CELEX: 51973PC1856
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff on titter or Seville oranges of subheading ex 08.02 A II a) and b) and saffron, neither crushed or ground, of subheading 09.10 C I (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                        COM(73)1856 Final
                                                        Brussels . 6 November 1973
                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous duties in
           the Common Customs Tariff on titter or Seville oranges of
               subheading ex 08.02 A II a) and t>) and saffron,
                    neither crushed or ground , of subheading
                                    09.10 C I
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  CGM(73 ) 1856 Final
 ---pagebreak---                                 SXFLAI» ATC EY KZLCRÂNDUM
l ) The CoEEunity ' s processing industry is in urgent need 01 bitter or
    Seville oranges , which cannot sufficiently be covered by the
    CoEzunity harvest ; as a result sose Mes-ber States have become dependant
    on large quantities of these fruit from third countries .
    as shown by the following isport figures for the federal Kepublic
    of Germany and the Benelux countries .
                         FEDERAL HEFUBLIC 0? GS&lAKT 1S72       ( tons )
    9               1              1                                                  I
    " jsequirenents " i-roduction " Deliveries from         Importations iron.
    1               !              !         the          !  third countries
    ?
                                        Conaunity         f                           f
                    »              •                                                  I
    • 152 . V                             IH.9                    137-5
    I               I              «                      V                           f
                              BSiZLITX CGUN72IBS 1972 ( tons )
    t               t              •                      ι                           *
      3*3     "                                                  3^3
    f               «              f                      9                           I
    The custoss duties chargeable on the icportation of these fruits
    (1 April - 15 October : 15           16 October - 31 Karch : 20 % ) are
    reducing the competitiveness of the Coasunity 's industry concerned .
    As this situation stay not be expected to change in the near future ,
    the Ccanission considers it necessary to prolong until 30 June 197^ -
    as requested by the German and Benelux Governments - the existing
    partial Cos-on Customs Tariff duties suspension for these fruits
    which is due to expire on 31 December 1973 .
2 ) Apart fros a very snail production in Italy , there is at present no
    production of saffron in the Corssunity , but a processing industry
    in France has shown an annual requirement of six tons . As the price
    of ixported saf/ roa has risen considerably over the past few years ,
    there is a daneer that the use of saffron will becoae uneconotic and
                                                                         • • • /• • •
 ---pagebreak---     that the firms concerned will have to close down .     It therefore seems
    expedient to comply with the request of the French Government , and to
    extend until 30 June 197^ the existing partial suspension of Common
    Customs Tariff duties , which is due to expire on 31 December 1973 » on
    saffron neither crushed nor ground falling within subheading 09.10 C I
    ( rate of duty not suspended : 16 % ) ,
3 ) Approval by all the Government experts of the Member States was not
    forthcoming     for certain further applications by some Member States for
    suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties , in respect of :
    ( a ) frozen asparagus of subheading ~ex 07.02 B ( United Kingdom )}
    ( b ) dried onions of subheading ex 07,0k A ( United Kingdom );
    ( c ) Plums for industrial processing of subheading ex 08.07 D I
          ( Benelux countries );
    ( d ) Mixtures of fruit containing added sugar in immediate packings of .
          a net capacity of 1 kg or less , of subheading ex 20.06 B I 8 aa )
          and bb )  ( Benelux countries)#
    Since it has been established that the products concerned are being
    produced in the Community in sufficient quantities , the Commission
    considers that tariff measures are not called for .
 ---pagebreak---                             Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous ,
        duties in the Common Customs Tariff on bitter or
        Seville oranges of subheading ex 08.02 A II a ) and
        b ) and saffron , neither crushed or ground , of
        subheading 09»10 C I
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article      thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas production of the products referred to in the present
Regulation is at present inadequate within the Community and
producers are thus unable to meet the needs of user industries
in the Community ;
Whereas it is therefore in the Community 's interest to suspend
partially the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on these
goods .
Whereas taking account of the difficulties involved of accurately
assesing the development of the economic situation in the sectors
concerned in the near future , these suspension measures should be
taken only temporarily fixing their terms of validity to conincide
with the interests of Community production ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                            Article 1
From 1 January to 30 June 197 ^ the autonomous Common Customs Tariff
duties for the products listed in the annex to this Regulation shall
be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of them .
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                             Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197 ^.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                         For the Council
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEX
! CCT heading no    ! Description of goods      • 3ato of duty   ι
                                                  ( autonomous )
i                   !                           !                I
!                   ;                           t                !
t ex 08.02 A II a ) f Bitter or Seville         f       8 %
                                                                 I
        and b )       oranges
I                   1                                            1
                    •                           •
I                   1                           1                »
     09.10 c 1      , Saffron , neither crushed        10 %
                                                                 1
                      nor ground
»                   1                           1                1