CELEX: 51993PC0489
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta (1994)

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                                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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                          totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling
                          within Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta
                                                               (1994)
                                                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The Council has decided that from 1 January 1974 Malta should benefit
   from treatment no less favourable that that granted to countries
   which benefit from the Generalized System of Preferences.
   The aim of the attached Regulation  is to implement that decision for
   the year 1994. It unilaterally suspends, totally or partially, the
   Common Customs Tariff duties on products falling within Chapters 1 to
   24, in line with the Commission's proposal for the generalized
   Systeml of preferences.
2. The proposal concerns only those products which are of interest to
   Malta and for which the Community arrangements   in respect of Malta
   are not more favourable than those laid down in the Generalized
   System of Preferences.
 ---pagebreak---                                                         Proposal for a
                                       C O U N C I L R E G U L A T I O N (EEC) N o         /5>3
                  totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling
                  within Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta
                                                                (1994)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
                                                                                                 Article 1
thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80                   1.    From 1 January to 31 December 1994 products
of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrange-                     listed in the Annex and originating in Malta shall be
ments applicable to certain goods resulting from the                   imported into the Community at the rates of duty indi-
processing of agricultural products ('), and in particular             cated in the Annex for each product.
Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Annex I to the Agreement establi-
shing an Association between the European Economic
Community and Malta (;) the Community must partially
suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to
certain products ; whereas it would also be appropriate                2.    For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the
provisionally to adjusts or supplement certain of the tariff           rules of origin shall be those in force at the time for the
benefits provided for in the said Annex ; whereas, in                  implementation of the Agreement establishing an Associ-
respect of products listed in the Annex to this Regulation             ation between the European Economic Community and
and originating in Malta, the Community should                         Malta.
accordingly suspend the fixed component of the charge
applicable to goods covered by Regulation (EEC)
No 3033/80 and the customs duty applicable to other
goods at the levels indicated for each product from                                              Article 2
1 January to 31 December 1994» ;
                                                                       Where products benefiting from the arrangements,
                                                                       provided for in Article 1, are imported into the Commu-
                                                                       nity in such quantities or at such prices that they cause or
                                                                       threaten to cause material injury to Community producers
                                                                       of like or directly competing products, the duties appli-
                                                                       cable may be partially or totally reimposed on the
                                                                       products concerned. Such measures may be taken also in
                                                                       the event of material injury or threat of material injury
                                                                       limited to one region of the Community.
Whereas the decision for the suspension of customs
duties on products covered by this Regulation should be
taken by the Community,
                                                                                                 Article 3
(') OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. Regulation as last amended
    by Regulation (EEC) No 1436/90 (OJ No L 138, 31. 5. 1990,
    p. 9).                                                              1.   In    order     to   implement      Article   2    the
0 OJ No L 61, 14. 3. 1971, p. 3.                                       Commission may adopt a Regulation reimposing customs
                                                                       duties for a given period.
 ---pagebreak--- 2.   Where a Member State asks the Commission to                Council shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a
adopt such a Regulation, the Commission shall reach its         qualified majority, amend or rescind the measure in ques-
decision within a maximum of 10 working days from the           tion.
day on which it receives the request and shall inform the
Member States of the action taken.                                                        Article 4
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
3.    Any Member State may refer the measure taken by           following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the Commission to the Council within 10 working days            the European Communities.
of notification. The fact that the matter is referred to the
Council shall not cause the measure to be suspended. The        It shall apply as from 1 January 1994 .':
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels,
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                         ANNEX
                               List of product»; falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Malta (a)
      Order                CN                                                                                                               Rate of
                                                                                 Description                                                duty (b)
        No                code
        0)                 (2)                                                       (3)                                                       <«)
 16.0040                0206 10 99         Edible offal fresh, chilled or frozen                                                        2%
                        0206 21 00         Of bovine animals
                   0208 10 11
16.0055                                    Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen of domestic rabbits               7%
                   0208 10 19
16.0060                 0208 10 90         Of rabbits, other than domestic rabbits, or hares                                            Free
16.0070                 0208 20 00         Of frogs' legs
16.0160                 0302 65            Dogfish and other sharks                                                                     4%
16.0210                 0303 75            Dogfish and other sharks                                                                     4%
16.0230                 0304 10 11         Fish fillets and other fish meat, chilled or frozen                                          10%
                        0304 20 11         Frozen fillets of trout
 16.0330                0306 12            Lobsters                                                                                     4%
 16.0340                0306 13 10         Shrimp:; and prawns
 16.0350                0306 13 90         Other shrimps and prawns                                                                     4,5 %
16.0360                 0306 14            Crabs                                                                                        4%
 16.0370                0306 19 10         Freshwater crayfish
16.0380             ex 0306 19 90          Perullus spp,
16.0400                 0306 22            Lobsters                                                                                     4%
16.0410                 0306 23 10         Shrimps and prawns
16.0420                 0306 23 90         Other shrimps and prawns                                                                     4,5 %
 16.0500                0307 39 90         Mussels (Perna spp.)                                                                         4%
 16.0510                0307 41            Cuttlefish and squid
                        0307 49 11
 16.0520                0307 49 19         Cuttlefish                                                                                   5.5 %
 16.0530                0307 49 31         Squid                                                                                        4%
                        0307 49 33
                        0307 49 35
                        0307 49 38
16.0540                 0307 49 51
 16.0550                0307 49 71         Cuttlefish
                        0307 49 91         Squid
                        0307 49 99
(a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description 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 coverage of the CN codes.
    Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken toge-
    ther.
(b) Without prejudice to the levying of any additional duties applicable
 ---pagebreak---        (I)         (2)                                               (3)                                              (4)
16.0560          0307 51 00  Octopus                                                                            4%
                 0307 59 10
                 0307 59 90
                 0.307 91 00
                 0307 99 13
                 0307 99 19
                 0307 99 90
16.0570          0409 00 00  Natural honey                                                                      25 %
16.0580                      Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included              4%
             ex 0410 00 00   — Royal jelly
             ex 0410 00 00      Other                                                                           2%
16.0690          0603 90 00  Cm flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
                             purposes, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared                 7%
16.0734          0707 00 19  Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October                              16%
16.0740                      Other vegetable, fresh or chilled                                                  12%
             ex 0709 20 00   Asparagus, from 31 October
16.0750      ex 0709 30 00   Aubergines, from 1 January to 31 March                                             9%
16.0760      ex 0709 40 00   Celery, other than celeriac, from 1 January to 31 March
16.0790      ex 0709 90 90   Pumpkins and courgettes, from 1 January to the last day of February                9%
                             Other, excluding parsley from 1 January to 31 March
 16.0795
                               Okra o r comboux ( H i b i s c u s e s c u l e n t u s L. or Aoeimoscnus          exempt ion
           fcx 0709 90 90 (    e s c u l e n t u s L. , Moench, Moringa o l e i f e r a d r u m s t i c k s )
16.0825          0711 40 00  Cucumbers and gherkins                                                             12%
16.0860      ex 0712 30 00   Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms                                          6%
16.0880          0713 10 90  Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skimmed or split              2%
16.1070       ex 0807 10 10  Watermelons, from 1 November to 30 April                                           6,5 %
16.1300          0814 00 00  Peel of citrus fruit or melons, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in Free
                             brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
16.1610           1212 1091  Locust bean seeds, not decorticated, crushed or ground                              Free
16.1620           1212 1099  Other locust bean seeds                                                            6%
16.2020                      Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions     2.5 %
                  151521 10  Maize (corn) oil and its fractions for technical or industrial uses other than the
                             manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (e)
16.2290       ex 1602 90 31  Prepared or preserved rabbit                                                        14%
16.2510           1704 90 30 White chocolate                                                                    4%
 16.2520      ex 1704 90 51  Other plates, including marzipan                                                    6%
                  1704 90 55 Throat pastilles and cough drops
                  1704 90 61 Sugar-coated (panned) goods
                  1704 90 65 Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery
                  1704 90 71 Boiled sweets whether or not filled
                  1704 90 75 Toffees, caramels and similar sweets
                  1704 90 81 Compressed tablets
                  1704 90 99 Other
 ---pagebreak---       0)        (2)                                                  (3)                                            <<>
16.2580                    Food preparations of flour, meal, starch nor malt extract, not containing cocoa
                           powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than
                           50 %, not elsewhere specified or included ; food preparations of goods of
                           heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa
                           powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not elsewhere specified or
                           included
          ex 1901 10 00    Preparations for infant use, put for retail sale, not containing cocoa powder       Free
              1901 20 00   Mixed and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905
          ex 1901 90 90    Other, not containing cocoa powder
162600                     Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting for cereals or cereal
                           products (for example, corn flakes), cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain
                           form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared
              1904 10 10   Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products    Free
              1904 10 30
              1904 10 90
162610        1904 90 10   Of rice                                                                             3%
16.2620       1904 90 90   Of other cereals                                                                    2%
162630        1905 10 00   Crispbread                                                                          Free
162660        1905 90 10   Matzos                                                                              Free
162670        1905 90 20   Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use,          Free
                           sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
162680        1905 90 30   Bread                                                                               4%
162690                     Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by  14%
                           vinegar or acetic acid
              2001 20 00   — Onions
162700        2001 90 50   — Mushrooms                                                                         14%
             2001   90 65 0 1 i v e s
             2001   90 75 S a l a d b e e t r o o t
             2001   90 85 Red c a b b a g e s
         ex 2001    90 95 O t h e r , e x c l u d i n g "mixed p i c k l e s " , and papaya   chutney
 16.2725 ex 2001 90 95       "papaya-chutney"                                                                   9%
 162750    ex 2004 90 30    Capers                                                                              12%
 162800       2005 90 30    Capers                                                                              12%
 162820                     Fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained,   6%
                            glacé or crystallized)
           ex 2006 00 39    Other, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight
                            Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                            0805 40 00, 0807 20 00, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 30 90. 0810 20 90.
                            0810 40 90, 0810 90 10. 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
 162830    ex 2006 00 90    Other, with      a sugar content not exceeding 13 %                                6%
                            Fruit falling   within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                            0805 40 00,       0807 20 00, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50. 0810 30 90, 0810 20 90,
                            0810 40 90,    0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
 162840                     Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and.fruit or nut pastes, being 8%
                            cooked, preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweete-
                            ning matter
           ex 2007 10 90    Other
                            Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (excluding figs and pineap-
                            ples), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50 0810 40 90
                            0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
162850                     Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit                                                  18%
           ex 2007 91 10    With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight, excluding orange jam and
                            marmalade
           ex 2007 91 30    With st'.£--r content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight, exclu-
                            ding orai r : \?rv and marmalade
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     (3)                                             (4)
       <0_       (2)
162860     ex 2007 91 90     Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade                                        19%
16.2865        2007 93 31    jam, jellies marmalades, cherry purée and cherry pastes with a sugar content
                             exceeding 30 % by weight                                                         25%
162870     ex 2007 99 39     With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight                                    8%
                             Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                             0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90,
                             0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
162880     ex 2007 10 10     With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight             8%
           ex 2007 99 58 Fruit fal ing within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                             0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90,
                           I 0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
162890     ex 2007 99 99      Other                                                                           8%
                              Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (excluding figs and pineap-
                              ples), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90,
                             0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
162900                        Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, 6%
                              whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not
                              elsewhere specified or included
               2008 11 91     Ground nuts
               2008 11 99     Other, including mixtures in immediate packings of a net content exceeding
            ex 2008 19 10     1 kg, excluding almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts
 163290                       Fruit juices (including grape musts) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not  28%
                              containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweete-
                              ning matter
               2009 20 11     Grapefruit juices
 163300         2009 20 19    Grapefruit juice                                                                28%
 163310         2009 20 91    Grapefruit juice                                                                7%
                2009 20 99
 163320     ex 2009 30 31     Citrus fruit juices (excluding lemon juices) containing added sugar              13%
            ex 2009 30 39     Citrus fruit juices (excluding lemon juices) not containing added sugar
 163340         2009 30 91    Other citrus fruit juices                 *                                      14%
                              With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
                2009 30 95    With an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by weight
 16.3360        2009 40 30    Pineapple juice                                                                  17%
 163370         2009 40 91    Pineapple juice                                                                  17%
 163400     ex 2009 80 39     Date juice                                                                       Free
 163550         2102 10 31    Bakers' yeast                                                                   4%
               2102 10 39
163580         2102 20 90     Other                                                                           Free
163760                        Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding                                    3%
               2309 10 90     Other dog or cat food
                                                      ?r
 ---pagebreak---                                                    T a r i e codes
Order No        CN code             Tarie code                     Order No        CN code                 Tarie code
 160380      ex 0306 19 90       030619 90*20                      162700        2001   90  65
                                                                                 2001   90  75
 16.0580     ex 0410 00 00       0410 00 00*10                                   2001   90  85
                                                                             ex 2 0 0 1 90  95        2001 9 0 9 5 "41
                                                                                                                         -49
             ex 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0  04100000*90
                                                                                                                         *6I
                                                                                                                         -69
 160740      ex 0709 20 00       0709 20 00 * 12                                                                         -70
                                               *92                                                                       -92
                                                                                                                         -93
 160750      ex 0709 3 0 0 0     0709 30 00*10                                                                           -97
                                               *20                                                                       -98
 I6O760      ex 0709 40 00       0709 4000*13                       162750     ex 2004 90 30            2004 90 30 ' 20
                                               *9l
                                                                    162820      ex 2006 00 39           2006 00 39'10
 16.0790     ex 0709 90 90      0709 90 90         «12
                                                   •51
                                                   •52              162830      ex 2006 00 90           2006 00 90'10
                                                   •58
                                                   •91                                               2007      10 9 0 - 1 1
                                                                    162840      ex 2007 10 90
          p                                                                                                             •19
 16.0795  ex  0709 90 90                           *23              162850      ex 2007 91 10           2007 91 10'19
                                                   •24                          ex 2007 91 30           2007 91 30" «9
                                                   •25
                                                   •26
                                                   •31              162860      ex 2007 9 1 9 0         2007 91 90-19
                                                   •32
                                                                    162870      ex 2007 99 39            2007 99 39" 10
  160860     ex 0712 30 00        0712 30 00*22
                                  0712 3000*24
                                  071230 00*27                      162880   |  ex 2007 10 10      |   2007      10 10 " 1 1
                                                                                                                          *19
  16.1070     ex 0807 1010        0807 10 10*10                                 «*   2007 99 58        2 0 0 7
                                                                                                                "   5 8   M 1
                                                                                                                          •19
                                                *20
                                                                                    2007 99     99    2 0 0 7 9 9 99 «11
                                                                     162890
                                                                                                                         •19
  162290      ex 160290 31        160290 31*20
                                                                     162900      ex 2008 19 10           2008 19 1 0 9 0
  162520      ex 1704 90 51        1704 90 51*90
  162580      ex 1901 1000        l90î  10  00-31                    16.3320     ex 2009 30 31           2009 30 31 '90
                                                 -33                             ex 2009 30 39           2009 30 3 V 90
                                                 -35
                                                 -37
                                                 -81                 163400      ex 2009 80 39           2009 80 39 20
                                                 -83
                                                 -«S
                                                 -67
              ex 19019090
                                   1901  90   90*16
                                  1901   90  90*18
                                  1901   90  90*27
                                  1901   90  90*29
                                  1901   90  90*71
                                  1901   90  90*73
                                  1901   90  90*75
                                  1901  90   90*77
                                 1901   90   90*97
                                 1901   90   90*99
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 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL RECORD
1.    Budget  line concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.    Leoal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.    Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council
      Regulation totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to
      certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and
      originating in Malta (1994)
4.    Object ive : Implementation of a Council Decision (to apply to Malta a
      treatment which is not less favourable than that accorded to those
      countries benefitting from generalised preferences)
      Method of calculation
      CCT heading                           varIOUS
      Duty to be appIied                    various, between 0% and 25%
      Normal CCT duty                       various, between 3% and 27%
6.    Duty-loss : Duty-loss for 1994 cannot be calculated, due to the
      uncertainty as to Malta's export possibilities.
      There should be no increase in duty-loss for 1994.
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