Council Regulation (EC) No 595/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products

• Published date: 25 June 2008
• Subject Matter: Customs duties: suspensions
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 164, 25 June 2008

25.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/1

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 595/2008

of 16 June 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) It is in the Community's interest to suspend partially or totally the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of new products not listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (1).

(2) The CN and TARIC codes 5603121020 and 8504408420 for two products which are listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should be withdrawn from that list because it is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain suspension of autonomous common customs tariff duties.

(3) In addition, the descriptions of eight products need to be altered in order to take account of technical product developments and economic trends on the market. Those products should be considered as withdrawn from the list and should as a consequence be inserted in it as new products.

(4) Experience has shown the need to provide for an expiry date for the suspensions listed in Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 to ensure that account is taken of technological and economic changes. That should not exclude the premature termination of certain measures or their continuation beyond that period, if economic reasons are submitted, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Commission Communication of 1998 concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2).

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point 1.3 of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

(7) Since the suspensions laid down in this Regulation have to take effect from 1 July 2008, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the rows for the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be inserted;

2. the rows for the products for which the CN and TARIC codes are given in Annex II to this Regulation shall be deleted.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2008.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

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(1) OJ L 158, 29.6.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1527/2007 (OJ L 349, 31.12.2007, p. 7).

(2) OJ C 128, 25.4.1998, p. 2.

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ANNEX I

Products referred to in Article 1(1):

CN code	TARIC	Description	Rate of autonomous duty	Validity period
ex 2008 60 19	30	Sweet cherries containing added spirit, whether or not with a sugar content of 9 % by weight, of a diameter of not more than 19,9 mm with stone, for use in chocolate products (1)	10 % (2)	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2008 60 39	30
ex 2835 10 00	10	Sodium hypophosphite monohydrate	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2839 19 00	10	Disodium disilicate	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2841 80 00	10	Diammonium wolframate (ammonium paratungstate)	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2850 00 20	30	Titanium nitride with a particle size of not more than 250 nm	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2930 90 85	82	Sodium toluene-4-sulphinate	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2930 90 85	83	Methyl-p-tolyl sulphone	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 2934 20 80	40	1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one (Benzisothiazolinone (BIT))	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3808 93 15	10	Preparation based on a concentrate containing by weight 45 % or more but not more than 55 % of the active herbicidal ingredient Penoxsulam as an aqueous suspension	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3815 19 90	41	Catalysts in the form of tablets, consisting of 60 % (± 2 %) by weight of copper oxide on a support of aluminium oxide	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3815 90 90	85	Catalyst based on aluminosilicate (zeolite), for the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons, for the transalkylation of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons or for the oligomerisation of olefins (1)	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3824 90 97	70	Paste containing by weight 75 % or more, but not more than 85 % of copper, and also containing inorganic oxides, ethyl cellulose and a solvent	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3824 90 97	78	Mixture of phytosterols derived from wood and wood based oils (tall oil), in the form of powder with a particle size not more than 300 μm, containing by weight: — 60 % or more, but not more than 80 % of sitosterols, — not more than 15 % of campesterols, — not more than 5 % of stigmasterols, — not more than 15 % of betasitostanols	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3904 10 00	20	Poly(vinyl chloride) powder, not mixed with any other substances, with a degree of polymerisation of 1 000 (± 100) monomer units, a coefficient of heat transmission (K-value) of 60 or more, but not more than 70, a bulk density of 0,35 g/cm3 or more, but not more than 0,55 g/cm3, a volatile material content of less than 0,35 % by weight, a medium average grain size of 40 μm or more, but not more than 70 μm and a sieve non- passing fraction at a mesh width of 120 μm of not more than 1 % by weight, not containing any vinyl acetate monomers, for the manufacture of battery separators (1)	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3919 10 69	91	Acrylic foam tape, covered on one side with a heat activatable adhesive or an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and on the other side with an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and a release sheet, of a peel adhesion at an angle of 90° of more than 25 N/cm (as determined by the ASTM D 3330 method)	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3919 90 69	96
ex 3919 90 69	97	Rolls of biaxially oriented polypropylene film with: — a self adhesive coating, — a width of 363 mm or more, but not more than 507 mm, — a total film thickness of 10 μm or more but not more than 100 μm, for use in the protection of LCD displays during the manufacturing of LCD modules (1)	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3920 62 19	80	Poly(ethylene terephtalate) film of a thickness of not more than 20 μm, coated on both sides with a gas barrier layer consisting of a polymeric matrix in which silica has been dispersed and of a thickness of not more than 2 μm	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 3920 62 19	82
ex 3920 92 00	30	Polyamide film of a thickness of not more than 20 μm, coated on both sides with a gas barrier layer which consists of a polymeric matrix in which silica has been dispersed and of a thickness not exceeding 2 μm	0 %	1.7.2008-31.12.2012
ex 5603

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