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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2758 /77 of 5 December 1977 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN which fulfil the conditions laid down in Association COMMUNITIES, Council Decision 4/72 of 29 December 1972 annexed to Regulation ( EEC) No 428 /73 (4), amended by Deci­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European sion 1 /75 of 26 May 1975 annexed to Regulation Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 (EEC) No 1431 /75(5). and 1 1 3 thereof, The methods of administrative cooperation which Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ensure that the products listed in the Annexes benefit 1059/69 of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade arran­ from the total or partial suspension shall be those laid gements applicable to certain goods resulting from the down in Association Council Decision 5/72 of 29 processing of agricultural products ('), as last amended December 1972 annexed to Regulation (EEC) No by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3058/75 (2), and in 428 / 73 . particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , Article 2 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ ment (3 ), When the imports of products benefiting from the arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the Whereas, under Annex 6 of the Additional Protocol Community in quantities or at prices which cause or laying down the conditions, procedures and timetables threaten to cause serious loss to Community for implementing the transitional phase pursuant to producers of similar products or directly competitive Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an association products, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be between the European Economic Community and partially or wholly reintroduced for the products in Turkey, and under Article 1 of the Interim Agreement question . These measures may also be taken in the between the European Economic Community and event of serious loss or the threat of serious loss Turkey consequent on the Accession of new Member limited to a single region of the Community. States to the Community, the Community must totally or partially suspend the Common Customs Tariff or duties applicable to certain products ; Article 3 whereas it also appears necessary on a provisional basis to adjust or supplement some of these tariff 1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2, advantages provided for in the abovementioned the Commission may decide by means of a Regula­ Annex 6 ; whereas the Community should, with tion to reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties regard to the products originating in Turkey for a limited period . contained in the list annexed to this Regulation , suspend until 31 December 1978 either the fixed 2 . Where the Commission has been requested by a component of the charge applicable to the goods Member State to take action it shall take a decision coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 or the within a maximum period of 10 working days from customs duty applicable to the other products, at the receipt of the request and shall inform the Member levels indicated for each of them , States of the action taken .

3 . Any Member State may refer the Commission's HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : action to the Council within a period of 10 working days following the day of its notification . The interven­ Article 1 tion of the Council shall not have a suspensory effect. The Council shall meet without delay. It may by a 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , the qualified majority amend or annul the measure taken . products originating in Turkey listed in the Annex hereto shall be admitted for import into the Commu­ nity at the customs duties indicated for each of them . Article 4 2 . For the purposes of application of this Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January tion , 'originating products' shall mean those products 1978 . (') OJ No L 141 , 12 . 6 . 1969 , p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 306, 26 . 11 . 1975, p. 3 . (4 ) OJ No L 59 , 5 . 3 . 1973 , p. 73 . (3 ) OJ No C 299 , 12 . 12. 1977, p . 54 . 5 OJ No L 142, 4 . 6 . 1975, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977. For the Council The President A. HUMBLET

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ANNEX

List of products (ailing within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Turkey for which there are grounds for total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties

CCT Rate of heading Description duty No

03.01 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen : B. Saltwater fish : I. Whole, headless or in pieces : ex q) Other : — Aquarium fish Free II . Fillets : b) Frozen : ex 7 . Other : — Of sharks and of halibut 10 % C. Livers and roes 5 %

03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or ' dead), chilled, frozen , salted, in brine or dried ; crustaceans, in shell , simply boiled in water : A. Crustaceans : ex V. Other (for example Norway lobsters) : — Peurullus spp 8 %

B. Molluscs : II . Mussels 7%

04.06 Natural honey 25%

06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh , dried, dyed, bleached, impreg­ nated or otherwise prepared : A. Fresh : ex I. From 1 June to 31 October : — Orchids (family Orchidaceae) and Anthurium 15 % ex II . From 1 November to 31 May : — Orchids (family Orchidaceae) and Anthurium 15%

07.01 Vegetables, fresh or chilled : ex T. Other : — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus escu­ lentus (L.) Moench) : Moringa oleifera (drumsticks) . . Free — Aubergines, from 1 to 14 January 9 % — Other, excluding celery sticks, marrows, pumpkins and parsley, from 1 January to 31 March 9 %

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

07.03 Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate consumption : ex E. Other vegetables : — Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. or Abelmoschus escu­ lentus (L.) Moench) Free

07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder but not further prepared : ex B. Other : 8 % — Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms .... — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia) Free

07.06 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and other similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or dried, whole or sliced ; sago pith : B. Other Free

08.01 Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, mangoes, guaves and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not : ex B. Bananas : — Dried 10 %

08.02 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried : ex E. Other : — Limes and limettes (Citrus aurantifolia, var. Lumio and var. Limetta) 9-6 %

08.05 Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh or dried , shelled or not : D. Pistachios Free E. Pecans Free Free ex G. Other (excluding hazelnuts)

08.07 Stone fruit, fresh : E. Other 7%

08.08 Berries , fresh : F. Other 6 %

cx 08.09 Other fruit , fresh : — Rose-hips fruit Free — Watermelons , from 1 November to 31 March 6·5 % — Other, excluding melons and watermelons 6 %

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

08.10 Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar : ex A. Bilberries (fruit of the Vaccinium myrtillus), blackberries (brambleberries), mulberries and cloudberries 9 % ex B. Other : — Quinces 11 % — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 8 %

08.11 Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption ) : C. Papaws Free D. Bilberries (fruit of the Vaccinium myrtillus) 4 % ., ex E. Other : — Quinces 4 % — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons Free

08.12 Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02, 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 : E. Papaws Free ex G. Other : — Tamarind ( pods, pulp) Free

08.13 Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh , frozen , dried or provision­ ally preserved in brine , in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions Free

09.01 Coffee, whether or not roasted or free of caffeine ; coffee husks and skins ; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any propor­ tion : A. Coffee : I. Unroasted : b) Free of caffeine . 10 % II . Roasted : a) Not free of caffeine 12 % b) Free of caffeine 1 5 % B. Husks and skins 10 % C. Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion . . . 1 5 % ! 1 3.03 Vegetable saps and extracts ; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates ; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners , derived from vegetable products : B. Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates : ex I. Dry, excluding apple , pear and quince pectic substances 12 % ex II . Other, excluding apple , pear and quince pectic substances 7 %

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

1 5.04 Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals , whether or not refined :

A. Fish-liver oil : I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 international units per gram Free

1 5.07 Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :

B. China-wood and oiticica oils ; myrtle wax and Japan wax . . Free

C. Castor oil : II . Other 6 %

D. Other oils : I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufac­ ture of foodstuffs for human consumption (a) : a) Crude : 1 . Palm oil 2-5 % ex 3 . Other, excluding linseed oil , groundnut oil , sunflower seed oil and colza oil 2-5 % b) Other : ex 2 . Other : — Palm kernel and coconut oil 6-5 %

II . Other :

a) Palm oil : 1 . Crude 4% 2 . Other 12 %

b) Other : 1 . Solid , in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less 18 % 2 . Solid , other ; fluid : ex aa) Crude : — Palm kernel and coconut oil 7% ex bb) Other : — Palm kernel and coconut oil 13 %

15.12 Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partly hydrogenated, or solidified or hardened by any other process, whether or not refined , but not further prepared :

A. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less . . . 16 % B. Other 1 1 %

(a ) bntry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .

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C CT Rate of heading Description No duty

15.17 Degras ; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes : B. Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes : II . Other : a) Oil foots and dregs ; soapstocks Free b) Other Free

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : A. Liver : I. Goose or duck liver H % B. Other : II . Game or rabbit meat or offal : — Game 9 % — Rabbit 14% III . Other : b) Other : 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal : ex bb) Other : — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue 17% 2 . Other : 18% aa) Ovine meat or offal bb) Other 16 %

16.04 Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substi­ tutes : A. Caviar and caviar substitutes : I. Caviar (sturgeon roe) 12 % II . Other 16 % B. Salmonidae 4 % ex F. Bonito (Sarda spp) and mackerel 19 % G. Other : I. Fillets, raw, coated with batter or breadcrumbs, deep frozen 10 % II . Other 10 %

16.05 Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved : ex B. Other, excluding shrimps of the Crangon spp type and snails 6%

18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa : A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose 3 % -I- vc C. Chocolate and chocolate goods, whether or not filled ; sugar confectionary and substitutes therefor made from sugar substi­ tution products, containing cocoa 10 % -(- vc with a max. of 27 % + ads

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CCT Rate of heading Description duty No

ex 19.04 Tapioca and sago, excluding tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches 4 % + vc

20.02 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid : B. Truffles 14% E. Sauerkraut 16% ex H. Other, including mixtures : — Moringa oleifera (drumsticks) Free

20.03 Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar : ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 1 2 % + ( L)

ex B. Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 12 %

20.04 Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained , glacé or crystallized) : B. Other : ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 8 % + ( L) ex II . Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.02 D, 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 8 %

20.0 5 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and fruit pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar : B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit : ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight , excluding orange jam and marmalade 19% + ( 1 .) ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 30 % by weight , excluding orange jam and marmalade 19% + ( 1 .) ex III . Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade .... 1 9 % C. Other : I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight : ex b) Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, li and I ' and 08.09 , excluding pineapples , melons and watermelons . . . 12% f ( 1 .)

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

20.05 ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not (cont'd) exceeding 30 % by weight : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 12% + ( L) ex III . Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 12 %

20.06 Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not containing added sugar or spirit :

B. Other : I. Containing added spirit : a) Ginger 10 % b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity : 1 . Of more than 1 kg : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17% by weight 1 0 % + ( L) bb) Other 10 % 2 . Of 1 kg or less : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight 1 0 % + ( L) bb) Other 10 %

c) Grapes : 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight 25% + ( L) 2 . Other 25 %

d ) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate packings of a net capacity : 1 . Of more than 1 kg : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight 25 % + ( L) bb) Other 25 % 2 . Of 1 kg or less : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by weight . . 25% + ( L) bb) Other 25 %

e) Other fruits : ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight , excluding cherries 2 S % + ( L) ex 2 . Other, excluding cherries 2 S %,

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CCT Rate of heading Description duty No

20.06 f) Mixtures of fruit : (cont'd) 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight . . 25% + (L) 2 . Other 25 %

II . Not containing added spirit :

a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg :

3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids 19% + (L) 4. Grapes 18 % + (L) ex 8 . Other fruits : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons . . . 8 % + (L) — Tamarind (pods, pulp) 8 % + (L)

9 . Mixtures of fruit :

ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50 % of the total weight of the fruits :

— Mixtures of two or more fruits falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding melons and watermelons 12% + (L)

b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less :

3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids 20 % + ( L) 4. Grapes 19% + (L) ex 8 . Other fruits : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons . . . 8 % + (L) 9 . Mixtures of fruit : ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50 % of the total weight of the fruits ; — Mixtures of two or more fruits falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding melons and watermelons 12% + ( L)

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

20.06 c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of (cont'd) a net capacity :

1 . Of 4-5 kg or more :

ex dd) Other fruits : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 8 %

ex ee) Mixtures of fruit : — Mixtures of two or more fruits falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding melons and watermelons, in which no single fruit exceeds 50 % of the total weight of the fruits 12 % 2. Of less than 4-5 kg :

ex bb) Other fruit and mixtures of fruit : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 8 % — Mixtures of two or more fruits falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding melons and watermelons, in which no single fruit excecds 50 % of the total weight of the fruits 12 %

20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit :

A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1 -33 at 15°C : III . Other : ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net weight : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 15 % b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :

ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 15% + (L)

ex 2 . Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 15 %

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

20.07 B. Of a specific gravity of 1 -33 or less at 15°C : (cont'd) II . Other : a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight : 3 . Lemon juice or other citrus fruit juices : ex aa) Containing added sugar : — Excluding lemon juice 13 % ex bb) Other : — Excluding lemon juice 13 % 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices : ex aa) Containing added sugar : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 10 % — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 17% ex bb) Other : — Fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and watermelons 10 % — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 18 % 7 . Mixtures : ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing either separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice : 17 % 11 . Containing added sugar 22 . Other 18 %

b) Of a value of 30 u.a . or less per 100 kg net weight : 4. Other citrus fruit juices : aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight : 14% + ( L) bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight 14% cc) Not containing added sugar 15 % 7 . Other fruit and vegetable juices : ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight : — Of fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B , E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples , melons and water­ melons 1 0 % + ( L) — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 17% + ( L)

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CCT Rate of heading Description No duty

20.07 ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or (cont'd) less by weight : — Of fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09, excluding pineapples, melons and water­ melons 10 % — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 17% ex cc) Nor containing added sugar : — Of fruit falling within heading Nos 08.01 , 08.08 B, E and F and 08.09 , excluding pineapples, melons and water­ melons 10 % — Other, excluding apricot and peach juices 18 % 8 . Mixtures : ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing, either separately or together, over 25 % of grape , citrus fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice : 1 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight : 17% + ( L) 22. With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight 17 % 33 . Not containing added sugar 18 %

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : A. Cereals in grain or ear form , pre-cooked or otherwise 4 % + vc prepared

23.01 Flours and meals , of meat, offals , fish , crustaceans or molluscs , unfit for human consumption ; greaves : B. Flours and meals of fish , crustaceans or molluscs Free