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Référence :  WLI/100 30 octobre 2012  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
ACCORD DE MARRAKECH INSTITUANT 
L'ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
FAIT À MARRAKECH LE 15 AVRIL 1994 
 
ACCORD GÉNÉRAL SUR LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 
ET LE COMMERCE DE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION DE MODIFICATIONS ET DE RECTIFICATIONS 
LISTE CXL – COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES 
  
ENVOI DE COPIE CERTIFIÉE CONFORME 
   J'ai l'honneur de vous faire parvenir ci-joint une copie certifiée confor me de la Certification 
des modifications et des rectif ications apportées à la Liste CXL – Communautés européennes , qui 
ont pris effet le 27 octobre 2012 . 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 Pascal Lamy 
 Directeur général 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
12-5922 WT/Let/868   
   
  
 
  
 
 
LISTES DE CONCESSIONS TARIFAIRES ANNEXÉES À 
L'ACCORD GÉNÉRAL SUR LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 
ET LE COMMERCE DE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION DE MODIFICATIONS ET DE RECTIFICATIONS 
 
LISTE CXL – COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES 
 
  CONSIDÉRANT que les PARTIES CONTRACTANT ES à l'Accord général sur les tarifs 
douaniers et le commerce de 1947 ont adopté, le 26 mars 1980, une Décision sur les procédures de 
modification et de rectification des Listes de concessions tarifaires (IBDD, S27/25); 
 
 CONSIDÉRANT que, conformément aux dispositions de la Décision susmentionnée, un 
projet contenant les modifications et le s rectifications apportées à la Liste CXL – Communautés 
européennes  a été communiqué à tous les Membres de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce dans 
le document G/MA/TAR/RS/297 daté du 27 juillet 2012;  
 CONSIDÉRANT que, dans sa communication originale datée du 24 juillet 2012 et distribuée 
sous la cote G/MA/TAR/RS/297, l'Union européenne
1 a indiqué ce qui suit: 
 
 "La certification de ces modifi cations concernera la Liste CXL – Communautés européennes 
(c'est-à-dire CE-15).  Ces modifications ser ont incorporées dans toutes les Listes OMC 
ultérieures de l'UE. 
 
 Il convient de signaler que la position tarifaire 08030012 de la Liste "CXL – Communautés 
européennes" correspond à la position tarifaire 08030019 du SH2002 et du SH2007 et à la 
position tarifaire 08039010 du SH2012." 
  IL EST CERTIFIÉ PAR LA PRÉSENTE que les modi fications et rectific ations apportées à la 
Liste CXL – Communautés européennes  sont établies conformément à la Décision susmentionnée. 
 Les modifications et rectificati ons annexées entrent en vigueur le 27 octobre 2012 . 
 La présente certification est déposée auprès du Directeur général de l'Organisation mondiale 
du commerce, qui en remettra dans les moindres dél ais une copie certifiée conforme à chaque 
Membre de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce.  Elle sera enregistrée conformément aux 
dispositions de l'article 102 de la Charte des Nations Unies. 
 
  FAIT à Genève, le trente octobre deux mille douze. 
 
  
 
   Pascal Lamy 
 
 Copie certifiée conforme: 
 
  
 
  
Directeur général 
                                                      
1 Le 1er décembre 2009, l'Union européenne a succédé à la Communauté européenne (WT/Let/679).   
   
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SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
 
   
 
   
               27 October 2012 
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Schedule CXL – European Communities 
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language 
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 
 
(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   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 
  
SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Page 7 WT/Let/868 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 
Modalities are established. Under no circumstances 
shall the delay extend be yond 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.  
 
*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. 
 
 
 
Schedule 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 
  
 
SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Page 8        WT/Let/868 ANNEX 
 
15 December 2009 
 
Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas 
 
 1. This Agreement is concluded between the Eur opean Union (hereinafter "the EU") and Brazil, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, H onduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and 
Venezuela (hereinafter "the Latin American MF N banana suppliers") regarding the structure 
and operation of the EU trading regime for fr esh bananas, excluding plantains, classified 
under HS tariff line 0803.00.19 (hereinafter "b ananas") and the terms and conditions that 
apply thereto.  
 
2. This Agreement is without prejudice to the WT O rights and obligations of all the signatories 
to this Agreement subject to the prov isions in paragraphs 3 to 8 below. 
 3. The EU agrees to the following: 
 
(a)  Without prejudice to subparagraph (b) belo w, the EU shall apply tariffs for bananas 
not greater than the following:
1 
  - 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 
 
(b)  If Doha Modalities
2 are not established by the 31 December 2013, the ensuing tariff 
cuts in paragraph 3(a) above will be de layed until Doha Modalities are established. 
Under no circumstances shall the delay 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 D oha Modalities are established, whichever 
occurs first, the tariff rate sh all 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.  
 
(c) The EU shall maintain a MFN tariff-onl y regime for the importation of bananas.
3  
                                                      
1 Upon signature of this Agreement,  the EU shall apply retroactively th e applicable tariff(s) specified in 
paragraph 3(a) for the period from the 15 December 2009 to the date of signature. Duties paid in excess of the 
amount stipulated in this provision shall be reimbursed by the competent customs authorities upon request. 
2 Doha Modalities for the purpose of  this Agreement means that cons ensus has been reached in the 
Trade Negotiations Committee to pro ceed to scheduling in Agriculture and Non-Agricultural Market Access 
negotiations. 
3 This provision shall not be read to authorise non-ta riff measures on bananas that are inconsistent with 
the EU's obligations under the WTO Agreements.  
 
SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Page 9        WT/Let/868 4. (a)  The EU shall bind the tariff cuts provi ded in paragraph 3. To this effect this 
Agreement shall be incorporated into the EU's WTO Schedule by means of 
Certification4 in accordance with the Decision of  26 March 1980 on Procedures for 
the Modification and Rectification of Sc hedules of Tariff Concessions (L/4962).   
 
(b)  Upon entry into force of this Agreemen t the EU shall communicate a draft Schedule 
on bananas incorporating the text of this  Agreement to the Director-General for 
Certification. 
 
(c)  Parties to this Agreement agree not to raise objections to the Certification of the 
modified Schedule, provided that this Agreement is correctly reflected in the 
notification.  
 
5. Upon Certification, the pending disputes WT/DS27; WT/DS361; WT/DS364; WT/DS16; 
WT/DS105; WT/DS158; WT/L/616; WT/L/625 and a ll claims filed to date by any and all 
Latin American MFN banana suppliers under th e procedures of Articles XXIV and XXVIII of 
the GATT 1994 with respect to the EU trading regime for bananas (including G/SECRET/22 item 0803.00.19 and G/SECRET/22/Add.1; G/ SECRET/20 and G/SECRET/20/Add.1; and 
G/SECRET/26) shall be settled
5. Within two weeks after Certification, the relevant parties to 
this Agreement shall jointly notif y the DSB that they have reach ed a mutually agreed solution 
through which they have agreed to end these disputes.6 
 6. Without prejudice to their rights under the WTO Agreement including those derived from the 
disputes and claims identified in paragraph 5,  the Latin American MFN banana suppliers 
further undertake not to take any further acti on with respect to those disputes and claims 
referred to in para. 5 between the 15 December  2009 and Certification provided that the EU 
complies with paragraphs 3 and 4 (b) and (c).  
 7. The Latin American MFN banana suppliers ag ree that this Agreement shall constitute the 
EU's final market access commitments for bananas fo r inclusion in the final results of the next 
multilateral market access negotiation for agricu lture products successfully concluded in the 
WTO (including the Doha Round).
7 
 8. (a)  This Agreement enters into force the first day of the month following that in 
which the last of the signatories has notifie d the Director-General of the completion 
of the procedures necessary for that purpose. Each signatory shall furnish a copy of 
the notification to the other signatories. 
 
(b)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), the signatories agree to provisionally apply 
paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 from the day of  signature of this Agreement.  
 
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4 The date of Certification shall be the date at which the Director-Gen eral certifies that the 
modifications to the EU Schedule have become a Certification in accordance with the Decision of 26 March 
1980 on Procedures for the Modification and Rectification of Schedules of tariff concessions (document reference WT/LET). 
5 The date of the settlement shall be the date of Certification (document reference WT/LET).  
6 The settlement of these disputes does not affect any party's right to initiate a new dispute under the 
DSU, or future rights under the procedures of Articles XXIV and XXVIII of the GATT 1994. 
7 If Certification has not been completed by the date of the conclusion of the next multilateral market 
access negotiation for agriculture produc ts in the WTO (including the Doha  Round), this Ag reement shall be 
incorporated into the EU's WTO Schedule on the date that the Schedule enters into force as part of the results of 
that negotiation.