CELEX: 51994PC0184
Language: en
Date: 1994-05-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                                    C0M(94) 184 final
                                                    Brussels,17.05.1994
                                       Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
               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. In the first quarter of this year, the Commission, with the
   assistance of the Economic Tariff Questions Group, examined all
   requests, submitted by Member States, for temporary suspension of
   common customs tariff duties, including the requests for prolongation
   of the suspensions currently in force.
2. The attached proposal concerns a number of agricultural products. The
   proposal for industrial products is being prepared.
3. Requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined
   in the light of the criteria defined in the Commission communication
   to the Council and the Member States, concerning autonomous tariff
   suspensions (cf. O.J. No. C 235 of 13.9.89, p. 2 ) .
   As a result of this examination, the Commission deems it justifiable
   to suspend the duty on those products listed in the Annex to the
   attached draft Regulation.
4. As stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned proposal for a
   Regulation, the proposed period of validity is 12 months.
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                                                                                                                           s
                                                                      of             19%
                 t e m p o r a r i l y s u s p e n d i n g the a u t o n o m o u s C o m m o n C u s t o m s Tariff duties on a
                                                          n u m b e r of agricultural products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,                                                 vant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only
                                                                                    temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                    to the interests of Community production,
            Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas production in the Community of the products
                                                                                                               Article 1
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or
non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the                              The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the
needs of user industries in the Community ;                                        products listed in the table appearing in the Annex shall
                                                                                   be suspended at the level indicated in respect of each of
Whereas in these cases, it is in the interest of the
                                                                                   them.
Community to suspend the autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties totally ;                                                    These suspensions shall apply from         1 July 1994 to
Whereas the decision for the suspension of these autono-                           30 June 1995-
mous duties should be taken by the Community ;
                                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately
short-term trends in the economic situation in the rele-                           This Regulation shall enter into force on I July 1994.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at                                          1994
                                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                                The President
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   CN code              TAR IC    Description of goods                                              Autonomous duties (X)
 1 exQ71021Q0           •10       Peas in pods, of the species Pisuti sativum of the variety
                                  Horlense axiphiu», frozen, of a thickness not exceeding
                                  6nm, to be used, in their pods, in the manufacture of prepared
                                  meals (a) (b)                                                       0
 2 ex07119060           (11       Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the species     figaricus
                        (91      spp., provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or
                                  in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state
                                  for immediate consumption, for the food-canning industry (a)
 3 ex8712360G           (1?      Hushrooas, excluding mushrooms of the species Agaricus       spp.,
                        (24      dried, whole or in identifiable slices or pieces, for treatment
                                 other than siaple repacking for retail sale (a) (b)
 4 exG7133396           (26      Beans, white, dried, of the species PhaseoLus vulgaris,      of
                                 which not more than 2X by weight are retained by a screen with
                                  apertures of a diameter of 8am, for use in the food-canning
                                  industry (a)
 S ex68841l             (11      Dates, fresh or dried, for the processing industry, other than
                        (21       for the production of alcohol (a)
 6 ex88841698           (12      Dales, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into
                        (22       immediate packings of a net content not exceeding likg (a)
 7 exG8164856           (10      Fruit of the species Vacciniua   macrocarpon,  fresh
 8 ex081G908G           (18      Rose-hips, fresh
 9   88119858                    Fruit of the genus Vacciniua,  whether or not cooked, frozen,
     88119678                    not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
   ex08119099           (66
                        (67
16 ex88119G99           (48      Rose-hips, whether or not cooked, frozen, not containing added
                                 sugar or other sweetening matter
        (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to
            the relevant Community provisions.
        (b) However, the suspension is not allowed where processing is carried out by
            retail or catering undertakings.
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
      Regulation, temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs
      tariff duties on a number of agricultural products
3.    Legal basis : Art. 28 of the EC-Treaty
4.    Object ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products
5.    Cost of this tariff-measure :
      To be borne by the EC-budget :
          for the same exercise in 1993, the loss of own resources was
          expected to be of the order of 33 500 000 ecus.
          for the current exercise, based on the Community statistics
          available, a reasonable estimate for the cost of the operation
          for the period covered by the attached draft Regulation would be
          of the order of 27 300 000 ecus.
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