    (') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1.
    (2) OJN 0 L 6 I, 14. 3. 1971, p. 3.
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                                           ANNEX
  CCT
heading                                    Description                                  Rate of duty
   No
    1                                           2                                             3
 0 2 .0 1  Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01,
           01.02, 01.03 or 01.04 fresh, chilled or frozen:
           A. Meat:
                III. Of swine:
                     b) Other                                                               Free
 02.04     Other meat and edible meat offals, fresh, chilled or frozen:
           ex A. Of domestic pigeons                                                        6   %
           ex B. Furred game, frozen                                                        Free
               C. Other:
                    ex I. Frogs’ legs                                                       Free
                        H. Other                                                             Free
  04.06    Natural honey                                                                    25 %
  05.03     Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer or
            between two layers of other material:
            B. Other                                                                         Free
  06.03     Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for
            ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or
            otherwise prepared:
            ex B. Other:
                     — Cut flowers, not further prepared than dried                          5   %
                     — Other cut flowers                                                         %
   07.01    Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
                 G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and
                     similar edible roots:
                     III. Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                              13 /o
             ex T. Other:
                     — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
                          Moench); Moringa oleifera (drumsticks)                               Free
    07.02    Vegetables (whether or not cooked); preserved by freezing:
             ex B. Other:
                      — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
                          Moench)                                                              13 %
    07.03     Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other
              preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate con­
              sumption:
              E. Other vegetables:
                   — Okra {Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
                       Moench)                                                                  Free
     07.04    Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables whole, cut, sliced, broken
              or in powder, but not further prepared:
              ex B. Other:
                      — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                                     Free
                      — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
                          Moench)                                                               11 %
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 CCT
heading                                     Description                                 1late of duty
  No
   1                                             2                                             3
 08.08      Jerries, fresh:
            F. Other                                                                          5%
 15.10      Fatty adds, acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols:
            C. Other fatty adds; acid oils from refining                                     Free
 16.02      Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal:
            A. Liver:
                  1. Goose or duck liver                                                     14 %
            B. Other:
                 11. Game or rabbit meat or offal:
                      — Game                                                                   9%
                      — Rabbit                                                                14 %
                III. Other:
                       b) Other:
                          1. Containing bovine meat or offal:
                             ex bb) Other:
                                     — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue                    17 %
                          2. Other:
                              aa) Of sheep or goats:
                                  — Sheep                                                      18 %
                                  — Goats                                                      16%
                              bb) Other                                                        16 %
   2 0 .0 2   Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
              acid:
                 B. Truffles                                                                    14%
                  D. Asparagus                                                                  20 %
                  E. Sauerkraut                                                                 15 %
              ex F. Capers                                                                      12%
    20.07      Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
               containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
               A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C:
                    III. Other:
                         ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
                                — Fruit falling within subheading 08.01 A                        Free
                                — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 B to H,
                                   08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                   melons and watermelons                                        6 %
                            b) Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net
                                weight:
                                ex 1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                      weight:
                                      — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.01
                                          B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples
                                          melons and watermelons                              6 % +
                                ex 2. Other:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.Oi
                                          B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples
                                          melons and watermelons                                  6 %
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  CCT
 heading                                 Description                               Rate of duty
   No
    1
 20.07   B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C:
(C°nt'd)     „ 0thcr.
                a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
                   2. Grapefruit juice                                                  8%
                    3. Lemon jui ce and other citrus
                              . _              ...
                        ex aa) Containing added sugar:
                                                            f r u it juices
                                — Excluding lemon juices                               13 %
                        ex bb) Other:
                                — Excluding lemon juices                               13 %
                    6 . Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and
                        peach juices:
                        ex aa) Containing added sugar:
                                — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                                    B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                    melons and watermelons                              6 %
                                — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices            17 %
                        ex bb) Other:
                                — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                                     B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                     melons and watermelons                                %
                                — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices             18 %
                     7. Mixtures:
                         ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                                separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                 fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                 peach juice:
                                 11. Containing added sugar                             17%
                                 22. Other                                              18 %
                 b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight:
                     2. Grapefruit juice:
                         aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                              weight                                                 8 % + (L)
                         bb) Other                                                        8%
                     4. Other citrus fruit juices:
                          aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                              weight                                                14 % + (L)
                          bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by
                              weight                                                     14 %
                          cc) Not containing added sugar                                 15 %
                      7. Other fruit and vegetable juices/
                          ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                  weight:
                                  — Fruit falling within headingNos 08.01,08.08
                                      B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                      melons and watermelons                        6   % + (L)
                                  — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices        17 % + (L)
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    CCT
   heading                                       Description                              Rate of duty
     No
      1                                              2                                          3
  20.07        B. II. b) 7. ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by
 (cotit’d)                            weight:
                                      — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                                          B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                          melons and watermelons                             6 %
                                      — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices            17%
                               ex cc) Not containing added sugar:
                                      — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01,08.08
                 4                         B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples,
                                           melons and watermelons                             6   %
                                      — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices             18 %
                           8 . Mixtures:
                               ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either
                                       separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                       fruit, pineapple, apple, pest, tomato, apricot or
                                       peach juice
                                       11. With an added sugar content exceeding
                                             30 % by weight                               17 % + (L)
                                       22. With an added sugar content of 30 % or less
                                             by weight                                        17 %
                                       33. Not containing added sugar                         18 %
    21.06      Natural yeasts-(active or inactive); prepared baking powders:
               A. Active natural yeast:
                    11. Baker’s yeast:
                        a) Dried                                                                     VC
                        b) Other                                                                     VC
     23.01     Flours and meal, of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or molluscs, unfit for
               human consumption; greaves:
                B. Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans or molluscs                            Free
Abbreviations:
(L) = levy,
vc = variable component.