Council Regulation (EEC) No 2999/79 of 20 December 1979 amending certain rates of customs duties for agricultural products, Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2999/79  of 20 December 1979  amending certain rates of customs duties for agricultural products, Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 by its Decision of 10 December 1979 the Council approved on behalf of the Community the conclusion of the multilateral Agreements resulting from the 1973 to 1979 multilateral trade negotiations;
Whereas, having regard to the international rights and undertakings resulting for the Community from the approval of these Agreements, certain customs duties for agricultural products should be amended ; whereas the applicable rates should be incorporated into the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/79 (2);
Whereas the Community has in the context of these Agreements also agreed that the additional duty on sugar contained in certain prepared or preserved fruits falling within heading No 20.06 of the Common Customs Tariff should be applied as a standard rate of 2 % of the customs value of the products ; whereas, to this end, Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1639/79 (4), should be amended;
Whereas experience has shown that fruit pulps have a natural sugar content of a higher level than that fixed at present ; whereas, until the levels for these contents are brought up to date, provision should be made for not levying any additional duty on these products for sugar;
Whereas the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff could be simplified by applying a single rate of autonomous customs duty for certain apples and pears falling within heading No 08.06 and for unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse falling within heading No 24.01 ; whereas such an amendment could be carried out without harming the Community market,