CELEX: 51992PC0153
Language: en
Date: 1992-04-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

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   COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(92) 153 final
                                              Brussels, 22 April 1992
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
        temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff
                duties on a number of agricultural products
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                         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 foi 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 draft Regulation, the
   proposed period of validity is 6 months or 12 months, depending on
   the case.
 ---pagebreak---                                                       proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N o                    192
                                                       of        1991
                temporarily suspending the autonomous C o m m o n C u s t o m s Tariff duties on a
                                            number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       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,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28
thereof,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                        Article I
Whereas production in the Community of the products            The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the
specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or        products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at
non-existent; whereas producers thus cannot meet the           the level indicated against each of them.
needs of user industries in the Community ;
                                                               These suspensions shall be valid
Whereas in one         case it is in the interest of the       — from 1 July to 31 December 1992. for the products
Community to suspend the autonomous Common                         mentioned in Table I,
Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the   — from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 for the products
goods in question are produced in the Community, and               mentioned in Table II.
in the other cases to suspend them totally ;
                                                                                        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 1 July 1992
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at                       1992.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                              ANNEX
                                            TABLE I
    CN code     TARIC Description of goods                                                     Autonoaous duties (X)
  1   63826528        Dogfish of the 6pecies Squalus         acanihias,    fresh, chilled or
      63637526        frozen
    6x63641898  168
    ex63649897  131
 2  6x63826998  • 30  Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing              (a) (b)
    8x83837998  130
 3  6x63626998  140   Luap fish (Cycloplarus      luapus)    with roe, fresh or chilled,
                      for processing (a)
 4  6x63626998  • 50  Red Snapper (Luljanus     purpureas),      fresh, chilled or frozen,
    ex6303799P  140   for processing (a) (c)
 5  ...83627008 tie   Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen
    6x83636880  120
 6  ex8383ieee  HO         ific salaon (Oncorhynchus      spp.),    frozen and headless,
                            the processing industry for aanufacture into pastes or
                      spreads (a)
 7  ex030380ee  116   Soft roe, frozen, for the aanufacture of deoxyribonucleic acid
                      or protaaine sulphate (a)
 8  ex03052000  110   Hard fish roes, salted or in brine
 9  ex03061990  ne    Krill for processing     (a)
    ex03062990  116
20  exl6041166  126   Pacific salaon (Oncorhynchus        spp.),    for the processing
    6x16042016  126   industry for aanufacture into pastes or spreads (a)
21  6x16043098  tlO   Hard fish roes, •ashed, cleaned of adherent organs and siaply
                      salted or in brine, for processing (a)
22  exl6051000  til   Crabs of the species 'King' (Paraliihodes             caachaiicus),
                119    'Hanasaki' (Paraliihodes brevipas), 'Kegani'
                      (.Eriaacrus isanbaclci), 'Queen* and *Sno«'
                      (.Chionoecetas spp.), 'Red' (Geryon quinquedans),
                       'Rough stone' (Meoli thodas asperriaus), Liihodas
                      anlarctica,    'Mud' (Scylla sarrala),        'Blue'
                      (Portunus   spp.),  siaply boiled in water and shelled, nhelher
                      or not frozen, in iaaediate packings of a net content of 2kg
                      or aore
23  exl66S3068  tlO   Lobster flesh, cooked, for the processing industry for the
                      aanufacture of butlers based on lobster, or of pastes, pates,
                      soups or sauces (a) (c)
                                                                                                                     3
 ---pagebreak---                                                      TABLE II
   CN code                TARIC   Description of goods                                            Autonomous duties (X)
16 6x87162180             tlO     Pees in pods, of the species Pi SUB sativum of the variety
                                  Hortansa axiphiua,  frozen, of a thickness not exceeding
                                  6aa, to be used, in their pods, in the aenufacture of prepared
                                  seals (a) (C)                                                     0
12 6x07119056             114     Nushrooas, excluding aushrooas of the species Agaricus spp.,
                          192     provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or in other
                                  preservative solutions, but unsuitable in thai stale for
                                  iaaediale consumption, for the food-canning industry (a)
13 6x97123086            •17      Mushrooas, excluding aushrooas of the species Agaricus spp. ,
                         •24      dried, whole or in identifiable slices or pieces, for treatment
                                  other than siaple repacking for retail sale (a) (C)
14 6x87133390            •20      Beans, white, dried, of the species Phasaolus vulgaris,  of
                                  which not aora than 2X by weight ere retained by a screen with
                                  apertures of a diameter of 8aa, for use in the food-canning
                                  industry (a)
15 6x88641668            til      Deles, fresh or dried, for the processing industry, other then
                         121      for the production of alcohol (a)
16 6x08641060            •12      Dates, fresh or dried, for packing for retail sale into
                         •22      iaaediale packings of a net content not exceeding 11kg (a)
17 8x08104656            110      Fruit of the species Vacciniua  aacrocarpon, fresh
18   08119050                     Fruit of the genus Vacciniua,  •hether or not cooked, frozen,
     08119070                     not containing added sugar or other sweetening aatter
   8x08119096            135
           (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to
               the ralavanl Coaaunily provisions.
           (b) Tha suspension shall apply to fiah intended to undergo any operation unless
               they are intended to undergo exclusively one or aore of the following
               oparaliona:
               - cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,
               - cutting (excluding, filiating or cutting of frozen blocks),
               - aaapling, sorting,
               - labelling,
               - packing,
               - chilling,
               - freezing,
               - deep freezing,
               - thaaing, separation.
               Tha suspension is not allowed for products intended, in addition, to undergo
               Irealaenl (or operations) qualifying for suspension ahere such treslaenl (or
               oparaliona) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The suspension
               of cusloas duties shall apply only to fiah intended for huean conauaplion.
           (c) Hoaever, tha suspension is not allowed where processing is carried out by
               retail or catering undertakings.
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget Iine concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Draft 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 Treaty
4.    Object ive : suspension of CCT duties on the abovementioned products
5.    Cost of this tariff-measure :
      To be borne by the EEC-budget :
      -   for the same exercise in 1991, the loss of own resources was
          expected to be of the order of 23 400 000 ecus (of P.E. E/391/91
          C0M(91) 103 of 25.03.1991)
          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 24 570 000 ecus.
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