31977R1379

No L 157/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 6 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1379/77 of 21 June 1977 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in the tables annexed to this Regu­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, lation shall be suspended at the level indicated in Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ respect of each of them . ment (*), These suspensions shall be applicable : Whereas production in the Community of the products specified in this Regulation is currently — from 1 July to 31 December 1977 for the products inadequate or non-existent ; whereas producers thus listed in Table I, cannot meet the needs of user industries in the — from 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 for the Community ; products listed in Table II, Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the — from 1 September 1977 to 31 March 1978 for the Community to suspend the autonomous Common product given in Table III, Customs Tariff duties only partially particularly since — from 15 October to 31 December 1977 for the the goods in question are produced in the Commu­ product given in Table IV. nity, and in the other cases to effect total suspension ;

Whereas in view of the difficulty of assessing accu­ rately short-term trends in the economic situation in Article 2 the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only for temporary periods, the length of which This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day is to be determined by reference to the interests of following its publication in the Official Journal of Community production, the European Communities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1977.

For the Council

The President

D. OWEN

(') Opinion delivered on 17 June 1977 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

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ANNEX

TABLE I

Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous duty

ex 03.01 B II a) Fillets of herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for the and B II b) 7 processing industry (a) 7%

ex 16.04 C II ' Herring-flaps', prepared or preserved in vinegar, in barrels or other packings of a net capacity of 10 kg or more, intended for the processing industry (a) 7%

ex 16.04 C II Spiced and salted herrings, packed in barrels, intended for the processing industry (a) 7%

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

TABLE II

Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous duty

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 0 %

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

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

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

ex 03.01 C Roes, fresh , chilled or frozen 0 %

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

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

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

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

(a ) This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined b\ the competent authorities

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Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous duty

ex 03.02 C fish roe , salted or in brine 0 %

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

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

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

ex 07.03 E Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but not 0 % specially prepared for immediate consumption

ex 07.04 B Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms, dried, dehydrated or evaporated, whole or in identifiable pieces or slices, intended for the processing industry (a) 0%

ex 07.04 B Sweet red peppers, dried, dehydrated or evaporated , whole, cut or sliced , but not further prepared 0 %

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

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

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

ex 08.09 0 % Rose-hips, fresh

ex 08.10 A Bilberries (fruits of Vaccinium myrtillus), whether or not cooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar 4 %

ex 08.10 B Blue-black fruits of the species Vaccinium , other than those of Vaccinium myrtillus, whether or not cooked , preserved by 4 % freezing, not containing added sugar

ex 08.10 B Cranberries ( fruits of Vaccinium vitis idaea), whether or not cooked , preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar 0 %

ex 08.10 B Red or rose fruits of the species Vaccinium , other than those of Vaccinium vitis idaea, whether or not cooked , preserved by 0 % freezing, not containing added sugar

ex 08.10 B Rose-hips, whether or not cooked , preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar 0 %

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

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Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous duty

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 16.05 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, intended for the processing industry (a) 0 %

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 manufacturers of products falling within heading No 16.05(a) 10 %

23.07 A Fish or marine mammal solubles 2%

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

TABLE III

Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous 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 IV

Rate of CCT heading No Description of goods autonomous duty

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