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

( POSITION AS AT 1 JANUARY 1982 )

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 130 , 27 . 5 . 1980 ) ,

- 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 .

I . ABBREVIATIONS

A*AUSTRIA*

AD F/M*ADF*

AD S/Z*ADS*

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

AGR* ( L ) *

AGR R*REDUCED ( L ) *

B/F*BOTTLE*

CCT*COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF*

CH*SWITZERLAND*

CY*CYPRUS*

DK*DENMARK*

DZ*ALGERIA*

E*SPAIN*

ECU*EUROPEAN CURRENCY UNIT*

ET*EGYPT*

FO*FAROE ISLANDS*

GB*UNITED KINGDOM*

HL*HECTOLITRE*

% HL*PER HECTOLITRE AND PER % VOLUME OF ALCOHOL*

IL*ISRAEL*

IRL*IRELAND*

IS*ICELAND*

JOR*JORDAN*

KG/BR*KILOGRAM GROSS WEIGHT*

KG/NET*KILOGRAM NET WEIGHT*

KG/TOT/ALC*PER KILOGRAM OF TOTAL ALCOHOL*

LOME*ACP AND OCT*

MA*MOROCCO*

MAL*MALTA*

MAX*WITH A MAXIMUM*

MIN*WITH A MINIMUM*

MOB*VARIABLE COMPONENT*

MOB R*REDUCED VARIABLE COMPONENT*

N*NORWAY*

P*PORTUGAL*

P/ST*PIECE*

RL*LEBANON*

S*SWEDEN*

SF*FINLAND*

SYR*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 ) EXCLUDING GREECE DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD .

( 2 ) EXCLUDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES .

( 3 ) NOTHIN IN THIS PUBLICATION OVERRIDES ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS .

ANNEXES : SEE O.J .