31968R1604
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No L 253 /6 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 10 . 68
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1604/68 of 15 October 1968 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 in respect of certain fruit juices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Article 1 European Economic Community, The text of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 865/ as regards products falling within tariff heading 68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization of No 20.07, shall be replaced by the text set out in the market in products processed from fruit and Annex A to this Regulation. vegetables (*), and in particular Article 2 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis sion, Article 2
Whereas the charging of a levy on the sugar content The tariff nomenclature resulting from the provisions of fruit juices falling within subheading 20.07 A of of Article 1 and set out in Annex B to this Regulation the Common Customs Tariff and having a high shall be incorporated in the Common Customs concentration of natural sugar should be avoided ; Tariff. whereas this can largely be achieved by excluding from the levy juices of a value greater than 30 units of account per 100 kg net; Article 3 Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Regu lation (EEC) No 865/68, the tariff nomenclature This Regulation shall enter into force on the sixteenth provided for in that Regulation is incorporated in day following its publication in the Official Journal the Common Customs Tariff, of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 15 October 1968. For the Council The President G. SEDATI
(^ OJ No L 153, 1 . 7. 1968, p . 8 .
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ANNEX A
CCT Description (D (2) heading No
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetables juices, whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: A Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C : I Grape juice (including grape must): b) Other : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 15 Π Other : b) Not specified : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight: — Lemon juice and tomato juice 49 3 — Apple juice 49 11 — Other fruit or vegetable juices including mix tures of juices 49 13
B Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C : I Grape juice (including grape must): a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 15
Π Orange juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13
III Grapefruit juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13 IV Lemon juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 3
V Other citrus fruit juices : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13
VI Pineapple juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13
vn Apple juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 11
VIII Pear juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13
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CCT Description (D (2) heading No
IX Tomato juice : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o by weight 49 3
X Other fruit and vegetable juices : a) With an added sugar content exceeding 30%> by weight 49 13 XI Mixtures : a) Of citrus fruit juices and pineapple juice : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o by weight 49 13 b) Of apple juice and pear juice : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 49 13 c) Other : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o by weight 49 13
ANNEX B
Rate of autonomous CCT Description duty °/o or heading No levies (L) (for guidance)
20.07 A (unchanged) I (unchanged) a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net 50 b ) Other : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight ' 50 + (L) 2. Not specified 50
II Other : a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net 42 „ b ) Not specified : 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 42 + (L) 2 . Other 42
B (unchanged)