ORGANISATION MONDIALE  
DU COMMERCE  RESTRICTED 
G/MA/TAR/RS/297 
27 juillet 2012 
 (12-4107) 
Comité de l'accès aux marchés  Original: anglais 
  
 
RECTIFICATIONS ET MODIFICATIONS DES LISTES 
 
Liste CXL – Communautés européennes 
  
 La communication ci-après, datée du 24 juillet 2012, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation de l'Union européenne.  
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 Conformément aux procédures de modification et de rectification des Listes de concessions tarifaires (IBDD, S27/26), l'Union européenne communique le projet ci-joint de liste de 
modifications, concernant le commerce des bananes, apportées à la Liste CXL.   Droit de douane révisé de l'UE applicable a ux bananes:  voir le projet ci-joint de Liste 
CXL – Communautés européennes.
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 Si aucune objection n'est notifiée au Secrétaria t dans un délai de trois mois à compter de la 
date du présent document, les rectifications et  modifications apportées à la Liste CXL seront 
considérées comme approuvées et seront officiellement certifiées.   La certification de ces modifications concerne ra la Liste CXL – Communautés européennes 
(c'est-à-dire CE-15).  Ces modifications seront in corporées dans toutes les Listes OMC ultérieures de 
l'UE. 
  Il convient de signaler que la position tari faire 08030012 de la Liste "CXL – Communautés 
européennes" correspond à la position tarifa ire 08030019 du SH2002 et du SH2007 et à la position 
tarifaire 08039010 du SH2012. 
 
 
                                                      
1 En anglais seulement.  
  G/MA/TAR/RS/297 
Page 2 Schedule CXL – European Communities 
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION 1 - Agricultural Products 
Section 1 – A Tariffs 
 
Tariff item 
number Description of 
products Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of duty Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Comments 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
0803 00 12 Fresh bananas other 
than plantains € 680/mt Paragraph 3 of the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas 
annexed hereto, states in part: 
(a)  Without prejudice to subparagraph (b) below, the EU 
shall apply tariffs for bananas not greater than the 
following:[ ]* 
- From the 15 December 2009 until 31 December 2010 - 148 
€/mt 
 -1 January 2011 - 143 €/mt  -1 January 2012 - 136 €/mt  -1 January 2013 - 132 €/mt  -1 January 2014 - 127 €/mt 
 -1 January 2015 - 122 €/mt 
 -1 January 2016 - 117 €/mt  -1 January 2017 - 114€/mt 114 €/mt (b)  If Doha Modalities[ ]* are not established by the 31 
December 2013, the ensuing tariff cuts in paragraph 3(a) above 
will be delayed until Doha Modalities are established.  Under 
no circumstances shall the dela y extend beyond 31 December 
2015.  The applicable tariff rate during that period of delay shall be 132 €/mt.  After the two year period expires, or 
immediately after Doha Modalities are established, whichever 
occurs first, the tariff rate shall be 127€/mt.  The ensuing tariffs for the next three years, as from  1 January of each year, shall be 
no greater than 122€/mt, 117€/mt and 114€/mt, respectively.   1) Subject to the terms 
and conditions set forth 
in the Geneva Agreement 
on Trade in Bananas annexed hereto, which is 
an integral part of this 
Schedule. 
2) SSG has been 
abolished 
   *For the purposes of presentation in this column the text of the 
footnotes has been omitted.  Please see Comments, column 7, 
note 1 and the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas annexed hereto for the full text of tariff reductions to be bound 
upon certification.    
  
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 Page 3Schedule CXL – European Communities 
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
Section 1 Agricultural Products 
Section 1 – B Tariff Quotas 
 
Description of 
product Tariff item number(s) Initial quota quantity 
and in-quota tariff 
rate Final quota quantity 
and in-quota tariff 
rate Implementation 
period from/to Initial 
negotiating 
rights Other terms and conditions 
Fresh bananas, 
other than 
plantains 0803 00 12  2.200.000 t 
75 €/t  -    The quota in Section I B and the 
Banana Framework Agreement 
previously annexed to Schedule 
CXL have been deleted 
  
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