CELEX: 51981PC0273
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Date: 1981-06-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 562/81 on the reduction of customs duties on imports into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                    COM(81)273 final
                                                    Brussels . 2 June 1981
                                Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 on the reduction of
             customs duties on imports into the Community of certain
             agricultural products originating in Turkey
                  ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  On 19 September 1980 the . EEC-Turkey Association Council adopted
  Decision No 1 / 80 aimed at development of the Association .
  To introduce the tariff measures necessary for implementation of
  the Decision the Council adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 of
  20 January 1981 ( 1 ) establishing the rates of duty to be applied
  from 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1982 to imports of certain
  agricultural products originating in Turkey .
  In accordance with the Decision of 19 September 1980 , these rates
  were calculated on the basis of the duties applicable .to imports
  into the" Community .
   In draft Regulation ( EEC ) No                  .  ( 2 ) the Commission has
  proposed the temporary suspension of autonomous Common Customs Tariff
   duties on certain agricultural products , which will have the effectif
< altering the duties applicable to imports into the Community .
   The present proposal for a regulation is intended to take account of
   these changes and establish the new rates of customs duty to be applied
   from 1 July 1981 to seven products listed in the Annex to Council ,
   Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 , originating in Turkey .
   ( 1 ) 0J No L 65 , 11 March 1981 , p. 1 .
   ( 2 ) See Council document No 6775 / 81 / UD 51 of 8 May 1981 .
 ---pagebreak---                               PROPOSAL  FOR
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              AMENDING           REGULATION ( EEC ) No' 562 / 81
                             ON THE REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES
  ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
                          ORIGINATING IN TURKEY
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Article 113 thereof ,         ■   ~          <
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas the EEC-Turkey Association Council by its Decision No 1 / 80 of
  19 September 1980 decided to abolish in stages the customs duties still
  applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural products origin­
, ating in Turkey which may not yet be imported into the Community free of
  customs duty ;
                                                    (1)
  Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81
  established rates of duty applicable for the period commencing on
  1 January 1981 and finishing on 31 December 1982 ; whereas in accordance
  with the abovementioned Decision No 1 / 80 the said rates were calculated
  on the basis of the customs duties applicable in the Community ;
   ( 1 ) 0J No L 65 , 11.3.1981 , p.1 .
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) • no          / SI t r                  . .. te .v. oorari ly
suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of
agricultural products partially suspended certain duties applicable in
respect of the following products ;                                   . '          -"    *
( a ) Suspensions valid from 1 July to 31 December 1981 : -
                                   \                       i
            .   CCT                                                               Rate of
            headi ng                          • Description         <           autonomous
                No                                                                duty ( % )
                            i
                            I
   ex C3.03 Β I b >           Oysterá , fresh(live ), vjeighing no
                              more than 12 g each                                      9
   ex 03.01 Β II a ) '        Fillets of herring , fresh , chilled
        and      Β II b ) 7   or frozen , for processing                               3
   ex 07.04 Β                 Sweet . red or green peppers , dried ,
                              dehydrated or/ evaporated , whole .
                              cut or sliced , but not further
                              prepared .                                              10
    ex 16.04 C IÍ             Spiced and salted herrings , in
                              immediate packings of a net capacity
                              of 10 kg or more                                         8
    ex 16.04 C II             " Herring-flaps ", prepared or
                              preserved in vinegar , in immediate
                              packings of a net capacity of 10 kg
                              or   more                                                8
  ( b ) Suspensions valid from 1 July 1981 to 30 June 1982 :
                                                                 •
                CCT                                                               Rate of
 '            heading                           Description                     autonomous
                 No
                                     /             "
                                                                                  duty ( % )
    ex 03.01 Β I q )          Sardinops sagax or ocellata
                                                                                ■
                              ( pilchards ), fresh , chilled or
                          *   frozen :                       ' .
 ( 1 ) OJ No L
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                CCT                                                       Rate of
            heading                          Description                autonomous
                NO                                                       duty ( 5Ω
   ex 03.01 Β I q )          ( a ) whole , of a length of 20 cm or
       ( cont'd )                  more
                             ( b ) headless , of a length of 15 cm
                                   or more ,
                             intended for processing                         4
       03.02 f. I e )        Salmon , salted or in brine , whole ,
                             headless or - in pieces                         4
       07 . η :  G III       Horse-radish ( Cochlearia armoracia ),
                             fresh or chilled                               11
Whereas the rates of duty applicable in the Community of Nine have there­
fore been altered in respect of these products , and whereas this must be
taken into account in establishing the customs duties to be applied to
imports of such products originating in Turkey ;
Whereas , in accordance with Article 119 of the 1979 Act of Accession ,
the Community          adopted Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3555 / 80 of 16 Decem­
ber 1980 determining the arrangements to be applied with regard to imports
into Greece originating in Algeria , Israel , Malta , Morocco , Portugal ,
Syria , Tunisia or Turkey ( 1 ); whereas this Regulation therefore applies
to the Community       with the exception of Greece ;
Whereas it is accordingly necessary to amend                 . Regulation ( EEC )
No 562 / 81 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION         :
                                  Article 1
The Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 562 / 81 is hereby amended as follows :
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 382 , 31.12.1980 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 4 -
( 1 ) In footnote ( b ) to the 2.1% rate of duty in respect OT subheading
       03.01 B I q) : Other , " 30 June 1931 " siial L be replaced by " 30 June 1932 ";
( 2 ) In footnote ( a ) to the 12.6% rate of duty in respect of subheading
       03.01 B II a ) : Fresh or chilled and in footnote ( a ) to the 1 0,5% rate
       of duty in respect of subheading 03.01 B II b ) 7 : Other, "30 June 1981 "
       shall be replaced by "31 December 1981 ";                                  ,
(3 ) In footnote ( e ) to the 3% rate of duty in respect of subheading
       03.02 Ale ): Salmon , salted or in brine, " 30 June 1981 " shall be
       replaced by " 30 June 1982 ";
(4 ) With respect to the 12.6% rate of duty in respect of subheading 03.03
       B I b ) : Other, the following footnote ( f ) shall be added :
       "( f ) Duty rate reduced to 6.3 % ( suspension ) up to and including 31 December
               1981 in respect of fresh oysters ( live ) weighing no more than 12 g
            - each";
 ( 5 ) In. footnote ( a ) to the 10.5% rate of duty in respect of subheading-.
        07.01 G III : Horse-radish ( Cochlearia armoracia ), " 30 June 1981 " -
       shall be replaced by " 30 June ^ 1982 ";
 C5 ) With respect to the 11.2% rate of duty in respect of subheading 07.04
        ex B : Other,, the following footnote ( b ) shall be added :                  .
        "( b ) Duty rate reduced to 7 % ( suspension ) up to and including
                31 December 1981 in respect of sweet red or " green peppers ";
( 7 ) In footnote ( a ) to the 14% rate of duty in respect of subheading
        16.04 C II : Other, " 30 June 1981 " shall be replaced by " 31 December
       1981 ".
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                               For the Council
                                                 The President