CELEX: 51976PC0451
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-19
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on a number of fresh or chilled vegetables (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                     I
                                                           COM ( 76 ) 451 Final
                                                 /         Brussels . 19th August 1976
                                                                                t  .
                                Proposal
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                                  for a
                            Council Retaliation
            temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous
            Common Customs Tariff duty on a number of fresh or
                              chilled vegetables
                      ( submitted to the Council by the' Commission)
COM ( 76 ) 451 Final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATION
The Community harvest of a certain number of vegetables has , as a result of the
drought of the 1976 season , suffered a considerable reduction , which has led to
high price levels in this sector.
A temporary and total suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty for
a certain number of products in common demand can alleviate this situation and
avoid the risk of a rise in the cost of living.
The measure envisaged is ment to compensate temporarily the detrimental effects
of the drought in the sector in question } this kind of measure of essentially a
provisional character should normally be taken in the framework of the competence
given to the Council by articles 40 and 43 » and according to the procedure fore­
seen therein , in particular after consultation of the European Parliament . It should
however , to be taken in mind that the proposal of the Commission which will permit ,
 in urgent cases as the one in question, to take without delay the measures which
 press , is not yet adopted. (*)
 Under these circumstances the Commission proposes to the Council the tariff measure
  set out in the attached draft regulation , under reservation to insert it later
  in the framework of the common agricultural policy.
  (*) Proposal of a Council Regulation concerning the procedure to modify and
      suspend the customs tariff applicable for agricultural produots submitted
      to the common market organisation.
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          ■ '•     ^ 'COUJICIL REGULATION (EEC ) <|? ' ''■ •
 "temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty
 cn a number of fresh or chilled vegetables
                                  .  THE COUNCIL . CP THE EURCrSJi?; COMIUITITIIS ,
                                     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                     European Economic Community , and in partiru!*-r
                                     Article • «l03 ~thereof;
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                                     Having regard to the Commission proposal ;
 VJhcreas the drought during the 1976 sesteon has led to a considerable reduction
 in the availability of a certain number of vegetables in the Community ; whereas
 in view of the risk of increases in the cost of living which might result from
 this situation , the autonomous Common Customs      Tariff duty for the vegetables
 concerned should be totally suspended for a limited period i
Whorec.s the suddenness of the events with which the Council is confronted , the
urgence of the measures to be taken and their itemporatory character as well as
the absence of provisions in the regulation on a common organization of the
market for fruits and vegetables permitting to : meet such situations with all
necessary diligence can load to exceptionally . apply Article 103 cf the Trerty ,
subject to later insertion of this measure in ! the framework of the common
agricultural policy,
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         .. With effect from the date of entry into force of this Reguxation
and until 30 September 1976 , the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty for
the products . listed in the table annexed shall be totally suspended *
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 ---pagebreak---                       FINANCIAL                STATEMENT
                                                                                   DATE .      17/8/76
   L. BUDGET LINS CONCERNED >          Chapter 12
   2. ACTION .        Proposal for a Council Regulation .temporarily and totally suspending
                      the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on a number of fresh or
                      chilled vegetables
   3. LECAL BASIS 1         article 103 of the Treaty
   4. OBJECTIVES : Temporary and total suspension of the autonomous Common Customs
                          Tariff duty on number of fresh or chilled vegetables in order to
                          palliate the effects of the current drought
   5 . FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE                     FOR THE MARKETING YEAR CURRENT FINANCIAL TEAS  FOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAR
   5.0 EXPENDITURE                                                                  }                  L
        -CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         ( RETTJIIUS/L NTERVENTI ONS )
        –CHARGED TO NATIONAL ADMINISTR .
        -CHARGED TO OTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
   5.1 RECEIPTS
        -OXN RESOURCES OF T!!E EC           10                               negligible
          («J3FF»/CU3TO;-.S DUTIES )         '
        -NATIONAL
                                                 TEAR                   TEAR                    TSAR
  5.0.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF EXPENDITURE
  5.1.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF RECEIPTS              mesure limited till 30.9.1976
  5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
I 6.0 FINANCING      POSSIBLE WITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET ?               YES/TWH
                                                                                                                       1 I
  6.1 FINANCING POSSIBLE BY TRANSFER BSKEEN CHAPTERS OF CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                          4FES/HO-       I
1 6.2 NECESSITY FOR A SUPPLEIS.TARY BUDGET ?
  6.3 CR^ JITS TO BE ' HRI TIEN INTO FUTURE BUDGETS ?
                                                                                                          ■Ï£S/K« -
  CO/KENTS t ^ TLJE LEVEL OF -THE CU£itoms tariff is such that the takings are negligible .
                        The total suspension of the customs tariff has thus little effect on
                        the level of the takings of the customs tariff .