CELEX: 51983PC0617
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Date: 1983-10-20
Title: Draft COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                         COM(83) 617 f i n a l
                                                         B r us se ls , 20 October 1983
                                     Draft
                           CQyNCIL_REGULATION_iEEC)
     temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs T a r i f f
              du ti e s on a number of a g r i c u l t u r a l products
             (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(83) 617 f i n a l
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1. The subject of the following draft regulation is the temporary suspension
   of duties in the Common Customs Tariff for a number of agr icultura l items,
   as requestéd by the Member State.·
2. It seems appropriate to the Commission that a duty suspension is
   j u s t i f i e d for the goods l i s t e d in the annex to th i s regulation.
   The Commission proposes a t o t a l suspension "for those products for
   which Community production does not exist or is minimal.
   A p a r t ia l suspension is proposed in cases where the Community
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   production covers only a part of the requirements. The rate of the
   p a r t i a l l y suspended duty depends on the extent of the possible Community
   supply to the Community users. The Commission is also! tpojkihgj foe the
   right balance between the in t e r e s ts of the suppliers, users- ancj the·
   consumers in the Community.                                              1 · !·- i'· ‘
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   It also takes into account the need to protect employment'. : ; ; I .
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3. The proposed measures are confined to a fixed period         *     * because
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   d i f f i c u l t i e s of estimating the evolution of the basic factor's.
4. For a number of items for which the Member States also requested duty ■
   suspensions the Commission does not propose a t a r i f f measure because
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   the necessary conditions are not f u l f i l l e d . This concerns the following
   items :                   *
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    CCT
heading                                     Descript i on
    N°
ex 03.01  A   I b)     Salmon, frozen and headless, for the processing irdustry for manufacture
                       into pastes or spreads
    03.01 A  I b)       Salmon, intended for smoking
 ex 03.01 B  I   e)     Pifccd dog-hsh ($qu*lus            fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, headless
                        or in pieces
 ex 03.01 B  I e)      Flaps of piked dog-fish (Squalua acsnthias), fresh, chilled or frozen
 ex 03.01 B    I  h) 1  Cod (Gadus morhuH, Boreogadus saida, Gadus ogac),
                        fresh or c h i l l e d ,                   whole, headless or in
                       pieces intended for processing
 ex 03.01 B I i j 1    Saithe (Pollachiuc vire ns), fresh or c h i l l e d , intended
                        for processing
 ex 03.01 B    I  k)     Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefff>js), f res h, chilled
                        or frozen, whoic-, headless or in pie ce s, intended
                         for processing
 ex 03.01 B    I  t)    Hake flerluccius spp), fres h, chilled or frozen, whole,
                        headless or in pie ce s, intended for processing
 ex 03.01 B I I a)       F i l l e t s of:hake (Merluccius s p p . ) , f r e s h , c h i l l e d
 and       B II b) 9    or fro ze n, intended for processing
 ex 03.01  A   III       Carp fry of the genus "Cyprinus", grass carp of
                        the species "Ctenopharyngodon i d e l l a " and s i l v e r
                         carp of the species "Hypophthalmichtys m o l i t r i s e "
 ex 03.01 B I v)        Gilthead bream fry of the species "Sparus aurat us"
 ex 03.01  B   I v)     Bass fry of the species "Dicentrarchus labrax"
 ex 03.01 B I v)        Mullet fry of the species "Mugil spp."
 ex 03.01 B I v)         Sole fry of the species "Solea spp."
 ex 03.03  A   I        Crawfish heads (Palinurui spp, Pinulinis spp and Jasus spp), for the proces-
                        ling industry
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   heading                                                   Description
       N°
ex 16.04 B I                Salmon for the processing industry for manufacture into pastes or spreads
ex 16.04 C II              Spiced and sal t ed n^rrings, in immediate packings
                           of a net capacity of 10 kg or more with an average
                            weight for 4 whoLe herrings or 6 headless herrings
                            exceeding 1 kg
ex 16.05 B                 Lobster flesh, cooked, to be used by the processing indutry for the manufac­
                           ture of butters based on lobster, pastes, pâtes, soups or sauces
5. Attention is drawn to the f a c t t h a t the Council Resolution of 27.6.1974
   simplifying the ta sk of the customs ad m in is tr a tio n s (OJ C 79/74) r equire s
   the p u b li c a t io n of the a ttache d Regulation at le a s t six weeks before
   t h i s entry in t o f o r c e .
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                                          C O U N C I L R E G U L A T I O N (EEC )
               te m p o r a r ily s u s p e n d in g t h e a u t o n o m o u s C o m m o n C u s t o m s T a r iff d u t ie s o n a
                                                    n u m b e r o f a g r ic u ltu r a l p r o d u c ts
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                      only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by
COMMUNITIES,                                                                     reference to the interests of Community production,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof.
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                                                            A rticle 1
the Commission,                                                                  The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
Whereas production in the Community of the                                        the products listed in the tables annexed hereto shall
 products specified in this Regulation is currently                               be suspended at the level indicated against each of
 inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus                              them.
 cannot meet the needs of user industries in the                                  These suspensions shall be applicable :
 Community ;
                                                                                  — from 1 January to ^0 June 1984                  for the
 Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the                                  products listed in Table I,
 Community to suspend the autonomous Common                                       — from 1 A pri L to 30 June 1984for the products
 Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since
 the goods in question are produced in the Community                                    listed in Table II.
 and in the other cases to suspend them totally ;
                                                                                                               A rticle 2
 Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accura­
  tely short-term trends in the economic situation in the                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
  relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken                           1984.
                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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                                                table      I
   CCT                                                                                                  P art of
 heading                                        Description                                             autonomous
   N°                                                                                                   duty (%)
   03.02 A l e )             Salmon, ailed or in brine, whole, head!eu or in piece«
ex 08.10 D                   Boytcnberries, frozen, no sugar added                                          15
ex 15.07 D I           Purified soya-bean oil in gla<s bottles. Each bottle holds 10 litres of purified      8
                       soya-bean oil containing by weight :                                                 «nth a maximum
   b) 2                                                                                                  duty of 125 ECU pet
                       — a minimum of 8 5 % and a maximum of 12 % of palmitic acid esters,               100 kg net weight,
                                                                                                         plus a compensatory
                       — a minimum of 2 5 % and a maximum of 4-7 % of stearic acid esters,               amount in certain
                       — a minimum of 22 4 % and a maximum of 29 % of oleic acid esters,                 conditions
                       — a minimum of 46 6 % and a maximum of 53-7 % of linoleic acid esters,
                       — a minimum of 7-4 % and a maximum of 11 */o of linoleic acid esters,
                       and containing :
                       — not more than 5 millimoles of free fatty acid per leg of oil,
                       — phosphalipids corresponding to a nitrogen content not exceeding
                           004 mg per gram of oil.
                       The soya bean oil covered by this description is destined for the préparation
                        of emulsions for injections (a)
ex 16.05 A              Crabs of the species 'King' (Paralithodes camrchaticus), ‘Hanasaki' (Parali-
                        thodes brevipes). ‘Kegarn (Erimacrus isenbecki), and "Queen' (Chionoecetes
                       .sppX ‘Red’ (Geryon quinqucdcns) and ‘Rough stone' (Neolithodes asper-
                        rimui) and Lithodes antarctica, simply boiled in water and shelled, whether
                        or not frozen, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more
ex 16.05 B             Shrimps and praams of the species ‘Pandalus borealis' boiled in water and             16,5
                       shelled, whether or not frozen or dried, intended for the industrial proces­
                       sing of products failing within heading No 16.05 (a)
(a) Checks on t h e i r use for t h i s sp ec ial purpose s h a l l be c a r r i e d out
    pursuant to the re levant Community p r o v is io n s .
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   CCT                                                                                                   Rate of
 heading                                        Description                                              autonomous
   N°                                                                                                    duty (%)
ex 03.02 A I f)          Saithe (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted or in brine, whole, headless     8
                         or in pieces, intended lor smoking or drying (a)
ex 03.02 A I I d)      Fillets of saithe (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens^. salted or in brine,            9
                       intended for smoking or drying (a)
(a) Checks on t h e i r use for t h i s sp ec ial purpose s h a l l be c a r r i e d out
    pursuant to the r el ev an t Community p r o v is io n s .