31976R1450

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1450/ 76 of 21 June 1976 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN is to be determined by reference to the interests of COMMUNITIES, Community production, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­ ment (*), lation shall be suspended at the level indicated in Whereas production in the Community of the respect of each of them . products specified in this Regulation is currently These suspensions shall be applicable : inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus cannot meet the needs of user industries in the — from 1 July 1976 to 30 June 1977 for the Community ; products listed in Table I, — from 1 September 1976 to 31 March 1977 for the Whereas it is in the interest of the Community in product listed in Table II, certain cases to suspend the autonomous Common — from 15 October 1976 to 31 December 1976 for Customs Tariff duties partially only because these goods are produced in the Community, and in other the product listed in Table III . cases to effect total suspensions ; Article 2 Whereas in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­ rately short-term trends in the economic situation in This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be following its publication in the Official Journal of taken only for temporary periods, the length of which the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1976 . For the Council

The President

J. HAMILIUS

(') Opinion issued on 18 June 1976 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

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ANNEX

TABLE I

Rate of CCT autonomous Description of goods heading No duty < % )

0 03.01 A I b) Salmon, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen

0 ex 03.01 B I e) Piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces

ex 03.01 B I g) Black halibut (Hippoglossus reinhardtius), fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless or 0 in pieces

ex 03.01 B I q ) Sardinops sagax, sardinops ocellata (pilchards), fresh , chilled or frozen , whole, headless 8 or in pieces, intended for the processing industry (a)

ex 03.01 B 1 q) Sturgeons, fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, headless or in pieces, intended for the 8 processing industry (a)

0 ex 03.01 C Roes, fresh , chilled or frozen

ex 03.02 A I c) Anchovies (Engraulis sp . p.) salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces, in barrels 5 or other containers of a net capacity of 10 kg or more

4 03.02 A I e) Salmon , salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces

0 ex 03.02 A I f) Sprats, salted or in brine , whole , headless or in pieces

7 ex 03.02 A I f) Saithe (Gadus virens), salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces

7 ex 03.02 A II d) Fillets of Saithe (Gadus virens), salted or in brine

ex 03.02 C Fish roe , salted or in brine 0

ex 03.03 A I 10 Tails of crawfish , chilled or frozen , shelled or not

ex 03.03 B I b) 0 Oysters, fresh (living), weighing no more than 12 g each

ex 03.03 B I b) 0 Oysters, fresh (living), of the 'Crassostrea gigas ' variety, weighing more than 100 g each

ex 07.03 E Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in brine, in sulphur water or 4 in preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate consumption

ex 07.05 B I 0 Beans dried , white of the species Phaseolus vulgaris

ex 08.01 A Dates, fresl or dried, in immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 35 kg, for 0 repacking for retail sale (a)

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Rate of CCT autonomous Description of goods heading No duty ( % )

ex 08.01 A Dates, fresh or dried, intended for processing other than for the production of alcohol (a) 0

ex 08.01 F Cashew nuts , shelled 0

ex 08.09 0 Rose-hips, fresh

ex 08.10 A Bilberries, whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, without added sugar 4

ex 08.10 B Cranberries and rose-hips, whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, without added sugar 0

ex 08.10 B Dates, frozen in immediate packings of a net capacity of 5 kg or more, not intended for the production of alcohol (a) 0

ex 09.04 B I Paprika, ground, for use in animal feedingstuffs (a) 0

09.10 C I Saffron, neither crushed nor ground 10

ex 16.04 A II Fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine 0

ex 16.04 C II 12 Spiced and salted herrings, packed in barrels, intended for the processing industry (a)

ex 16.05 A Crabs of the 'King', 'Hanasaki', 'Kegani' and 'Queen' varieties, simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen , in packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, 0 intended for the processing industry (a)

ex 16.05 A Crabmeat, excluding meat of the species 'Cancer pagarus', simply boiled in water, whether or not frozen , in packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, for repacking for retail sale (a) 5

ex 16.05 B Shrimps and prawns other than those of the 'Crangon' variety, boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen , intended for the industrial manufacture of products 10 falling within heading No 16.05 (a)

23.07 A Fish or marine mammal solubles 2

(a) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .

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TABLE II

Rate of CCT autonomous Description of goods heading No duty ( % )

ex 03.01 B I d) Sardines (Clupea pilchardus Walbaum), fresh, chilled or frozen , whole, of a length of 20 cm or more 0

TABLE III

Rate of CCT autonomous Description of goods heading No duty ( % )

ex 06.04 B I Natural Christmas trees unfit for replanting and branches of coniferous trees or holly for ornamental purposes 0