CELEX: 31977R1379
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1379/77 of 21 June 1977 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

No L 157/6                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 6. 77
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1379/77
                                                     of 21 June 1977
                temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a
                                           number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  Article 1
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,                                                       The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,            the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­
                                                               lation shall be suspended at the level indicated in
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­          respect of each of them .
 ment (*),
                                                               These suspensions shall be applicable :
Whereas production in the Community of the
products specified in this Regulation is currently             — from 1 July to 31 December 1977 for the products
inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus                 listed in Table I,
cannot meet the needs of user industries in             the
Community ;                                                    — from 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 for the
                                                                   products listed in Table II,
Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the
                                                               — from 1 September 1977 to 31 March 1978 for the
Community to suspend the autonomous Common                          product given in Table III,
Customs Tariff duties only partially particularly since
                                                               — from 15 October to 31 December 1977 for the
the goods in question are produced in the Commu­
nity, and in the other cases to effect total suspension ;          product given in Table IV.
Whereas in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­
rately short-term trends in the economic situation in                                   Article 2
the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be
taken only for temporary periods, the length of which          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
is to be determined by reference to the interests of           following its publication in the Official Journal of
Community production,                                          the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1977.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                                D. OWEN
(') Opinion delivered on 17 June 1977 (not yet published in
    the Official Journal).
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                                                                         ANNEX
                                                                        TABLE I
                                                                                                              Rate of
                 CCT heading No                                        Description of goods                autonomous
                                                                                                               duty
             ex 03.01 B II a)           Fillets of herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for the
                   and B II b) 7        processing industry (a)                                                7%
             ex 16.04 C II              'Herring-flaps', prepared or preserved in vinegar, in barrels or
                                        other packings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more, intended for
                                        the processing industry (a)                                            7%
             ex 16.04 C II              Spiced and salted herrings, packed in barrels, intended for the
                                        processing industry (a)                                                7%
             (a) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities
                                                                        TABLE II
                                                                                                             Rate of
                 CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                 autonomous
                                                                                                               duty
                  03.01 A I b)         Salmon , fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen                       0 %
            ex 03.01 B I e)            Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                                      whole, headless or in pieces                                            0 %
            ex 03.01 B I g)            Greenland halibut ( Hippoglossus reinhardtius), fresh , chilled or
                                       frozen, whole, headless or in pieces                                   0 %
            ex 03.01 B I q)           Sardinops sagax, sardinops ocellata (pilchards), fresh , chilled or
                                       frozen , whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the processing
                                       industry (a)                                                           8 %
             ex 03.01 B I q)          Sturgeons, fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces,
                                       intended for the processing industry (a)                               8 %
             ex 03.01 C                Roes, fresh , chilled or frozen                                        0 %
            ex 03.02 A I c)           Anchovies ( Engraulis spp .) salted or in brine, whole , headless or
                                      in pieces, in barrels or other containers of a net capacity of 10 kg
                                      or   more                                                               5%
                  03.02 A I e)        Salmon, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces                4 %
            ex 03.02 A I f)           Sprats, salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces                0 %
            ex 03.02 A II d)          Fillets of saithe (Pollachius virens or Gadus virens), salted or in
                                      brine                                                                    7 %
            (a) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined b\ the competent authorities
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                                                                                                            Rate of
                CCT heading No                                        Description of goods                autonomous
                                                                                                              duty
            ex 03.02 C                fish roe, salted or in brine                                           0 %
            ex 03.03 A I              Tails of crawfish , chilled or frozen, shelled or not                 10 %
           ex 03.03 B I b)            Oysters, fresh (living), weighing no more than 12 g each               0 %
           ex 03.03 B I b)            Oysters, fresh (living), of the Crassostrea gigas variety, weighing
                                      more than 100 g each                                                   0 %
            ex 07.03 E                Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in
                                      brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but not
                                      specially prepared for immediate consumption                           0 %
           ex 07.04 B                 Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, dried, dehydrated
                                      or evaporated, whole or in identifiable pieces or slices, intended
                                      for the processing industry (a)                                        0%
           ex 07.04 B                 Sweet red peppers, dried, dehydrated or evaporated , whole, cut or
                                      sliced , but not further prepared                                      0 %
           ex 07.05 B I               Beans dried , white of the species Phaseolus vulgaris                  0 %
           ex 08.01 A                 Dates , fresh or dried , in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                      not exceeding 35 kg, for repacking for retail sale (a)                 0%
           ex 08.01 A                 Dates, fresh or dried, intended for processing other than for the
                                      production of alcohol (a)                                              0 %
           ex 08.09                  Rose-hips, fresh                                                        0 %
           ex 08.10 A                 Bilberries (fruits of Vaccinium myrtillus), whether or not cooked,
                                     preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar                       4 %
           ex 08.10 B                Blue-black fruits of the species Vaccinium , other than those of
                                     Vaccinium myrtillus, whether or not cooked , preserved by
                                     freezing, not containing added sugar                                    4 %
           ex 08.10 B                Cranberries ( fruits of Vaccinium vitis idaea), whether or not
                                     cooked , preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar              0 %
           ex 08.10 B                Red or rose fruits of the species Vaccinium , other than those of
                                     Vaccinium vitis idaea, whether or not cooked , preserved by
                                     freezing, not containing added sugar                                    0 %
           ex 08.10 B                Rose-hips, whether or not cooked , preserved by freezing, not
                                     containing added sugar                                                  0 %
           (a ) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                                                                                                          Rate of
                CCT heading No                                       Description of goods               autonomous
                                                                                                            duty
           ex 08.10 B                Dates, frozen in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or
                                     more, not intended for the production of alcohol (a)                  0%
           ex 09.04 B I              Paprika, ground, for use in animal feedingstuffs (a)                  0 %
                 09.10 C I           Saffron , neither crushed nor ground                                10 %
           ex 16.04 A II             Fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted
                                     or in brine                                                           0 %
           ex 16.05 A                Crabs of the King, Hanasaki, Kegani and Queen varieties,
                                     simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in
                                      packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, intended for the
                                      processing industry (a)                                              0 %
           ex 16.05 A                Crabmeat, excluding meat of the species Cancer pagarus, simply
                                     boiled in water, whether or not frozen, in packings of a net
                                     capacity of 2 kg or more, for repacking for retail sale (a)           5 %
           ex 16.05 B                Shrimps and prawns other than those of the Crangon variety,
                                     boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen , intended for
                                      the industrial manufacturers of products falling within heading
                                      No 16.05(a)                                                         10 %
                 23.07 A              Fish or marine mammal solubles                                       2%
            (a) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
                                                                      TABLE III
                                                                                                          Rate of
                CCT heading No                                       Description of goods               autonomous
                                                                                                            duty
            ex 03.01 B I d)           Sardines (Clupea pilchardus Walbaum), fresh , chilled or frozen ,
                                      whole, of a length of 20 cm or more                                  0 %
                                                                      TABLE IV
                                                                                                          Rate of
                CCT heading No                                       Description of goods               autonomous
                                                                                                            duty
            ex 06.04 B I               Natural Christmas trees unfit for replanting and branches of
                                      coniferous trees or holly for ornamental purposes                    0 %