CELEX: 51988PC0040
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-12
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 ) 40 final
                                                Brussels , 12 February 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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                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Tlie object of the following draft proposal for a Regulation is the
   temporary suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on two
   agricultural products , as requested by certain Member States .
2. For the first product (white beans ), it is a prolongation of an
   existing suspension which runs out on 29 February 1988 . However ,
   at the request of a Member State (Greece ) , the product benefitting
   from suspension is subject to an end-use control , in the attached
   proposal .
3. For the second product ( seaweeds and other algae ), it is to correct
   a situation which appears to have arisen from the transposition
   from the previous nomenclature to the Combined Nanenclature . In
   fact , under the previous nomenclature , seaweeds and other algae ,
   other than those for use in animal feeding , were imported exempt of
   duty into the Community .
4. The proposed measure is limited to a fixed period ( Article 1 ,
   second indent in the draft ) , given the difficulties in accurately
   assessing the development of the basic factors .
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                                   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 ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal by the Commission ,                                       Article l
                                                                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    from 1 March to
                                                                  id June 1938 .
Whereas it is in the Community 's
 interest to suspend the autonomous
 Common Customs Tariff duty totally
 for the products concerned ;
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rel¬
evant sectors,   these suspension measures
 should be taken only temporarily by
 •'■ixinn their period of validity by
 reference to the interests of
 Conmun'ty production ;
                                                                                        A rticle 2
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1     March
                                                                1933 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
               - Done at Brussels,
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
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                                         ANNEX
  Combined             Description of goods                         Autonomous
  Nomenclature                                                      duties
  Code                                                                (% )
  ex 0713 33 90      Beans , white , dried , of the species
                     Phaseolus vulgaris , of which not more than
                     2 % by weight are retained by a screen
                     with apertures of 8 mm in diameter , for
                     use in the food-canning industry Ca )                   0
ex 1212 20 00        Seaweeds and other algae , destined for
                     industrial use other than production of
                     animal fodder ( a )                                     0
( a ) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant
      to the relevant Community provisions