RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/187/Add.1
17 March 2000
(00-1086)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  English/
                 French/
                 Spanish
REQUEST FOR A WTO WAIVER
New ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Addendum
The following communication, dated 8 March 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Delegation of the European Communities.
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Attached are the pertinent parts of the post Lomé Agreement, for circulation to Members as
Addendum 1 to the waiver request.  The full text of the Agreement can be consulted in the Market
Access Division of the WTO Secretariat.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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DECISION
OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
WTO WAIVER
The ACP-EC Council of Ministers;
1. RECALLING  that on 14 October 1996, the WTO General Council decided to extend until 29
February 2000 the waiver for the fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé;
2. STRESSING that trade preferences represent pivotal and indispensable instrument of
development;
3. AWARE of the central importance of the Lomé Convention for the socio-economic development
of ACP countries;
4. RECOGNISING the importance of trade and investment for the development of ACP countries
and considering that trade and investment can best operate and be enhanced in a stable and
predictable global environment;
5. RECOGNISING  that the ultimate objective of ACP-EU economic and trade co-operation is to
enable the ACP States to integrate successfull y in the global economy within the multilateral
trading system and the need to conclude with the EU new WTO compatible trading arrangements
after a preparatory period.
6. DECIDES to invite the competent authorities of both sides to request an appropriate waiver to
permit the European Community to provide preferential treatment for products originating in ACP
States as provided for in the trade regime applicable during the preparatory period as jointly
agreed by the ACP-EC Ministers and annexed to this decision;
7. CONFIRMS that this trade regime applicable throughout the preparatory period will provide for
preferential treatment substantially equivalent to  the trade regime of the fourth Lomé Convention;
8. CONFIRMS that it will be applied as from 1st March 2000 on the basis of a decision of the ACP-
EC Council of Ministers;
9. CONFIRMS  that in this context, WTO compatible new trading arrangements will be concluded
during the preparatory period.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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ACP-EU NEGOTIATIONS
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES
TITLE II - E CONOMIC AND TRADE CO-OPERATION ..................................................................................4
Chapter 1 : Objectives and principles.......................................................................................... ........4
Chapter 2 : New trading arrangements ........................................................................................... ....5
Chapter 3 : Co-operation in  the internat ional fora ............................................................................6
Chapter 4 : Trade in Services .................................................................................................. .............7
Chapter 5 : Trade-related areas ................................................................................................ ...........8
Chapter 6 : Co-operation in other areas........................................................................................ ....12G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Title II - Economic and trade Co-operation
Chapter 1 : Objectives and principles
Article 34 Objectives
1. Economic and trade co-operation shall aim at fostering the smooth and gradual integration
of the ACP States into the world economy, with due regard for their political choices anddevelopment priorities, thereby promoting their sustainable development and contributing to
poverty eradication in the ACP countries.
2. The ultimate objective of economic and trade co-operation is to enable the ACP States to
play a full part in international trade.  In this  context, particular regard shall be had to the
need for the ACP States to participate active ly in multilateral trade negotiations. Given the
current level of development of the ACP countries, economic and trade co-operation shall be
directed at enabling the ACP States to manage the challenges of globalisation and to adapt
progressively to new conditions of international trade thereby facilitating their transition to
the liberalised global economy.
3. To this end economic and trade co-operation shall aim at enhancing the production, supply
and trading capacity of the ACP countries as well as their capacity to attract investment. It
shall further aim at creating a new trading dynamic between the parties, at strengthening the
ACP countries trade and investment policies and at improving the ACP countries’ capacityto handle all issues related to trade.
4. Economic and trade co-operation shall be implemented in full conformity with the
provisions of the WTO, including special and differential treatment, taking account of theParties' mutual interests and their respective levels of development.
Article 35 Principles
1. Economic and trade co-operation shall be based on a true, strengthened and strategic
partnership.  It shall further be based on a comprehensive approach which builds on the
strengths and achievements of the previous ACP-EC Conventions, using all means available
to achieve the objectives set out above by addressing supply and demand side constraints.In this context, particular regard shall be had to trade development measures as a means of
enhancing ACP States’ competitiveness. Appropriate weight shall therefore be given to
trade development within the ACP States' development strategies, which the Community
shall support.
2. Economic and trade co-operation shall build on regional integration initiatives of ACP
States, bearing in mind that regional integration is a key instrument for the integration of
ACP countries into the world economy.
3. Economic and trade co-operation shall take account of the different needs and levels of
development of the ACP countries and regions. In this context, the Parties reaffirm their
attachment to ensuring special and differential treatment for all ACP countries and to
maintaining special treatment for ACP LDCs a nd to taking due account of the vulnerability
of small, landlocked and island countries.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Chapter 2 : New trading arrangements
Article 36
Modalities
1. In view of the objectives and principles set out above, the Parties agree to conclude new
WTO compatible trading arrangements, removing progressively barriers to trade between
them and enhancing co-operation in all areas relevant to trade.
2. The Parties agree that the new trading arrangements shall be introduced gradually and
recognise the need, therefore, for a preparatory period.
3. In order to facilitate the transition to the new trading arrangements, the non-reciprocal trade
preferences applied under the 4th ACP-EC C onvention shall be maintained during the
preparatory period for all ACP countries, under the conditions defined in Annex V to the
present Agreement.
4. In this context, the Parties reaffirm the impor tance of the commodity protocols, attached to
Annex V of this Agreement.  They agree on the need to review them in the context of the
new trading arrangements, in particular as regards their compatibility with WTO rules, with
a view to safeguarding the benefits derived therefrom, bearing in mind the special legal
status of the Sugar Protocol.
Article 37
Procedures
1. Economic partnership agreements shall be negotiated during the preparatory period which
shall end by 31 December 2007 at the latest. Formal negotiations of the new trading
arrangements shall start in September 2002 and the new trading arrangements shall enter
into force by 1 January 2008, unless earlier dates are agreed between the Parties.
2. All the necessary measures shall be taken so as to ensure that the negotiations are
successfully concluded within the preparatory period. To this end, the period up to the startof the formal negotiations of the new trading arrangements shall be actively used to make
initial preparations for these negotiations.
3. The preparatory period shall also be used for capacity-building in the public and private
sectors of ACP countries, including measures to enhance competitiveness, for strengthening
of regional organisations and for support to regional trade integration initiatives, whereappropriate with assistance to budgetary adjustment and fiscal reform, as well as for
infrastructure upgrading and development, and for investment promotion. In this context, the
Community will provide specific support from regional programmes in accordance with the
provisions of Annex IV (implementation an d management procedures) to groups of ACP
States who are committed to negotiate economic partnership agreements with the EU.
4. The Parties will regularly review the progress of the preparations and negotiations and, will
in 2006 carry out a formal and comprehensive review of the arrangements planned for all
countries to ensure that no further time is needed for preparations or negotiations.
5. Negotiations of the economic partnership agreements will be undertaken with ACP
countries which consider themselves in a position to do so, at the level they consider
appropriate and in accordance with the procedures agreed by the ACP Group, taking into
account regional integration process within the ACP.
6. In 2004, the Community will assess the situation of the non-LDC which, after consultations
with the Community decide that they are not in  a position to enter into economic partnership
agreements and will examine all alternative possibilities, in order to provide these countries
with a new framework for trade which is equivalent to their existing situation and in
conformity with WTO rules.
7. Negotiations of the economic partnership agreements shall aim notably at establishing the
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with the relevant WTO rules.  On the Community side trade liberalisation shall build on the
acquis and shall aim at improving current market access for the ACP countries through inter
alia, a review of the rules of origin.  Negotiations shall take account of the level of
development and the socio-economic impact of trade measures on ACP countries, and their
capacity to adapt and adjust their economies to the liberalisation process.  Negotiations willtherefore be as flexible as possible in establishing the duration of a sufficient transitional
period, the final product coverage, taking into account sensitive sectors, and the degree of
asymmetry in terms of timetable for tariff dismantlement, while remaining in conformity
with WTO rules then prevailing.
8. The Parties shall closely co-operate and collaborate in the WTO with a view to defending
the arrangements reached, in particular with regard to the degree of flexibility available.
9. The Community will start by the year 2000, a process which by the end of multilateral trade
negotiations and at the latest 2005 will allow duty free access for essentially all products
from all LDC building on the level of the existing trade provisions of the fourth ACP-EC
Convention and which will simplify and review the rules of origin, including cumulation
provisions, that apply to their exports.
Article 38
Joint Ministerial Trade Committee
1. A Joint ACP-EC Ministerial Trade Committee shall be established.
2. The Ministerial Trade Committee shall pay special attention to current multilateral trade
negotiations and shall examine the impact of the wider liberalisation initiatives on ACP-ECtrade and the development of ACP economies.  It shall make any necessary
recommendations with a view to preserving the benefits of the ACP-EC trading
arrangements.
3. The Ministerial Trade Committee shall meet at least once a year. Its rules of procedure shall
be laid down by the Council of Ministers. It shall be composed of representatives of the
ACP States and of the Community appointed by the Council of Ministers.
Chapter 3 : Co-operation in the international fora
Article 39
General Provisions
1. The Parties underline the importance of their active participation in the World Trade
Organisation as well as in other relevant international organisations by becoming members
of these organisations and closely following their agenda and activities.
2. They agree to co-operate closely in identifying and furthering their common interests in
international economic and trade Co-operation in particular in the WTO, including
participation in setting and conducting the agenda in future multilateral trade negotiations.
In this context, particular attention shall be paid to improve access to the Community andother markets for products and services originating in the ACP countries.
3. They also agree on the importance of flexibility in WTO rules to take account of the ACP's
level of development as well of the difficulties faced in meeting their obligations. Theyfurther agree on the need for technical assistance to enable the ACP countries to implement
their commitments.
4. The Community agrees to assist the ACP States  in their efforts, in accordance with the
provisions set out in this Agreement, to become active members of these organisations, by
developing the necessary capacity to negotiate, participate effectively, monitor and
implement these agreements.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Article 40
Commodities
1. The Parties recognise the need to ensure a better operation of international commodity
markets and to increase market transparency.
2. They confirm their willingness to step up co nsultations between them in the international
fora and organisations dealing with commodities.
3. To this end, exchange of views shall take place at the request of either party:
– regarding the operation of existing international agreements or specialised
intergovernmental working parties with the aim of improving them and making them
more effective, consistent with market trends;
– when it is proposed to conclude or renew an international agreement or set up a
specialised intergovernmental working party.
The aim of such exchanges of views shall be to take account of the respective interest of
each party.  They may take place, where necessary, in the framework of the Ministerial
Trade Committee.
Chapter 4 : Trade in Services
Article 41
General Provisions
1. The Parties underline the growing importance of services in international trade and their
major contribution to economic and social development.
2. They reaffirm their respective commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in
Services (GATS), and underline the need for special and differential treatment to ACP
suppliers of services;
3. In the framework of the negotiations for progressive liberalisation in trade and services, as
provided for in article XIX of GATS, the EU undertakes to give sympathetic consideration
to the ACP States priorities for improvement in the EC schedule, with a view to meeting
their specific interests.
4. The Parties further agree on the objective of extending under the economic partnership
agreements, and after they have acquired some experience in applying the MFN treatment
under GATS, their partnership to encompass the liberalisation of services in accordancewith the provisions of GATS and particularly those relating to the participation of
developing countries in liberalisation agreements.
5. The Community shall support the ACP States' efforts to strengthen their capacity in the
supply of services. Particular attention shall be paid to services related to labour, business,
distribution, finance, tourism, culture and construction and related engineering services with
a view to enhancing their competitiveness an d thereby increasing the value and the volume
of their trade in goods and services.
Article 42
Maritime Transport
1. The Parties acknowledge the importance of cost-effective and efficient maritime transport
services in a safe and clean marine environment as the main mode of transportation
facilitating international trade and thereby constituting one of the forces behind economic
development and the development of trade.
2. They undertake to promote the liberalisation of maritime transport and to this end apply
effectively the principle of unrestricted access to the international maritime transport market
on a non-discriminatory and commercial basis.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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3. Each Party shall grant, inter alia, a treatment no less favourable than that accorded to its own
ships, for ships operated by nationals or companies of the other Party, and for ships
registered in the territory of either party,  with respect to access to ports, the use of
infrastructure and auxiliary maritime services of those ports, as well as related fees and
charges, customs facilities and the assignment of berths and facilities for loading and
unloading.
4. The Community shall support the ACP States' ef forts to develop and promote cost-effective
and efficient maritime transport services in the ACP States with a view to increasing the
participation of ACP operators in international shipping services.
Article 43
Information and Communication Technologies, and Information Society
1. The Parties recognise the important role of information and communication technologies, as
well as the active participation in the Information Society, as a pre-requisite for the
successful integration of the ACP countries into the world economy.
2. They therefore reconfirm their respective commitments under existing multilateral
agreements, in particular the protocol on Basic Telecommunications attached to the GATS,
and invite those ACP countries, which are not yet members to these agreements, to accedeto them.
3. They furthermore agree to participate fully and actively in any future international
negotiation, which might be conducted in this area.
4. The Parties will therefore take measures that will enable inhabitants of ACP countries easy
access to information and communication technologies, through, amongst other, the
following measures:
– The development and encouragement of the use of affordable renewable energy
resources;
– The development and deployment of more extensive low-cost wireless networks.
5. The Parties also agree to step up co-operation between them in the area of information and
communication technologies, and the Information Society. This co-operation shall, in
particular, be directed towards greater complementary and harmonization of communication
systems, at national, regional and international level and their adaptation to new
technologies.
Chapter 5 : Trade-related areas
Article 44
General Provisions
1. The Parties acknowledge the growing importance of new areas related to trade in facilitating
progressive integration of the ACP States into the world economy.  They therefore agree tostrengthen their co-operation in these areas by establishing full and co-ordinated
participation in the relevant international fora and agreements.
2. The Community shall support the ACP States' efforts, in accordance with the provisions set
out in this Agreement and the development strategies agreed between the Parties to
strengthen their capacity to handle all areas related to trade, including, where necessary,
improving and supporting the institutional framework.
Article 45
Competition Policy
1. The Parties agree that the introduction and implementation of effective and sound
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investment friendly climate, a sustainable industrialisation process and transparency in the
access to markets.
2. To ensure the elimination of distortions to sound competition and with due consideration to
the different levels of development and economic needs of each ACP country, they
undertake to implement national or regional rules and policies including the control and
under certain conditions the prohibition of agreements between undertakings, decisions by
associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as
their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition.  The Partiesfurther agree to prohibit the abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the
common market of the Community or in the territory of ACP States.
3. The Parties also agree to reinforce co-operation in this area with a view to formulating and
supporting effective competition policies with the appropriate national competition agencies
that progressively ensure the efficient enforcem ent of the competition rules by both private
and state enterprises.  Co-operation in this area shall, in particular, include assistance in the
drafting of an appropriate legal framework and its administrative enforcement with
particular reference to the special situation of the least developed countries.
Article 46
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
1. Without prejudice to the positions of the Parties in multilateral negotiations, the Parties
recognise the need to ensure an adequate and effective level of protection of intellectual,
industrial and commercial property rights, an d other rights covered by TRIPS including
protection of geographical indications, in line with the international standards with a view to
reducing distortions and impediments to bilateral trade.
2. They underline the importance, in this context, of adherence to the Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to the WTO Agreement and the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
3. They also agree on the need to accede to all relevant international conventions on
intellectual, industrial and commercial property as referred to in Part I of the TRIPS
Agreement, in line with their level of development.
4. The Community, its Member States and the ACP States may consider the conclusion of
agreements aimed at protecting trademarks and geographical indications for products of
particular interest of either Party.
5. For the purpose of this Agreement, intellectual property includes in particular copyright,
including the copyright on computer programmes and neighbouring rights, including artistic
designs, and industrial property which includes utility models, patents including patents for
bio-technological inventions and plant varieties or other effective sui generis systems,industrial designs, geographical indications including appellations of origin, trademarks for
goods or services, topographies of integrated circuits as well as the legal protection of data
bases and the protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10 bis of the
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and protection of undisclosed
confidential information on know how.
6. The Parties further agree to strengthen their co-operation in this field. Upon request and on
mutually agreed terms and conditions co-operation shall inter alia extend to the following
areas: the preparation of laws and regulations for the protection and enforcement ofintellectual property rights, the prevention of the abuse of such rights by rightholders and the
infringement of such rights by competitors, the establishment and reinforcement of domestic
and regional offices and other agencies including support for regional intellectual property
organisations involved in enforcement and protection, including the training of personnel.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Article 47
Standardisation and Certification
1. The Parties agree to co-operate more closely in the field of standardisation, certification and
quality assurance to remove unnecessary technical barriers and to reduce differences
between them in those areas, so as to facilitate trade.
In this context, they reaffirm their commi tment under the Agreement on Technical Barriers
to trade, annexed to the WTO Agreement (TBT Agreement).
2. Co-operation in standardisation and certification shall aim at promoting compatible systems
between the Parties and in particular include:
– measures, in accordance with the TBT Agreement, to promote greater use of
international technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures,
including sector specific measures, in accordance with the level of economic
development of ACP countries.
– co-operation in the area of quality management and assurance in selected sectors of
importance to the ACP States,
– support for capacity building initiatives in the ACP countries in the fields of
conformity assessment, metrology and standardisation,
– developing functioning links between ACP and European standardisation, conformity
assessment and certification institutions.
3. The Parties undertake to consider, in due course, negotiating mutual recognition agreements
in sectors of mutual economic interest.
Article 48
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
1. The Parties recognise the right of each Party to adopt or to enforce sanitary and
phytosanitary measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health, subject to
the requirement that these measures do not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination ora disguised restriction to trade, generally.  To this end, they reaffirm their commitments
under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, annexed
to the WTO Agreement (SPS-Agreement), taking account of their respective level of
development.
2. They further undertake to reinforce co-ordination, consultation and information as regards
notification and application of proposed sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in accordance
with the SPS-Agreement whenever these measures might affect the interests of either Party.
They also agree on prior consultation and co-ordination within the CODEXALIMENTARIUS, the International Office of Epizodics and the International Plant
Protection Convention, with a view to  furthering their common interests.
3. The Parties agree to strengthen their co-operation with a view to reinforcing the capacity of
the public and the private sector of the ACP countries in this field.
Article 49
Trade and Environment
1. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to prom oting the development of international trade
in such a way as to ensure sustainable and sound management of the environment, in
accordance with the international conventions and undertakings in this area and with dueregard to their respective level of development.  They agree that the special needs and
requirements of ACP States should be taken into account in the design and implementation
of environment measures.
2. Bearing in mind the Rio Principles and with a view to reinforcing the mutual supportiveness
of trade and environment, the Parties agree to enhance their co-operation in this field.  Co-G/C/W/187/Add.1
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operation shall in particular aim at the establishment of coherent national, regional and
international policies, reinforcement of quality controls of goods and services related to the
environment, the improvement of environment-friendly production methods in relevant
sectors.
Article 50
Trade and Labour Standards
1. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to th e internationally recognised core labour
standards, as defined by the relevant ILO Conventions, and in particular the freedom of
association and the right to collective bargaining, the abolition of forced labour, the
elimination of worst forms of child labour and non-discrimination in respect to employment.
2. They agree to enhance co-operation in this area, in particular in the following fields:
– exchange of information on the respective legislation and work regulation;
– the formulation of national labour legislation and strengthening of existing legislation;
– educational and awareness-raising programmes.
– Enforcement of adherence to national legislation and work regulation.
3. The Parties agree that labour standards should not be used for protectionist trade purposes.
Article 51
Consumer Policy and Protection of Consumer Health
1. The Parties agree to step up their co-operation in the area of consumer policy and consumer
health protection, having due regard to domestic legislation to avoid barriers to trade.
2. Co-operation shall, in particular, aim at improving the institutional and technical capacity in
this area, establishing rapid-alert systems of mutual information on dangerous products,
exchanging information and experiences on the establishment and operation of post marketsurveillance of products and product safety, improving information provided to consumers
on prices, characteristics of products and services offered, encouraging the development of
independent consumer associations and contacts between consumer interest representatives,
improving compatibility of consumer policies and systems, notifying enforcement and
promoting co-operation in investigating harmful or unfair business practices andimplementing exports prohibitions in the trade between the Parties of goods and services the
marketing of which has been prohibited in their country of production.
Article 52
Tax Carve-out Clause
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 32.1 of annex IV, the Most Favoured Nation
treatment granted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or any arrangementadopted under this Agreement, does not apply to tax advantages which the Parties are
providing or may provide in the future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation
or other tax arrangements, or domestic fiscal legislation.
2. Nothing in this Agreement, or in any arrang ements adopted under this Agreement, may be
construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement of any measure aimed at preventing the
avoidance or evasion of taxes pursuant to the tax provisions of agreements to avoid double
taxation or other tax arrangements, or domestic fiscal legislation.
3. Nothing in this Agreement, or in any arrang ements adopted under this Agreement, shall be
construed to prevent the Parties from distinguishing, in the application of the relevant
provisions of their fiscal legislation, between taxpayers who are not in the same situation, in
particular with regard to their place of residence, or with regard to the place where theircapital is invested.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Chapter 6 : Co-operation in other areas
Article 53
Fishery Agreements
1. The Parties declare their willingness to negotiate fishery agreements aimed at guaranteeing
sustainable and mutually satisfactory conditions for fishing activities in ACP States.
2. In the conclusion or implementation of such agreements, the ACP States shall not discriminate
against the Community or among the Member States, without prejudice to special arrangements
between developing States within the same geographical area, including reciprocal fishing
arrangements, nor shall the Community discriminate against ACP States.
Article 54
Food security
1. With regard to available agricultural products, the Community undertakes to ensure that
export refunds can be fixed further in advance for all ACP States in respect of a range of
products drawn up in the light of the food requirements expressed by those States.
2. Advance fixing shall be for one year and shall be applied each year throughout the life of
this Convention, it being understood that the level of the refund will be determined in
accordance with the methods normally followed by the Commission.
3. Specific agreements may be concluded with those ACP States which so request in the
context of their food security policies.
4. The specific agreements referred to in paragraph 2 shall not put in jeopardy production and
trade flows in ACP regions.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX V
Trade regime applicable during the preparat ory period referred to in Article 37(1)
Chapter 1:  General trade arrangements
Article 1
1. Products originating in the ACP States shall be imported into the Community free of customs
duties and charges having equivalent effect.
2. (a) For products originating in the ACP States:
- listed in Annex I to the Treaty where they come under a common organisation of the
market within the meaning of Article 34 of the Treaty, or
- subject, on import into the Community, to specific rules introduced as a result of the
implementation of the common agricultural policy.
the Community shall take the necessary measures to ensure more favourable
treatment than that granted to third countries benefiting from the most-favoured-
nation clause for the same products.
(b) If, during the application of this annex, the ACP States request that new lines of
agricultural production or agricultural products which are not the subject of specific
arrangements when this annex enters into force should benefit from such
arrangements, the Community shall examine these requests in consultation with the
ACP States.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, the Community shall, in the context of the special
relations and special nature of ACP-EC cooperation, examine on a case-by-case basis
the requests from the ACP States for preferential access for their agricultural products
to the Community market and shall notify its decision on these reasoned requests if
possible within four months, and in any case not more than six months after the dateof their submission.
Within the context of subparagraph (a), the Community shall take its decisions in
particular with reference to concessions granted to developing third countries. It shall
take account of the possibilities offered by the off-season market.
(d) The arrangements referred to in subparagraph (a) shall enter into force at the same
time as this Agreement and shall remain applicable for the duration of the preparatory
period defined in Article 37(1) of the Agreement.
However, if during this period, the Community:
- subjects one or more products to common organisation of the market or to specific
rules introduced as a result of the implementation of the common agriculturalpolicy, it shall reserve the right to adapt the import treatment for those products
originating in the ACP States, following consultations within the Council of
Ministers.  In such cases, the provisions of subparagraph (a) shall be applicable;
- modifies the common organisation of the market in a particular product or the
specific rules introduced as a result of the implementation of the commonagricultural policy, it shall reserve the right to modify the arrangements laid down
for products originating in the ACP States, following consultations within the
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products originating in the ACP States continue to enjoy an advantage comparable
to that previously enjoyed in relation to products originating in third countries
benefiting from the most-favoured-nation clause.
(e) Where the Community intends to conclude a preferential agreement with third States
it shall inform the ACP States thereof. Consultations shall take place where the ACPStates so request in order to safeguard their interests.
Article  2
1. The Community shall not apply to imports of products originating in the ACP States any
quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in
transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security, the protection of
health and life of humans, animals and plants, the protection of national treasures possessingartistic, historic or archaeological value, conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such
measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or
consumption, or the protection of industrial and commercial property.
3. Such prohibitions of restrictions shall in no case constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable
discrimination or a disguised restriction of trade generally.
In cases where implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 affects the interests
of one or more ACP States, consultations shall be held at the request of the latter, in accordance
with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching a satisfactory
solution.
Article  3
1. Where new measures or measures stipulated in programs adopted by the Community for the
approximation of laws and regulations in order to facilitate the movement of goods are likely to
affect the interests of one or more ACP States, the Community shall, prior to adopting such
measures, inform the ACP States thereof through the Council of Ministers.
2. In order to enable the Community to take into  consideration the interests of the ACP State
concerned, consultations shall be held at the request of the latter in accordance with the
provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution.
Article 4
1. Where existing Community rules or regulations adopted in order to facilitate the movement of
goods affect the interests of one or more ACP States or where these interests are affected by the
interpretation, application or administration of such rules or regulations, consultations shall be
held at the request of the ACP States concerned with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution.
2. With a view to finding a satisfactory solution, the ACP States may also bring up within the
Council of Ministers any other problems relating to the movement of goods which might result
from measures taken or envisaged by the Member States.
3. The relevant institutions of the Community shal l, to the greatest possible extent, inform the
Council of Ministers of such measures in order to ensure effective consultations.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Article  5
1. The ACP States shall not be required to assume, in respect of imports of products originating in
the Community, obligations corresponding to the commitment entered into by the Community
under this Annex in respect of imports of th e products originating in the ACP States.
2. (a) In their trade with the Community, the ACP States shall not discriminate among the
Member States and shall grant to the Community treatment no less favourable than most-
favoured-nation treatment.
(b) The most-favoured-nation treatment referre d to in subparagraph (a) shall not apply in
respect of trade or economic relations between ACP States or between one or more ACP States
and other developing countries.
Article  6
Each Contracting Party shall communicate its customs tariff to the Council of Ministers within three
months of the entry into force of this Annex. Each Contracting Party shall also communicate any
subsequent amendments to its tariff as and when they come into force.
Article  7
1. The concept of ‘originating products’ for the purposes of implementing this Annex, and the
methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto, are defined in Protocol 1 annexedhereto.
2. The Council of Ministers may adopt any amendment to Protocol 1.
3. Where the concept of ‘originating products’ has not yet been defined for a given product
pursuant to paragraphs 1 or 2, each Contracting Party shall continue to apply its own rules.
Article 8
1. Where any product is being imported into the Community in such increased quantities and
under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to its domestic producers
of like or directly competitive products or serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or
difficulties which could bring about serious dete rioration in the economic situation of a region,
the Community may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with theprocedures laid down in Article 9.
2. The Community undertakes not to use other means for protectionism purposes or to hamper
structural development. The Community will refrain from using safeguard measures having the
same effect.
3. Safeguard measures shall be restricted to those which would least disturb trade between the
Contracting Parties in implementing the objectives  of this Agreement and must not exceed the
scope of what is strictly necessary to remedy the difficulties that have arisen.
4. When applied, safeguard measures shall take into account the existing level of the ACP exports
concerned to the Community and their potential for development.  Particular attention shall be
paid to the interests of the least-developed, landlocked and island ACP States.
Article 9
1. Prior consultation shall take place concerning the application of the safeguard clause, both
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provide the ACP States with all the information required for such consultations and shall
provide the data from which to determine to what extent imports from an ACP State of a
specific product have caused the effects referred to in Article 8(1).
2. Where consultations have taken place, safeguard measures, or arrangements jointly agreed
upon by the ACP States concerned and the Community, shall enter into force thereafter.
3. However, the prior consultations provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not prevent any
immediate decisions which the Community, in accordance with Article 8(1), might take where
special factors have necessitated such decisions.
4. In order to facilitate the examination of factors that may cause market disturbances, a
mechanism shall be instituted for the statistical surveillance of certain ACP exports to the
Community.
5. The Contracting Parties undertake to hold regular consultations with a view to finding
satisfactory solutions to problems which might result from the application of the safeguard
clause.
6. The prior consultations as well as the regular consultations and the surveillance mechanism
referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 shall be implemented in accordance with Protocol 2 annexed
hereto.
Article  10
The Council of Ministers shall, at the request of any Contracting Party concerned, consider the
economic and social effects of the application of the safeguard clause.
Article 11
When safeguard measures are being taken, modified or removed, particular attention shall be paid to
the interests of the least-developed, landlocked and island ACP States.
Article 12
In order to ensure the effective implementation of this Annex, the Contracting Parties agree to inform
and consult each other.
In addition to the cases for which consultations are specifically provided for in Article 2 to 9,
consultations shall also take place, at the request of the Community or the ACP States, and in
accordance with the conditions provided for in the pr ocedural rules in Article 12 of this Agreement,
particularly in the following cases:
(1) where Contracting Parties intend to take any trade measures affecting the interests of one or
more Contracting Parties under this Annex, they shall inform the Council of Ministers thereof.
Consultations shall take place, where the Contracting Parties concerned so request, in order to
take account of their respective interests;
(2) if, during the application of this Annex, the ACP States consider that agricultural products
covered by paragraph 1 (2)(a) other than those subject to special treatment should benefit form
such treatment, consultations may take place within the Council of Ministers;
(3) where a Contracting Party considers that obstacles to the movement of goods arise as a result of
the existing rules of another Contracting Party or the interpretation, application oradministration thereof;
(4) where the Community takes safeguard measures in accordance with the provisions of Article 8
of this Annex, consultations on these measures may take place within the Council of Ministers,G/C/W/187/Add.1
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where the Contracting Parties concerned so request, notably with a view to ensuring
compliance with paragraph 8(3).
Such consultations must be completed within three months.
(a) Chapter 2 : Special undertaking on sugar and beef and veal
Article 13
1. In accordance with Article 25 of the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé signed on 28 February
1975 and with Protocol 3 annexed thereto, the Community has undertaken for an indefinite
period, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Annex, to purchase and import, at
guaranteed prices, specific quantities of cane sugar, raw or white, which originates in the ACP
States producing and exporting cane sugar and which those States have undertaken to deliver to
it.
2. The conditions for the implementation of the aforementioned Article 25 have been laid down
by Protocol 3 referred to in paragraph 1.  The text of the Protocol is attached to this Annex as
Protocol 3.
3. Article 8 of this Annex shall not apply within the framework of the said Protocol.
4. For the purpose of Article 8 of the said Protocol the institutions established under this
Agreement may be used during the period of application of this Agreement.
5. Article 8(2) of the said Protocol shall apply should this Agreement cease to be operative.
6. The declarations contained in Annexes XIII, XXI and XXII of the Final Act to the ACP-EEC
Convention of Lomé signed on 28 February 1975 are reaffirmed and their provisions shall
continue to apply. These declarations are annexed as such to protocol 3.
7. This Article and Protocol 3 shall not apply to relations between the ACP States and the French
overseas departments.
8. For the purpose of Article 8 of the said Protocol the institutions established under this
Agreement may be used during the period of application of this Agreement.
9. Article 8(2) of the said Protocol shall apply should this Agreement cease to be operative.
10. The declarations contained in Annexes XIII, XXI and XXII of the Final Act to the ACP-EEC
Convention of Lomé signed on 28 February 1975 are reaffirmed and their provisions shall
continue to apply. These declarations are annexed as such to protocol 3.
11. This Article and Protocol 3 shall not apply to relations between the ACP States and the French
overseas departments.
12. 
Article 14
The special undertaking on beef and veal, defined in Protocol 4 annexed hereto shall apply.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Chapter 3 : Final provisions
Article 15
The Protocols attached to this Annex shall form an integral part thereof.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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PROTOCOL 2
on the implementation of Article 9
1. The Contracting Parties agree that every endeavour should be made to avoid recourse being had
to the safeguard measures provided for under Article 8.
2. Both parties are guided by the conviction that the implementation of Article 9 (4) and (5) would
enable them to recognise, at an early stage, problems which could arise and, taking account of
all relevant factors, avoid as far as possible recourse to measures which the Community would
prefer not to adopt vis-à-vis its preferential trading partners.
3. Both parties acknowledge the need for implementation of the mechanism of advance
information provided for under Article 9 (4), the objective of which is to limit, in the case of
sensitive products, the risks of sudden or unforeseen recourse to safeguard measures.  Thesearrangements will permit the maintenance of a regular flow of trade information and the
simultaneous implementation of regular consultation procedures.  Thus the two parties will be
in a position to follow closely the trends in the sensitive sectors and detect problems which
could arise.
4. The following two procedures result from this :
The statistical surveillance mechanism
Without prejudice to internal arrangements that the Community may apply to control its
imports, Article 9 (4) provides for the institution of a mechanism intended to ensure statistical
surveillance of certain ACP exports to the Community and thus facilitate the examination of
occurrences such as to cause market disturbances.
This mechanism, the sole objective of which is  to facilitate the exchange of information
between the parties, should apply only to products, which the Community considers, insofar as
it is concerned, as sensitive.
The implementation of this mechanism will be the subject of a joint agreement on the basis of
data to be furnished by the Community and with the help of statistical information to becommunicated by the ACP States to the Commission at the latter's request.
For the effective implementation of this mechanism it is necessary that the ACP States
concerned provide the Commission, as far as possible on a monthly basis, with statistics
relating to their exports to the Community and to each of its Member States of products
considered by the Community to be sensitive.
A procedure for regular consultation
The statistical surveillance mechanism mentioned above will enable the two parties betters to
follow the trends in trade likely to cause concern. On the basis of this information and in
accordance with Article 9 (5), the Community and the ACP States will have the possibility of
holding periodic consultations in order to ensure that the objectives of that Article are fulfilled.
These consultations will take place at the request of either party.
5. If the conditions of application of safeguard measures as provided for in Article 8 are fulfilled,
it would be the responsibility of the Community, in accordance with Article 9(1) relating to
prior consultations concerning the application of safeguard measures, to enter immediately into
consultations with the ACP States concerned by providing them with all the information
necessary for those consultations, especially the necessary data from which to determine to
what extent imports of a specific product from an ACP state or States have caused or threatenedto cause serious injury to the Community’s domestic producers of like or directly competitive
products or serious disturbances in a sector of the economy of the Community or difficulties
which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region of the
Community.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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6. If no other arrangement has been concluded in the meanwhile  with the ACP state or States
concerned, the competent authorities of the Community may, at the end of the twenty-one day
period provided for in respect of those consultations, take the appropriate measures for the
implementation of Article 8 . These measures shall be communicated immediately to the ACP
States and become immediately applicable.
7. This procedure would apply without prejudice to measures, which could be taken in the event
of special factors within the meaning of Article 9(3). In this case all relevant information will
be supplied promptly to the ACP States.
8. In this case, the interests of the least developed, landlocked and island ACP States will receive
particular attention, in accordance with Article 2 of the Agreement.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Protocol 3 containing the text of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar
appearing in the ACP-EC Convention of Lomé
signed on 28 February 1975 and the corresponding declarations
annexed to that Convention
PROTOCOL 3
on ACP sugar
Article 1
1. The Community undertakes for an indefinite period to purchase and import, at guaranteed
prices, specific quantities of cane sugar, raw or white, which originate in the ACP States and
which these States undertake to deliver to it.
2. The safeguard clause in Article 10 of the Convention shall not apply. The implementation of
this Protocol is carried out within the framework of the management of the common
organisation of the sugar market which, however, shall in no way prejudice the commitment of
the Community under paragraph 1.
Article 2
1. Without prejudice to Article 7, no change in this Protocol may enter into force until a period of
five years has elapsed from the date on which the Convention enters into force. Thereafter, such
changes as may be agreed upon will come into force at a time to be agreed.
2. The conditions for implementing the guarantee referred to in Article 1 shall be re-examined
before the end of the seventh year of their application.
Article 3
1. Quantities of cane sugar referred to in Article 1, expressed in metric tons of white sugar,
hereinafter referred to as 'agreed quantities`, for delivery in each 12-month period referred to in
Article 4 (1), shall be as follows:
Barbados 49 300
Fiji 163 600Guyana 157 700
Jamaica 118 300
Kenya 5 000
Madagascar 10 000
Malawi 20 000
Mauritius 487 200
Swaziland 116 400Tanzania 10 000
Trinidad and Tobago 69 000G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Uganda 5 000
People's Republic of Congo 10 000
2. Subject to Article 7, these quantities may not be reduced without the consent of the individual
States concerned.
3. Nevertheless, in respect of the period up to 30 June 1975, the agreed quantities, expressed in
metric tons of white sugar, shall be as follows:
Barbados 29 600
Fiji 25 600
Guyana 29 600
Jamaica 83 800
Madagascar 2 000
Mauritius 65 300Swaziland 19 700
Trinidad and Tobago 54 200
Article  4
1. In each 12-month period from 1 July to 30 June inclusive, hereinafter referred to as the
'delivery period`, the sugar-exporting ACP States undertake to deliver the quantities referred toin Article 3 (1), subject to any adjustments resulting from the application of Article 7. A similar
undertaking shall apply equally to the quantities referred to in Article 3 (3) in respect of the
period up to 30 June 1975, which shall also be regarded as a delivery period.
2. The quantities to be delivered up to 30 June 1975, referred to in Article 3 (3), shall include
supply en route from port of shipment or, in the case of landlocked States, across frontiers.
3. Deliveries of ACP cane sugar in the period up to 30 June 1975 shall benefit from the
guaranteed prices applicable in the delivery period beginning 1 July 1975. Identical
arrangements may be made for subsequent delivery periods.
Article  5
1. White or raw sugar shall be marketed on the Community market at prices freely negotiated
between buyers and sellers.
2. The Community shall not intervene if and when a Member State allows selling prices within its
borders to exceed the Community's threshold price.
3. The Community undertakes to purchase, at the guaranteed price, quantities of white or raw
sugar, within agreed quantities, which canno t be marketed in the Community at a price
equivalent to or in excess of the guaranteed price.
4. The guaranteed price, expressed in units of account, shall refer to unpacked sugar, cif European
ports of the Community, and shall be fixed in respect of standard quality sugar. It shall be
negotiated annually, within the price range obtaining in the Community, taking into account all
relevant economic factors, and shall be decided at the latest by 1 May immediately preceding
the delivery period to which it will apply.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Article 6
Purchase at the guaranteed price, referred to in Article 5 (3), shall be assured through the medium of
the intervention agencies or of other agents appointed by the Community.
Article  7
1. If, during any delivery period, a sugar-exporting ACP State fails to deliver its agreed quantity
in full for reasons of force majeure the Commission shall, at the request of the State concerned,
allow the necessary additional period for delivery.
2. If a sugar-exporting ACP State informs the Comm ission during the course of a delivery period
that it will be unable to deliver its agreed quantity in full and that it does not wish to have the
additional period referred to in paragraph 1, the shortfall shall be reallocated by the
Commission for delivery during the delivery period in question. Such reallocation shall be
made by the Commission after consultation with the States concerned.
3. If, during any delivery period, a sugar-exporting ACP State fails to deliver its agreed quantity
in full for reasons other than force majeure, that quantity shall be reduced in respect of each
subsequent delivery period by the undelivered quantity.
4. It may be decided by the Commission that, in respect of subsequent delivery periods, the
undelivered quantity shall be reallocated between the other States, which are referred to inArticle 3. Such reallocation shall be made in consultation with the States concerned.
Article  8
1. At the request of one or more of the States supplying sugar under the terms of this Protocol, or
of the Community, consultations relating to all measures necessary for the application of this
Protocol shall take place within an appropriat e institutional framework to be adopted by the
Contracting Parties. For this purpose the instit utions established by the Convention may be used
during the period of application of the Convention.
2. In the event of the Convention ceasing to be operative, the sugar-supplying States referred to in
paragraph 1 and the Community shall adopt the appropriate institutional provisions to ensure
the continued application of the provisions of this Protocol.
3. The periodical reviews provided for under this Protocol shall take place within the agreed
institutional framework.
Article 9
Special types of sugar traditionally delivered to Member States by certain sugar-exporting ACP States
shall be included in, and treated on the same basis as, the quantities referred to in Article 3.
Article 10
The provisions of this Protocol shall remain in force after the date specified in Article 91 of the
Convention. After that date the Protocol may be  denounced by the Community with respect to each
ACP State and by each ACP State with respect to the Community, subject to two years' notice.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX to Protocol 3
Declarations on Protocol 3
1. Joint declaration concerning possible requests for participation in the provisions of Protocol 3.
Any request from an ACP State Contracting Party to the Convention not specifically referred to
in Protocol 3 to participate in the provisions of that Protocol shall be examined 1.
2. Declaration by the Community concerning suga r originating in Belize, St-Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
and Suriname
(a) The Community undertakes to adopt the necessary measures to ensure the same
treatment as provided for in Protocol 3, for the following quantities of cane sugar, raw or
white, originating in:
Belize 39 400 tons
St-Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla 14 800 tonsSuriname 4 000 tons
(b) Nevertheless, in respect of the period up to 30 June 1975, the quantities shall be as
follows:
Belize 14 800 tons
St-Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla 7 900 tons 2
3. Declaration by the Community on Article 10 of Protocol 3.
The Community declares that Article 10 of Protocol 3 providing for the possibility of
denunciation in that Protocol, under the conditions set out in that Article, is for the purposes of
juridical security and does not represent for the Community any qualification or limitation ofthe principles enunciated in Article 1 of that Protocol   3.
                                                     
1 Annex XIII to the Final Act of the ACP – EEC Convention.
2 Annex XXI to the Final Act of the ACP – EEC Convention
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ANNEX to Protocol 3
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE
COMMUNITY CONCERNING THE PROTOCOL ON ACP SUGAR
Letter No 1, from the Government of the Dominican RepublicSir,
I have the honour to confirm that the Dominican Re public wishes neither now nor in the future, to
accede to the Protocol on ACP sugar annexed to the ACP-EEC Convention. The Dominican Republic
accordingly undertakes not to apply to accede to the said Protocol. It will write a letter to this effect to
the ACP Group of States. I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter. Please
accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Letter No 2, from the President of the Council of the European CommunitiesSir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:
'I have the honour to confirm that the Dominican Republic wishes neither now nor in the future, to
accede to the Protocol on ACP sugar annexed to the ACP-EEC Convention. The Dominican Republic
accordingly undertakes not to apply to accede to the said Protocol. It will write a letter to this effect tothe ACP Group of States.`
The Community confirms its agreement on the content of that letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX to Protocol 3
AGREEMENT
In the form of an exchange of letters between  the European Economic Community and Barbados,
Belize, the People’s Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the
Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, theRepublic of Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and
Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zimbabwe and Saint Christopher and Nevis on the
accession of the last-mentioned country to Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Second ACP-EEC
Convention
Letter No 1
Brussels,
Sir,
The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Second
ACP-EEC Convention and of the Commission on behalf of the European Economic Community, have
agreed on the following:
- Saint Christopher and Nevis is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with an agreed
quantity of 14 800 tonnes with effect from the day on which it accedes to the Second ACP-EECConvention
Up to this date, the provisions of Annex IV to Council Decision 80/1186/EEC of 16 December 1980
on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community
shall remain applicable.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of  this letter and confirm that this letter and
your reply constitute an Agreement between th e Governments of the above-mentioned ACP States
and the Community
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the Council
of the European CommunitiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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Letter No 2
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows:
“The representatives of the ACP Sates referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the
Second ACP-EEC Convention and of the Commission on behalf of the European Economiccommunity, have agreed on the following:
- Saint Christopher and Nevis is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with an
agreed quantity of 14 800 tonnes with effect from the day on which it accedes to the Second ACP-
EEC Convention.
Up to this date, the provisions of Annex IV to Council Decision 80/1186/EEC of 16 December
1980 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic
Community shall remain applicable.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter
and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentioned
ACP States and the Community.”
I have the honour to confirm that the Governments of the ACP States referred to in your letter are in
agreement with the contents thereof.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the GovernmentsG/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX to Protocol 3
AGREEMENT
In the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Barbados, the
People’s Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the Republic ofKenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, the Republic of
Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the
Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the Accession of the latter country to Protocol
7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention.
Letter No 1
Sir…,
The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the SecondACP-EEC Convention, of the Republic of Zimbabwe  and of the Commission, on behalf of the
European Economic Community, have agreed on the following.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is hereby included in Article 3(1) of the said Protocol with an agreed
quantity of 25 000 tonnes with effect from 1 July 1982, and in respect of the period up to 30 June
1982 with an agreed quantity of 6 000 tonnes.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of  this letter and confirm that this letter and
your reply constitute an Agreement between the Go vernment of the above-mentioned ACP States and
the Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
On behalf of the Council
of he European CommunitiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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Letter No 2
Sir…,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows:
“The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the
Second ACP-EEC Convention of the Republic of  Zimbabwe and of the Commission, on behalf
of the European Economic Community, have agreed on the following.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with an
agreed quantity of 25 000 tonnes with effect from 1 July 1982, and in respect of the period up
to 30 June 1982 with an agreed quantity of 6 000 tonnes.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter
and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentioned
ACP States and the Community.”
I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the Governments of the ACP States referred o in this
letter with the foregoing.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the GovernmentsG/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX to Protocol 3
AGREEMENT
In the form of an exchange of letters between  the European Economic Community and Barbados,
Belize, the People’s Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, theRepublic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, the
Republic of Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and
Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Republic of the Ivory Coast on
the Accession of the last-mentioned country to Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Second ACP-
EEC Convention.
Letter No 1
Sir,
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed
to the Second ACP-EEC Convention, the Republic of the Ivory Coast and the European Economic
Community have agreed on the following.
The Republic of the Ivory Coast is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with effect
from 1 July 1983 with an immediate agreed quantity of 2 000 tonnes (white value).
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of  this letter and confirm that this letter and
your reply constitute an Agreement between th e Governments of the above-mentioned ACP States
and the Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
On behalf of the Council
of the European CommunitiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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Letter No 2
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows:
“The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of St ates referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar
annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention, the Republic of the Ivory Coast and theEuropean Economic Community have agreed on the following.
The Republic of the Ivory Coast is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with
effect from 1 July 1983 with an immediate ag reed quantity of 2 000 tonnes (white value).
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter
and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentioned
ACP States and the Community.”
I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the Governments of the ACP States referred to in your
letter with the contents thereof.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the GovernmentsG/C/W/187/Add.1
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ANNEX to protocol 3
AGREEMENT
In the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the
Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire,Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic
of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the
United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the
Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the accession of the Republic of Zambia to
Protocol No 8 on ACP Sugar annexed to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention.
Letter No 1
Brussels,…..
Sir
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States referred to in Protocol No 8 on ACP Sugar annexed
to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, the Republic  of Zambia and the European Community have
agreed on the following.
The Republic of Zambia is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with effect from 1
January 1995 with an agreed quantity of 0 tonnes.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter confirm that this letter and your
reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentioned ACP States and the
European Community.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
On behalf of the Council
of the European UnionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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Letter No 2
Brussels,…..
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today which reads as follows:
“The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States referred to in Protocol No 8 on ACP Sugar
annexed to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, the Republic of Zambia and the European
Community have agreed on the following.
The Republic of Zambia is hereby included in Article 3 (1) of the said Protocol with effect from
1 January 1995 with an agreed quantity of 0 tonnes.
I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter
and your reply constitute and Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentionedACP States and the European Community.”
I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the Governments of the ACP States referred to in your
letter with the contents thereof.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the Governments of the ACP States
referred to in Protocol No8
and of the Republic of ZambiaG/C/W/187/Add.1
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PROTOCOL 4
on beef and veal
The Community and the ACP States agree to take the special measures set out below to enable ACP
States which are traditional exporters of beef and veal to maintain their position on the Communitymarket, thus guaranteeing a certain level of income for their producers.
Article 1
Within the limits referred to in Article 2, customs duties other than ad valorem  duties applicable to
beef and veal originating in the ACP States shall be reduced by 92 %.
Article 2
Without prejudice to Article 4, the reduction in customs duties provided for in Article 1 shall apply to
the following quantities expressed in boneless meat per calendar year and per country:
Botswana: 18916 tons
Kenya: 142 tons
Madagascar: 7 579 tons
Swaziland: 3 363 tonsZimbabwe: 9 100 tons
Namibia: 13000 tons
Article 3
In the event of an actual or foreseeable recession in these exports due to disasters such as drought,
cyclones or animal diseases, the Community is willing to consider appropriate measures to ensure thatquantities affected for these reasons in any year can be delivered in the following year.
Article 4
If, in the course of a given year, one of the ACP States referred to in Article 2 is not in a position to
supply the total quantity fixed and does not wish to benefit from the measures referred to in Article 3,
the Commission may share out the amount to be made up among the other ACP States concerned. In
such a case, the ACP States concerned shall put fo rward a proposal to the Commission, not later than
1 September of that year, naming the ACP State or States which will be in a position to supply the
new additional quantity, at the same time indicating to it the ACP State which is not in a position to
supply the full amount allocated to it, on the understanding that this new temporary allocation will not
affect the initial quantities.
The Commission shall ensure that a decision is taken by 15 November at the latest.
Article 5
This Protocol shall be implemented in accordance with the common market organisation in the beef
and veal sector, which, however, shall not affect the obligations entered into by the Community underthis Protocol.
Article 6
Should the safeguard clause in Article 8(1) of the Annex be applied in the beef and veal sector, the
Community will take the necessary measures to maintain the volume of exports from the ACP States
to the Community at a level compatible with its obligations under this Protocol.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Joint declaration on beef and veal
1. The EU undertakes to ensure that the ACP States, beneficiaries of the protocol on beef and
veal, derive full benefits therefrom. To this end, it commits itself to give effect to the provisions
of this protocol by enacting in a timely fashion appropriate rules and procedures.
2. The EU further undertakes to implement the protocol so that ACP States can market their beef
and veal throughout the year without undue restrictions. In addition, the EU will assist the ACP
beef and veal exporters to improve their competitiveness through, inter alia, addressing supply-
side constraints, in accordance with the development strategies set out in this Framework
Agreement and within the context of National and Regional Indicative Programmes.
3. The EU will examine the requests of ACP Least- Developed-Countries to export their beef and
veal under preferential conditions in the context of the actions it intends to take under the
WTO’s Integrated Framework for Least-Developed-Countries.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Protocol 5
 The Second Banana Protocol
Article 1
The Parties recognise the overwhelming economic importance to the ACP banana suppliers of their
exports to the Community market. The Community agrees to examine and where necessary take
measures aimed at ensuring the continued viability of their banana export industries and the
continuing outlet for their bananas on the Community market.
Article 2
Each of the ACP States concerned and the Community shall confer in order to determine the measures
to be implemented so as to improve the conditions for the production and marketing of bananas. This
aim shall be pursued through all the means available under the arrangements of the Convention forfinancial,, technical, agricultural, industrial and regional co-operation. The measures in question shall
be designed to enable the ACP States, particularly Somalia, account being taken of their individual
circumstance, to become more competitive. Measures will be implemented at all stages from
production to consumption and will cover the following fields in particular.
/g227 Improvement of conditions of production and enhancement of quality through action in the
areas of research, harvesting, packaging and handling
/g227 Transport and storage
/g227 Marketing and trade promotion
Article 3
For the purposes of attaining these objectives, the two parties hereby agree to confer in a permanent
joint group, assisted by a group of experts, whose task shall be to keep under continuous review any
specific problems brought to its attention.
Article 4
Should the banana-producing ACP States decide to set up a joint organisation for the purpose of
attaining the objectives, the Community shall support such an organisation and shall give
consideration to any requests it may receive for support for the organisation’s activities which fall
within the scope of regional schemes under the heading of development finance co-operation.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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DECLARATIONS
23/02/2000
FINAL ACT
II. 
III. JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (2) (A) OF ANNEX V
The Contracting Parties have taken note that the Community intends to take the measures mentioned
in the Annex, and which are laid down at the date of signing of the Agreement, with a view to
granting ACP States the preferential treatment provided  for in Article 1 (2) (a), for certain agricultural
and processed products.They have taken note that the Community declares that it will take all the measures required to ensure
that the corresponding agricultural regulations are adopted in good time and that, wherever possible,
they come into force at the same time as the interi m arrangements which will be introduced after the
signing of the successor Agreement to the fourth ACP-EC Convention signed in Lomé on 15
December 1989.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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01 LIVE ANIMALS
0101 LIVE HORSES, ASSES, MULES AND HINNIES
0101 exemption
0102 LIVE BOVINE ANIMALS
01029005 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029021 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029029 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029041 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029049 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029059 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029061 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029069 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029071 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
01029079 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
0103 LIVE SWINE
01039110 reduction 16%
01039211 reduction 16%
01039219 reduction 16%
0104 LIVE SHEEP AND GOATS
01041030 reduction 100% customs duties within the limit of the quota (ctg1)
01041080 reduction 100% customs duties within the limit of the quota (ctg1)
01042010 exemption
01042090 reduction 100% customs duties within the limit of the quota (ctg1)
0105 LIVE POULTRY, FOWLS OF THE SPECIES GALLUS DOMESTICUS, DUCKS,
GEESE, TURKEYS AND GUINEA FOWLS
0105 reduction 16%
0106 LIVE ANIMALS (EXCL, HORSES, ASSE S, MULES, HINNIES, BOVINE ANIMALS,
SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS, POULTRY, FISH, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND
OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, AND MICROORGANIC CULTURES ETC,)
0106 exemption
02 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL
0201 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FRESH OR CHILLED
0201 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties  (1)
0202 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FROZEN
0202 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties (1)G/C/W/187/Add.1
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0203 MEAT OF SWINE, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
02031110 within the limit of the quota (ctg7) reduction 50%
02031190 exemption
02031211 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02031219 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02031290 exemption
02031911 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02031913 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02031915 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
ex02031955 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50% (à l'exception des filets mignons
présentés seuls)
02031959 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02031990 exemption
02032110 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032190 exemption
02032211 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032219 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032290 exemption
02032911 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032913 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032915 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
ex02032955 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50% (à l'exception des filets mignons
présentés seuls)
02032959 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02032990 exemption
0204 MEAT OF SHEEP OR GOATS, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
0204 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties;
domestic sheep: within the limit of the quota (quota2)  reduction 65% specific
duties;
other species: within the limit of the quota (quota1)  reduction 100% specific
duties
0205 MEAT OF HORSES, ASSES, MULES OR HINNIES, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
0205 exemption
0206 EDIBLE OFFAL OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS, HORSES, ASSES,
MULES OR HINNIES, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
02061091 exemption
02061095 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties  (1)
02061099 exemption
020621 exemption
020622 exemption
02062991 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties  (1)
02062999 exemption
02063021 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02063031 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02063090 exemption
02064191 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%G/C/W/187/Add.1
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02064199 exemption
02064991 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02064999 exemption
020680 exemption
020690 exemption
0207 MEAT AND EDIBLE OFFAL OF FOWLS OF THE SPECIES GALLUS DOMESTICUS,
DUCKS, GEESE, TURKEYS AND GUINEA FOWLS,
FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
0207 within the limit of the quota (ctg3)  reduction 65%
0208 MEAT AND EDIBLE OFFAL OF RABBITS, HARES, PIGEONS AND OTHER
ANIMALS N,E,S,, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
0208 exemption
0209 PIG FAT, FREE OF LEAN MEAT AND POULTRY FAT NOT RENDERED, FRESH,
CHILLED, FROZEN, SALTED, IN BRINE, DRIED OR SMOKED
02090011 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02090019 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02090030 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02090090 reduction 16%
0210 MEAT AND EDIBLE OFFAL, SALTED, IN BRINE, DRIED OR SMOKED; EDIBLE
FLOURS AND MEALS OF MEAT OR MEAT OFFAL
02101111 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101119 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101131 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101139 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101190 exemption
02101211 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101219 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101290 exemption
02101910 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101920 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101930 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101940 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101951 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101959 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101960 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101970 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101981 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101989 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02101990 exemption
021020 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
02109010 exemption
02109011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties;
domestic sheep: within the limit of the quota (quota2)  reduction 65% specific duties;other species: within the limit of the quota (quota1)  reduction 100% specific duties
02109019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties;
domestic sheep: within the limit of the quota (quota2)  reduction 65% specific duties;
other species: within the limit of the quota (quota1)  reduction 100% specific duties
02109021 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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02109029 exemption
02109031 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02109039 within the limit of the quota (ctg7)  reduction 50%
02109041 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
02109049 exemption
02109060 exemption
02109071 reduction 16%
02109079 reduction 16%
02109080 exemption
02109090 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
03 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
03exemption
04 DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF
ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
0401 MILK AND CREAM, NOT CONCENTRATED  NOR CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR
OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
0401 reduction 16%
0402 MILK AND CREAM, CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
0402 within the limit of the quota (ctg5)  reduction 65%
0403 BUTTERMILK, CURDLED MILK AND CREAM, YOGURT, KEPHIR AND OTHER
FERMENTED OR ACIDIFIED MILK AND CREAM,
WHETHER OR NOT CONCENTRATED OR FLAVOURED OR CONTAINING
ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER,
FRUITS, NUTS OR COCOA
04031011 reduction 16%
04031013 reduction 16%
04031019 reduction 16%
04031031 reduction 16%
04031033 reduction 16%
04031039 reduction 16%
04031051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04031053 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04031059 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04031091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04031093 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04031099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039011 reduction 16%
04039013 reduction 16%
04039019 reduction 16%
04039031 reduction 16%
04039033 reduction 16%
04039039 reduction 16%
04039051 reduction 16%G/C/W/187/Add.1
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04039053 reduction 16%
04039059 reduction 16%
04039061 reduction 16%
04039063 reduction 16%
04039069 reduction 16%
04039071 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039073 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039079 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039093 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
04039099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
0404 WHEY, WHETHER OR NOT CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR
OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER; PRODUCTS CONSISTING OF NATURAL
MILK CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER, N,E,S,
0404 reduction 16%
0405 BUTTER AND OTHER FATS AND OILS DERIVED FROM MILK
0405 reduction 16%
Preferential treatment applicable to agricultura l products and foodstuffs originating in the ACP
States
0406 CHEESE AND CURD
0406 within the limit of the quota (ctg6)  reduction 65%
0407 BIRDS' EGGS, IN SHELL, FRESH, PRESERVED OR COOKED
04070011 reduction 16%
04070019 reduction 16%
04070030 reduction 16%
04070090 exemption
0408 BIRDS' EGGS, NOT IN SHELL, AND EGG YOLKS, FRESH, DRIED, COOKED BY
STEAMING OR BY BOILING IN WATER, MOULDED, FROZEN OR
OTHERWISE PRESERVED, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAROR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
04081180 reduction 16%
04081981 reduction 16%
04081989 reduction 16%
04089180 reduction 16%
04089980 reduction 16%
0409 NATURAL HONEY
0409 exemption
0410 TURTLES' EGGS, BIRDS' NESTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL
ORIGIN N,E,S,
0410 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
05exemption
06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT
FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
06exemption
07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
0701 POTATOES, FRESH OR CHILLED
0701 exemption
0702 TOMATOES, FRESH OR CHILLED
0702 tomatoes other than cherry tomatoes 15/11-30/4: reduction 60% ad valorem
customs duties within the limit of the quota (quota13a) ;
cherry tomatoes 15/11-30/4: reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties within the limit of the
quota (quota13b)
0703 ONIONS, SHALLOTS, GARLIC, LEEKS AND OTHER ALLIACEOUS VEGETABLES,
FRESH OR CHILLED
07031019 reduction 15%  du 16/5-31/1 , exemption   1/2-15/5
07031090 reduction 16%
070320 reduction 15%  du 1/6-31/1 , exemption   1/2-31/5
070390 reduction 16%
0704 CABBAGES, CAULIFLOWERS, KOHLRABI, KALE AND SIMILAR EDIBLE
BRASSICAS, FRESH OR CHILLED
070410 reduction 16%
070420 reduction 16%
07049010 reduction 16%
07049090 Chinese cabbage: reduction 15% 1/1-30/10 , exemption 1/11-31/12 ; other cabbages:
reduction 16%
0705 LETTUCE 'LACTUCA SATIVA' AND CHICORY 'CICHORIUM SPP,', FRESH OR
CHILLED
070511 Iceberg salad: reduction 15%  1/11-30/6 ,  exemption  1/7-31/10; other salads: reduction
16%
070519 reduction 16%
070521 reduction 16%
070529 reduction 16%
0706 CARROTS, TURNIPS, SALAD BEETROOT, SALSIFY, CELERIAC, RADISHES AND
SIMILAR EDIBLE ROOTS, FRESH OR CHILLED
070610 carrots: reduction 15%  1/4-31/12,  exempti on  1/1-31/3;  turnips: reduction 16%
07069005 reduction 16%G/C/W/187/Add.1
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07069011 reduction 16%
07069017 reduction 16%
07069030 exemption
ex07069090 salad beetroot and radishes (raphanus sativus): exemption
0707 CUCUMBERS AND GHERKINS, FRESH OR CHILLED
ex07070005 small winter cucumbers  1/11-15/5: re duction 100% ad valorem customs duties;
winter cucumbers other than small cucumbers: reduction 16% ad valorem customs duties
07070090 reduction 16%
0708 LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES, SHELLED OR UNSHELLED, FRESH OR CHILLED
0708 exemption
0709 OTHER VEGETABLES, FRESH OR CHILLED (EXCL, POTATOES, TOMATOES,
ALLIACEOUS VEGETABLES, EDIBLE BRASSICAS, LETTUCE 'LACTUCASATIVA' AND CHICORY 'CICHORIUM SPP,', CARROTS, TURNIPS, SALAD
BEETROOT, SALSIFY, CELERIAC, RADISHES AN
070910 reduction 15% du 1/1-30/9 , reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties 1/10-31/12
070920 reduction 15% du 1/2-14/8 , reduction 40% du 16/1-31/1 , exemption du 15/8-15/1
070930 exemption
070940 exemption
07095110 reduction 16%
07095130 reduction 16%
07095150 reduction 16%
07095190 exemption
070952 reduction 16%
070960 exemption
070970 reduction 16%
07099010 reduction 16%
07099020 reduction 16%
07099040 reduction 16%
07099050 reduction 16%
07099060 reduction 1,81 écu/t
07099070 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
07099090 exemption
0710 VEGETABLES, UNC OOKED OR COOKED BY STEAMING OR BOILING IN
WATER, FROZEN
071010 exemption
071021 exemption
071022 exemption
071029 exemption
071030 exemption
071040 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
07108051 exemption
07108059 exemption
07108061 exemption
07108069 exemption
07108070 exemption
07108080 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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07108085 exemption
07108095 exemption
071090 exemption
0711 VEGETABLES PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED, E,G, BY SULPHUR DIOXIDE GAS,
IN BRINE, IN SULPHUR WATER OR IN OTHER PRESERVATIVE SOLUTIONS,
BUT UNSUITABLE IN THAT STATE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION
071110 exemption
071130 exemption
071140 exemption
07119010 exemption
07119030 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
07119040 exemption
07119060 exemption
07119070 exemption
07119090 exemption
0712 DRIED VEGETABLES, WHOLE, CUT, SL ICED, BROKEN OR IN POWDER, BUT
NOT FURTHER PREPARED
071220 exemption
071230 exemption
07129005 exemption
07129019 reduction 1,81 EUR/t
07129030 exemption
07129050 exemption
ex07129090 exemption except olives
0713 DRIED LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES, SH ELLED, WHETHER OR NOT SKINNED
OR SPLIT
0713 exemption
0714 MANIOC, ARROWROOT, SALEP,  JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, SWEET
POTATOES AND SIMILAR ROOTS AND TUBERS WITH HIGH STARCH OR
INULIN CONTENT, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT SLICED OR IN THE
FORM OF PELLETS; SAGO PITH
07141010 reduction 8,38 EUR/t
07141091 exemption
07141099 reduction 6,19 EUR/t
071420 exemption
07149011 exemption
07149019 reduction 6,19 EUR/t ;  arrow-root : exemption
07149090 exemption
08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUITS OR MELONS
0801 COCONUTS, BRAZIL NUTS AND CASHEW NUTS, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER
OR NOT SHELLED OR PEELED
0801 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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0802 OTHER NUTS, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT SHELLED OR PEELED
(EXCL, COCONUTS, BRAZIL NUTS AND CASHEW NUTS)
08021190 reduction 16%
08021290 reduction 16%
080221 reduction 16%
080222 reduction 16%
080231 exemption
080232 exemption
080240 reduction 16%
080250 exemption
080290 exemption
0803 BANANAS, INCL, PLANTAINS, FRESH OR DRIED
08030011 exemption
08030019 The Community import regime for bananas is presently under review.  The Parties agree
to provide appropriate preferential access for ACP bananas in the context of the
Community’s future banana regime.
08030090 exemption
0804 DATES, FIGS, PINEAPPLES, AVOCADOS, GUAVAS, MANGOES AND
MANGOSTEENS, FRESH OR DRIED
080410 exemption
08042010 exemption du 1/11-30/4 within the limit of the ceiling (ceiling 3)
08042090 exemption
080430 exemption
080440 exemption
080450 exemption
0805 CITRUS FRUIT, FRESH OR DRIED
080510 reduction 80% ad valorem customs duties; within the framework of the reference
quantity (rq 1)  15/5-30/9 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties (4)
080520 reduction 80% ad valorem customs duties; within the framework of the reference
quantity (rq 2)  15/5-30/9 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties (4)
08053090 exemption
080540 exemption
080590 exemption
0806 GRAPES, FRESH OR DRIED
ex08061010 seedless table grapes:within the limit of the quota (quota14)   1/12-31/1 exemption;
within the framework of the reference                        quantity (rq3) 1/2-31/3 exemption (4) du 1/2-
31/3 exemption (4)
080620 exemption
0807 MELONS, INCL, WATERMELONS, AND PAPAWS 'PAPAYAS', FRESH
0807 exemption
0808 APPLES, PEARS AND QUINCES, FRESHG/C/W/187/Add.1
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080810 within the limit of the quota (ctg15)  reduction 50% ad valorem customs duties
08082010 within the limit of the quota (ctg16)  reduction 65% ad valorem customs duties
08082050 within the limit of the quota (ctg16)  reduction 65% ad valorem customs duties
08082090 reduction 16%
0809 APRICOTS, CHERRIES, PEACHES I NCL, NECTARINES, PLUMS AND SLOES,
FRESH
080910 du 1/5-31/8 reduction 15% ad valorem customs duties, 1/9-30/4 exemption
08092005 du 1/11-31/3  : exemption
080930 du 1/4-30/11 reduction 15% ad valorem customs duties, 1/12-31/3  exemption
08094005 du 1/4-14/12 reduction 15% ad valorem customs duties,  15/12-31/3  exemption
08094090 exemption
0810 STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, BLACK BERRIES, BLACK, WHITE OR RED
CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRIES AND OTHER EDIBLE FRUIT N,E,S,, FRESH
08101005 within the limit of the quota (ctg17) du 1/11-29/2 exemption
08101080 within the limit of the quota (ctg17) du 1/11-29/2 exemption
081020 reduction 16%
081030 reduction 16%
08104030 exemption
08104050 duty = 3%
08104090 duty= 5%
081090 exemption
0811 FRUIT AND NUTS, UNCOOKE D OR COOKED BY STEA MING OR BOILING IN
WATER, FROZEN, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
08111011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
08111019 exemption
08111090 exemption
08112011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
08112019 exemption
08112031 exemption
08112039 exemption
08112051 exemption
08112059 exemption
08112090 exemption
08119011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
08119019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
08119031 exemption
08119039 exemption
08119050 exemption
08119070 exemption
08119075 exemption
08119080 exemption
08119085 exemption
08119095 exemption
0812 FRUIT AND NUTS, PROVISIONALLY PRES ERVED, E,G, BY SULPHUR DIOXIDE
GAS, IN BRINE, IN SULPHUR WATER OR IN OTHER PRESERVATIVEG/C/W/187/Add.1
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SOLUTIONS, BUT UNSUITABLE IN THAT STATE FOR IMMEDIATE
CONSUMPTION
081210 exemption
081220 exemption
08129010 exemption
08129020 exemption
08129030 exemption
08129040 exemption
08129050 exemption
08129060 exemption
08129070 exemption
08129095 exemption
0813 APRICOTS, PRUNES, APPLES, PEACH ES, PEARS, PAWPAWS, TAMARINDS AND
OTHER DRIED FRUIT N,E,S,; MIXTURES OF EDIBLE
NUTS OR DRIED FRUITS
0813 exemption
0814 PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS, INCL, WATERMELONS, FRESH, FROZEN,
DRIED OR PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED IN BRINE,
OR IN WATER WITH OTHER ADDITIVES
0814 exemption
09 COFFEE, TEA, MATE AND SPICES
09exemption
10 CEREALS
1001 WHEAT AND MESLIN
100110 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
10019010 exemption
10019091 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
10019099 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
1002 RYE
1002 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
1003 BARLEY
1003 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
1004 OATS
1004 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
1005 MAIZE OR CORN
10051090 reduction 1,81 EUR/tG/C/W/187/Add.1
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100590 reduction 1,81 EUR/t
1006 RICE
10061010 exemption
10061021 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
10061023 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR /t (2)
10061025 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR /t (2)
10061027 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
10061092 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
10061094 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
10061096 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)   reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
10061098 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t (2)
100620 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  reduction 65% et 4,34 EUR/t    (2)
100630 within the limit of the quota (ctg11)  re duction de 16,78 EUR/t, then reduced by 65%
and 6,52 EUR/t  (2)
100640 within the limit of the quota (ctg12)  reduction 65% et 3,62 EUR/t (2)
1007 GRAIN SORGHUM
1007 reduction 60% within the limit of the ceiling (ceiling3)  (3)
1008 BUCKWHEAT, MILLET, CANARY SEED AND OTHER CEREALS (EXCL, WHEAT
AND MESLIN, RYE, BARLEY, OATS, MAIZE, RICE AND GRAIN SORGHUM)
100810 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
100820 reduction 100% within the limit o the ceiling (ceiling2)  (3)
100890 within the limit of the quota (ctg10)  reduction 50%
11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT
GLUTEN
1101 WHEAT OR ME SLIN FLOUR
1101 reduction 16%
1102 CEREAL FLOURS (EXCL , WHEAT OR MESLIN)
110210 reduction 16%
11022010 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11022090 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110230 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11029010 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11029030 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11029090 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
1103 CEREAL GROATS, MEAL AND PELLETS
110311 reduction 16%
110312 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11031310 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11031390 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110314 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11031910 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11031930 reduction 7,3 EUR/tG/C/W/187/Add.1
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11031990 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110321 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11032910 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11032920 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11032930 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11032940 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11032950 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11032990 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
1104 CEREAL GRAINS OTHERWISE WORKED, E,G, HULLED, ROLLED, FLAKED,
PEARLED, SLICED OR KEBBLED; GERM OF CEREALS,
WHOLE, ROLLED, FLAKED OR GROUND (EXCL, CEREAL FLOURS, ANDHUSKED AND SEMI- OR WHOLLY MILLED RICE AND BROKEN RICE)
11041110 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11041190 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11041210 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11041290 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
110419 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11042110 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11042130 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11042150 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
11042190 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
11042199 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110422 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110423 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110429 reduction 3,6 EUR/t
110430 reduction 7,3 EUR/t
1105 FLOUR, MEAL, FLAKES, GRANULES AND PELLETS OF POTATOES
1105 exemption
1106 FLOUR AND MEAL OF PEAS, BEANS, LENTILS AND OTHER DRIED
LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES OF HEADING  0713, OF SAGO OR OF MANIOC,
ARROWROOT, SALEP, JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, SWEET POTATOES AND
SIMILAR ROOTS AND TUBERS WITH HIGH STARCH OR IN
110610 exemption
11062010 reduction 7,98 EUR/t ; arrow-root : exemption
11062090 reduction 29,18 EUR/t ; arrow-root : exemption
110630 exemption
1108 STARCHES; INULIN
110811 reduction 24,8 EUR/t
110812 reduction 24,8 EUR/t
110813 reduction 24,8 EUR/t
110814 reduction 50% + reduction 24,8 EUR/t
11081910 reduction 37,2 EUR/t
11081990 reduction 50% + reduction 24,8 EUR/t  ; arrow-root : exemption
110820 exemption
1109 WHEAT GLUTEN, WHETHER OR NOT DRIEDG/C/W/187/Add.1
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1109 reduction 219 EUR/t
12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND
FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODD
1208 FLOURS AND MEALS OF OIL SEEDS OR OLEAGINOUS FRUITS (EXCL,
MUSTARD)
120810 exemption
1209 SEEDS, FRUITS AND SPORES, FOR SOWING (EXCL, LEGUMINOUS
VEGETABLES AND SWEETCORN, COFFEE, TEA, MATE AND SPICES,CEREALS, OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS, AND SEEDS AND FRUIT
USED PRIMARILY IN PERFUMERY, …
1209 exemption
1210 HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND, POWDERED OR
IN THE FORM OF PELLETS; LUPULIN
1210 exemption
1211 PLANTS AND PARTS OF PLANTS, INCL, SEEDS AND FRUITS, OF A KIND USED
PRIMARILY IN PERFUMERY, MEDICAMENTS OR FOR INSECTICIDAL,
FUNGICIDAL OR SIMILAR PURPOSES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT
CUT, CRUSHED OR POWDERED
1211 exemption
1212 LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGAR
CANE, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND; FRUIT STONES AND
KERNELS AND OTHER VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, INCL, UNROASTED
CHICORY ROOTS OF THE VARIETY CICHORIUM INTYBU
121210 exemption
121230 exemption
121291 reduction 16% (5)
121292 reduction 16% (5)
12129910 exemption
1214 SWEDES, MANGOLDS, FODDER ROOTS, HAY, ALFALFA, CLOVER, SAINFOIN,
FORAGE KALE, LUPINES, VETCHES AND SIMILAR FORAGE PRODUCTS,
WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF PELLETS
12149010 exemption
13 LACS; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS
13exemption
15 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS;
PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXESG/C/W/187/Add.1
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1501 LARD; OTHER PIG FAT AND POULTRY FAT, RENDERED, WHETHER OR NOT
PRESSED OR SOLVENT-EXTRACTED
1501 reduction 16%
1502 FATS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SHEE P OR GOATS, RAW OR RENDERED,
WHETHER OR NOT PRESSED OR SOLVENT-EXTRACTED
1502 exemption
1503 LARD STEARIN, LARD OIL, OLEOST EARIN, OLEO-OIL AND TALLOW OIL
(EXCL, EMULSIFIED, MIXED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED)
1503 exemption
1504 FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS OF FISH OR MARINE MAMMALS,
WHETHER OR NOT REFINED (EXCL, CHEMICALLY MODIFIED)
1504 exemption
1505 WOOL GREASE AND FATTY SUBSTANCES DERIVED THEREFROM, INCL,
LANOLIN
1505 exemption
1506 OTHER ANIMAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT
REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED (EXCL, PIG FAT, POULTRY
FAT, FATS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SHEEP AND GOATS, FATS OF FISH AND
OTHER MARINE ANIMALS, LARD STEARIN
1506 exemption
1507 SOYA-BEAN OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED (EXCL,
CHEMICALLY MODIFIED)
1507 exemption
1508 GROUND-NUT OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT
NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED
1508 exemption
1511 PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED (EXCL,
CHEMICALLY MODIFIED)
1511 exemption
1512 SUNFLOWER-SEED, SAFFLOWER OR COTTON-SEED OIL AND FRACTIONS
THEREOF, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED
1512 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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1513 COCONUT 'COPRA', PALM KERNEL OR BABASSU OIL AND FRACTIONS
THEREOF, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED
1513 exemption
1514 RAPE, COLZA OR MUSTARD OIL AND FRACTIONS THEREOF, WHETHER OR
NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED
1514 exemption
1515 FIXED VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS , INCL, JOJOBA OIL, AND THEIR
FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLYMODIFIED (EXCL, SOYA-BEAN, GROUND-NUT, OLIVE, PALM, SUNFLOWER-
SEED, SAFFLOWER, COTTON-SEED, COCONUT, PALM KER
1515 exemption
1516 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, PARTLY OR
WHOLLY HYDROGENATED, INTER-ESTERIFIED, RE-ESTERIFIED OR
ELAIDINISED, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED
1516 exemption
1517 MARGARINE, OTHER EDIBLE MIXTURES OR PREPARATIONS OF ANIMAL OR
VEGETABLE FATS OR OILS AND EDIBLE FRACTIONS OF DIFFERENT FATS
OR OILS (EXCL, FATS, OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, PARTLY OR WHOLLY
HYDROGENATED, INTER-ESTERIFIED, …
15171010 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
15171090 exemption
15179010 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
15179091 exemption
15179093 exemption
15179099 exemption
1518 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, BOILED,
OXIDISED, DEHYDRATED, SULPHURISED, BLOWN, POLYMERISED BY HEAT
IN VACUUM OR IN INERT GAS OR OTHERWISE CHEMICALLY MODIFIED,
INEDIBLE MIXTURES …
1518 exemption
1520 GLYCEROL 'GLYCERINE', WHETHE R OR NOT PURE; GLYCEROL WATERS
AND GLYCEROL LYES
1520 exemption
1521 VEGETABLE WAXES, BEESWAX, OT HER INSECT WAXES AND SPERMACETI,
WHETHER OR NOT REFINED OR COLOURED (EXCL, TRIGLYCERIDES)
1521 exemption
1522 DEGRAS; RESIDUES RESULTING FROM THE TREATMENT OF FATTY
SUBSTANCES OR ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXESG/C/W/187/Add.1
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15220010 exemption
15220091 exemption
15220099 exemption
16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, FISH OR CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER
AQUATIC NVERTEBRATES
1601 SAUSAGES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS, OF MEAT, OFFAL OR BLOOD; FOOD
PREPARATIONS BASED ON THESE PRODUCTS
1601 within the limit of the quota (ctg8)  reduction 65%
1602 PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT, OFFAL OR BLOOD (EXCL, SAUSAGES AND
SIMILAR PRODUCTS, AND MEAT EXTRACTS AND JUICES)
160210 reduction 16%
16022011 exemption
16022019 exemption
16022090 reduction 16%
160231 within the limit of the quota (ctg4)  reduction 65%
160232 within the limit of the quota (ctg4)  reduction 65%
160239 within the limit of the quota (ctg4)  reduction 65%
16024110 reduction 16%
16024190 exemption
16024210 reduction 16%
16024290 exemption
160249 reduction 16%
16025031 exemption
16025039 exemption
16025080 exemption
16029010 reduction 16%
16029031 exemption
16029041 exemption
16029051 reduction 16%
16029069 exemption
16029072 exemption
16029074 exemption
16029076 exemption
16029078 exemption
16029098 exemption
1603 EXTRACTS AND JUICES OF MEAT, FISH OR CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND
OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
1603 exemption
1604 PREPARED OR PRESERVED FISH; CAVIAR AND CAVIAR SUBSTITUTES
PREPARED FROM FISH
EGGS
1604 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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1605 CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES,
PREPARED OR PRESERVED
1605 exemption
17 SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY
1702 OTHER SUGARS, INCL, CHEMICALLY PURE LACTOSE, MALTOSE, GLUCOSE
AND FRUCTOSE, IN SOLID FORM; SUGAR SYRUPS NOT CONTAINING
ADDED FLAVOURING OR COLOURING MATTER; ARTIFICIAL HONEY,
WHETHER OR NOT MIXED WITH NATURAL HONEY; CARAMEL
170211 reduction 16%
170219 reduction 16%
170220 reduction 16% (5)
17023010 reduction 16% (5)
17023051 reduction 117 EUR/t
17023059 reduction 81 EUR/t
17023091 reduction 117 EUR/t
17023099 reduction 81 EUR/t
17024010 reduction 16% (5)
17024090 reduction 81 EUR/t
170250 exemption
170260 reduction 16% (5)
17029010 exemption
17029030 reduction 16% (5)
17029050 reduction 81 EUR/t
17029060 reduction 16% (5)
17029071 reduction 16% (5)
17029075 reduction 117 EUR/t
17029079 reduction 81 EUR/t
17029080 reduction 16% (5)
17029099 reduction 16% (5)
1703 MOLASSES RESULTING FROM THE EX TRACTION OR REFINING OF SUGAR
1703 within the limit of the quota (ctg9)  reduction 100%
1704 SUGAR CONFECTIONERY NOT CONT AINING COCOA,  INCL, WHITE
CHOCOLATE
170410 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049010 exemption
17049030 exemption
17049051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049055 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049061 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049065 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049071 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049075 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049081 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
17049099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs dutiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS
1801 COCOA BEANS, WHOLE OR BROKEN, RAW OR ROASTED
1801 exemption
1802 COCOA SHELLS, HUSKS, SKINS AND OTHER COCOA WASTE
1802 exemption
1803 COCOA PASTE, WHETH ER OR NOT DEFATTED
1803 exemption
1804 COCOA BUTTER, FAT AND OIL
1804 exemption
1805 COCOA POWDER, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING
MATTER
1805 exemption
1806 CHOCOLATE AND OTHER FOOD PREPARATIONS CONTAINING COCOA
18061015 exemption
18061020 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
18061030 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
18061090 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
180620 exemption
180631 exemption
180632 exemption
18069011 exemption
18069019 exemption
18069031 exemption
18069039 exemption
18069050 exemption
18069060 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
18069070 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
18069090 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS'
PRODUCTS
1901 MALT EXTRACT; FOOD PREPARATIONS OF FLOUR, MEAL, STARCH OR MALT
EXTRACT, NOT CONTAINING COCOA POWDER OR CONTAINING COCOA
POWDER IN A PROPORTION BY WEIGHT OF < 50 % N,E,S,; FOOD
PREPARATIONS OF GOODS OF HEADINGS 04 01 TO 04 04
190110 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; exemption EA dans la condition (c1)
190120 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; exemption EA dans la condition (c1)
19019011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19019019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19019091 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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19019099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; exemption EA dans la condition (c1)
1902 PASTA, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED OR STUFFED WITH MEAT OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES OR OTHERWISE PREPARED, SUCH AS SPAGHETTI,
MACARONI, NOODLES, LASAGNE, GNOCCHI, RAVIOLI, CANNELLONI;COUSCOUS, WHETHER OR NOT PREPARED
190211 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190219 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19022010 exemption
19022030 reduction 16%
19022091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19022099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190230 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190240 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
1903 TAPIOCA AND SUBSTITUTES THEREFOR PREPARED FROM STARCH, IN THE
FORM OF FLAKES, GRAINS, PEARLS, SIFTINGS OR SIMILAR FORMS
1903 exemption
1904 PREPARED FOODS OB TAINED BY THE SWELLING OR ROASTING OF CEREALS
OR CEREAL PRODUCTS, E,G, CORN FLAKES; CEREALS, OTHER THAN
MAIZE 'CORN', IN GRAIN FORM, PRE-COOKED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED
1904 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
1905 BREAD, PASTRY, CAKES, BISCUITS AND OTHER BAKERS' WARES, WHETHER
OR NOT CONTAINING COCOA; COMMUNION WAFERS, EMPTY CACHETS
OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE, SEALING WAFERS,
RICE PAPER AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS
190510 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190520 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19053011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; biscuits : exemption
19053019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; biscuits : exemption
19053030 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19053051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19053059 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19053091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
19053099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190540 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
190590 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS
2001 VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS,
PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID
200110 exemption
200120 exemption
20019020 exemption
20019030 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20019040 reduction 100% ad valorem customs dutiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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20019050 exemption
20019060 exemption
20019065 exemption
20019070 exemption
20019075 exemption
20019085 exemption
20019091 exemption
ex20019096 exemption except vine leaves
2002 TOMATOES, PREPARED OR PRESERVE D OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR
ACETIC ACID
2002 exemption
2003 MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES, PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN
BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID
2003 exemption
2004 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY
VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, FROZEN (EXCL, TOMATOES, MUSHROOMS
AND TRUFFLES)
20041010 exemption
20041091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20041099 exemption
20049010 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
ex20049030 exemption except olives
20049050 exemption
20049091 exemption
20049098 exemption
2005 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY
VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID (EXCL, FROZEN, AND TOMATOES,
MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES)
200510 exemption
20052010 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20052020 reduction 16%
20052080 reduction 16%
200540 exemption
200551 exemption
200559 exemption
200560 exemption
200570 exemption
200580 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
200590 exemption
2006 FRUIT, NUTS, FRUIT-PEEL AND OTHE R PARTS OF PLANTS, PRESERVED BY
SUGAR, DRAINED, GLACE OR CRYSTALLIZED
20060031 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20060035 reduction 100% ad valorem customs dutiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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20060038 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20060091 exemption
20060099 exemption
2007 JAMS, FRUIT JELLIES, MARMALADES,  FRUIT OR NUT PUREE AND FRUIT OR
NUT PASTES, BEING COOKED PREPARATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT
CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
20071010 exemption
20071091 exemption
20071099 exemption
20079110 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20079130 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20079190 exemption
20079910 exemption
20079920 exemption
20079931 exemption
20079933 exemption
20079935 exemption
20079939 exemption
20079951 exemption
20079955 exemption
20079958 exemption
20079991 exemption
20079993 exemption
20079998 exemption
2008 FRUITS, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR
PRESERVED, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER
SWEETENING MATTER OR SPIRIT, N,E,S,
200811 exemption
200819 exemption
200820 exemption
20083011 exemption
20083019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties; grapefruit: exemption
20083031 exemption
20083039 exemption
20083051 exemption
20083055 exemption
20083059 exemption
20083071 exemption
20083075 exemption
20083079 exemption
20083091 exemption
20083099 exemption
200840 exemption
20085011 exemption
20085019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20085031 exemption
20085039 exemption
20085051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20085059 exemption
20085061 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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20085069 exemption
20085071 exemption
20085079 exemption
20085092 exemption
20085094 exemption
20085099 exemption
20086011 exemption
20086019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20086031 exemption
20086039 exemption
20086051 exemption
20086059 exemption
20086061 exemption
20086069 exemption
20086071 exemption
20086079 exemption
20086091 exemption
20086099 exemption
20087011 exemption
20087019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20087031 exemption
20087039 exemption
20087051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20087059 exemption
20087061 exemption
20087069 exemption
20087071 exemption
20087079 exemption
20087092 exemption
20087094 exemption
20087099 exemption
200880 exemption
200891 exemption
20089212 exemption
20089214 exemption
20089216 exemption
20089218 exemption
20089232 exemption
20089234 exemption
20089236 exemption
20089238 exemption
20089251 exemption
20089259 exemption
20089272 exemption
20089274 exemption
20089276 exemption
20089278 exemption
20089292 exemption
20089293 exemption
20089294 exemption
20089296 exemption
20089297 exemption
20089298 exemption
20089911 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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20089919 exemption
20089921 exemption
20089923 exemption
20089925 exemption
20089926 exemption
20089928 exemption
20089932 exemption
20089933 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20089934 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20089936 exemption
20089937 exemption
20089938 exemption
20089940 exemption
20089943 exemption
20089945 exemption
20089946 exemption
20089947 exemption
20089949 exemption
20089953 exemption
20089955 exemption
20089961 exemption
20089962 exemption
20089968 exemption
20089972 exemption
20089974 exemption
20089979 exemption
ex20089985 exemption except sweet corn
20089991 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
ex20089999 exemption except vine leaves
2009 FRUIT JUICES, INCL, GRAPE MUST, AND VEGETABLE JUICES, UNFERMENTED,
NOT CONTAINING ADDED SPIRIT, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED
SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER
20091111 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20091119 exemption
20091191 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20091199 exemption
20091911 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20091919 exemption
20091991 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20091999 exemption
200920 exemption
20093011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20093019 exemption
20093031 exemption
20093039 exemption
20093051 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20093055 exemption
20093059 exemption
20093091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20093095 exemption
20093099 exemption
200940 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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200950 exemption
200960 exemption
20097011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20097019 exemption
20097030 exemption
20097091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20097093 exemption
20097099 exemption
20098011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098019 exemption
20098032 exemption
20098033 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098035 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098036 exemption
20098038 exemption
20098050 exemption
20098061 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098063 exemption
20098069 exemption
20098071 exemption
20098073 exemption
20098079 exemption
20098083 exemption
20098084 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098086 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20098088 exemption
20098089 exemption
20098095 exemption
20098096 exemption
20098097 exemption
20098099 exemption
20099011 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20099019 exemption
20099021 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20099029 exemption
20099031 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20099039 exemption
20099041 exemption
20099049 exemption
20099051 exemption
20099059 exemption
20099071 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20099073 exemption
20099079 exemption
20099092 exemption
20099094 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
20099095 exemption
20099096 exemption
20099097 exemption
20099098 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS
2101 EXTRACTS, ESSENCES AND CONCENTRATES, OF COFFEE, TEA OR MATE AND
PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF THESE PRODUCTS OR WITH A BASIS OF
COFFEE, TEA OR MATE; ROASTED CHICORY AND OTHER ROASTEDCOFFEE SUBSTITUTES, AND EXTRACTS, ESSENCE
210111 exemption
210112 exemption
210120 exemption
21013011 exemption
21013019 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
21013091 exemption
21013099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
2102 YEASTS, ACTIVE OR INACTIVE, OTHER DEAD SINGLE-CELL MICRO-
ORGANISMS, PREPARED BAKING POWDERS (EXCL, SINGLE-CELL MICRO-ORGANISMS PACKAGED AS MEDICAMENTS)
21021010 exemption
21021031 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
21021039 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
21021090 exemption
210220 exemption
210230 exemption
2103 SAUCE AND PREPARATIONS THEREFOR; MIXED CONDIMENTS AND MIXED
SEASONINGS; MUSTARD FLOUR AND MEAL, WHETHER OR NOT
PREPARED, AND MUSTARD
2103 exemption
2104 SOUPS AND BROTHS AND PREPARATIONS THEREFOR; FOOD PREPARATIONS
CONSISTING OF FINELY HOMOGENIZED MIXTURES OF TWO OR MOREBASIC INGREDIENTS, SUCH AS MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLES OR FRUIT, PUT
UP FOR RETAIL SALE AS INFANT FOOD
2104 exemption
2105 ICE CREAM AND OTHER EDIBLE ICE, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING
COCOA
2105 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
2106 FOOD PREPARATIONS N,E,S,
210610 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
21069020 exemption
21069030 reduction 16% (5)
21069051 reduction 16%
21069055 reduction 81 EUR/t
21069059 reduction 16% (5)
21069092 exemption
21069098 reduction 100% ad valorem customs dutiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR
2201 WATERS, INCL, NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED
WATERS, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR, OTHER SWEETENING MATTEROR FLAVOURED; ICE AND SNOW
2201 exemption
2202 WATERS, INCL, MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED WATERS, CONTAINING
ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER OR FLAVOURED, AND
OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (EXCLUDING FRUIT OR
VEGETABLE JUICES AND MILK)
220210 exemption
22029010 exemption
22029091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
22029095 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
22029099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
2203 BEER MADE FROM MALT
2203 exemption
2204 WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, INCL, FO RTIFIED WINES; GRAPE MUST, PARTLY
FERMENTED, OF ACTUAL ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OF > 0,5 % VOL,
WHETHER OR NOT WITH ADDED ALCOHOL
22043092 exemption
22043094 exemption
22043096 exemption
22043098 exemption
2205 VERMOUTH AND OTHER WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, FLAVOURED WITH
PLANTS OR AROMATIC SUBSTANCES
2205 exemption
2206 CIDER, PERRY, MEAD AND OTHER FE RMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES
OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NO N-ALCOHOLIC BE VERAGES, N,E,S,
(EXCL, BEER, WINE OR FRESH GRAPES, GRAPE MUST, VERMOUTH ANDOTHER WINE OF FRESH GRAPES FLAVOURED WITH
22060031 exemption
22060039 exemption
22060051 exemption
22060059 exemption
22060081 exemption
22060089 exemption
2207 UNDENATURED ETHYL ALCOHOL OF AN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY
VOLUME OF >= 80 %; ETHYL ALCOHOL AND OTHER SPIRITS, DENATURED,
OF ANY STRENGTH
2207 exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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2208 UNDENATURED ETHYL ALCOHOL OF AN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY
VOLUME OF < 80 %; SPIRITS, LIQUEURS AND OTHER SPIRITUOUS
BEVERAGES; COMPOUND ALCOHOLIC PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BEVERAGES
2208 exemption
2209 VINEGAR AND SUBSTITUTES FOR VINE GAR OBTAINED FROM ACETIC ACID
22090091 exemption
22090099 exemption
23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL
FODDER
2302 BRAN, SHARPS AND OTHER RESIDUES, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF
PELLETS, DERIVED FROM THE SIFTING, MILLING OR OTHER WORKING
OF CEREALS OR OF LEGUMINOUS PLANTS
230210 reduction 7,2 EUR/t
230220 reduction 7,2 EUR/t
230230 reduction 7,2 EUR/t
230240 reduction 7,2 EUR/t
230250 exemption
2303 RESIDUES OF STARCH MANUFACTURE AND SIMILAR RESIDUES, BEET-PULP,
BAGASSE AND OTHER WASTE OF SUGAR MANUFACTURE, BREWING OR
DISTILLING DREGS AND WASTE, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF
PELLETS
23031011 reduction 219 EUR/t
2308 ACORNS, HORSE-CHESTNUTS, MARC AND OTHER VEGETABLE MATERIALS
AND VEGETABLE WASTE, VEGETABLE RESIDUES AND BY-PRODUCTS OF A
KIND USED IN ANIMAL FEEDING, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF
PELLETS, N,E,S,
23089090 exemption
2309 PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED IN ANIMAL FEEDING
23091013 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23091015 reduction 16%
23091019 reduction 16%
23091033 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23091039 reduction 16%
23091051 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23091053 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23091059 reduction 16%
23091070 reduction 16%
23091090 exemption
23099010 exemption
23099031 reduction 10,9 EUR/tG/C/W/187/Add.1
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23099033 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23099035 reduction 16%
23099039 reduction 16%
23099041 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23099043 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23099049 reduction 16%
23099051 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23099053 reduction 10,9 EUR/t
23099059 reduction 16%
23099070 reduction 16%
23099091 exemption
24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
24exemption (6)
29 ORGANIC CHEMICALS
2905 ACYCLIC ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED,
NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES
2905 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
33 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET
PREPARATIONS
3301 ESSENTIAL OILS, WHETHER OR NOT TERPENELESS, INCL, CONCRETES
AND ABSOLUTES; RESINOIDS; CONCENTRATES OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN
FATS, FIXED OILS, WAXES OR THE LIKE, OBTAINED BY ENFLEURAGE OR
MACERATION; TERPENIC BY-PRODUCTS
3301 exemption
3302 MIXTURES OF ODORIFEROUS SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES, INCL,
ALCOHOLIC SOLUTIONS, BASED ON ONE OR MORE OF THESE
SUBSTANCES, OF A KIND USED AS RAW MATERIALS IN INDUSTRY
33021029 exemption
35 ALBUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES
3501 CASEIN, CASEINATES AND OTHER CASEIN DERIVATIVES; CASEIN GLUES
(EXCL, THOSE PACKAGED AS GLUE FOR RETAIL SALE AND WEIGHING =< 1KG)
3501 exemption
3502 ALBUMINS, 'INCL, CONCENTRATES OF  TWO OR MORE WHEY PROTEINS
CONTAINING BY WEIGHT > 80% WHEY PROTEINS, CALCULATED ON THE
DRY MATTER', ALBUMINATES AND OTHER ALBUMIN DERIVATIVES
35021190 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
35021990 reduction 100% ad valorem customs dutiesG/C/W/187/Add.1
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35022091 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
35022099 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
3503   GELATIN, WHETHER OR NOT IN SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR SHEETS,
WHETHER OR NOT SURFACE-WORKED OR COLOURED, AND GELATINDERIVATIVES; ISINGLASS; OTHER GLUES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN (EXCL,
THOSE PACKAGED AS GLUE FOR RETAIL SALE AND WEIGHIN
3503 exemption
3504 PEPTONES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; OTHER ALBUMINOUS SUBSTANCES
AND THEIR DERIVATIVES N,E,S,; HIDE POWDER, WHETHER OR NOTCHROMED
3504 exemption
3505      DEXTRINS AND OTHER MODIFIED STARCHES, E,G, PREGELATINISED OR
ESTERIFIED STARCHES; GLUES BASED ON STARCHES, DEXTRINS OR
OTHER MODIFIED STARCHES (EXCL, THOSE PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
AND WEIGHING =< 1 KG)
35051010 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
35051050 exemption
35051090 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
350520 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
3809 FINISHING AGENTS, DYE CARRIERS TO ACCELERATE THE DYEING OR
FIXING OF DYES AND OTHER PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS SUCH AS
DRESSINGS AND MORDANTS OF A KIND USED IN THE TEXTILE, PAPER,
LEATHER OR LIKE INDUSTRIES N,E,S,
380910 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
3824 PREPARED BINDERS FOR FOUNDRY MOULDS OR CORES; CHEMICAL
PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIEDINDUSTRIES, INCL, MIXTURES OF NATURAL PRODUCTS N,E,S,; RESIDUAL
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
382460 reduction 100% ad valorem customs duties
50 SILK
50exemption
52 COTTON
52exemptionG/C/W/187/Add.1
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Provisions for the French overseas departments
1. Customs duties shall not be levied on imports into the French overseas departments of
the following products originating in the ACP States or the overseas countries and
territories:
CN code Description
0102 Live bovine animals of domesticated species other than
pure-bred breeding animals
0102 90
0102 90 05
0102 90 21
0102 90 29
0102 90 41
0102 90 49
0102 90 51
0102 90 59
0102 90 61
0102 90 69
0102 90 71
0102 90 79
0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
0202
0206 10 95
0206 29 91
0709 90 60 Sweet corn
0712 10 90
1005 90 00
0714 10 91 -Manioc roots, including yams
0714 90 11
2. The customs duty shall not be levied on direct imports of rice falling within CN
heading 1006, excluding rice for sowing of CN heading 1006 10 10 imported into
Réunion.
3. If imports into the French overseas departments of sweet corn originating in the ACP
States or the overseas countries and territories exceed 25 000 t onnes within a given
year, and if these imports threaten to seriously disturb these markets, the
Commission shall take the necessary measures.
4. Within the limit of an annual quota of 2000 tonnes, no customs duties shall be levied
on products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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References
quota1 100 tons Live sheep and goats
quota2 500 tons Meat of sheep or goats
quota3 400 tons Poultrymeatquota4 500 tons Prepared poultrymeat
quota5 1000 tons Milk and cream
quota6 1000 tons Cheese and curd
quota7 500 tons Pigmeat
quota8 500 tons Prepared pigmeat
quota9 600000 tons Molasses
quota1015000 tons Wheat and meslinquota11125000 tons Husked rice
quota1220000 tons Broken rice
quota13a 2000 tons Tomatoes other than cherry
tomatoes
quota13b 2000 tons Cherry tomatoesquota14800 tons Seedless table grapes
quota151000 tons Apples
quota162000 tons Pears
quota171600 tons Strawberries
ceiling 1 100000 tons Sorghum
ceiling 2 60000 tons Millet
ceiling 3 200 tons Fresh figs
rq 1 25000 tons Oranges
rq 2 4000 tons Mandarins
rq 3 100 tons Seedless table grapes
(1) Where, in the course of a year, imports into the Community of products falling within
CN codes 0201, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 1602 50 10 or 1602 90 61, originating in an
ACP State exceed a quantity equivalent to imports into the Community duringwhichever year between 1969 and 1974 Community imports of products of that origin
were highest, plus an annual growth rate of 7 %, exemption from customs duties on
the products of that origin shall be partially or totally suspended.
In that event the Community shall determine the arrangements to be applied to the
imports in question.
(2) The reduction shall apply only to imports for which the importer provides proof that
an export charge of an amount equivalent to the reduction has been collected by the
exporting country.
(3) If, in the course of a year, the ceiling is reached, the Community may, by means of a
Regulation, reintroduce the application of normal customs duties until the end of theperiod of validity; the duties applicable shall be reduced by 50%.
(4) If imports of a product exceed the reference quantity, a decision may be taken to make
it subject to a ceiling equal to the reference quantity, having regard to the annual
balance of trade in the product.
(5) This reduction shall not be applied when the Community, in accordance with its
Uruguay Round commitments, applies additional duties.
(6) If serious disturbances occur as a result of a large increase in duty-free imports of
products falling within CN code 2401, orig inating in the ACP States, or if these
imports create difficulties which bring about a deterioration in the economic situationG/C/W/187/Add.1
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of a region of the Community, the Community may take measures to counteract any
deflection of trade.
(c1) Whether or not containing less than 1,5 % by weight of milk fat, with a starch or flour
content of 50 % or over but of less than 75 % by weight.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Joint declaration on market access in the EC-ACP Partnership
The Parties accept the fact that both sides expect to take part in the negotiations and implementation
of agreements leading to further multilateral and bilateral trade liberalisation.
The parties note the Community’s commitment to provide least developed countries with free market
access for essentially all products by 2005.
At the same time they recognise, with respect to  ACP preferential access to the Community market,
that this wider process of liberalisation could lead to a deterioration in the relative competitive
position of the ACP States which would threaten their development efforts, which the Community is
concerned to support.
The Parties therefore agree to examine all necessary measures in order to maintain their competitive
position of the ACP States on the Community market during the preparatory period. This examinationmay include, inter alia, calendar requirements, rules of origin, sanitary and phytosanitary measures
and implementation of specific measures addressing supply side constraints in the ACP countries.
The objective will be to offer ACP countries possibilities to exploit their existing and potential
comparative advantage on the Community market. Bearing in mind their commitment to cooperation
in the WTO, the parties agree that this examination will also take into account any extension withinthe WTO of the trade advantages which may be offered by Member countries to developing countries.
To this end, the Ministerial Trade Committee should make recommendations on the basis of an initial
review to be prepared by the Commission and th e ACP Secretariat. The EC Council will examine
these recommendations on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, with a view to preserving the
benefits of the ACP-EC trade arrangement.
The Council of the European Community, for its part, underlines its obligation to take account the
effect any agreement or other measures to be taken by the EC on ACP-EC trade. It requests the
Commission to carry out the necessary impact assessments on a systematic basis.
The measures will relate to the preparatory period and will take due account of the Community’s
common agricultural policy.
The Ministerial Trade Committee shall monitor the implementation of this Declaration and make
appropriate reports to the ACP-EC Council of Ministers.G/C/W/187/Add.1
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Joint Declaration on non-discrimination
The Parties agree that notwithstanding specific provisions of Annex V to this Agreement, the
Community shall not discriminate between ACP States in the trade regime provided for in the
framework of that Annex, taking account however of the provisions of this Agreement and of specificautonomous initiatives in the multilateral context, such as that in favour of the least developed
countries pursued by the Community.
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