NoL73/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.3.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No524/77
of14March1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingindeveloping
countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,thatRegulation,and,inrespectofproductswhichare
subjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofareductionin
suchduty;whereaspreferentialimportsoftheprod­
uctsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithoutquantitative
restrictions;whereasitappearsappropriate,however,
inviewofthesensitivenessofthepreservedfruitand
vegetablesectorgenerallyandoftheneedto
safeguardtheinterestsoftheACPStatesinthisfield,
tolaydownforpreservedpineapples,inslices,half
slicesorspirals,specialconditionsconsistingina
reductionofthecustomsdutyapplicabletothat
productwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quota;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntentonthe
developmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,India,
Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore(2),theCommunity
declareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionstothe
problemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftradewith
thecountriesreferredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia,
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexportproduct
andtheflowoftradeinsuchproducts^slikelytobe
changedasaresultoftheenlargementoftheCom­
munity;whereasthesystemofgeneralizedtariff
preferencesmayconstituteasolutiontoproblems
ofthisnature;whereascertainformsofpreserved
pineapplesshouldthereforebeincludedinthesystem
ofgeneralizedpreferences ;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproducts
ofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthe
preferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,
inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothe
tradearrangements laiddowninRegulation (EEC)
No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponent
ofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueofWhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemainindustrial­
izedcountrieswhicharemembersoftheOECD
wouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesandwould
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatem­
porarynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentand,inparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibility
maybeadoptedinteraliawithaviewtoremedying
anyunfavourablesituationswhichmightariseinthe
ACPStatesfollowingtheimplementation ofthe
generalizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereasitisexpedientto
continuetoapplythemthroughout1977;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCom­
munityshouldopenfor1977inrespectofthesaid
products,originatinginthecountriesandterritories
listedintheAnnex,aCommunitytariffquotalimited
to28000tonnesandatacustomsdutyof15%,
increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethesugar
contentexceeds17%byweightinthecaseofprod­
uctsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)5aa),
and19%byweightinthecaseofproductsfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)5aa);0)OJNoC30,7.2.1977,p.25.
HOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195.

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Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession(*),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;"Whereasthestatisticaldataavailablecoveronlya
relativelybriefperiod,andtheyshouldbeweighted
onthebasisoftheestimateswhichmaybemadefor
thequotayear;whereasthepercentageoftheshares
ofthequotaamountmaybedrawnupasfollows:
Germany 35-1%
Benelux 13-0%
France 1-0%
Italy 2-8%
Denmark 2-7%
Ireland 1-0%
UnitedKingdom 44-4%Whereas,forthesaidproducts,thisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1977ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
closetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatestonon-membercountriesingeneral
onthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabovementioned
Act;whereasthissituationwouldcomplyneither
withthespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthegeneral­
izedpreferencescheme;whereas,inordertomain­
tainanequivalentpreferentialmarginfortheseprod­
ucts,also,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbeapplied
tothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrulesbasedon
theprincipleofmaintaining ,inthenewMember
States,apreferenceproportionaltothatwhichexists
betweenthedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andthedutiesgiveninArticle1tothisRegulation ;
whereas,withaviewtograntingthebeneficiary
developingcountriesthebestpossibletreatment,in
accordancewiththeobjectivesofthepreference
scheme,thedutiesgivenintheabovementioned
Article1shouldalsobeappliedwherevertheduties
calculatedaccordingtotheabovementioned detailed
rulesprovetobehigherthanthem;Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotaunderconsideration ,itappearspos­
sibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingupof
areserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagesetoutintheabove
table;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramount,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearexpedi­
enttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethesystem
foradministering itsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCoun­
cilRegulation (EEC)No802/68of27June1968on
thecommondefinitionoftheconceptoftheorigin
ofgoods(2);
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
MemberStates;whereas,moreover,tothisendand
inthecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhich
areaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof28000tonnesshallbe
openedbytheCommunityfortheimportsof
preservedpineapplesinslices,halfslicesorspirals,
fallingwithin (thefollowingsubheadingsofthe
CommonCustomsTariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,ex20.06HOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(2)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)andex20.06BIIc)
2bb).Withinthistariffquotathecustomsdutyshall
besuspendedat15%,increasedbythelevyonsugar
wherethesugarcontentexceeds17%byweightin
thecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightinthecase
ofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
b)5aa).Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenusedupshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeenentered
forhomeuse,andwhichareaccompanied bya
certificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .
Article4OnimportationintoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabovemen­
tionedproductsthecustomsdutyobtainedbymulti­
plying,byacoefficientequaltothemarginofpre­
ferencesexistingbetweenthedutyof15%givenin
paragraph1andtheCommonCustomsTariffduties
applicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingby80%
thedifferencebetweenthelowestdutyappliedon
1January1972tothedevelopingcountriessetout
intheAnnexandtheCommonCustomsTariff.
However,thedutyof15%giveninthefirstsubpara­
graphshallbeappliedwhenthecustomsduty
resultingfromtheabovementioned calculationis
higherthanit.
2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereserved
fortheproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territorieslistedintheAnnex.However,theimports
alreadybenefitingfromexemptionofcustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedby
theCommunityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionchargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallcoverboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandquantityexpressedintonnes.
Article5
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangements providedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourablesituationintheACPStates,
thecustomsdutiesappliedwithintheCommunity
maybere-introduced inpartorinfullforimports
oftheproductsinquestionfromthecountryor
countriesorterritoryorterritorieswhicharethe
causeofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasuresmayalso
betakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvantage ,either
actualorforeseeable,whichisconfinedtoasingle
regionoftheCommunity .
Article6ForthepurposeofimplementingthisRegulationthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedetermined
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhichinrespectofeach
MemberStateshallbeoftheamountindicatedbelow:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom9820tonnes,
3640tonnes,
280tonnes,
780tonnes,
770tonnes,
280tonnes,
12430tonnes.1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
duceCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixed
period.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestof
aMemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStateoftheactiontaken.

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3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateitwas
notified.Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferred
totheCouncilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionof
themeasure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
Article7
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnotprejudice
theapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnupin
connectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicy
pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawn
upinconnectionwiththecommoncommercial
policypursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.Article8
1.CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3029/76of
13December1976opening,allocatingandproviding
fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesor
spirals,originatingindevelopingcountries('),is
herebyrepealed.
2.AllreferencestotheRegulationrepealedbyviirtue
ofparagraph1shallbetreatedasreferencestothis
Regulation .
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14March1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN
(«)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.158.

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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
I.INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan Guyana Philippines
AlgeriaHaiti Qatar
AngolaHonduras Romania
ArgentinaIndia Rwanda
Bahamas IndonesiaSaoTomeandPrincipe
Bahrain IranSaudiArabia
Bangladesh Iraq Senegal
Barbados IvoryCoastSeychelles
Bénin JamaicaSierraLeone
Bhutan JordanSingapore
Bolivia KenyaSomalia
Botswana KhmerRepublicSriLanka
Brazil Korea(South)Sudan
Burma KuwaitSurinam
Burundi LaosSwaziland
Cameroon LebanonSyria
CapeVerdeIslandsLesothoTanzania
CentralAfricanRepublic LiberiaThailand
Chad LibyaTogo
Chile MalagasyRepublicTonga
Colombia MalawiTrinidadandTobago
Comoros MalaysiaTunisia
Congo,People'sRepublicof MaldiveIslandsUganda
CostaRica MaliUnitedArabEmirates:
Cuba MauritaniaAbuDhabi
Cyprus MauritiusDubai
DominicanRepublic Mexico RasalKhaimah
Ecuador Morocco Fujairah
Egypt,ArabRepublicof MozambiqueAjman
Sharjah
UmmalQaiwainElSalvador Nauru
EquatorialGuinea NepalUpperVoltaEthiopia NicaraguaUruguay
Fiji NigerVenezuela
GabonNigeriaVietnamGambiaOman
PakistanGhana
GrenadaWesternSamoa
Yemen,People'sDemocratic
'Panama Republicof
GuatemalaPapuaNewGuinea YemenArabRepublic
GuineaParaguay Yugoslavia
GuineaBissau Peru Zaire
Zambia

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II.COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunity
orthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
AustralianAntarcticTerritory
Belize
Bermuda
BritishAntarcticTerritory
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(Aldabra,Farquhar,ChagosArchipelago,Desroches)
BritishPacificOcean(*)
Brunei
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(*)
Macao
Mayotte
NetherlandsAntilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIsland
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship(*)
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiueIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaicosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(*)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories.
(')GilbertIslands,Tuvalu,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(')Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(*)ThePacificIslandsadministered bytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(*)Dominica,StLucia,StVincent.