CELEX: 31987R4167
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 4167/87 of 21 December 1987 totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta (1988)

No L 398 / 8                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 12 . 87
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4167/87
                                                      of 21 December 1987
                   totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling within
                        Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta (1988)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
   Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
   thereof,                                                          1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988 products
                                                                    listed in the Annex and originating in Malta shall be
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     imported into the Community as constituted on 31
   3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade                December 1985 at the rates of duty indicated in the
   arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from          Annex for each product.
   the processing of agricultural products ('), and in
  particular Article 12 thereof,                                    2.     For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the
                                                                    rules of origin shall be those in force at the time for the
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                implementation of the Agreement establishing an associ­
                                                                    ation between the European Economic Community and
                                                                    Malta .
  Whereas, pursuant to Annex I to the Agreement estab­
  lishing an Association between the European Economic
  Community and Malta (*), the Community must partially                                       Article 2
  suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable              Where products benefiting from the arrangements
  to certain products ; whereas it would also be appropriate       provided for in Article 1 are imported into the
  provisionally to adjust or supplement certain of the tariff
  benefits provided for in the said Annex; whereas, in             Community in such quantities or at such prices that they
  respect of products listed in the Annex to this Regulation       cause or threaten to cause material injury to Community
  and originating in Malta, the Community should                   producers of like or directly competing products, the
  accordingly suspend the fixed component of the charge            duties applicable may be partially or totally reimposed on
  applicable to goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No               the products concerned. Such measures may be taken
                                                                   also in the event of material injury or threat of material
  3033/80 and the customs duty applicable to other goods           injury limited to one region of the Community.
 at the levels indicated for each product from 1 January
 to 31 December 1988 ;
                                                                                             Article 3
 Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No               1.     In order to implement Article 2 the Commission
 2357/86 of 24 July 1986 amending Regulations (EEC)                may adopt a Regulation reimposing customs duties for a
 No 3555/80, (EEC) No 3394/85 and (EEC) No                         given period.
 3668 /85 as regards imports into Greece of certain
 products originating in Malta (3); whereas, since a               2 . Where a Member State asks the Commission to
 Protocol as provided for in Articles 179 and 366 of the
 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal does not exist,            adopt such a Regulation, the Commission shall reach its
 the Community must take the measures referred to in               decision within a maximum of 10 working days from the
 Articles 180 and 367 of that Act; whereas this Regulation         day on which it receives the request and shall inform the
                                                                   Member States of the action taken.
 applies to the Community as constituted on 31
 December 1985 ;
                                                                   3.    Any Member State may refer the measure taken by
Whereas the nomenclature used in the Common                       the Commission to the Council within ten working days
                                                                  of notification. The fact that the matter is referred to the
Customs Tariff will be replaced from 1 January 1988 by            Council shall not cause the measure to be suspended.
the combined nomenclature based on the International
Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description                The Council shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a
                                                                  qualified majority, amend or rescind the measure in
and Coding System ; whereas this Regulation must                  question.
therefore take account of that fact by indicating the
combined nomenclature codes and, where appropriate,
the TARIC code numbers of the products concerned ;                                          Article 4
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0) OJ No L 323, 29. 11 . 1980, p. 1 .                             European Communities.
O OJ No L 61 , 14. 3. 1971 , p. 3 .
(5) OJ No L 205, 29. 7. 1986, p. 9.                               It shall apply from 1 January 1988 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  B. HAARDER
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                                                                     ANNEX (a)
   Order
                  CN code                                                   Description                                                Rate of duty
    No
16.0001          0203  11  90          Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen :                                                           Free
                 0203  12  90
                                      — Fresh of chilled :
                 0203  19  90
                 0203  21  90         — Carcases and half-carcases :
                 0203  22  90
                                             Other
                 0203  29  90
                                      — Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in :
                                             Other
                                      — Other :
                                             Other
                                      — Frozen
16.0003.         0208 90 10            Other meat and edible meat offal , fresh, chilled or frozen :
                                      — Other :
                                      — Of domestic pigeons                                                                                5 %
16.0005          0208 10 90
             ex 0208 90 30            — Of furred game                                                                                     Free
16.0007          0208 20 00           — Frogs' legs                                                                                        Free
16.0009          0208 90 90           — Other                                                                                              Free
16.0011          0409 00 00            Natural honey                                                                                      25 %
16.0023      ex 0603 90 00            — Other
                                             Cut flowers, dried but not otherwise prepared                                                 7%
16.0025      ex 0603 90 00            — Cut flowers, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared                                    15 %
16.0027          0706 90 30            Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible
                                       roots, fresh or chilled :
                                      — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                                                               13 %
16.0029      ex 0709 90 90            — Other : .                                                                                          Free
                                              'Comboux' (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.
                                              Moench)) Moringa oleifera (drumsticks)
16.0031      ex 0710 80 90            Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen :
                                      — Other :
                                              'Comboux' (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.
                                              Moench))                                                                                    13 %
16.0033      ex 0711 90 70            Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in                          Free
                                       sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state
                                       for immediate consumption :
                                      — Other vegetables :
                                      — 'Comboux' (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.
                                           Moench))
                                       Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further
                                      prepared :
                                      — Other :
16.0035      ex 0712 90 90            — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                                                                Free
16.0037      ex 0712 90 90            — 'Comboux' (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus esculentus (L.                                   11 %
                                           Moench))
(a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of the products is to be considered as
    having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the application of the
    combined nomenclature code .
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   Order                                                            Description                                     Rate of duty
                   CN code
     No
                 0810         Other fruit, fresh :                                                                      5 %
16.0039
                 0810 20  90
                 0810  30 90  — Fresh berries
                 0810  40 90
             ex 0810   90 90
16.0041                       Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids ; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty
                              alcohols :
                              - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids :
                 1519 13 00   — Tall oil fatty acids                                                                    Free
                 1519 19 00   — Other
                 1519 20 00   — Acid oils from refining
 16.0043                      Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood :
             ex 1602 20 10    — Goose or duck liver                                                                    10 %
 16.0045     ex 1602 90 31           Of game or rabbit :                                                                8 %
                                       Of game
 16.0047     ex 1602 90 31           Of game or rabbit :                                                                14 °/o
                                       Of rabbit
                  1602 50     — Of bovine animals :
             ex 1602 50 90    — Other
 16.0049                      — Prepared or preserved tongues                                                           17 %
                  1602 90     — Other, including preparations of blood of an animal :
 16.0051     ex 1602 90 71    — Of sheep                                                                                18 %
             ex 1602 90 79
 16.0053     ex 1602 90 71    — Of goats                                                                                16-%
              ex 1602 90 79
 16.0055      ex 1602 90 99    — Other                                                                                  16 %
                  1605 90 90
                               Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
                               acetic acid
 16.0057          2003 20 00   — Truffles                                                                               14 %
                               Vegetables and fruits, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
                               acetic acid :
  16.0059     ex 2004 90 99    — Asparagus                                                                              20 %
                  2005 60 00
  16.0061     ex 2004 90 30    — Sauerkraut                                                                              15 %
                  2005 30 00
                                                                                                                         12 %
  16.0063     ex 2004 90 30    — Capers
                  2005 90 30
  16.0065     ex 2004 90 99    - Other, including mixtures :                                                             Free
                  2005 90 90   — Moringa oleifera (drumsticks)
              ex 2009 80 39    Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not
                               containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other
                               sweetening matter :
                               — of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm5 at 20 °C :
                               — of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
                               — ■— Date juice                                                                            Free
  16.0069      ex 2009 80 39   — Other juice of fruits falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding fig
                                  and date juice), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50,
                                  0810 40 90, 0810 90 10, 0810 90 90                                                      8 %
  16.0071      ex 2009 80 31   — Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
                   2009 90 21         Juice of fruits falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding fig juice),
                                      0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90,
                                      0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90                                                       8 % + AGR
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                           \
     Order
                  CN code                                            Description
      No                                                                                                           Rate of Duty
  16.0073    ex 2009 20 99    - Of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °C :
                              — Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg :
                                     Grapefruit juice                                                                   7%
  16.0075    ex 2009 30 31          Juice of any other single citrus fruit (other than lemon juice) containing
                                     added sugar                                                                       13 %
  16.0077    ex 2009 30 39          Juice of any other single citrus fruit (other than lemon juice) not
                                     containing added sugar                                                            13 %
 16.0079     ex 2009 80 80          Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable :
                                        Juice of other fruits or vegetables falling within codes 0801 , 0803,
                                        0804 (excluding fig juice), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90,
                                        0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90, 0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90                    8 %
 16.0081    ex 2009 80 80           Juice of other fruits or vegetables containing added sugar :
                                        Other, excluding apricot juice and peach juice                                 17 %
 16.0083    ex 2009 80 95           Juice of other fruits or vegetables not containing added sugar:
            ex 2009 80 99
                                        Other juice of fruits falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding
                                        fig juice), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50,
                                        0810 40 90 , 0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90                                           8 %
 16.0085    ex 2009 80 99           Juice of other fruits or vegetables not containing added sugar:
                                       Other, excluding apricot juice and peach juice                                  18 %
            ex 2009 90 51    — Mixture of juices :
                             — Of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °C :
                                    Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight:
                                       Other excluding mixtures containing, singly or in combination, more
                                       than 25 % of grape juice, citrus fruit juices, pineapple juice, apple
                                       juice, pear juice, tomato juice, apricot juice or peach juice
 16.0087                                  Containing added sugar                                                      17%
16.0089     ex 2009 90 59                 Not containing added sugar                                                  18 %
16.0091         2009 20 91   — Grapefruit juice :
                             — Of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20°C :
                                    Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight and with an
                                   added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight                                  7 % + AGR
16.0093        2009 20 99          Other                                                                               8 %
16.0095        2009 30       — — — Juice of any other single citrus fruit :
           ex 2009 30 91
                                          With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight                  14 % + AGR
16.0097        2009 30 95                With an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by weight                     14 %
16.0099        2009 30 99                 Not containing added sugar                                                  15 %
16.0101    ex 2009 80 91
                                   Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable with an added sugar content
                                   exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                      Juice of fruits falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding fig
                                      juice),     and   0807 20 00,    0810 20 90,   0810 30 90,   0810 40 10,
                                      0810 40 50 , 0810 40 90 , 0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90                         8 % + AGR
16.0103    ex 2009 80 91              Other, excluding apricot juice and peach juice                            17 0/o + AGR
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   Order
                    CN code                                         Description                                     Rate of duty
     No
16.0105       ex 2009 8093            With an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                        Juice of fruit? falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding fig
                                        juice),   and    0807 20 00,    0810 20 90, === 0810 30 90,  0810 40 10,        8 %
                                        0810 40 50, 0810 4090, 0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90
              ex 2009 80 93             Other, excluding apricot juice and peach juice                                  17 %
16.0107
16.0109        ex 2009 80 99          Juice of other fruit or vegetables not containing added sugar:
                                        Juice of fruits falling within codes 0801 , 0803, 0804 (excluding fig
                                        juice), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50,
                                        0810 40 90 , 0810 90 10 or 0810 90 90                                            8 %
               ex 2009 80 99             Other, excluding apricot juice and peach juice                                 18 %
 16.0111
 16.0113       ex 2009 90 91          Mixtures of juices :
                                         Other, excluding mixtures containing, singly or in combination, more
                                         than 25 % of grape juice, citrus fruit juices, pineapple juice, apple
                                        juice, pear juice, tomato juice, apricot juice or peach juice :
                                           With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight :                  17 % + AGR
 16.0115          2009 90 93                With an added sugar content not exceeding 30 °/o by weight                  17 %
 16.0117          2009 90 99                 Not containing added sugar                                                 18 %
                  2102          Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not
                                including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders :
                                - Active yeasts :
                                — Culture yeast :
 16.0119          2102 10 31           Dried                                                                       4 % + MOB
 16.0121          2101 10 39           Other                                                                       4 °/o -1- MOB
                                Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans,
                                molluscs or other aquatic . invertebrates, unfit for human consumption ; greaves :
 16.0123           2301 20 00   - Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic
                                   invertebrates                                                                         Free
 Abbreviations :
 AGR      = levy.
 MOB      = variable component.