Regulation 2009/1216 - Trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (Codified version) - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 328/10

Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

The Treaty provides for the establishment of a common agricultural policy covering the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty.

Certain agricultural products are used in numerous goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty.

It is necessary to provide for measures under the common agricultural policy and the common commercial policy to take account of the impact of trade in such goods on the objectives of Article 33 of the Treaty and of how measures adopted to implement Article 37 of the Treaty affect the economic position of such goods, given the differences between the costs of procuring agricultural products within and outside the Community and the differences in the prices of agricultural products.

The Treaty lays down that the agricultural policy and the commercial policy are Community policies. It is necessary to establish for certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products general and comprehensive rules, applicable throughout the Community, relating to trade in these goods, in order to attain the objectives of the Treaty.

It is appropriate to take account of the constraints arising from the agreement on agriculture concluded in the multilateral trade negotiations under the Uruguay Round (4).

Certain goods not falling within Annex I of the Treaty and listed in Annex II to this Regulation are obtained using agricultural products subject to the common agricultural policy. The charges applied to imports of such goods should therefore, on the one hand, cover the difference between the world market prices and the prices on the Community market for the agricultural products used in their production and, on the other hand, ensure the protection of the processing industry concerned.

Under agreements entered into, the Community is to limit such charges to covering, in whole or in part, differences in the price of agricultural products used in the production of the goods in question. It is accordingly necessary to establish for these goods that part of the overall charge which covers the differences between the prices of the agricultural products taken into account.

In addition, it is necessary to maintain a close link between the calculation of the agricultural component of the charge applicable to goods and that applicable to basic products imported in the unaltered state.

In order to avoid undue administrative formalities, negligible amounts should not be applied and Member States should be permitted to refrain from adjusting amounts relating to a given transaction where the balance of the amounts concerned is itself negligible.

The implementation of preferential agreements should not complicate the procedures applicable to trade with third countries. The implementing rules should therefore ensure that goods...