CELEX: 51978PC0459
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2710/77 ESTABLISHING IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN CHAPTERS 1 TO 24 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF A SCHEME OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES IN FAVOUR OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

No C 247/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              18.10. 78
              II.2 Man's impacts on climate
                   (a) atmospheric chemical pollution, with a special emphasis on carbon dioxide accumulation;
                   (b) release of energy.
                                          B. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES A N D SERVICES
               I. Establishment of an interdisciplinary group for the study of climatic impacts
              II. Inventory, coordination and enrichment of European climatic data sets
                  Research work will be carried out by way of contracts.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) N o 950/68 on the
              Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) N o 2710/77 establishing in respect of
              certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff a
                            scheme of generalized preferences in favour of developing countries
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 September 1978)
T H E COUNCIL OF T H E EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the Common Customs Tariff, thereby giving rise to
                                                                   distortions of the cost prices of the imported
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       products in this category; whereas this situation
European Economic Community, and in particular                     should be remedied by laying down specific
Article 43 thereof,                                                definitions of these products;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Whereas the         liquid   fraction obtained    from
                                                                   fractionation of the oil should be classified as 'other
                                                                   than crude' under subheading 15.07 D, the hardened
Having regard to the opinion of the European                       fraction should be under heading N o 15.12, and a
Parliament,                                                        subheading 15.12 B relating to the hardened fraction
                                                                   of the fractionated oils should be added, comprising
                                                                   two lines to make a distinction between the technical
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) N o
                                                                   uses of these products and their use in foodstuffs;
136/66 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N o
. . ./78, provides that vegetable and animal oils are
subject to the Common Customs Tariff;                              Whereas, given the economic impact on all the
                                                                   markets in oils and fats, the economic balance of
                                                                   these markets must be safeguarded by altering the
Whereas the development of the use of fractionation
                                                                   rates of the duties which the Common Customs
processes makes it possible to obtain from the crude
                                                                   Tariff lays down in respect of the hardened fraction
oil a liquid fraction and a hardened fraction, each
                                                                   of the oil to be classified under heading N o 15.12 of
with a different composition from that of the original
                                                                   the Common Customs Tariff;
substance; whereas in view of the absence of details
concerning these new products the Member States use
or could use different interpretations when applying               Whereas the relevant preferential rates of duty as set
                                                                   out in Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) N o
                                                                   2710/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing in respect
(») OJ N o 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           of certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of
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the Common Customs Tariff a scheme of generalized                                A. Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by
preferences in favour of developing countries (*)                                     pressure, shall be considered as 'crude' if they
 should also be altered,                                                              have undergone no other processing than:
                                                                                      — decantation within the normal time limits,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                         — centrifugation or filtration, provided that,
                                                                                          in order to separate the oils from their
                                                                                          solid constituents, only mechanical force,
                           Article   1
                                                                                          such as gravity, pressure or centrifugal
                                                                                          force, has been employed (excluding any
The Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regu-
                                                                                          adsorption filtering process, fractionation
lation (EEC) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the
                                                                                          or any other physical or chemical process);
Common Customs Tariff (2), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2500/77 (3), is amended to read                              B. Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by
 as follows:                                                                         extraction shall continue to be considered as
                                                                                      'crude' when they cannot be distinguished, by
1. Additional Note 1 to Chapter 15 shall be replaced
                                                                                      their colour, odour or taste, nor by recognized
    by the following:
                                                                                      special analytical properties, from vegetable
    For the purposes of subheading 15.07 D:                                           oils and fats obtained by pressure;
                                                                                 C. The expression 'crude oils' shall be taken to
(!) OJ No L 324, 19. 12. 1977, p. 107.                                                extend to de-gummed soya bean oil and to
(2) OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1.                                                   cotton seed oil from which the gossypol has
(3) OJ No L 289, 14. 11. 1977, p. 1.                                                  been removed.
              2. Heading No 15.12 is amended to read as follows:
                                                                                                           Rate of duty
                        CCT
                                                                                                   Autonomous
                      heading                                Description
                                                                                                        %           Conventional
                         No
                                                                                                     or levy              %
                                                                                                       (L)
                         1                                       2                                      3                 4
                       15.12             Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly
                                         or partly hydrogenated, or solidified or
                                         hardened by any other process, whether
                                         or not refined, but not further prepared:
                                         A. In immediate packings of a net capa-
                                             city of 1 kg or less                                    20(a)               —
                                         B. Other:
                                              I. Vegetable oils hardened by frac-
                                                 tionation:
                                                 a) For industrial uses other than
                                                      the manufacture of foodstuffs
                                                      for human consumption (c)                       4(a)
                                                 b) Other                                            17 (a)
                                             II. Other                                               17 (a)              (b)
                 (a) In certain conditions, the collection of a compensatory amount is provided for in addition to the customs
                     duty.
                 (b) See Annex.
                 (c) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                                                                   Article 2
             Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 2710/77 is amended to read as follows:
                    CCT
                  heading                                          Description                                       Rate of duty
                    No
                   15.12          Animal or vegetable oil and fats, wholly or partly hydro-
                                  genated, or solidified or hardened by any other process,
                                   whether or not refined, but not further prepared:
                                  A. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less                            16%
                                  B. Other:
                                       I. Vegetable oils hardened by fractionation:
                                          a) For industrial uses other than the manufacture of
                                               foodstuffs for human consumption (a)                                    2-5 %
                                          b) Other                                                                      9%
                                      II. Other                                                                         11 %
             (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
                                                                   Article 3
              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on the adjustment of capacity for the carriage of
                                   goods by road for hire or reward between Member States
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 October 1978)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      regulated to a large degree by a system of bilateral
                                                                               agreements between the Member States concerned;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                               Whereas the decisions of the Member States in this
 Article 75 thereof,                                                          matter are prompted by economic and political
                                                                               considerations which are often divergent; whereas the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                            measures at present provided for in the bilateral
 Having regard to the opinion of the European                                  agreements range from complete liberalization to a
 Parliament,                                                                   stringent quota system; whereas these disparities can
                                                                               obstruct the functioning and development of the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                             common market unless they can be justified by the
 Social Committee,                                                             situation in the market under consideration;
 Whereas the carriage of goods by road for hire or                             Whereas, in order to facilitate the transition from the
 reward between Member States is at present                                    present system to an integrated common market in