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PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT APPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 )

( POSITION AS AT 1 JANUARY 1984 )

( 84/C 22/01 )

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1 . THE COMMUNITY HAS REACHED PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS WITH SEVERAL COUNTRIES . THESE AGREEMENTS CONTAIN VARIOUS MEASURES , IN PARTICULAR TARIFF MEASURES CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF DUTY RATES WHEN CERTAIN GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES WITH WHOM THESE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED ARE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY .

2 . THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE REDUCED DUTY RATES FOR EACH POSITION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF RESULTING FROM THE MEASURES CONTAINED IN THE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS APPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY .

3 . IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE PRESENTATION OF THE TABLE , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF POSITIONS SHOWN IN THE FIRST COLUMN GIVE ONLY THE ALPHA-NUMERIC CODE . IN THOSE CASES WHERE DESCRIPTIONS OF GOODS OR DATES APPEAR IN THIS COLUMN , THESE ARE EXCLUSIVELY DUE TO THE MEASURES IN THE AGREEMENTS .

4 . THE FOLLOWING LIST GIVES THE AGREEMENTS COVERED BY THIS DOCUMENT , TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES WHERE THE BASIC REGULATIONS FOR THE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOUND :

- EEC-SPAIN AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 182 , 16 . 8 . 1970 ) ,

- EEC-AUSTRIA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 300 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ) ,

- EEC-SWITZERLAND AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 300 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ) ,

- EEC-SWEDEN AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 300 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ) ,

- EEC-NORWAY AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 171 , 27 . 6 . 1973 ) ,

- EEC-PORTUGAL AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ) ,

- EEC-ICELAND AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ) ,

- EEC-FINLAND AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 328 , 28 . 11 . 1973 ) ,

- EEC-EGYPT AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 266 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-JORDAN AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 268 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-SYRIA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 269 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-LEBANON AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 267 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-ALGERIA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 263 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-MOROCCO AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 264 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-TUNISIA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 265 , 27 . 9 . 1978 ) ,

- EEC-TURKEY AGREEMENT ( OJ NO 217 , 29 . 12 . 1964 ) ,

- EEC-ISRAEL AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 136 , 23 . 5 . 1975 ) ,

- EEC-CYPRUS AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1973 ) ,

- EEC-MALTA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 61 , 14 . 3 . 1971 ) ,

- EEC-YUGOSLAVIA AGREEMENT ( OJ NO L 41 , 14 . 2 . 1983 ) ,

- SECOND LOME CONVENTION ( EEC-ACP ) ( OJ NO L 347 , 22 . 12 . 1980 ) .

5 . IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE DETAILS CONCERNING PREFERENTIAL RATES , THE DUTY RATES RESULTING FROM THE AUTONOMOUS REGIME APPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY AS REGARDS THE FAROE ISLANDS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE .

( 1 ) EXCLUDING GREECE DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD .

( 2 ) EXCLUDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES .

( 3 ) NOTHING IN THIS PUBLICATION OVERRIDES ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS .

I . ABBREVIATIONS ( 1 )

AD F/M : ADF

AD S/Z : ADS

2 AD S/Z : STANDARD RATE OF 2 % FOR ADS

AGR : ( L )

AGR R : REDUCED ( L )

AT : AUSTRIA

B/F : BOTTLE

CCT : COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

CH : SWITZERLAND

CY : CYPRUS

DK : DENMARK

DZ : ALGERIA

ECU : EUROPEAN CURRENCY UNIT

EG : EGYPT

ES : SPAIN

FI : FINLAND

FO : FAROE ISLANDS

GB : UNITED KINGDOM

HL : HECTOLITRE

% HL : PER HECTOLITRE AND PER % VOLUME OF ALCOHOL

IL : ISRAEL

IRL : IRELAND

IS : ICELAND

JO : JORDAN

KG/BR : KILOGRAM GROSS WEIGHT

KG/NET : KILOGRAM NET WEIGHT

KG TOT/ALC : PER KILOGRAM OF TOTAL ALCOHOL

LB : LEBANON

LOME : ACP AND OCT

MA : MOROCCO

MAX : WITH A MAXIMUM

MIN : WITH A MINIMUM

MOB : VARIABLE COMPONENT

MOB R : REDUCED VARIABLE COMPONENT

MT : MALTA

NO : NORWAY

PT : PORTUGAL

P/ST : PIECE

SE : SWEDEN

SY : SYRIA

TN : TUNISIA

TR : TURKEY

YU : YUGOSLAVIA

II . RATES OF DUTY

COLUMNS WITHOUT ANY FIGURES CORRESPOND TO THE RATES OF THE CCT .

III . RATES OF DUTY APPLICABLE TO THE FAROE ISLANDS

THE RATES OF DUTY SHOWN IN THE LIST ARE APPLIED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY EXCLUDING DENMARK , WHICH APPLIES A ZERO RATE .

( 1 ) THE ABBREVIATION USED FOR THE COUNTRY NAMES CORRESPONDS TO NORM ISO 3166 .

ANNEXES : SEE O.J .