CELEX: 51973PC1519
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Date: 1973-09-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending the Annexes to Regulations (EEC) No 2142/70 and 950/68 by reason particularly of alteration in the tariff classification of certain fisheries products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(73)1519 final
                                                         Brussels, 14 September 1973
                                PROPOSAL FOR A
                        REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
            amending the Annexes "to Regulations (EEC) No 2142/70
             and 950/68 "by reason particularly of alteration in
           the tariff classification of certain fisheries products
                ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(73 ) 1519 final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY OTORAETJOH
                         –m«–iiwnn■■ m iom^ ii m – «–
 Community production (approx. 80 000 metric tons per year) is
 insufficient to cover the requirements of the canning industry . The
 Community is thus obliged to import fresh and frozen Backers1 . With­
 drawal and reference prices are fixed for fresh malcerel "but no provision
 was made , when the basic Regulation was adopted , for fixing a reference
 price for frozen mackerel .
 It has recently been found that , as a result , Community produced fresh
mackerel is being withdrawn from the market when the price reaches the
 withdrawal price while frozen made ere1 coming from third countries is
 being sold at prices below the withdrawal price .
 This situation defeats the objectives of Regulation (EEC ) Ho 2142/70 .
 It is therefore necessary to fix a reference price for frozen mackerel
 also , which is the purpose of one of the provisions of this Regulation .
 The other provisions alter the customs tariff classification of certain
 products covered by Regulation (EEC ) llo 2142/70 and harmonize the
 Annexes to that Regulation .
 This Regulation has no financial implications .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                       REGULATION (ESC) OF TTE5 COUNCIL
            amending the Annexes to Regulations (ZLELC ) No 2142/70 and 950/68 by re<r ■ r
 particularly of alteration in the tariff classification of certain fisheries prc-u.       -
THE COUNCIL OP TEE EUROPEAN COMtlUHTTIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2142/70^" of 20 October 1970
on the common organization of the market in fishery products , as last
amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 220/73 , and in particular Article 26
thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas fillets of herring and other fish , raw, ooated tdth batter or
bread crumbs , deep-frozen were until 1 March 1972 classified under
subheading No 03.01 B 11(b ) of the Common Customs Tariff and included in
Annex V to Regulation (EEC ) No 2142/70 ; whereas that subheading bore a
15% conventional duty;
Whereas in view of the nature of the abovementioned products it was
considered more correct to classify them under subheading No 16 . 04 C and G
of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas the Nomenclature Committee of the
Customs Cooperation Council also delivered a classification opinion to that
effect at its 27th meeting;
Whereas subheading Nos 16 .04 C and G bear a 20% conventional duty and the
customs duties on the products in question have been suspended at 15%
until 31 December 1973 ; whereas , for the purpose of correctly applying the
Common Customs Tariff , the fillets in question should be assigned to
subheading Nos 16 . 04 and should bear a 15% conventional duty ;
  OJ No L 236 , 27 October 1970 , p. 5 .
2
  OJ No L 27 , 1 February , 1973 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- Itiereas frozen maokerel serves as a, substitute for fresh or chilled
makere1 , for which a reference price is fixed annually ; whereas , moreover,
the sale on the Community market of frozen mackerel from third countries
is such as to necessitate the fixing" of a reference price for that
product j whereas the products in question should therefore "be included
in Annex IV(B) to Regulation (EEC ) ITo 2142/70 ;
Whereas soar-bream of the species Dentex dent ex and Parcel lu3 are
included in . Annexes II and IV(B) to Regulation (EEC ) ITo 2142/70 ; whereas
the second subparagraph of Article 18(2 ) of that Regulation provides
that the reference price for products listed in Annex IV(B) is to be
determined on the basis of the reference price for the fresh product ;
whereas sea-bream is not included in Annex l(A) which specifies the fresh
products for which a reference price is to be fixed ; whereas sea-bream
of the species Dentex dentex aiid PapeHus . should therefore be deleted
from Annex II ( B) to that Regulation ;
VJhereas the Annex to Council Eegulation (EEC) Ho 950/68^ of 23 June 1968
on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Regulation (EEC )
Ho         and Annexes IV(B) and V of Regulation (EEC ) No 2142/70 should
therefore be amended with respect to all the abovementioned products ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
30J lio L 172 , 22 July 1968, p. 1
40J No L '    '         '
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                              Article 1
Annexes IV( J3) and V to Regulation (ESC ) ITo 2142/70 are emended as
indicated respectively in Annexes I and II to this Regulation .
                              Article 2
The Annex to Regulation (EEC ) Kb 950/ 68 is altered as indicated in
Annex III to this Regulation .
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall "be applicable from 1 January 1974*
      Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and direotly
    i cable in all Member States-
                                     Done at Brussels ,
                                     Po? tke Counoil
                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                    Annex I
Frozen Products
Sub-heading No ex 03.01 B I ,       Cod
Sub-heading Ho ex 03.01 B 11(b) and Coalfish
Sub-heading Ho ex 16.04 G I         Haddock
                                    Redfish ( Sebastes
                                             Harlnus )
                                    Maokerel
 ---pagebreak---                                                  VI/1C20/7
                        Annex II
CCT
heading            Description of goods
Νο
03.01   Pish., fresh ( live or dead ), chilled or frozen :
        B.   Saltwater fishs
            I.    (no change )
            II .  Fillets :
                  (a ) (no change )
                  (b ) frozen :
                        1 . to 5 » (no change )
                        6 . Of . Mackerel
                        7 . Other
 ---pagebreak---                                                      1/I/1820/73-E
                               Annex III
                                                       Eate of Duty
CCT                                             autonomous       coii-
heading                 Description of goods        $        ventional
Ho                                               or levy         %
03.01   Pish , fresh ( live or dead ), chilled
        or frozen :
        B.  Saltwater fish :
            I•   (no change )
            II . Pilletsî
                 ( a ) (no change )
                 (t>) Frozen :
                 1 . to 5 (no change )
                 6.   Of Macleerel                    18         15
                 7     (no change )
15.04   Prepared or preserved fish , including
        caviar and oaviar substitutes :
        A.   (no change )
        B.   (no change )
        C.  Herrxng:
            I.   Fillets , raw , coated with batter
                 or breadcrumbs , deep frozen         18         15
            II . Other                                23         20
        B.   (no change )
        S.   (no change )
        F»   (no change )
        G.  Other :
            I.   Fillets , raw, coated with batter
                 or breadcrumbs , deep frozen         18         15
            II . Other                                25         20