31996R1192

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1192/96 of 25 June 1996 amending, in respect of cucumbers for processing, Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Part 3, Section I, Annex 2 in the combined nomenclature, which constitutes Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), contains the list of products to which an entry price applies and also, in respect of each of those products, the scale of entry prices used for the tariff classification of imported products and for determining the import duties applicable; whereas application of the said entry prices in the case of cucumbers for processing can represent an excessive burden for the industry; whereas lower entry prices should be set therefore for those products; whereas the entry prices to be fixed must take into account the average unit values recorded in trade over a representative period; whereas the ad valorem autonomous rates of duties for those products should be reduced also to the same level as the ad valorem conventional rates of duties;

Whereas the period of importation for cucumbers for processing starts on 1 May; whereas, in order to allow the industry to be supplied under normal conditions from the beginning of the processing period, the transitional measures necessary have been adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1305/95 of 8 June 1995 adopting certain transitional measures relating to the entry price arrangements applicable to cucumbers for processing (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Part 3, Section I, Annex 2 in the combined nomenclature, which constitutes Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2. At the time of the annual reduction of the ad valorem conventional rates of duty in respect of cucumbers for processing falling within CN codes 0707 00 20, 0707 00 25 and 0707 00 30, decided upon in line with the implementation of the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the corresponding ad valorem autonomous rates of duties shall be reduced to the same level and according to the same timetable.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1996.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1996.

For the Council

The President

M. PINTO

(1) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/95 (OJ No L 167, 18. 7. 1996, p. 7).

(2) OJ No L 126, 9. 6. 1995, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2124/95 (OJ No L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 12).

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