CELEX: 51991PC0450
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-15
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 ( 1992 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVKJNITIES
                                                      C0M(91) 450 final
                                                      Brussels, 15 November 1991
                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
    totally or partially suspending die duties applicable to' certain products falling within
          Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malu (1992)
                           (presented by the Commission)
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                           EXPLANATORY MEM3RANDUM
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 1992. It unilaterally suspends, totally or partially, the
     Common Customs Tariff duties on products falling within Chapters 1 to
     24, In ULne with the Commission's proposal for the generalized Systeml
     of preferences.
2.   Within the limits of these suspensions, Spain and Portugal will apply
     customs duties calculated in accordance with the Protocol to the
     Agreement between the EBC and Malta consequent on the accession of
     Spain and Portugal.
3.   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.
4.   Attention is drawn to the fact that both the arrangements set out in
     the Regulation and the list of products contained in the Annex are
     directly related to the proposal which the Commission has presented to
     the Council concerning generalized preferences for products falling
     within Chapters 1 to 24.
     The attached proposal will therefore need to be aligned on the
     definitive text of the Regulation referred to above when it has been
     adopted by the Council. It may therefore amend its proposal in the
     course of the procedure in order to adapt it, where necessary, to
     requirements.
Annex: proposal for a Regulation
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                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                   /91
                                                        of
                  totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to certain products falling within
                        Chapters 1 to 24 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Malta (1992)
 m i : COUNCIL oi iin: UUROPKAN COMMUNITIES,                        Within the context of these tarif! suspensions the Kingdom of
                                                                    Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                   the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the
thereof,                                                            European Economic Community and Malta consequent on
                                                                    the accession of Spain and Portugal.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of
11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements                 2.     For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the rules
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of        of origin shall be those in force at the time for the
agricultural products ('), and in particular Article 12             implementation of the Agreement establishing an
thereof,                                                            Association between the European Economic Community
                                                                    and Malta.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Annex I to the Agreement establishing                                     Article 2
an Association between the European Economic Community
and Malta ( 2 ), the Community must partially suspend the           Where products benefiting from the arrangements, provided
Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain                  for in Article 1 are imported into the Community in such
products; whereas it would also be appropriate provisionally        quantities or at such prices that they cause or threaten to
to adjust or supplement certain of the tariff benefits provided     cause material injury to Community producers of like or
for in the said Annex; whereas, in respect of products listed       directly competing products, the duties applicable may be
in the Annex to this Regulation and originating in Malta,           partially or totally reimposed on the products concerned.
the Community should accordingly suspend the fixed                  Such measures may be taken also in the event of material
component of the charge applicable to goods covered by              injury or threat of material injury limited to one region of the
Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 and the customs duty                    Community.
applicable to other goods at the levels indicated for each
product from 1 January to 31 December 199?,
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas in the context of the said tariff suspensions, the
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will apply
customs duties calculated in accordance with the said               1.     In order to implement Article 2 the Commission may
Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association               adopt a Regulation reimposing customs duties for a given
between the European Economic Community and Malta                   period.
consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
Portuguese Republic to the Community ( 3 ),                         2.     Where a Member State asks the Commission to adopt
                                                                    such a Regulation, the Commission shall reach its decision
                                                                    within a maximum of 10 working days from the day on
                                                                    which it receives the request and shall inform the Member
                                                                    States of the action taken.
HAS ADOITUD PHIS RIXJUIA HON:
                                                                    3.     Any Member State may refer the measure taken by the
                                                                    Commission to the Council within 10 working days of
                                                                    notification. The fact that the matter is referred to the
                           Article 1                                Council shall not cause the measure to be suspended. The
                                                                    Council shall meet immediately. It may, acting on a qualified
                                                                    majority, amend or rescind the measure in question.
 1.     From 1 January to 31 December 199 2products listed
in the Annex and originating in Malta shall be imported into
the Community at the rates of duty indicated in the Annex for
each product.
                                                                                               Article 4
(') OJ No I. 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1.
(') OJ No I. 61, 14.3. 1971, p. 3.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January
(') OJ No 1.81, 23. 3. 1989, p. 11.                                  1992.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
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                                                                            ANNHX
                                        List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Malta (a)
     Older               CN code                                                         Description                                                    Rate of
       No                                                                                                                                               duty (b)
       (D                   (2)                                                              (3)                                                           (4)
16.0040                0206 10 99          Edible offal fresh, chilled or frozen                                                                        2%
                       0206 21 00          Of bovine animals
                        0206 29 99
16.0055                 0208 10 10         Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen                                                   7%
                                           of domestic rabbits
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, fresh, chilled or frozen                                                   10%
                       0304 20 11          Frozen fillets of trout
16.0330                 0306 12            Lobsters                                                                                                     4%
16.0340                0306 13 10          Shrimps 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 ssp.)                                                                                        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
                        0307   49  51
16.0540                 0307   49  71       Cuttlefish
16.0550                 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 C N codes. Where ex C N codes
    arc indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the C N code and corresponding description taken together.
(b) Without prejudice to the levying of any additional duties applicable.
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      (1)       (2)                                                       (3)                                                (4)
16.0560      0307  51 00  Octopus                                                                                          4%
             0307  59 10
             0307  59 90
             0307  91 00
             0307   9913
             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   Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes,          7%
                          dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
16.0734      0707 0 0 1 9 Cucumbers, 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 parsleyl from 1 January to. 31 March
                                                      r—Ï ft-L.~ «j^t^-jg esçulentus L. or AbeUnoschus
16.0825      071140 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 skinned 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 brine, in     Free
                           sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
 16.1610      1212 1091    Locust bean seeds, not decorticated, crushed or ground                                           Free
 16.1620      1212 10 99   Other locust bean seeds                                                                          6%
 16.2020                   Other fixed vegetable fats and poils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions                  2/%
              1515 21 10    Maize (corn) oil and its fractious for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture
                           of foodstuffs for human consumption (e)
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     (1)       (2)                                                  (3)                                                (4)
16.2290  ex 1602 90 31 Prepared or preserved rabbit                                                                  14%
16.2510     1704 90 30 While chocolate                                                                               4%
16.2520  ex 1704 90 51 Other pastes, 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
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 C o n t a i n i n g CâCaO DOWder         Free
            1901 20 00 Mixed and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905
         ex 1901 90 90 Other / not containing cacao powder
16.2600                Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of 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
16.2610     1904 90 10 Of rice                                                                                       3%
16.2620     1904 90 90 Of other cereals                                                                              2%
16.2630     1905 10 00 Crispbrcad                                                                                    Free
16.2660     1905 90 10 Matzos                                                                                        Free
16.2670     1905 90 20 Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing            Free
                       wafers, rice paper and similar products
16.2680     1905 90 30 Bread                                                                                         4%
16.2690                Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or 14%
                       acetic acid
            2001 20 00    Onions
16.2700     2001 90 50 - Mushrooms                                                                                   14%
         ex 2001 90 80 — Other, excluding 'mixed pickles', sweet peppers
16.2750  ex 2004 90 30 Capers                                                                                        12%
16.2800     2005 90 30 Capers                                                                                        12%
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     (i)        (2)                                                   (3)                                                (4)
16.2820                  Fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or    6 7„
                         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 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,
                         0810 90 10, 0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2830  ex 2006 00 90   Other, than with a sugar content not exceeding 13%                                           6 7o
                         Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples),
                         0805 40 00,0807 20 00,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 50,0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                         0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2840                  Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked    87o
                         preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
         ex 2007 10 90   Other
                         Fruit falling within heading Nos 0K01, 0803, 0804 (excluding figs and pineapples),
                         0807 20 00,0810 20 90,0810 30 90,0810 40 10,0810 40 SO, 0810 40 90,0810 90 10,
                         0810 90 30 and 0810 90 80
16.2850                  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 sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 307.. by weight, excluding orange
                         jam and marmalade
16.2860  ex 2007 91 90   Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade                                                     197o
16.2865      2007 99 31  Jam, jellies, marmelades, cherry purée and cherry pastes with a sugar content exceeding       25 7o
                          30 % by weight
16.2870  ex 2007 99 39    With  a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
                          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
 16.2880  ex 2007 10 10   With  a sugar content exceeding 13 7.» but not exceeding 30 7.» by weight                    8%
          ex 2007 99 59   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
 16.2890  ex 2007 99 90   Other                                                                                        8 7o
                          Fruit falling within heading Nos 0801, 0803, 0804 (excluding 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
 16.2900                  Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or   6%
                          not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or
                          included
          ex 2008 11 91   (.round-nuts
          ex 2008 11 99   Other, including mixtures in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg, excluding
              2008 19 10  almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts
 16.3290                  Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfcrmenied and not containing      28 %
                          added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
              2009 20 11  (îrapelruit juices
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      (I)       (2)                                                  (3)                           (4)
16..13(H)    2009 20 19 Grapefruit juice                                                        28 7.»
16.3310      2009 20 91 Grapefruit juice                                                        7 7u
             2009 20 99
16.3320   ex 2009 30 31 Citrus fruit juices (excluding lemon juices) containing added sugar     13 7.,
          ex 2009 30 39 Citrus fruit juices (excluding lemon juices) not containing added sugar
16.3340      2009 30 91 Other citrus fruit juices                                               14 7o
                        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                                                         177o
16.3370      2009 40 91 Pineapple juice                                                         17%
16.3400   ex 2009 80 39 Date juice                                                              free
16.3550      2102 10 31 Bakers' yeast                                                           4 7o
             2102 10 39
16.3580                 Other                                                                   Free
             2102 20 90
16.3760                 Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding                            3%
                        Other dog or cat food
             2309 10 90
 ---pagebreak---              Tarie codes
                         -io~
Order No     CN code          Taric code
16.0380  ex 0306 19 90    0106 19 90 * 20
16.0580  ex 0410 00 00    0410 00 00 * 10
         ex 0410 00 00     0410 00 00 ' 90
52.0740  ex 0709 20 00     0709 20 00 * 12
                                       * 92
16.0750  ex 0709 30 00     0709 30 00 • 10
                                       * 20
16.0760  ex 0709 40 00     0709 40 00 * 13
                                       * 91
16.0790  ex 0709 90 90     0709 90 90 * 12
                                       * 23
                                       * 24
                                       * 31
                                       * 51
                                       * 52
                                       *58
                                       * 91
16.0860   ex 0712 30 00    0712 30 00 * 22
                           0712 30 00 * 24
                          -GTte-aMJO-*-27
16.1070   ex 0807 10 10    0807 10 10 • 10
                                       * 20
16.2290   ex 1602 90 31    1602 90 31 ' 20
16.2520   ex 1704 90 51    1704 90 51 • 90
16.2580   ex 1901 10 00   1901 10 00 * 16
          ex 1901 90 90
                          1901 10 00 * 18
                          1901 10 00 * 96
                          1901 10 00 * 98
                          1901 90 90 * 16
                          1901 90 90 * 18
                          1901 90 90 * 97
                          1901 90 90 * 99
16.2700  ex 2001 90 80    2001 90 80 • 41
                                       •49
                                       •51
                                       •59
                                       • 61
                                       •69
                                       •70
                                       • 92
                                       • 93
                                       • 97
                                       *98
16.2750  ex 2004 90 .10   2004 90 30 * 20
16.2820  ex 2006 00 39    2006 00 39 • 10
16.2830  ex 2006 00 90    2006 00 90 M O
16.7840  ex 2007 10 90    2007 10 90 * 10
16.2850  ex 2007 91 10    2007 91 10 * 19
         ex 2007 91 30    2007 91 30 * 19
16.2860  ex 2007 91 90    2007 91 90 • 19
16.2870  ex 2007 99 39    2007 99 39 • 10
16.2880  ex 2007 10 10    2007 10 10 • 10
         ex 2007 99 59    2007 99 59 • 10
16.2890  ex 2007 99 90    2007 99 90 • 10
16.2900  ex 2008 19 10    2008 19 10 » 90
16.3320  ex 2009 30 31    2009.10 31 • 90
         ex 2009 30 39    2009 30 .19 • 90
16.1400  ex ?00c> 80 39   2009 «0 }« « 20
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FINANCIAL RECORD
1.   Budget line œnoerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120
2.   Legal basis : Art. 113 of the Treaty
3.   Title of the tariff measure oonoerned : Proposal for a Council
     Regulation totally or partially suspending the duties applicable to
     certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Noooaenclature and
     originating in Malta (1992)
4.   Objective : 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)
5.   Method of calculation :
     OCT heading: various
     Duty to be applied: various, between 0% and 25%
     Normal OCT duty: various, between 3% and 27%
6.   Duty-loss : Duty-loss for 1992 cannot be calculated, due to the
     uncertainty as to Malta's export possibilities.
     There should be no Increase in duty-loss for 1992 as compared with
     1991.
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