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REGULATION (EEC)No3507/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December1973
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofatariffquotaforcocoa
butterandatariffquotaforsolublecoffeeoriginatingTin developingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereasinrespectofcocoabutterandsolublecoffee
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedin
AnnexAtheCommunityshouldthereforeopenfor
1974twoCommunitytariffquotaswithintherespec­
tivelimitsof21600metrictonsandatacustoms
dutyof8%forcocoabutterandof18750metric
tonsandadutyof9%forsolublecoffee;
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocolNo23tothe
ActofAccession(1),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemewillbefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Statesfrom1January1974;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalprod­
uctsofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifforiginatingindevelopingcountries;whereas
thepreferentialtreatmentproposedinthatoffer
consists,inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubject
tothetradearrangements laiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcom­
ponentofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsby
virtueofthatRegulation,and,inrespectofproducts
whicharesubjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofa
reductioninsuchduty;whereaspreferentialimports
oftheproductsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithout
quantitativerestrictions;whereasitappearsappro­
priate,howeverinviewofthesensitivenessofthe
cocoabutterandsolublecoffeesectorsgenerallyand
oftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsoftheassocia­
tedcountriesinthisfield,tolaydownforthosetwo
productsspecialconditionsconsistinginareduction
ofthecustomsdutyapplicabletothesetwoproducts
withinthelimitsofCommunitytariffquotas;
WhereastheofferbytheCommunityincludesa
clausestatingthatitismadeontheassumptionthat
themainindustrialized countrieswhicharemembers
oftheOECDparticipateingrantingpreferencesand
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatempo­
rarynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentandinparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibilitymay
beadoptedinteraliawithaviewtoremedyingany
unfavourable situationswhichmightariseinthe
associatedcountriesfollowingtheimplementation of
thegeneralizedpreferencescheme;Whereasforthesaidproductsthisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1974ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
closetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatestonon-membercountriesingeneral
bnthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabovementioned
Act;whereasthissituationwouldcomplyneither
withthespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthegener­
alizedpreferencescheme;whereas,inordertomain­
tainanequivalentpreferentialmarginfortheseprod­
uctsalso,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbeapplied
tothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrulesbasedon
theprincipleofmaintaining,inthenewMember
States,apreferenceproportionaltothatwhichexists
betweenthedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andthedutiesgiveninArticle1ofthisRegulation;
whereas,withaviewtograntingthebeneficiary
developingcountriesthebestpossibletreatment,in
accordancewiththeobjectivesofthepreference
scheme,thedutiesgiveninArticle1shouldalsobe
appliedwhereverthedutiescalculatedaccordingto
theabovementioned detailedrulesprovetobehigher
thanthem;
Whereasthebenefitofthesetariffquotasshouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ;whereastothisend,
theprovisionsconcerningthedefinitionofthecon­
ceptof'originatingproducts'shouldbeappliedin
respectoftheimplementation ofthetariffpreferences
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971andwhereasitisexpedient
tocontinuetoapplythemthroughout1974; (x)OJNoL76,27.3.1972,p.14.

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grantedbytheCommunitytotheproductsfromthe
developingcountries,fortheperiodfrom1January
to31December1974;whereas,provisionshouldbe
made,however,foranamendmenttobemadeto
listAannexedtotheseprovisionsconcerningcocoa
butter;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcon­
tinuousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothesaid
quotasandtheuninterruptedapplicationoftherates
laiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntil
thesequotasareusedup;whereas,havingregardto
theprinciplessetoutabove,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotaamongMemberStates;whereas,
moreover,tothisendandinthecontextoftheutili­
zationsystem,theactualchargesagainstthequota
mayrelateonlytoproductswhichhavebeenentered
forhomeuseandwhichareaccompaniedbyacerti­
ficateoforigin;
Whereastheavailablestatisticaldatacoveronlya
relativelybriefperiodandwhereas,inthisparticular
case,theyshouldbeweightedonthebasisofthe
estimateswhichmaybemadeinrespectofthequota
year;whereasthesharesinthequotaamountsmay
besetoutasfollows:
metrictonsbasedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingup
ofareserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagessetintheabovetable;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramounts,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearex­
pedienttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethe
systemforadministering itsshare;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeformeasures
enablinganyseriousdisturbancewithinthesector
oftheCommunity'seconomicactivitytobeavoided
andtothisend,theCommissionshouldbeem­
poweredtoreintroduceinpartorinfullthenormal
dutiesinordertoavoidsuchdisturbance ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothe
BeneluxEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsMembers,cocoabuttersolublecoffee
Germany 800 900
Benelux 121501550
France 100 250
Italy 50 50
Denmark 50 50
Ireland 50 50
UnitedKingdom 840015900HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1974twoCom­
munitytariffquotasshallbeopenedwithintheCom­
munityforimportsoftheproductslistedbelowand
undertheconditionsstated:Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotasunderconsideration ,itappearspos­
sibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme

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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionVolumein
metric
tonsRateof
duty
18.04Cocoabutter,includingcocoafatoroil 216008%
21.02Extractsoressencesofcoffee;preparationswitha
basisofthoseextractsoressences:
exA.Extractsoressencesofcoffee;preparationswith
abasisofthoseextractsoressences:
—Extractsofcoffeeor'solublecoffee'obtained
byawatermethodofextractionfromroasted
coffee,putupinpowderform,granulated,
ingrains,intabletsorinasimilarsolidform 187509%
OnimportationintoDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabove­
mentionedproductsthecustomsdutiesdetermined
bymultiplying,byacoefficientequaltothemargin
ofpreferencesexistingbetweenthedutiesgivenin
thefirstsubparagraph andtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreduc­
ingby40°/othedifferencebetweenthelowestduty
appliedon1January1972tothedevelopingcoun­
triessetoutinAnnexAandtheCommonCustoms
Tariff.tttmetrictons
cocoabuttersolublecoffee
Germany 800900
Benelux 12150 1550
France 100 250
Italy 5050
Denmark 50 50
Ireland 50 50
UnitedKingdom 840015900
However,thedutiesgiveninthefirstsubparagraph
shallbeappliedwherethedutiesresultingfromthe
abovementioned calculationarehigherthanthem.
2.Thesetariffquotasshallapplysolelytoproducts
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedin
AnnexA.However,thoseimportswhichenjoy
exemptionfromcustomsdutiesunderotherprefer­
entialtariffarrangementsgrantedbytheCommunity
maynotbechargedagainstthesetariffquotas.
Forthepurposesofimplementing thisRegulation
theconceptoforiginatingproductsshallbethatlaid
downbytheprovisionsofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3614/73(1),applicabletotheproductsbene­
fitingfromtariffpreferencesgrantedbytheCom­
munitytothedevelopingcountriesfortheperiod
from1Januaryto31December1974.
Article2
TheCommunityTariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocated,inrespectofeachMemberState,
insharestheamountsofwhicharesetoutbelow:Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
thesharewhichhasbeenallocatedtothemforim­
portersoftheproductsconcernedwhoareestab­
lishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichsharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
enteredforhomeuse,onthebasisofthecustoms
valueofthesaidgoods,andwhichareaccompanied
byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisreintroduced .
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallshowboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandthequantityexpressedinmetric
tons. (x)Seep.132ofthisOfficialJournal.

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Article5
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangements providedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourable situationintheassociated
countries,thecustomsdutiesappliedwithinthe
Communitymaybereintroducedinpartorinfull
forimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthe
countryorcountriesorterritoryorterritorieswhich
arethecauseofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasures
mayalsobetakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvan­
tage,eitheractualorforeseeable,whichisconfined
toasingleregionoftheCommunity .2.IttheCommissionhasactedattherequestofa
MemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodoftenworkingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStateoftheactionithastaken.
3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
oftenworkingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnoti­
fied.Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferredtothe
Councilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionofthe
measure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
Article7
Article5and6shallnotprejudicetheapplication
oftheprotectiveclausesdrawnupinconnectionwith
thecommoncommercialpolicypursuanttoArticle
113oftheTreaty.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.Article6
1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,reintro­
ducenormaldutiesforafixedperiod.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.CHRISTENSEN

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ANNEXA
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan India Rwanda
Algeria Indonesia SaudiArabia
Argentina Iran Senegal
Bahamas Iraq SierraLeone
Êahrain IvoryCoast Singapore
Bangladesh Jamaica Somalia
Barbados Jordan SriLanka
Bhutan Kenya Sudan
Bolivia KhmerRepublic Swaziland
Botswana Korea(South) Syria
Brazil Kuwait Tanzania
Burma Laos Thailand
Burundi Lebanon Togo
Cameroon Lesotho Tonga
CentralAfricanRepublic Liberia TrinidadandTobago
Chad Libya Tunisia
Chile MalagasyRepublic Uganda
Colombia Malawi UnitedArabEmirates :
Congo,People'sRepublicof Malaysia AbuDhabi
CostaRica MaldiveIslands Dubai
Cuba Mali RasalKhaimah
Cyprus Mauritania Fujairah
Dahomey Mauritius Ajman
DominicanRepublic Mexico Sharjah
Ecuador Morocco UmmalQaiwain
Egypt,ArabRepublicof Nauru UpperVolta
ElSalvador Nepal Uruguay
EquatorialGuinea Nicaragua Venezuela
Ethiopia Niger Vietnam,Republicof
Fiji Nigeria WesternSamoa
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
GuatemalaOman
Pakistan
Panama
ParaguayYemen,People'sDemocratic
Republicof
YemenArabRepublic
Yugoslavia
Zaire
ZambiaGuinea
GuyanaPeru
Philippines
Haiti Qatar
Honduras Romania

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COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunity
orthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
Angola(includingCabinda)
AustralianAntarcticTerritory
Belize
Bermuda
BritishAntarcticTerritory
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(Aldabra,Farquhar,ChagosArchipelago,DesRoches)
BritishPacificOcean(*)
Brunei
CapeVerdeIslands
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
ComoroArchipelago
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMacDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIslands
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship (3)
Papua-NewGuinea
PortugueseGuinea
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SaoTomeandPrincipe
Seychelles(includingAmirantes)
Sikkim
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
Surinam
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiuweIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaocosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories .
p)GilbertandElliceIslands,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(2)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(3)ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(includingSwain's
Island),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacificIslands(the
Caroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(4)Dominica,Grenada,StLucia,StVincent.

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ANNEXB
InListAannexedtotheprovisionsreferredtoinArticle1(2),secondsubparagraph ,thefollowing
headingshallbeinsertedwiththecorresponding rule:
Productsobtained
Workingorprocessingthatdoes
notconferthestatusof
'originatingproducts'Workingorprocessingthatconfers
thestatusof'originatingproducts'
whenfollowingconditions
aremet CCT
headingNoDescription
18.04Cocoabutter,
including
cocoafat
oroilManufacture from
'originating'cocoabeans