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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES SCHEME FOR 1980

( COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL ON 19 JULY 1979 )

PROPOSAL FOR A

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO .../79

OF

OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS , WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF UNCTAD , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OFFERED TO GRANT TARIFF PREFERENCES ON FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS COMING FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PROPOSED IN THAT OFFER COVERS , GENERALLY SPEAKING , ALL FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COVERED BY CHAPTERS 25 TO 99 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF WHICH ORIGINATE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENCE CONSISTS IN THE GRANTING OF EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES ; WHEREAS PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS ARE EFFECTED UP TO THE LEVEL OF CEILINGS CALCULATED BY VALUE IN RESPECT OF EACH PRODUCT ON THE BASIS OF FACTORS WHICH ARE UNIFORM FOR ALL THE PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS IN ORDER THAT THE PREFERENCES GRANTED TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THAT A SUBSTANTIAL SHARE SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE LEAST COMPETITIVE , PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS FROM ANY ONE DEVELOPING COUNTRY IN RESPECT OF A GIVEN PRODUCT SHOULD NOT , AS A GENERAL RULE , EXCEED 50 % OF THE CEILING FIXED FOR THAT PRODUCT ;

WHEREAS , IN THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY , THE ANNUAL CEILINGS SHOULD NORMALLY BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE TOTAL VALUE FOR 1968 OF CIF IMPORTS FROM THE COUNTRIES BENEFITING FROM THIS SCHEME , EXCLUDING THOSE ALREADY ENJOYING VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY ( BASIC AMOUNT ) , PLUS 5 % OF THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM THE COUNTRIES ALREADY ENJOYING SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ( ADDITIONAL AMOUNT ) ; WHEREAS SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS VARIABLE AND IS CALCULATED EACH YEAR ON THE BASIS OF THE LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE , PROVIDED THAT THIS ENTAILS NO REDUCTION IN THE CEILING ;

WHEREAS THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY INCLUDES A CLAUSE STATING THAT THE COMMUNITY DREW UP THE OFFER ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL THE MAIN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE OECD WOULD PARTICIPATE IN GRANTING PREFERENCES AND WOULD MAKE SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , IT IS EVIDENT FROM THE CONCLUSIONS WORKED OUT IN UNCTAD THAT THIS OFFER , WHILE BEING OF A TEMPORARY NATURE , DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A BINDING COMMITMENT AND , IN PARTICULAR , MAY BE WITHDRAWN WHOLLY OR IN PART AT A LATER DATE ; WHEREAS THIS POSSIBILITY MAY BE ADOPTED INTER ALIA WITH A VIEW TO REMEDYING ANY UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONS WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN THE ACP STATES FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;

WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF STATE OR OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES AND THE STATES ACCEDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES HELD IN PARIS ON 19 TO 21 OCTOBER 1972 INVITED THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEMBER STATES PROGRESSIVELY TO ADOPT AN OVERALL POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE COMPRISING IN PARTICULAR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING A STEADY INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS TARIFF PREFERENCES HAVE BEEN APPLIED FROM THE SECOND HALF OF 1971 UNDER THE CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENCES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT 1980 ; WHEREAS HAVING REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER CONCERNED AND TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES , THE ABOVEMENTIONED BASIC AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS REFER TO 1977 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD OF CALCULATION SHOULD REMAIN COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PREFERENCE SCHEME IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF ADAPTATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AFFECTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO THE INTERESTS OF ACP STATES AS REGARDS PLYWOOD , THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUOTA AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED , IN GENERAL , 105 % OF THOSE OPEN FOR 1979 ;

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT MUST BE INTRODUCED INTO THE PREFERENCES SCHEME ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE SECTORS CONCERNED , APPROPRIATE CONVERSION RATES SHOULD BE FIXED FOR THIS REGULATION ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL 23 TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION ( 3 ) , THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCE SCHEME BECAME FULLY APPLICABLE IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES ON 1 JANUARY 1974 ;

WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT , THEREFORE , IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEXES A AND B WHICH ORIGINATE IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX C , THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD OPEN FOR 1980 DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AMOUNTS , IN CUBIC METRES OR EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , SHOWN AGAINST EACH OF THESE PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS CHARGES AGAINST EACH OF THESE TARIFF QUOTAS MUST , IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES , COME WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF SUCH TARIFF QUOTAS SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " BEING DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS ( 4 ) ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE TOKYO DECLARATION , THE COMMUNITY REAFFIRMED THAT SPECIAL TREATMENT SHOULD BE GRANTED TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED AMONG THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHENEVER THIS IS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , CHARGES OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES APPEARING ON THE LIST DRAWN UP UNDER UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 3487 ( XXX ) OF 12 DECEMBER 1975 SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY QUOTA OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT ;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS AND THE UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THOSE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THOSE QUOTAS ARE USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT ABOVE , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTAS CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE QUOTA AMONG MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , TO THIS END AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UTILIZATION SYSTEM , THE ACTUAL CHARGES AGAINST THE QUOTAS MAY RELATE ONLY TO PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERED FOR HOME USE AND WHICH ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ;

WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES IN RESPECT OF THE ALLOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED HITHERTO CANNOT BE RECONCILED WITH THE CONTINUITY NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFF PREFERENCES CONCERNED ; WHEREAS IT WOULD ACCORDINGLY BE ADVISABLE TO RETAIN A FIXED SCALE FOR ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS CONCERNED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , USING AS A BASIS GENERAL ECONOMIC CRITERIA RELATING TO EXTERNAL TRADE , THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND POPULATION , THE PERCENTAGES FOR THE INITIAL SHARES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE QUOTA AMOUNTS ARE AS FOLLOWS FOR THE QUOTA YEAR UNDER CONSIDERATION :

GERMANY : 27,5 % ,

BENELUX : 10,5 % ,

FRANCE : 19,0 % ,

ITALY : 15,0 % ,

DENMARK : 5,0 % ,

IRELAND : 1,0 % ,

UNITED KINGDOM : 22,0 % ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MORE PRECISE INFORMATION ALREADY AVAILABLE CONCERNING TRADE IN PLYWOOD , BLOCKBOARD , LAMINBOARD , BATTENBOARD AND SIMILAR LAMINATED PRODUCTS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THESE PERCENTAGES SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 4,78 , 2,76 , 0,35 , 1,05 , 4,58 , 1,98 AND 84,5 % RESPECTIVELY ;

WHEREAS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEMBER STATES' PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 44.15 , IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS IN RECENT YEARS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , IN PARTICULAR FROM MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE , HAVE BEEN INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY ; WHEREAS THE INTRODUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON THESE IMPORTS MIGHT ALTER TRADITIONAL TRADE FLOWS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH BENEFITED FROM DUTY-FREE ENTRY ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION IS A SPECIAL REASON FOR A PORTION OF THE SAID MEMBER STATE'S SHARE BEING ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE COUNTRIES COVERED BY THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;

WHEREAS IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE POSSIBLE , WITHOUT AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A , TO PROVIDE TEMPORARILY FOR A UTILIZATION SCHEME BASED ON A SINGLE ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE ALLOCATION SET OUT BY THIS REGULATION IN NO WAY PREJUDICES THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING THE GENERAL METHOD OF ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS COMPRISING THE SETTING UP OF A RESERVE SHARE ; WHEREAS AT THE PRESENT JUNCTURE IT APPEARS FEASIBLE THAT SUCH ALLOCATION COULD BE MADE ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES SET OUT ABOVE ;

WHEREAS THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE SHARES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO ABOVE , IN VIEW OF THE DURATION AND AMOUNT THEREOF , DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS INSTANCE TO COMPROMISE EQUAL ACCESS FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS FOR THIS SAME REASON IT WOULD APPEAR EXPEDIENT TO ALLOW EACH MEMBER STATE TO CHOOSE THE SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING ITS SHARE ;

WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTAS SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE RESERVE CONSTITUTED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE TENDS TO AVOID MAKING THE SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION OF THE QUOTA EXCESSIVELY RIGID , TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONCERNED AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE AIM ALREADY MENTIONED OF IMPROVING THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES SYSTEM ; WHEREAS TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL WHICH IN THE EVENT COULD NORMALLY BE ABOUT 80 % OF THE QUOTA VOLUMES ;

WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES ON THIS ACCOUNT IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED THAT EACH MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS EACH OF THE RESERVES ALLOWS ; WHEREAS EACH OF THESE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR USE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IT SEEMS ADVISABLE TO PERMIT THE MEMBER STATES TO LIMIT THE EXERCISE OF THEIR TOTAL OBLIGATION TO DRAW ON THE RESERVE AMOUNT TO A LEVEL NOT EXCEEDING 40 % OF THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TARIFF QUOTAS ARE USED AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;

WHEREAS IF , AT A SPECIFIED DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE BALANCE REMAINS IN ONE OF THE INITIAL SHARES OF ONE OR OTHER MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE RETURN A PORTION OF IT TO THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE IN ORDER TO AVOID A PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHEN IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS ;

WHEREAS SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED IN AND REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEXES A AND B SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR AMOUNTS WHICH SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN CUBIC METRES OR EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , AND WHICH SHALL BE INDICATED AGAINST EACH PRODUCT IN COLUMN 3 OF THOSE ANNEXES .

FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THIS REGULATION , THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ( EUA ) SHALL BE CONVERTED INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES AT THE FOLLOWING RATES :

1 EUA = DM

1 EUA = BFRS/LFRS

1 EUA = FL

1 EUA = FF

1 EUA = LIT

1 EUA = DKR

1 EUA = POUND IRL

1 EUA = POUND

THE APPLICATION OF THESE RATES MAY NOT RESULT , IN TERMS OF NATIONAL CURRENCY , IN CHARGES AGAINST EACH OF THE QUOTAS CONCERNED BEING LOWER THAN THOSE RESULTING FROM THE CORRESPONDING MINIMUM OBLIGATIONS LAID DOWN FOR 1978 .

2 . THESE TARIFF QUOTAS SHALL APPLY SOLELY IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX C . HOWEVER , THOSE IMPORTS WHICH ALREADY ENJOY EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THESE TARIFF QUOTAS . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION , THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINATING PRODUCTS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 .

3 . THE AMOUNT TO BE CHARGED IN RESPECT OF EACH COUNTRY OR TERRITORY REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 AGAINST EACH OF THE TARIFF QUOTA AMOUNTS MENTIONED ABOVE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT GIVEN IN COLUMN 4 OF ANNEXES A AND B AGAINST EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS .

4 . ANY AMENDMENT TO ANNEX C , IN PARTICULAR BY THE ADDITION OF NEW COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES ENJOYING TARIFF PREFERENCES , MAY ENTAIL A CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENT TO THE AMOUNTS OF THE QUOTAS AND TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS APPEARING IN COLUMNS 3 AND 4 OF ANNEXES A AND B .

5 . AFTER THE QUOTAS OPENED UNDER THIS REGULATION HAVE BEEN USED UP , COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D SHALL CONTINUE TO BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE ALLOCATED IN SHARES WHICH SHALL BE FOR EACH MEMBER STATE THE AMOUNTS GIVEN IN COLUMN 5 OF ANNEX A AGAINST THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION .

ARTICLE 3

1 . A FIRST TRANCHE OF EACH OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS LISTED IN ANNEX B , EXPRESSED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT IN COLUMN 5 OF ANNEX B , SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE SHARES WHICH , SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 6 , SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1978 , SHALL FOR EACH MEMBER STATE BE AS INDICATED IN COLUMN 6 OF ANNEX B AGAINST EACH OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED THEREIN .

2 . THE SECOND TRANCHE OF EACH OF THE TARIFF QUOTAS SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE SPECIFIED IN EACH CASE IN COLUMN 7 OF ANNEX B .

ARTICLE 4

1 . IF A MEMBER STATE HAS USED 90 % OR MORE OF ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES AS FIXED IN ANNEX B , OR OF THAT SHARE MINUS ANY PORTION RETURNED TO THE RESERVE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6 , IT SHALL FORTHWITH , BY NOTIFYING THE COMMISSION , DRAW A SECOND SHARE , TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RESERVE SO PERMITS , EQUAL TO 10 % OF ITS INITIAL SHARE , ROUNDED UP SHOULD THE OCCASION ARISE TO THE NEAREST UNIT ABOVE .

2 . IF A MEMBER STATE , AFTER EXHAUSTING ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES , HAS USED 90 % OR MORE OF THE SECOND SHARE DRAWN BY IT , THAT MEMBER STATE SHALL DRAW A THIRD SHARE , UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 1 , TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RESERVE SO PERMITS , EQUAL TO 5 % OF ITS INITIAL SHARE .

3 . IF A MEMBER STATE , AFTER EXHAUSTING ITS SECOND SHARE , HAS USED 90 % OR MORE OF THE THIRD SHARE DRAWN BY IT , THAT MEMBER STATE SHALL DRAW A FOURTH SHARE UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS EQUAL TO THE THIRD .

THIS PROCESS SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE RESERVE HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED .

4 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM PARAGRAPHS 1 , 2 AND 3 , MEMBER STATES MAY DRAW SHARES LOWER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THOSE PARAGRAPHS IF THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT THOSE SPECIFIED MAY NOT BE USED IN FULL . MEMBER STATES APPLYING THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION OF ITS GROUNDS FOR SO DOING .

5 . ANY MEMBER STATE MAY LIMIT THE SUM TOTAL OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES TO 40 % OF ITS INITIAL SHARE , INFORMING THE COMMISSION THAT IT IS SO DOING . HOWEVER , FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 41.02 EX B , 42.02 B AND 42.03 A , B II , B III AND C , THIS PERCENTAGE IS RAISED TO 50 % .

ARTICLE 5

ANY ADDITIONAL SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 6

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL RETURN TO THE RESERVE , NOT LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 1980 , THE UNUSED PORTION OF THEIR INITIAL SHARE WHICH , ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1980 IS IN EXCESS OF 20 % OF THEIR INITIAL AMOUNT . THEY MAY RETURN A LARGER PORTION IF THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT SUCH PORTION MAY NOT BE USED IN FULL .

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 1980 , NOTIFY THE COMMISSION OF THE TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED EFFECTED UP TO AND INCLUDING 15 SEPTEMBER 1980 AND CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY QUOTA AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , THE PROPORTION OF THEIR INITIAL SHARE THAT IS BEING RETURNED TO THE RESERVE .

ARTICLE 7

THE COMMISSION SHALL KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF THE SHARES OPENED BY THE MEMBER STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 3 AND 4 AND SHALL , AS SOON AS THE INFORMATION REACHES IT , INFORM EACH STATE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESERVE HAS BEEN USED UP .

IT SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 15 OCTOBER 1980 , INFORM THE MEMBER STATE OF THE AMOUNT STILL IN RESERVE FOLLOWING ANY RETURN OF SHARES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6 .

IT SHALL ENSURE THAT WHEN AN AMOUNT EXHAUSTING THE RESERVE IS DRAWN THE AMOUNT SO DRAWN DOES NOT EXCEED THE BALANCE AVAILABLE , AND TO THIS END SHALL NOTIFY THE AMOUNT OF THAT BALANCE TO THE MEMBER STATE MAKING THE LAST DRAWING .

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT ADDITIONAL SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 ARE OPENED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IMPORTS MAY BE CHARGED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AGAINST THEIR CUMULATIVE SHARES OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA .

ARTICLE 8

1 . THE MEMBER STATES SHALL ENSURE FREE ACCESS TO THE SHARES WHICH HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THEM FOR IMPORTERS OF THE SAID GOODS WHO ARE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY .

2 . THE EXTENT TO WHICH A MEMBER STATE HAS USED UP ITS SHARE SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF IMPORTS OF THE SAID GOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERED FOR HOME USE , ON THE BASIS OF THE CUSTOMS VALUE OF THE SAID GOODS , AND WHICH ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) .

3 . GOODS SHALL QUALIFY FOR A TARIFF QUOTA ONLY IF THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 IS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE LEVYING OF DUTIES IS RE-INTRODUCED .

ARTICLE 9

THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) IS OBSERVED . WHEN THE CHARGES , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN EACH OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX C , AGAINST ANY ONE OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS REACH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT LAID DOWN IN COLUMN 4 OF ANNEXES A AND B , THE COMMISSION SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE MEMBER STATES OF THE DATE ON WHICH , AS A RESULT OF THIS FACT , THE NORMAL TARIFF IS TO BE RE-INTRODUCED IN RESPECT OF THE COUNTRY OR TERRITORY IN QUESTION . THIS NOTIFICATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

ARTICLE 10

MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION ON REQUEST OR AT LEAST MONTHLY OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION CHARGED AGAINST THEIR SHARES .

ARTICLE 11

MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION SHALL COOPERATE CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES ARE OBSERVED .

ARTICLE 12

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS ,

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO C

( 2 ) OJ NO C

( 3 ) OJ NO L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 1 .

ANNEX A

PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 SUBJECT TO A ZERO-DUTY COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA UNDER THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES GRANTED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

ONDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *QUOTA AMOUNT ( IN EUA ( A ) ) ( 3 ) *MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( 4 ) *SHARE OF QUOTA AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ( A ) ) ( 5 ) *

**** % *EUA ( A )**

1*44.15*PLYWOOD , BLOCK-BOARD , LAMINBOARD , BATTENBOARD AND SIMILAR LAMINATED WOOD PRODUCTS ( INCLUDING VENEERED PANELS AND SHEETS ) ; INLAID WOOD AND WOOD MARQUETRY*311 578 M3 ( 1)*30*93 473 M3 ( 1)*GERMANY : 14 893 M3*

******BENELUX : 8 600 M3*

******FRANCE : 1 091 M3*

******ITALY : 3 272 M3*

******DENMARK : 14 270 M3*

******IRELAND : 6 169 M3*

******UNITED KINGDOM : 263 283 M3 ( 1 )*

2*64.01*FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES AND UPPERS OF RUBBER OR ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC MATERIAL*2 664 000*20*532 800*GERMANY : 719 280*

******BENELUX : 266 400*

******FRANCE : 492 840*

******ITALY : 372 960*

******DENMARK : 132 200*

******IRELAND : 13 320*

******UNITED KINGDOM : 666 000*

3*64.02 (*)* FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER ; FOOTWEAR ( OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 64.01 ) WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER OR ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC MATERIAL : *20 787 000*15 3 118 050*GERMANY : 5 612 490*

******BENELUX : 2 078 700*

******FRANCE : 3 845 595*

******ITALY : 2 910 180*

******DENMARK : 1 039 350*

******IRELAND : 103 395*

******UNITED KINGDOM : 5 196 750*

**A . FOOTWEAR WITH UPPERS OF LEATHER*****

4*64.02*FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER , FOOTWEAR ( OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 64.01 ) WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER OR ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC MATERIAL : *11 541 000*15*1 731 150*GERMANY : 3 116 070*

******BENELUX : 1 154 100*

******FRANCE : 2 135 085*

******ITALY : 1 615 740*

******DENMARK : 577 050*

******IRELAND : 57 705*

******UNITED KINGDOM : 2 885 250*

**B . OTHER*****

( A ) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED .

( 1 ) THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) DO NOT APPLY UP TO A PROPORTION LIMITED TO 141 305 M3 OF THE SHARE ALLOCATED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM .

(*) PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 64.02 A , ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN SECTION II OF ANNEX C , ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE BENEFIT OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA .

ANNEX B

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 SUBJECT TO ZERO-DUTY COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS UNDER THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES GRANTED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *QUOTA AMOUNT ( IN EUA ) ( 3 ) *MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( 4 ) *AMOUNT OF FIRST TRANCHE ( IN EUA ) ( 5 ) *INITIAL SHARE OF QUOTA AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ) ( 6 ) *AMOUNT OF RESERVE ( IN EUA ) ( 7 ) *

**** % *EUA****

1*29.23 ( A)*SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION AMINOCOMPOUNDS : *617 500*50*308 500*493 600*GERMANY : 135 740*123 400*

*******BENELUX : 51 828**

*******FRANCE : 93 784**

*******ITALY : 74 040**

*******DENMARK : 24 680**

*******IRELAND : 4 936**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 108 592**

**D . AMINO-ACIDS : *******

**III . GLUTAMIC ACID AND ITS SALTS*******

2*41.02*BOVINE CATTLE LEATHER ( INCLUDING BUFFALO LEATHER ) AND EQUINE LEATHER , EXCEPT LEATHER FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 41.06 OR 41.08 : *19 864 580*30*5 959 375*13 905 205*GERMANY : 3 823 930*5 959 375*

*******BENELUX : 1 460 050**

*******FRANCE : 2 641 990**

*******ITALY : 2 085 780**

*******DENMARK : 695 260**

*******IRELAND : 139 050**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 3 059 145**

**EX B . OTHER , EXCLUDING LEATHER NOT FURTHER PREPARED THAN TANNED*******

( A ) PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA AND WHICH FALL WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *QUOTA AMOUNT ( IN EUA ) ( 3 ) *MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( 4 ) *AMOUNT OF FIRST TRANCHE ( IN EUA ) ( 5 ) *INITIAL SHARE OF QUOTA AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ) ( 6 ) *AMOUNT OF RESERVE ( IN EUA ) ( 7 ) *

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3*42.02*TRAVEL GOODS ( FOR EXAMPLE , TRUNKS , SUITCASES , HAT-BOXES , TRAVELLING-BAGS , RUCKSACKS ) , SHOPPINGBAGS , HANDBAGS , SATCHELS , BRIEFCASES , WALLETS , PURSES , TOILET-CASES , TOOL-CASES , TOBACCO-POUCHES , SHEATHS , CASES , BOXES ( FOR EXAMPLE , FOR ARMS , MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS , BINOCULARS , JEWELLERY , BOTTLES , COLLARS , FOOTWEAR , BRUSHES ) AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS , OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER , OF VULCANIZED FIBRE , OF ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC SHEETING , OF PAPERBOARD OR OF TEXTILE FABRIC : *6 651 000*30*1 995 300*5 320 800*GERMANY : 1 463 220*1 330 200*

*******BENELUX : 558 684**

*******FRANCE : 1 010 952**

*******ITALY : 798 120**

*******DENMARK : 266 040**

*******IRELAND : 53 208**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 1 170 576**

**A . OF ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC SHEETING*******

4*42.02*TRAVEL GOODS ( FOR EXAMPLE , TRUNKS , SUIT-CASES , HATBOXES , TRAVELLING-BAGS , RUCKSACKS ) , SHOPPING-BAGS , HANDBAGS , SATCHELS , BRIEFCASES , WALLETS , PURSES , TOILET-CASES , TOOL-CASES , TOBACCO-POUCHES , SHEATHS , CASES , BOXES ( FOR EXAMPLE , FOR ARMS , MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS , BINOCULARS , JEWELLERY , BOTTLES , COLLARS , FOOTWEAR , BRUSHES ) AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS , OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER , OF VULCANIZED FIBRE , OF ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC SHEETING , OF PAPERBOARD OR OF TEXTILE FABRIC : *14 358 000*30*4 307 400*10 050 600*GERMANY : 2 763 915*4 307 400*

*******BENELUX : 1 055 313**

*******FRANCE : 1 909 614**

*******ITALY : 1 507 590**

*******DENMARK : 502 530**

*******IRELAND : 100 506**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 2 211 132**

**B . OF OTHER MATERIALS*******

5*42.03*ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES , OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER : *15 491 000*30*4 647 300*10 843 700*GERMANY : 2 982 018*4 647 300*

*******BENELUX : 1 138 588**

*******FRANCE : 2 060 303**

*******ITALY : 1 626 555**

*******DENMARK : 542 185**

*******IRELAND : 108 437**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 2 385 614**

**A . ARTICLES OF APPAREL*******

**B . GLOVES , INCLUDING MITTENS AND MITTS : *******

**II . SPECIAL FOR SPORTS*******

**III . OTHER*******

**C . OTHER CLOTHING ACCESSORIES*******

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *QUOTA AMOUNT ( IN EUA ) ( 3 ) *MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( 4 ) *AMOUNT OF FIRST TRANCHE ( IN EUA ) ( 5 ) *INITIAL SHARE OF QUOTA AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ) ( 6 ) *AMOUNT OF RESERVE ( IN EUA ) ( 7 ) *

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6*85.15*RADIOTELEGRAPHIC AND RADIOTELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS ; RADIO-BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS ( INCLUDING RECEIVERS INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS ) AND TELEVISION CAMERAS ; RADIO NAVIGATIONAL AID APPARATUS , RADAR APPARATUS AND RADIO REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS : *24 509 000*15*3 676 350*19 607 200*GERMANY : 5 391 980*4 901 800*

*******BENELUX : 2 058 756**

*******FRANCE : 3 725 368**

*******ITALY : 2 941 080**

*******DENMARK : 980 360**

*******IRELAND : 196 072**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 4 313 584**

**A . RADIOTELEGRAPHIC AND RADIOTELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS ; RADIO-BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS ( INCLUDING RECEIVERS INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS ) AND TELEVISION CAMERAS : *******

**III . RECEIVERS , WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED WITH A SOUND RECORDER OR REPRODUCER*******

**C . PARTS OF THE GOODS OF SUBHEADINGS A AND B ABOVE : *******

**III . OTHER*******

7*85.21*THERMIONIC , COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ( INCLUDING VAPOUR OR GAS-FILLED VALVES AND TUBES , CATHODE-RAY TUBES , TELEVISION CAMERA TUBES AND MERCURY ARE RECTIFYING VALVES AND TUBES ) ; PHOTOCELLS ; MOUNTED PIEZO-ELECTRIC CRYSTALS ; DIODES , TRANSISTORS AND SIMILAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES ; ELECTRONIC MICRO-CIRCUITS : *8 024 000*20*1 604 800*6 419 200*GERMANY : 1 765 280*1 604 800*

*******BENELUX : 674 016**

*******FRANCE : 1 219 648**

*******ITALY : 962 880**

*******DENMARK : 320 960**

*******IRELAND : 64 192**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 1 412 224**

**D . DIODES , TRANSISTORS AND SIMILAR SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICES ; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES ; ELECTRONIC MICRO-CIRCUITS*******

**E . PARTS*******

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *QUOTA AMOUNT ( IN EUA ) ( 3 ) *MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( 4 ) *AMOUNT OF FIRST TRANCHE ( IN EUA ) ( 5 ) *INITIAL SHARE OF QUOTA AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO MEMBER STATES ( IN EUA ) ( 6 ) *AMOUNT OF RESERVE ( IN EUA ) ( 7 ) *

**** % *EUA****

8*94.01*CHAIRS AND OTHER SEATS ( OTHER THAN THOSE FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 94.02 ) , WHETHER OR NOT CONVERTIBLE INTO BEDS , AND PARTS THEREOF : *24 511 000*20*4 902 200*19 608 800*GERMANY : 5 392 420*4 902 200*

*******BENELUX : 2 058 924**

*******FRANCE : 3 725 672**

*******ITALY : 2 941 320**

*******DENMARK : 980 440**

*******IRELAND : 196 088**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 4 313 936**

**B . OTHER*******

9*94.03*OTHER FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF*18 392 000*20*3 678 400*14 713 600*GERMANY : 4 046 240*3 678 400*

*******BENELUX : 1 544 928**

*******FRANCE : 2 795 584**

*******ITALY : 2 207 040**

*******DENMARK : 735 680**

*******IRELAND : 147 136**

*******UNITED KINGDOM : 3 236 992**

ANNEX C

LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ENJOYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES ( 1 )

I . INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

660 AFGHANISTAN ( 2 )

208 ALGERIA

330 ANGOLA

528 ARGENTINA

453 BAHAMAS

640 BAHRAIN

666 BANGLADESH ( 2 )

469 BARBADOS

284 BENIN ( 2 )

675 BHUTAN ( 2 )

516 BOLIVIA

391 BOTSWANA ( 2 )

508 BRAZIL

676 BURMA

328 BURUNDI ( 2 )

302 CAMEROON

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE ( 2 )

244 CHAD ( 2 )

512 CHILE

480 COLOMBIA

375 COMOROS

318 CONGO

436 COSTA RICA

448 CUBA

600 CYPRUS

456 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

500 ECUADOR

220 EGYPT

428 EL SALVADOR

310 EQUATORIAL GUINEA

334 ETHIOPIA ( 2 )

815 FIJI

314 GABON

252 GAMBIA ( 2 )

276 GHANA

473 GRENADA

416 GUATEMALA

260 GUINEA ( 2 )

257 GUINEA BISSAU

488 GUYANA

452 HAITI ( 2 )

424 HONDURAS

664 INDIA

700 INDONESIA

616 IRAN

612 IRAQ

272 IVORY COAST

464 JAMAICA

338 JIBUTI

628 JORDAN

696 KAMPUCHEA ( CAMBODIA )

346 KENYA

636 KUWAIT

684 LAOS ( 2 )

604 LEBANON

395 LESOTHO ( 2 )

268 LIBERIA

216 LIBYA

370 MADAGASCAR

386 MALAWI ( 2 )

701 MALAYSIA

667 MALDIVES ( 2 )

232 MALI ( 2 )

228 MAURITANIA

373 MAURITIUS

412 MEXICO

204 MOROCCO

366 MOZAMBIQUE

803 NAURU

672 NEPAL ( 2 )

432 NICARAGUA

240 NIGER ( 2 )

288 NIGERIA

652 NORTH YEMEN ( 2 )

649 OMAN

662 PAKISTAN

440 PANAMA

801 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

520 PARAGUAY

504 PERU

708 PHILIPPINES

644 QATAR

247 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

324 RWANDA ( 2 )

819 SAMOA ( 2 )

311 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

632 SAUDI ARABIA

248 SENEGAL

355 SEYCHELLES AND DEPENDENCIES

264 SIERRA LEONE

706 SINGAPORE

812 SOLOMON ISLANDS

342 SOMALIA ( 2 )

728 SOUTH KOREA

656 SOUTH YEMEN ( 2 )

669 SRI LANKA

224 SUDAN ( 2 )

492 SURINAM

393 SWAZILAND

608 SYRIA

352 TANZANIA ( 2 )

680 THAILAND

280 TOGO

817 TONGA

472 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

212 TUNISIA

812 TUVALU

350 UGANDA ( 2 )

647 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

236 UPPER VOLTA ( 2 )

524 URUGUAY

484 VENEZUELA

690 VIETNAM

048 YUGOSLAVIA

322 ZAIRE

378 ZAMBIA

II . COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

DEPENDENT OR ADMINISTERED , OR FOR WHOSE EXTERNAL RELATIONS MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY OR THIRD COUNTRIES ARE WHOLLY OR PARTLY RESPONSIBLE

808 AMERICAN OCEANIA ( 3 )

802 AUSTRALIAN OCEANIA ( CHRISTMAS ISLAND , COCOS ( KEELING ) ISLANDS , HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS , NORFOLK ISLAND )

421 BELIZE

413 BERMUDA

357 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

812 BRITISH OCEANIA

703 BRUNEI

463 CAYMAN ISLANDS

529 FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES

822 FRENCH POLYNESIA

044 GIBRALTAR

740 HONG KONG

743 MACAO

377 MAYOTTE

476 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

809 NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES

816 NEW HEBRIDES

814 NEW ZEALAND OCEANIA ( TOKELAU AND NIUE ISLANDS ; COOK ISLANDS )

890 POLAR REGIONS ( FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES )

329 ST HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES

454 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

457 VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES

811 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

471 WEST INDIES

NOTE : THE ABOVE LISTS MAY BE AMENDED SUBSEQUENTLY TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES .

( 1 ) THE CODE NUMBER PRECEDING THE NAME OF EACH BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY IS THAT GIVEN IN " GEONOMENCLATURE 1979 " ( REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2843/78 - OJ NO L 339 , 5 . 12 . 1978 , P . 5 ) .

( 2 ) THIS COUNTRY IS ALSO INCLUDED IN ANNEX D .

( 3 ) AMERICAN OCEANIA INCLUDES : GUAM , AMERICAN SAMOA ( INCLUDING SWAIN'S ISLAND ) , MIDWAY ISLANDS , JOHNSTON AND SAND ISLANDS , WAKE ISLAND AND THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ( THE CAROLINE , MARIANAS AND MARSHALL ISLANDS ) .

ANNEX D

LIST OF LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

660 AFGHANISTAN

666 BANGLADESH

284 BENIN

675 BHUTAN

391 BOTSWANA

328 BURUNDI

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE

244 CHAD

334 ETHIOPIA

252 GAMBIA

260 GUINEA

452 HAITI

684 LAOS

395 LESOTHO

386 MALAWI

667 MALDIVES

232 MALI

672 NEPAL

240 NIGER

652 NORTH YEMEN

324 RWANDA

819 SAMOA

342 SOMALIA

656 SOUTH YEMEN

224 SUDAN

352 TANZANIA

350 UGANDA

236 UPPER VOLTA

PROPOSAL FOR A

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO .../79

OF

OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PREFERENTIAL COMMUNITY TARIFF CEILINGS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS , WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF UNCTAD , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OFFERED TO GRANT TARIFF PREFERENCES ON FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS COMING FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PROPOSED IN THAT OFFER COVERS , GENERALLY SPEAKING , ALL FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COVERED BY CHAPTERS 25 TO 99 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF WHICH ORIGINATE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENCE CONSISTS IN THE GRANTING OF EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES ; WHEREAS PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS ARE EFFECTED UP TO THE LEVEL OF CEILINGS CALCULATED BY VALUE IN RESPECT OF EACH PRODUCT ON THE BASIS OF FACTORS WHICH ARE UNIFORM FOR ALL THE PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS IN ORDER THAT THE PREFERENCES GRANTED TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THAT A SUBSTANTIAL SHARE SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE LEAST COMPETITIVE , PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS FROM ANY ONE DEVELOPING COUNTRY IN RESPECT OF A GIVEN PRODUCT SHOULD NOT , AS A GENERAL RULE , EXCEED 50 % OF THE CEILING FIXED FOR THAT PRODUCT ;

WHEREAS , IN THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY , THE ANNUAL CEILINGS SHOULD NORMALLY BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE TOTAL VALUE FOR 1968 CIF IMPORTS FROM THE COUNTRIES BENEFITING FROM THIS SCHEME , EXCLUDING THOSE ALREADY ENJOYING VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY ( BASIC AMOUNT ) , PLUS 5 % OF THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM THE COUNTRIES ALREADY ENJOYING SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ( ADDITIONAL AMOUNT ) ; WHEREAS SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS VARIABLE AND IS CALCULATED EACH YEAR ON THE BASIS OF THE LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE , PROVIDED THAT THIS ENTAILS NO REDUCTION IN THE CEILING ;

WHEREAS THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY INCLUDES A CLAUSE STATING THAT THE COMMUNITY DREW UP THE OFFER ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL THE MAIN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE OECD WOULD PARTICIPATE IN GRANTING PREFERENCES AND WOULD MAKE SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , IT IS EVIDENT FROM THE CONCLUSIONS WORKED OUT IN UNCTAD THAT THIS OFFER , WHILE BEING OF A TEMPORARY NATURE , DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A BINDING COMMITMENT AND , IN PARTICULAR , MAY BE WITHDRAWN WHOLLY OR IN PART AT A LATER DATE ; WHEREAS THIS POSSIBILITY MAY BE ADOPTED INTER ALIA WITH A VIEW TO REMEDYING ANY UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONS WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN THE ACP STATES FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;

WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF STATE OR OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES AND THE STATES ACCEDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES HELD IN PARIS FROM 19 TO 21 OCTOBER 1972 INVITED THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEMBER STATES PROGRESSIVELY TO ADOPT AN OVERALL POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE COMPRISING IN PARTICULAR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING A STEADY INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS TARIFF PREFERENCES HAVE BEEN APPLIED FROM THE SECOND HALF OF 1971 UNDER THE CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENCES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT 1980 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER CONCERNED AND TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES , THE ABOVEMENTIONED BASIC AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS REFER TO 1977 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD OF CALCULATION SHOULD REMAIN COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PREFERENCE SCHEME IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF ADAPTATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AFFECTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS FOR THIS PURPOSE IT WOULD APPEAR APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT FOR SOME PRODUCTS THE CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT RESULTING FROM THE SAID METHOD TO A LEVEL WHICH DOES NOT IN GENERAL EXCEED 110 % OF THE CORRESPONDING PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS OPEN IN 1979 ;

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT SHOULD REMAIN THE ONLY UNIT TO BE USED WITHIN THE PREFERENCE SYSTEM , ALONG WITH ITS RATES FOR CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL 23 TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION ( 3 ) , THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCE SCHEME BECAME FULLY APPLICABLE IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES ON 1 JANUARY 1974 ;

WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT , THEREFORE , IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX A WHICH ORIGINATE IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B , THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD ANOW , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF THESE PRODUCTS AND THROUGHOUT 1980 , DUTY-FREE IMPORTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS CALCULATED IN THE MANNER SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF SUCH TARIFF EXEMPTION SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " BEING DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS ( 4 ) ; WHEREAS CHARGES AGAINST EACH OF THESE CEILINGS MUST , AS A GENERAL RULE , COME WITHIN A COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 50 % IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN QUESTION ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM , THE COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT SHOULD , FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS , BE REDUCED TO 20 , 30 OR 40 % ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE TOKYO DECLARATION , THE COMMUNITY REAFFIRMED THAT SPECIAL TREATMENT SHOULD BE GRANTED TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED AMONG THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHENEVER THIS IS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , CHARGES OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES APPEARING ON THE LIST DRAWN UP UNDER UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 3487 ( XXX ) OF 12 DECEMBER 1975 SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY CEILING OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT ;

WHEREAS THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A WERE IN GENERAL PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO PREFERENTIAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS ;

WHEREAS EXPERIENCE IN RECENT YEARS HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IMPROVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCES SCHEME CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF AN EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE A MORE BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADVANTAGES GRANTED TO ALL THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ; WHEREAS FOR THIS REASON AND IN ORDER TO AFFORD EACH OF THEM EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THE PREFERENTIAL CEILINGS , IT SEEMS ADEQUATE TO LIMIT TO 15 % THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR EACH OF THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH HAVE EITHER REACHED THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN PRODUCT DURING TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS SINCE 1972 OR WHICH , ACCORDING TO THE MOST UP-TO-DATE STATISTICS AVAILABLE , SUPPLY THE COMMUNITY WITH AT LEAST 40 % OF ITS IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION FROM THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AS A WHOLE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN ORDER TO AVOID DAMAGING THE INTERESTS OF THE LESS FAVOURED OF THESE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THE 15 % LIMIT WILL NOT BE APPLIED IN THE CASE OF THOSE WHICH HAVE A VERY LOW PER CAPITA NATIONAL PRODUCT , OR WHICH FOR A GIVEN PRODUCT HAVE CHARGED AGAINST THE PREFERENCES AN AMOUNT REPRESENTING AT LEAST 10 % OF THEIR DELIVERIES TO THE COMMUNITY OF INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCES SCHEME ; WHEREAS , IN ADDITION , IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ARE NOT LESS THAN THOSE FIXED HITHERTO , THE ABOVEMENTIONED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 15 % SHALL IN GENERAL ONLY APPLY OR SHALL ONLY BECOME APPLICABLE WHERE , IN ABSOLUTE VALUE , IT IS HIGHER THAN THE LEVEL DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE 1974 PREFERENCES ;

WHEREAS , FURTHERMORE , FOR SOME OF THE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE FIXING OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AT 15 % , THIS IMPROVEMENT IS CONDITIONAL UPON THE INTRODUCTION OF MEASURES CALCULATED TO ENCOURAGE THE PRINCIPAL SUPPLIERS BENEFITING FROM THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE A BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR DELIVERIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING THEM IN SPECIFIC AREAS , OR EVEN IN ONE SINGLE AREA OF THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS TO THIS END GENERAL PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTIES TO BE RE-INTRODUCED IN A MEMBER STATE WHEN PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN A SINGLE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY REACH 100 % OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ENVISAGED ABOVE ; WHEREAS THIS MEASURE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE IMMEDIATE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTIES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL WHEN PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS REACH THE COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ; WHEREAS , AS REGARDS THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS , THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT PROVISION BEING MADE ONLY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY'S RE-INTRODUCING THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTIES WHEN THE SAID CEILINGS ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS , UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES , THESE OBJECTIVES MAY BE REACHED BY APPLYING A METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION BASED ON THE CHARGING , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AGAINST THE ABOVEMENTIONED CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS , OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED AS AND WHEN THESE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED FOR HOME USE AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AS SOON AS THE SAID CEILINGS OR MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS SUCH METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR VERY CLOSE AND PARTICULARLY RAPID COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE EVERY 10 DAYS THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST THE CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ; WHEREAS SUCH COOPERATION SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE NEED FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY WHEN ANY OF THE CEILINGS OR MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ARE REACHED ;

WHEREAS SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED IN AND REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED , SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) OF THIS REGULATION .

2 . THIS SUSPENSION SHALL BE ENJOYED SOLELY BY PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B . HOWEVER , IMPORTS ALREADY ENJOYING EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THE CEILINGS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION , THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINATING PRODUCTS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 .

3 . SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) , THIS SUSPENSION SHALL BE GRANTED , IN RESPECT OF EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS GIVEN IN ANNEX A , COLUMN 3 .

FOR THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED CALCULATIONS , ALL STATISTICAL DATA ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS BEING EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .

4 . SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) , WITHIN EACH CEILING THUS CALCULATED , CHARGES OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B SHOULD NOT EXCEED A COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OR IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT AGAINST EACH OF THE PRODUCTS IN COLUMN 3 OF ANNEX A .

5 . ANY AMENDMENT TO ANNEX B , IN PARTICULAR BY THE ADDITION OF NEW COUNTRIES ENJOYING TARIFF PREFERENCES , MAY ENTAIL A CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 .

ARTICLE 2

1 . AS SOON AS THE CEILINGS FIXED OR CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) , WHICH ARE LAID DOWN FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ALL OF THE COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) , ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES CONCERNED MAY AT ANY TIME BE RE-INTRODUCED UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) .

2 . AS SOON AS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 1 ( 4 ) FOR IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN EACH OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL FOR ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES , THE COMMISSION SHALL WITHOUT DELAY INFORM THE MEMBER STATES OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE NORMAL TARIFF MUST BE RESTORED IN RESPECT OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES CONCERNED . THIS INFORMATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ONE OR OTHER OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES INDICATED BY THREE ASTERISKS IN COLUMN 3 OF ANNEX A , WHEN THE AMOUNTS CHARGED AGAINST THE PREFERENCES REACH THE COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT IN ONE MEMBER STATE , THAT MEMBER STATE SHALL WITHOUT DELAY RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY . IT SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION , WHICH SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF THIS FACT , AT THE SAME TIME FIXING THE EARLIEST DATE ON WHICH THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL TARIFF MUST BE RE-INTRODUCED IN THESE STATES ALSO . THIS INFORMATION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

3 . HOWEVER , PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE IMPORTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX C .

4 . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS , WHERE THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY IS RE-INTRODUCED UNDER THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 5 ) THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE COMMISSION , WHICH SHALL WITHOUT DELAY INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 3

1 . IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION SHALL BE CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS AS AND WHEN THE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED FOR HOME USE , ON THE BASIS OF THE CUSTOMS VALUE OF THE SAID PRODUCTS , AND PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) .

2 . GOODS MAY BE CHARGED AGAINST A CEILING OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT ONLY IF THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 IS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE LEVYING OF DUTIES IS RE-INTRODUCED .

3 . THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY USED UP SHALL BE DETERMINED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL AND IN THE MEMBER STATES ON THE BASIS OF THE IMPORTS CHARGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 .

ARTICLE 4

1 . THE COMMISSION , IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE MEMBER STATES , SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE ABOVE PROVISIONS ARE APPLIED .

2 . THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE REGULATIONS TO RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CEILINGS ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) .

ARTICLE 5

MEMBER STATES SHALL WHEN REQUESTED INFORM THE COMMISSION OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) .

UNTIL THE LEVYING OF THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTIES IS RE-INTRODUCED THE INFORMATION SHALL COVER , IN PARTICULAR , AND AUTOMATICALLY , THE RETURNS RELATING TO THE AMOUNTS CHARGED AGAINST THE PREFERENCES DURING THE PREVIOUS 10 DAYS , WHICH MUST BE FORWARDED WITHIN FIVE FULL DAYS OF THE END OF EACH 10-DAY PERIOD .

ARTICLE 6

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS ,

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO C

( 2 ) OJ NO C

( 3 ) OJ NO L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 1 .

ANNEX A

LIST OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , ENJOYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES , IN RESPECT OF WHICH DUTIES UNDER THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ARE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN THE LIMIT OF COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS PER BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ( A )

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ( 3 ) *

1*28.56*CARBIDES , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 1 092 000 EUA REDUCED TO 195 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**C . OF CALCIUM**

2*31.05*OTHER FERTILIZERS ; GOODS OF THE PRESENT CHAPTER IN TABLETS , LOZENGES AND SIMILAR PREPARED FORMS OR IN PACKINGS OF A GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 10 KG : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 14 299 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 2 144 850 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**A . OTHER FERTILIZERS : **

**I . CONTAINING THE THREE FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES : NITROGEN , PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM**

**II . CONTAINING THE TWO FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES : NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS**

**III . CONTAINING THE TWO FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES : NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM : **

**B ) OTHER**

**IV . OTHER**

**B . GOODS OF THE PRESENT CHAPTER IN TABLETS , LOZENGES AND SIMILAR PREPARED FORMS OR IN PACKINGS OF A GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 10 KG**

3*39.03*REGENERATED CELLULOSE ; CELLULOSE NITRATE , CELLULOSE ACETATE AND OTHER CELLULOSE ESTERS , CELLULOSE ETHERS AND OTHER CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF CELLULOSE , PLASTICIZED OR NOT ( FOR EXAMPLE , COLLODIONS , CELLULOID ) ; VULCANIZED FIBRE : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 2 453 000 EUA REDUCED TO 418 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**B . OTHER : **

**I . REGENERATED CELLULOSE**

4*39.03*REGENERATED CELLULOSE ; CELLULOSE NITRATE , CELLULOSE ACETATE AND OTHER CELLULOSE ESTERS , CELLULOSE ETHERS AND OTHER CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF CELLULOSE , PLASTICIZED OR NOT ( FOR EXAMPLE , COLLODIONS , CELLULOID ) ; VULCANIZED FIBRE : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 975 000 EUA REDUCED TO 146 250 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**B . OTHER : **

**II . CELLULOSE NITRATES**

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ( 3 ) *

5*48.01 ( B)*PAPER AND PAPERBOARD ( INCLUDING CELLULOSE WADDING ) , IN ROLLS OR SHEETS : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 45 781 000 EUA REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 6 867 150 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**C . KRAFT PAPER AND KRAFT BOARD : **

**II . OTHER**

6*67.04 ( B)*WIGS , FALSE BEARDS , EYEBROWS AND EYE LASHES , SWITCHES AND THE LIKE , OF HUMAN OR ANIMAL HAIR OR OF TEXTILES ; OTHER ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR ( INCLUDING HAIR NETS ) *30 % OF A CEILING OF 35 346 000 EUA REDUCED TO 6 147 000 EUA FOR SOUTH KOREA (***)*

7*69.02 ( B)*REFRACTORY BRICKS , BLOCKS , TILES AND SIMILAR REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTIONAL GOODS , OTHER THAN GOODS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 69.01*50 % OF A CEILING OF 9 736 000 EUA REDUCED TO 1 693 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

8*69.08*GLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES*50 % OF A CEILING OF 7 179 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 1 076 850 EUA FOR SOUTH KOREA (***)*

9*70.05*UNWORKED DRAWN OR BLOWN GLASS ( INCLUDING FLASHED GLASS ) , IN RECTANGLES*50 % OF A CEILING OF 5 457 000 EUA REDUCED TO 818 550 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

10*70.13*GLASSWARE ( OTHER THAN ARTICLES FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 70.19 ) OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR TABLE , KITCHEN , TOILET OR OFFICE PURPOSES , FOR INDOOR DECORATION , OR FOR SIMILAR USES*30 % OF A CEILING OF 6 447 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 967 050 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

11*71.16*IMITATION JEWELLERY*50 % OF A CEILING OF 17 690 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 2 653 500 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***)*

12*73.18*TUBES AND PIPES AND BLANKS THEREFOR , OF IRON ( OTHER THAN OF CAST IRON ) OR STEEL , EXCLUDING HIGH-PRESSURE HYDRO-ELECTRIC CONDUITS*50 % OF A CEILING OF 13 691 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 2 289 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

13*74.03*WROUGHT BARS , RODS , ANGLES , SHAPES AND SECTIONS , OF COPPER ; COPPER WIRE*50 % OF A CEILING OF 6 294 000 EUA REDUCED TO 1 095 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

14*79.03*WROUGHT PLATES , SHEETS AND STRIP , OF ZINC ; ZINC FOIL ; ZINC POWDERS AND FLAKES : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 4 285 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 743 000 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**A . PLATES , SHEETS , STRIP AND FOIL**

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ( 3 ) *

15*85.01*ELECTRICAL GOODS OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS : GENERATORS , MOTORS CONVERTERS ( ROTARY OR STATIC ) , TRANSFORMERS , RECTIFIERS AND RECTIFYING APPARATUS , INDUCTORS : *40 % OF A CEILING OF 20 773 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 3 115 950 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

**A . GENERATORS , MOTORS ( WHETHER OR NOT EQUIPPED WITH SPEED REDUCING , CHANGING OR STEP-UP GEAR ) AND ROTARY CONVERTERS : **

**II . OTHER**

16*85.10*PORTABLE ELECTRIC BATTERY AND MAGNETO LAMPS , OTHER THAN LAMPS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 85.09 : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 8 288 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 1 243 200 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***)*

**B . OTHER**

17*85.23*INSULATED ( INCLUDING ENAMELLED OR ANODIZED ) ELECTRIC WIRE , CABLE , BARS , STRIP AND THE LIKE ( INCLUDING CO-AXIAL CABLE ) , WHETHER OR NOT FITTED WITH CONNECTORS*20 % OF A CEILING OF 19 537 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 2 930 550 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)*

18*87.14 ( C)*OTHER VEHICLES ( INCLUDING TRAILERS ) , NOT MECHANICALLY PROPELLED , AND PARTS THEREOF : *50 % OF A CEILING OF 18 216 000 EUA REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 2 732 400 EUA FOR YUGOSLAVIA (***)

**B . TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS : **

**II . OTHER**

19*90.05 ( C)*REFRACTING TELESCOPES ( MONOCULAR AND BINOCULAR ) , PRISMATIC OR NOT*30 % OF A CEILING OF 7 396 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 1 109 400 EUA FOR SOUTH KOREA (***) AND HONG KONG (***)*

20*92.11 ( C)*GRAMOPHONES , DICTATING MACHINES AND OTHER SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS , INCLUDING RECORD PLAYERS AND TAPE DECKS , WITH OR WITHOUT SOUND HEADS ; TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS : *20 % OF A CEILING OF 27 440 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 4 116 000 EUA FOR SOUTH KOREA (***) AND HONG KONG (***)*

**A . SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS**

21*97.02 ( C)*DOLLS*20 % OF A CEILING OF 27 081 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 4 062 150 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***) AND SOUTH KOREA (***)*

22*97.03*OTHER TOYS ; WORKING MODELS OF A KIND USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES*20 % OF A CEILING OF 66 522 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 9 978 300 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***) AND SOUTH KOREA (***)*

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO ( 1 ) *DESCRIPTION ( 2 ) *LEVEL OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ( 3 ) *

23*97.05 ( D)*CARNIVAL ARTICLES ; ENTERTAINMENT ARTICLES ( FOR EXAMPLE , CONJURING TRICKS AND NOVELTY JOKES ) ; CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES ( FOR EXAMPLE , ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES , CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS , IMITATION YULE-LOGS , NATIVITY SCENES AND FIGURES THEREFOR ) *20 % OF A CEILING OF 9 377 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 15 % , OR 1 406 550 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***)*

24*98.15*VACUUM FLASKS AND OTHER VACUUM VESSELS , COMPLETE WITH CASES ; PARTS THEREOF , OTHER THAN GLASS INNERS*50 % OF A CEILING OF 1 374 000 EUA , REDUCED TO 206 100 EUA FOR HONG KONG (***)*

( A ) MANUFACTURED AND SEMI-FINISHED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS QUALITVING UNDER THE ORDINARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXEMPTION OR TOTAL TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY ARE ONLY TOKEN ENTRIES .

( B ) PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA AND WHICH FALL WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .

( C ) PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA AND WHICH FALL WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .

( D ) PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA AND WHICH FALL WITHIN THIS TARIFF HEADING ( EXCLUDING CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES ( FOR EXAMPLE , ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES , CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS , IMITATION YULE-LOGS , NATIVITY SCENES AND FIGURES THEREFOR ) , OF GLASS ) ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .

ANNEX B

LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ENJOYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES ( 1 )

I . INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

660 AFGHANISTAN ( 2 )

208 ALGERIA

330 ANGOLA

528 ARGENTINA

453 BAHAMAS

640 BAHRAIN

666 BANGLADESH ( 2 )

469 BARBADOS

284 BENIN ( 2 )

675 BHUTAN ( 2 )

516 BOLIVIA

391 BOTSWANA ( 2 )

508 BRAZIL

676 BURMA

328 BURUNDI ( 2 )

302 CAMEROON

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE ( 2 )

244 CHAD ( 2 )

512 CHILE

720 CHINA

480 COLOMBIA

375 COMOROS

318 CONGO

436 COSTA RICA

448 CUBA

600 CYPRUS

456 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

500 ECUADOR

220 EGYPT

428 EL SALVADOR

310 EQUATORIAL GUINEA

334 ETHIOPIA ( 2 )

815 FIJI

314 GABON

252 GAMBIA ( 2 )

276 GHANA

473 GRENADA

416 GUATEMALA

260 GUINEA ( 2 )

257 GUINEA BISSAU

488 GUYANA

452 HAITI ( 2 )

424 HONDURAS

664 INDIA

700 INDONESIA

616 IRAN

612 IRAQ

272 IVORY COAST

464 JAMAICA

338 JIBUTI

628 JORDAN

696 KAMPUCHEA ( CAMBODIA )

346 KENYA

636 KUWAIT

684 LAOS ( 2 )

604 LEBANON

395 LESOTHO ( 2 )

268 LIBERIA

216 LIBYA

370 MADAGASCAR

386 MALAWI ( 2 )

701 MALAYSIA

667 MALDIVES ( 2 )

232 MALI ( 2 )

228 MAURITANIA

373 MAURITIUS

412 MEXICO

204 MOROCCO

366 MOZAMBIQUE

803 NAURU

672 NEPAL ( 2 )

432 NICARAGUA

240 NIGER ( 2 )

288 NIGERIA

652 NORTH YEMEN ( 2 )

649 OMAN

662 PAKISTAN

440 PANAMA

801 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

520 PARAGUAY

504 PERU

708 PHILIPPINES

644 QATAR

247 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

324 RWANDA ( 2 )

819 SAMOA ( 2 )

311 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

632 SAUDI ARABIA

248 SENEGAL

355 SEYCHELLES AND DEPENDENCIES

264 SIERRA LEONE

706 SINGAPORE

812 SOLOMON ISLANDS

342 SOMALIA ( 2 )

728 SOUTH KOREA

656 SOUTH YEMEN ( 2 )

669 SRI LANKA

224 SUDAN ( 2 )

492 SURINAM

393 SWAZILAND

608 SYRIA

352 TANZANIA ( 2 )

680 THAILAND

280 TOGO

817 TONGA

472 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

212 TUNISIA

812 TUVALU

350 UGANDA ( 2 )

647 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

236 UPPER VOLTA ( 2 )

524 URUGUAY

484 VENEZUELA

690 VIETNAM

048 YUGOSLAVIA

322 ZAIRE

378 ZAMBIA

II . COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

DEPENDENT OR ADMINISTERED , OR FOR WHOSE EXTERNAL RELATIONS MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY OR THIRD COUNTRIES ARE WHOLLY OR PARTLY RESPONSIBLE

808 AMERICAN OCEANIA ( 3 )

802 AUSTRALIAN OCEANIA ( CHRISTMAS ISLAND , COCOS ( KEELING ) ISLANDS , HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS , NORFOLK ISLAND )

421 BELIZE

413 BERMUDA

357 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

812 BRITISH OCEANIA

703 BRUNEI

463 CAYMAN ISLANDS

529 FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES

822 FRENCH POLYNESIA

044 GIBRALTAR

740 HONG KONG

743 MACAO

377 MAYOTTE

476 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

809 NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES

816 NEW HEBRIDES

814 NEW ZEALAND OCEANIA ( TOKELAU AND NIUE ISLANDS ; COOK ISLANDS )

890 POLAR REGIONS ( FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES , BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES )

329 ST HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES

454 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

457 VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES

811 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

471 WEST INDIES

NOTE : THE ABOVE LISTS MAY BE AMENDED SUBSEQUENTLY TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES .

( 1 ) THE CODE NUMBER PRECEDING THE NAME OF EACH BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY IS THAT GIVEN IN ( GEONOMENCLATURE 1979 " ( REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2843/78 - OJ NO L 339 , 5 . 12 . 1978 , P . 5 ) .

( 2 ) THIS COUNTRY IS ALSO INCLUDED IN ANNEX C .

( 3 ) AMERICAN OCEANIA INCLUDES : GUAM , AMERICAN SAMOA ( INCLUDING SWAIN'S ISLAND ) , MIDWAY ISLANDS , JOHNSTON AND SAND ISLANDS , WAKE ISLAND AND THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ( THE CAROLINE , MARIANAS AND MARSHALL ISLANDS ) .

ANNEX C

LIST OF LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO WHICH ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) DOES NOT APPLY

660 AFGHANISTAN

666 BANGLADESH

284 BENIN

675 BHUTAN

391 BOTSWANA

328 BURUNDI

306 CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE

244 CHAD

334 ETHIOPIA

252 GAMBIA

260 GUINEA

452 HAITI

684 LAOS

395 LESOTHO

386 MALAWI

667 MALDIVES

232 MALI

672 NEPAL

240 NIGER

652 NORTH YEMEN

324 RWANDA

819 SAMOA

342 SOMALIA

656 SOUTH YEMEN

224 SUDAN

352 TANZANIA

350 UGANDA

236 UPPER VOLTA

PROPOSAL FOR A

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO .../79

OF

OPENING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS , WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF UNCTAD , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OFFERED TO GRANT TARIFF PREFERENCES ON FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS COMING FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PROPOSED IN THAT OFFER COVERS , GENERALLY SPEAKING , ALL FINISHED AND SEMI-FINISHED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COVERED BY CHAPTERS 25 TO 99 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF WHICH ORIGINATE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE PREFERENCE CONSISTS IN THE GRANTING OF EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES ; WHEREAS PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS ARE EFFECTED UP TO THE LEVEL OF CEILINGS CALCULATED BY VALUE IN RESPECT OF EACH PRODUCT ON THE BASIS OF FACTORS WHICH ARE UNIFORM FOR ALL THE PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS IN ORDER THAT THE PREFERENCES GRANTED TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THAT A SUBSTANTIAL SHARE SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE LEAST COMPETITIVE , PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS FROM ANY ONE DEVELOPING COUNTRY IN RESPECT OF A GIVEN PRODUCT SHOULD NOT , AS A GENERAL RULE , EXCEED 50 % OF THE CEILING FIXED FOR THAT PRODUCT ;

WHEREAS , IN THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY , THE ANNUAL CEILINGS SHOULD NORMALLY BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE TOTAL VALUE FOR 1968 CIF IMPORTS FROM THE COUNTRIES BENEFITING FROM THIS SCHEME , EXCLUDING THOSE ALREADY ENJOYING VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY ( BASIC AMOUNT ) , PLUS 5 % OF THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM THE COUNTRIES ALREADY ENJOYING SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ( ADDITIONAL AMOUNT ) ; WHEREAS SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS VARIABLE AND IS CALCULATED EACH YEAR ON THE BASIS OF THE LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE , PROVIDED THAT THIS ENTAILS NO REDUCTION IN THE CEILING ;

WHEREAS THE OFFER MADE BY THE COMMUNITY INCLUDES A CLAUSE STATING THAT THE COMMUNITY DREW UP THE OFFER ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL THE MAIN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE OECD WOULD PARTICIPATE IN GRANTING PREFERENCES AND WOULD MAKE SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , IT IS EVIDENT FROM THE CONCLUSIONS WORKED OUT IN UNCTAD THAT THIS OFFER , WHILE BEING OF A TEMPORARY NATURE , DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A BINDING COMMITMENT AND , IN PARTICULAR , MAY BE WITHDRAWN WHOLLY OR IN PART AT A LATER DATE ; WHEREAS THIS POSSIBILITY MAY BE ADOPTED INTER ALIA WITH A VIEW TO REMEDYING ANY UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONS WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN THE ACP STATES FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;

WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF STATE OR OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES AND THE STATES ACCEDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES HELD IN PARIS FROM 19 TO 21 OCTOBER 1972 INVITED THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEMBER STATES PROGRESSIVELY TO ADOPT AN OVERALL POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE COMPRISING IN PARTICULAR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING A STEADY INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS TARIFF PREFERENCES HAVE BEEN APPLIED FROM THE SECOND HALF OF 1971 UNDER THE CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENCES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT 1980 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER CONCERNED AND TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES , THE ABOVEMENTIONED BASIC AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS REFER TO 1977 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD OF CALCULATION SHOULD REMAIN COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PREFERENCE SCHEME IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF ADAPTATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AFFECTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS FOR THIS PURPOSE IT WOULD APPEAR APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT FOR SOME PRODUCTS THE CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT RESULTING FROM THE SAID METHOD TO A LEVEL WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED 110 OR 115 % OF THE CORRESPONDING PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS OPEN IN 1979 ;

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT ( EUA ) SHOULD REMAIN THE ONLY UNIT TO BE USED WITHIN THE PREFERENCE SYSTEM , ALONG WITH ITS RATES FOR CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL 23 TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION ( 3 ) , THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCE SCHEME BECAME FULLY APPLICABLE IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES ON 1 JANUARY 1974 ;

WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT , THEREFORE , IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX A WHICH ORIGINATE IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B , THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD ALLOW , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF THESE PRODUCTS AND THROUGHOUT 1980 , DUTY-FREE IMPORTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS CALCULATED IN THE MANNER SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THE BENEFIT OF SUCH TARIFF EXEMPTION SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " BEING DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS ( 4 ) ; WHEREAS CHARGES AGAINST EACH OF THESE CEILINGS MUST , AS A GENERAL RULE , COME WITHIN A COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 50 % IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN ORDER IN PARTICULAR TO SAFEGUARD ACCESS BY ALL THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO THIS PREFERENTIAL SCHEME , THE COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS SHOULD BE REDUCED TO A LOWER PERCENTAGE ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE TOKYO DECLARATION , THE COMMUNITY REAFFIRMED THAT SPECIAL TREATMENT SHOULD BE GRANTED TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED AMONG THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHENEVER THIS IS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , CHARGES OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES APPEARING ON THE LIST DRAWN UP UNDER UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 3487 ( XXX ) OF 12 DECEMBER 1975 SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY CEILING OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT ;

WHEREAS , UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES , THESE OBJECTIVES MAY BE REACHED BY APPLYING A METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION BASED ON THE CHARGING , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AGAINST THE ABOVEMENTIONED CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS , OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED AS AND WHEN THESE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED FOR HOME USE AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AS SOON AS THE SAID CEILINGS OR MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS SUCH METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR VERY CLOSE AND PARTICULARLY RAPID COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST THE CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ; WHEREAS SUCH COOPERATION SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE NEED FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY WHEN ANY OF THE CEILINGS OR MAXIMUM AMOUNTS ARE REACHED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED , SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) OF THIS REGULATION .

2 . THIS SUSPENSION SHALL BE ENJOYED SOLELY BY PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B . HOWEVER , IMPORTS ALREADY ENJOYING EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THE CEILINGS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION , THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINATING PRODUCTS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 .

3 . SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS THE VALUE OF THE CEILINGS FOR WHICH IS GIVEN IN ANNEX A , THIS SUSPENSION SHALL BE GRANTED , IN RESPECT OF EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , WITHIN A COMMUNITY CEILING WHICH SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT AND WHICH SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OBTAINED BY ADDING TOGETHER THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS IN 1977 OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ENJOYING THESE ARRANGEMENTS , EXCLUDING THOSE ALREADY ENJOYING VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS GRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE VALUE OF CIF IMPORTS IN 1977 FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY ENJOYING SUCH ARRANGEMENTS . HOWEVER , IN CERTAIN CASES INDICATED BY A FOOTNOTE IN ANNEX A , THE CEILING RESULTING FROM THE SUM OF THIS ADDITION MAY IN NO CASE EXCEED 110 OR 115 % OF THE PREFERENTIAL CEILINGS OPEN FOR 1979 .

4 . SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 2 AND 4 ( 2 ) , WITHIN EACH CEILING THUS CALCULATED , CHARGES OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX B SHOULD NOT EXCEED A COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 50 % OF THIS CEILING , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT SHALL BE REDUCED TO THE PERCENTAGE OR VALUE SHOWN IN ANNEX A .

5 . ANY AMENDMENT TO ANNEX B , IN PARTICULAR BY THE ADDITION OF NEW COUNTRIES ENJOYING TARIFF PREFERENCES , MAY ENTAIL CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 .

ARTICLE 2

1 . AS SOON AS THE CEILINGS FIXED OR CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) , WICH ARE LAID DOWN FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ALL OF THE COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) , ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED MAY AT ANY TIME BE RE-INTRODUCED UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) .

2 . AS SOON AS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1 ( 4 ) , WHICH ARE LAID DOWN FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN EACH OF THE COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) , ARE REACHED FOR ANY ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM THE COUNTRY CONCERNED MAY AT ANY TIME BE RE-INTRODUCED UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) .

3 . PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE IMPORTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX C .

ARTICLE 3

1 . IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION SHALL BE CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS AS AND WHEN THE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED FOR HOME USE , ON THE BASIS OF THE CUSTOMS VALUE OF THE SAID PRODUCTS , AND PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) .

2 . GOODS MAY BE CHARGED AGAINST A CEILING OR MAXIMUM AMOUNT ONLY IF THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 IS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE LEVYING OF DUTIES IS RE-INTRODUCED .

3 . THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN USED SHALL BE DETERMINED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ON THE BASIS OF THE IMPORTS CHARGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 .

ARTICLE 4

1 . THE COMMISSION , IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE MEMBER STATES , SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE ABOVE PROVISIONS ARE APPLIED .

2 . THE COMMISSION SHALL RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OR IN RESPECT OF ANY ONE OF THEM BY MEANS OF A REGULATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) .

ARTICLE 5

MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION , ON REQUEST OR AT LEAST MONTHLY , OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ACTUALLY CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY CEILINGS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) .

ARTICLE 6

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS ,

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO C

( 2 ) OJ NO C

( 3 ) OJ NO L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 1 .

ANNEX A

LIST OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , ENJOYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES , IN RESPECT OF WHICH DUTIES UNDER THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ARE TOTALLY SUSPENDED ( A ) ( B )

CHAPTER 25

25.19 A MAGNESIUM OXIDE OTHER THAN CALCINED NATURAL MAGNESIUM CARBONATE

25.22 QUICKLIME , SLAKED LIME AND HYDRAULIC LIME , OTHER THAN CALCIUM OXIDE AND HYDROXIDE

25.23 PORTLAND CEMENT , CIMENT FONDU , SLAG CEMENT , SUPERSULPHATE CEMENT AND SIMILAR HYDRAULIC CEMENTS , WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED OR IN THE FORM OF CLINKER ( 1 )

25.31 A FLUORSPAR

CHAPTER 27

27.03 B AGGLOMERATED PEAT

27.04 COKE AND SEMI-COKE OF COAL , OF LIGNITE OR OF PEAT ; WHETHER OR NOT AGGLOMERATED ; RETORT CARBON :

A . COKE AND SEMI-COKE OF COAL :

I . FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRODES

C . OTHER

27.06 TAR DISTILLED FROM COAL , FROM LIGNITE OR FROM PEAT , AND OTHER MINERAL TARS , INCLUDING PARTIALLY DISTILLED TARS AND BLENDS OF PITCH WITH CREOSOTE OILS OR WITH OTHER COAL TAR DISTILLATION PRODUCTS

27.07 OILS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE DISTILLATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE COAL TAR ; SIMILAR PRODUCTS AS DEFINED IN NOTE 2 TO THIS CHAPTER

27.08 PITCH AND PITCH COKE , OBTAINED FROM COAL TAR OR FROM OTHER MINERAL TARS

27.10 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS , OTHER THAN CRUDE ; PREPARATIONS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED , CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 70 % BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS , THESE OILS BEING THE BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF THE PREPARATIONS ( 2 ) :

A . LIGHT OILS :

III . FOR OTHER PURPOSES

B . MEDIUM OILS :

III . FOR OTHER PURPOSES

C . HEAVY OILS :

I . GAS OIL :

C ) FOR OTHER PURPOSES

II . FUEL OIL :

C ) FOR OTHER PURPOSES

27.10 ( CONT'D ) III . LUBRICATING OILS ; OTHER OILS :

C ) TO BE MIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF ADDITIONAL NOTE 7 TO CHAPTER 27

D ) FOR OTHER PURPOSES

27.11 PETROLEUM GASES AND OTHER GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS

27.12 PETROLEUM JELLY

27.13 PARAFFIN WAX , MICRO-CRYSTALLINE WAX , SLACK WAX , OZOKERITE , LIGNITE WAX , PEAT WAX AND OTHER MINERAL WAXES , WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED

27.14 PETROLEUM BITUMEN , PETROLEUM COKE AND OTHER RESIDUES OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS

27.16 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES BASED ON NATURAL ASPHALT , ON NATURAL BITUMEN , ON PETROLEUM BITUMEN , ON MINERAL TAR OR ON MINERAL TAR PITCH ( FOR EXAMPLE , BITUMINOUS MASTICS , CUTBACKS )

CHAPTER 28

EX 28.01 HALOGENS ( FLUORINE , CHLORINE , BROMINE AND IODINE ) , EXCLUDING CRUDE IODINE

28.02 SULPHUR , SUBLIMED OR PRECIPITATED ; COLLOIDAL SULPHUR

28.03 CARBON ( INCLUDING CARBON BLACK )

EX 28.04 HYDROGEN , RARE GASES AND OTHER NON-METALS , BUT NOT INCLUDING SELENIUM AND SILICON

28.06 HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND CHLOROSULPHURIC ACID

28.08 SULPHURIC ACID ; OLEUM

28.09 NITRIC ACID ; SULPHONITRIC ACIDS

28.10 PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE AND PHOSPHORIC ACIDS ( META - , ORTHO - AND PYRO - ) ( 3 )

28.12 BORIC OXIDE AND BORIC ACID

28.13 OTHER INORGANIC ACIDS AND OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS ( EXCLUDING WATER )

28.14 HALIDES , OXYHALIDES AND OTHER HALOGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

28.15 SULPHIDES OF NON-METALS ; PHOSPHORUS TRISULPHIDE

28.16 AMMONIA , ANHYDROUS OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION (*) ( 4 )

28.17 SODIUM HYDROXIDE ( CAUSTIC SODA ) ; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE ( CAUSTIC POTASH ) ; PEROXIDES OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM

28.18 HYDROXIDE AND PEROXIDE OF MAGNESIUM ; OXIDES , HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES , OF STRONTIUM OR BARIUM

28.19 ZINC OXIDE AND ZINC PEROXIDE ( 5 )

28.20 B ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM

28.21 CHRONIUM OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES

28.22 MANGANESE OXIDES

28.23 IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES ; EARTH COLOURS CONTAINING 70 % OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED IRON EVALUATED AS FE2O3

28.24 COBALT OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES ; COMMERCIAL COBALT OXIDES

28.25 TITANIUM OXIDES

28.27 LEAD OXIDES ; RED LEAD AND ORANGE LEAD ( 7 )

28.28 HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS ; OTHER INORGANIC BASES AND METALLIC OXIDES , HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES

28.29 FLUORIDES ; FLUOROSILICATES , FLUOROBORATES AND OTHER COMPLEX FLUORINE SALTS

28.30 CHLORIDES , OXYCHLORIDES AND HYDROXYCHLORIDES ; BROMIDES AND OXYBROMIDES ; IODIDES AND OXYIODIDES

28.31 HYPOCHLORITES ; COMMERCIAL CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE ; CHLORITES ; HYPOBROMITES ( 8 )

28.32 CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES ; BROMATES AND PERBROMATES ; IODATES AND PERIODATES

28.35 SULPHIDES ; POLYSULPHIDES

28.36 DITHIONITES , INCLUDING THOSE STABILIZED WITH ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ; SULPHOXYLATES

28.37 SULPHITES AND THIOSULPHATES

28.38 SULPHATES ( INCLUDING ALUMS ) AND PERSULPHATES

28.39 NITRITES AND NITRATES

28.40 PHOSPHITES , HYPOPHOSPHITES AND PHOSPHATES

28.42 CARBONATES AND PERCARBONATES ; COMMERCIAL AMMONIUM CARBONATE CONTAINING AMMONIUM CARBAMATE

28.43 CYANIDES AND COMPLEX CYANIDES

28.44 FULMINATES , CYANATES AND THIOCYANATES

28.45 SILICATES ; COMMERCIAL SODIUM AND POTASSIUM SILICATES

28.46 BORATES AND PERBORATES

28.47 SALTS OF METALLIC ACIDS ( FOR EXAMPLE , CHROMATES , PERMANGANATES , STANNATES )

28.48 OTHER SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS OF INORGANIC ACIDS , BUT NOT INCLUDING AZIDES

28.49 COLLOIDAL PRECIOUS METALS ; AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS ; SALTS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS , INORGANIC OR ORGANIC , OF PRECIOUS METALS INCLUDING ALBUMINATES , PROTEINATES , TANNATES AND SIMILAR COMPOUNDS , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

28.50 FISSILE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPES ; OTHER RADIO-ACTIVE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND RADIO-ACTIVE ISOTOPES ; COMPOUNDS , INORGANIC OR ORGANIC , OF SUCH ELEMENTS OR ISOTOPES , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED ; ALLOYS , DISPERSIONS AND CERMETS , CONTAINING ANY OF THESE ELEMENTS , ISOTOPES OR COMPOUNDS :

B . OTHER ( 6 )

28.51 ISOTOPES AND THEIR COMPOUNDS , INORGANIC OR ORGANIC , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED , OTHER THAN ISOTOPES AND COMPOUNDS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 28.50 :

B . OTHER

28.52 COMPOUNDS , INORGANIC OR ORGANIC , OF THORIUM , OF URANIUM DEPLETED IN U 235 , OF RARE EARTH METALS , OF YTTRIUM OR OF SCANDIUM , WHETHER OR NOT MIXED TOGETHER

28.54 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ( INCLUDING SOLID HYDROGEN PEROXIDE )

28.55 PHOSPHIDES , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

28.56 CARBIDES , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED :

A . OF SILICON

B . OF BORON

D . OF ALUMINIUM ; OF CHROMIUM ; OF MOLYBDENUM ; OF TUNGSTEN ; OF VANADIUM ; OF TANTALUM ; OF TITANIUM

E . OTHER

28.57 HYDRIDES , NITRIDES AND AZIDES , SILICIDES AND BORIDES , WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

28.58 OTHER INORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( INCLUDING DISTILLED AND CONDUCTIVITY WATER AND WATER OF SIMILAR PURITY ) ; LIQUID AIR ( WHETHER OR NOT RARE GASES HAVE BEEN REMOVED ) ; COMPRESSED AIR ; AMALGAMS , OTHER THAN AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS

CHAPTER 29

29.01 HYDROCARBONS

29.02 HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES OF HYDROCARBONS

29.03 SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF HYDROCARBONS

29.04 ACYCLIC ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED AND NITROSATED DERIVATIVES :

A . SATURATED MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS

B . UNSATURATED MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS

C . POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS :

I . DIOLS , TRIOLS AND TETRAOLS

IV . OTHER POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS

V . HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS

29.05 CYCLIC ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.06 PHENOLS AND PHENOL-ALCOHOLS (*) ( 9 )

29.07 HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF PHENOLS OR PHENOALCOHOLS

29.08 ETHERS , ETHER-ALCOHOLS , ETHER-PHENOLS , ETHER-ALCOHOL-PHENOLS , ALCOHOL PEROXIDES AND ETHER PEROXIDES AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.09 EPOXIDES , EPOXYALCOHOLS , EPOXYPHENOLS AND EPOXYETHERS , WITH A THREE OR FOUR MEMBER RING , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.10 ACETALS AND HEMIACETALS AND SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION ACETALS AND HEMIACETALS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.11 ALDEHYDES , ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOLS , ALDEHYDE-ETHERS , ALDEHYDE-PHENOLS AND OTHER SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION ALDEHYDES ; CYCLIC POLYMERS OF ALDEHYDES ; PARAFORMALDEHYDE (*) ( 10 )

29.12 HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 29.11

29.13 KETONES , KETONE-ALCOHOLS , KETONE-PHENOLS , KETONE-ALDEHYDES , QUINONES , QUINONE-ALCOHOLS , QUINONE-PHENOLS , QUINONE-ALDEHYDES AND OTHER SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION KETONES AND QUINONES , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES (*) ( 11 )

29.14 MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES , HALIDES , PEROXIDES AND PERACIDS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES (*) ( 12 )

29.15 POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES , HALIDES , PEROXIDES AND PERACIDS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES (*) ( 13 )

29.16 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS WITH ALCOHOL , PHENOL , ALDEHYDE OR KETONE FUNCTION AND OTHER SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES , HALIDES , PEROXIDES AND PERACIDS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES ( 15 ) ( 16 )

29.19 PHOSPHORIC ESTERS AND THEIR SALTS , INCLUDING LACTOPHOSPHATES , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.21 OTHER ESTERS OF MINERAL ACIDS ( EXCLUDING HALIDES ) AND THEIR SALTS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES

29.22 AMINE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS

EX 29.23 SINGLE OR COMPLEX OXYGEN-FUNCTION AMINO-COMPOUNDS , EXCLUDING GLUTAMIC ACID AND ITS SALTS

29.24 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS AND HYDROXIDES ; LECITHINS AND OTHER PHOSPHOAMINOLIPINS

29.25 CARBOXYAMIDE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS ; AMIDE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS OF CARBONIC ACID

29.26 CARBOXYIMIDE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS ( INCLUDING ORTHO-BENZOICSULPHIMIDE AND ITS SALTS ) AND IMINE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS ( INCLUDING HEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE AND TRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE )

29.27 NITRILE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS (*) ( 14 )

29.28 DIAZO - , AZO - AND AZOXY-COMPOUNDS

29.29 ORGANIC DERIVATIVES OF HYDRAZINE OR OF HYDROXYLAMINE

29.30 COMPOUNDS WITH OTHER NITROGEN-FUNCTIONS

29.31 ORGANO-SULPHUR COMPOUNDS

29.33 ORGANO-MERCURY COMPOUNDS

29.34 OTHER ORGANO-INORGANIC COMPOUNDS

29.35 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS ; NUCLEIC ACIDS ( 19 )

29.36 SULPHONAMIDES

29.37 SULTONES AND SULTAMS

29.38 PROVITAMINS AND VITAMINS , NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS ( INCLUDING NATURAL CONCENTRATES ) , DERIVATIVES THEREOF USED PRIMARILY AS VITAMINS , AND INTERMIXTURES OF THE FOREGOING , WHETHER OR NOT IN ANY SOLVENT (*) ( 17 )

29.39 HORMONES , NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS ; DERIVATIVES THEREOF , USED PRIMARILY AS HORMONES ; OTHER STEROIDS USED PRIMARILY AS HORMONES

29.41 GLYCOSIDES , NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS , AND THEIR SALTS , ETHERS , ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES

29.42 VEGETABLE ALKALOIDS , NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS , AND THEIR SALTS , ETHERS , ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES

29.43 SUGARS , CHEMICALLY PURE , OTHER THAN SUCROSE , GLUCOSE AND LACTOSE ; SUGAR ETHERS AND SUGAR ESTERS , AND THEIR SALTS , OTHER THAN PRODUCTS OF HEADING NOS 29.39 , 29.41 AND 29.42

29.44 ANTIBIOTICS (*) ( 18 )

29.45 OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

CHAPTER 30

30.01 ORGANO-THERAPEUTIC GLANDS OR OTHER ORGANS , DRIED , WHETHER OR NOT POWDERED ; ORGANOTHERAPEUTIC EXTRACTS OF GLANDS OR OTHER ORGANS OR OF THEIR SECRETIONS ; OTHER ANIMAL SUBSTANCES PREPARED FOR THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC USES , NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

30.02 ANTISERA ; MICROBIAL VACCINES , TOXINS , MICROBIAL CULTURES ( INCLUDING FERMENTS BUT EXCLUDING YEASTS ) AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS

30.03 MEDICAMENTS ( INCLUDING VETERINARY MEDICAMENTS )

30.04 WADDING , GAUZE , BANDAGES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES ( FOR EXAMPLE , DRESSINGS , ADHESIVE PLASTERS , POULTICES ) , IMPREGNATED OR COATED WITH PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES OR PUT UP IN RETAIL PACKINGS FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL PURPOSES , OTHER THAN GOODS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 OF THIS CHAPTER

30.05 OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS

CHAPTER 31

31.02 MINERAL OR CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS , NITROGENOUS :

B . UREA , CONTAINING MORE THAN 45 % BY WEIGHT OF NITROGEN ON THE DRY ANHYDROUS PRODUCT ( 20 ) (*)

C . OTHER ( 21 ) (*)

31.03 MINERAL OR CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS , PHOSPHATIC (*) ( 22 )

31.04 B MINERAL OR CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS , POTASSIC , MENTIONED IN NOTE 3 ( B ) TO THIS CHAPTER

31.05 OTHER FERTILIZERS ; GOODS OF THE PRESENT CHAPTER IN TABLETS , LOZENGES AND SIMILAR PREPARED FORMS OR IN PACKINGS OF A GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 10 KG :

A . OTHER FERTILIZERS :

III . CONTAINING THE TWO FERTILIZING SUBSTANCES : NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM :

A ) NATURAL POTASSIC SODIUM NITRATE , CONSISTING OF A NATURAL MIXTURE OF SODIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM NITRATE ( THE PROPORTION OF THE LATTER ELEMENT MAY BE AS HIGH AS 44 % ) , OF A TOTAL NITROGEN CONTENT NOT EXCEEDING 16,3 % BY WEIGHT

CHAPTER 32

32.01 TANNING EXTRACTS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN ; TANNINS ( TANNIC ACIDS ) , INCLUDING WATER-EXTRACTED GALL-NUT TANNIN , AND THEIR SALTS , ETHERS , ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES :

B . OTHER

32.03 SYNTHETIC ORGANIC TANNING SUBSTANCES AND INORGANIC TANNING SUBSTANCES ; TANNING PREPARATIONS , WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NATURAL TANNING MATERIALS ; ENZYMATIC PREPARATIONS FOR PRE-TANNING ( FOR EXAMPLE , OF ENZYMATIC , PANCREATIC OR BACTERIAL ORIGIN )

32.04 COLOURING MATTER OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN ( INCLUDING DYEWOOD EXTRACT AND OTHER VEGETABLE DYEING EXTRACTS , BUT EXCLUDING INDIGO ) OR OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

32.05 SYNTHETIC ORGANIC DYESTUFFS ( INCLUDING PIGMENT DYESTUFFS ) ; SYNTHETIC ORGANIC PRODUCTS OF A KIND USED AS LUMINOPHORES ; PRODUCTS OF THE KIND KNOWN AS OPTICAL BLEACHING AGENTS , SUBSTANTIVE TO THE FIBRE ; NATURAL INDIGO ( 22 )

32.06 COLOUR LAKES

32.07 OTHER COLOURING MATTER ; INORGANIC PRODUCTS OF A KIND USED AS LUMINOPHORES

32.08 PREPARED PIGMENTS , PREPARED OPACIFIERS PREPARED COLOURS , VITRIFIABLE ENAMELS AND GLAZES , LIQUID LUSTRES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS , OF THE KIND USED IN THE CERAMIC , ENAMELLING AND GLASS INDUSTRIES ; ENGOBES ( SLIPS ) ; GLASS FRIT AND OTHER GLASS , IN THE FORM OF POWDER , GRANULES OR FLAKES

32.09 VARNISHES AND LACQUERS ; DISTEMPERS ; PREPARED WATER PIGMENTS OF THE KIND USED FOR FINISHING LEATHER ; PAINTS AND ENAMELS ; PIGMENTS IN LINSEED OIL , WHITE SPIRIT , SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE , VARNISH OR OTHER PAINT OR ENAMEL MEDIA ; STAMPING FOILS ; DYES OR OTHER COLOURING MATTER IN FORMS OR PACKINGS OF A KIND SOLD BY RETAIL ; SOLUTIONS AS DEFINED IN NOTE 4 TO THIS CHAPTER

32.10 ARTISTS' , STUDENTS' AND SIGNBOARD PAINTERS' COLOURS , MODIFYING TINTS , AMUSEMENT COLOURS AND THE LIKE , IN TABLES , TUBES , JARS , BOTTLES , PANS OR IN SIMILAR FORMS OR PACKINGS , INCLUDING SUCH COLOURS IN SETS OR OUTFITS , WITH OR WITHOUT BRUSHES , PALETTES OR OTHER ACCESSORIES

32.11 PREPARED DRIERS

32.12 GLAZIERS' PUTTY ; GRAFTING PUTTY ; PAINTERS' FILLINGS ; NON-REFRACTORY SURFACING PREPARATIONS ; STOPPING , SEALING AND SIMILAR MASTICS , INCLUDING RESIN MASTICS AND CEMENTS

32.13 WRITING INK , PRINTING INK AND OTHER INKS

CHAPTER 33 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS ; PERFUMERY , COSMETICS AND TOILET PREPARATIONS ( 23 )

CHAPTER 34 SOAP , ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS , WASHING PREPARATIONS , LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS , ARTIFICIAL WAXES , PREPARED WAXES , POLISHING AND SCOURING PREPARATIONS , CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES , MODELLING PASTES AND " DENTAL WAXES "

CHAPTER 35

35.02 B ALBUMINATES AND OTHER ALBUMIN DERIVATIVES

35.03 GELATIN ( INCLUDING GELATIN IN RECTANGLES , WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED OR SURFACE-WORKED ) AND GELATIN DERIVATIVES ; GLUES DERIVED FROM BONES , HIDES , NERVES , TENDONS OR FROM SIMILAR PRODUCTS AND FISH GLUES ; ISINGLASS ( 25 )

35.04 PEPTONES AND OTHER PROTEIN SUBSTANCES ( EXCLUDING ENZYMES OF HEADING NO 35.07 ) AND THEIR DERIVATES ; HIDE POWDER , WHETHER OR NOT CHROMED

35.06 PREPARED GLUES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ; PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR USE AS GLUES PUT UP FOR SALE BY RETAIL AS GLUES IN PACKAGES NOT EXCEEDING A NET WEIGHT OF 1 KG

35.07 ENZYMES ; PREPARED ENZYMES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

CHAPTER 36 EXPLOSIVES ; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS ; MATCHES ; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS ; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS (*) ( 24 )

CHAPTER 37 PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS

CHAPTER 38

38.01 ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE ; COLLOIDAL GRAPHITE , OTHER THAN SUSPENSIONS IN OIL

38.03 ACTIVATED CARBON ; ACTIVATED NATURAL MINERAL PRODUCTS ; ANIMAL BLACK , INCLUDING SPENT ANIMAL BLACK

38.05 TALL OIL

38.06 CONCENTRATED SULPHITE LYE

38.07 SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE ( GUM , WOOD AND SULPHATE ) AND OTHER TERPENIC SOLVENTS PRODUCED BY THE DISTILLATION OR OTHER TREATMENT OF CONIFEROUS WOODS ; CRUDE DIPENTENE ; SULPHITE TURPENTINE ; PINE OIL ( EXCLUDING " PINE OILS " NOT RICH IN TERPINEOL )

38.08 ROSIN AND RESIN ACIDS , AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF OTHER THAN ESTER GUMS INCLUDED IN HEADING NO 39.05 ; ROSIN SPIRIT AND ROSIN OILS

38.09 WOOD TAR ; WOOD TAR OILS ( OTHER THAN THE COMPOSITVE SOLVENTS AND THINNERS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 38.18 ) ; WOOD CREOSOTE ; WOOD NAPHTHA ; ACETONE OIL ; VEGETABLE PITCH OF ALL KINDS ; BREWERS' PITCH AND SIMILAR COMPOUNDS BASED ON ROSIN OR ON VEGETABLE PITCH ; FOUNDRY CORE BINDERS BASED ON NATURAL RESINOUS PRODUCTS

38.11 DISINFECTANTS , INSECTICIDES , FUNGICIDES , RAT POISONS , HERBICIDES , ANTI-SPROUTING PRODUCTS , PLANT-GROWTH REGULATORS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS , PUT UP IN FORMS OR PACKINGS FOR SALE BY RETAIL OR AS PREPARATIONS OR ARTICLES ( FOR EXAMPLE , SULPHUR-TREATED BANDS , WICKS AND CANDLES , FLYPAPERS )

38.12 PREPARED GLAZINGS , PREPARED DRESSINGS AND PREPARED MORDANTS OF A KIND USED IN THE TEXTILE , PAPER , LEATHER OR LIKE INDUSTRIES :

A . PREPARED GLAZINGS AND PREPARED DRESSINGS :

II . OTHER

B . PREPARED MORDANTS

38.13 PICKLING PREPARATIONS FOR METAL SURFACES ; FLUXES AND OTHER AUXILIARY PREPARATIONS FOR SOLDERING , BRAZING OR WELDING ; SOLDERING , BRAZING OR WELDING POWDERS AND PASTES CONSISTING OF METAL AND OTHER MATERIALS ; PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED AS CORES OR COATINGS FOR WELDING RODS AND ELECTRODES

38.14 ANTI-KNOCK PREPARATIONS , OXIDATION INHIBITORS , GUM INHIBITORS , VISCOSITY IMPROVERS , ANTICORROSIVE PREPARATIONS AND SIMILAR PREPARED ADDITIVES FOR MINERAL OILS

38.15 PREPARED RUBBER ACCELERATORS

38.16 PREPARED CULTURE MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO-ORGANISMS

38.17 PREPARATIONS AND CHARGES FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHERS ; CHARGED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING GRENADES

38.18 COMPOSITE SOLVENTS AND THINNERS FOR VARNISHES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS

EX 38.19 CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES ( INCLUDING THOSE CONSISTING OF MIXTURES OF NATURAL PRODUCTS ) , NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ; RESIDUAL PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES , NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED , EXCLUDING D-GLUCITOL ( SORBITOL ) , OTHER THAN THAT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 29.04 C III

CHAPTER 39

39.01 CONDENSATION , POLYCONDENSATION AND POLYADDITION PRODUCTS , WHETHER OR NOT MODIFIED OR POLYMERIZED , AND WHETHER OR NOT LINEAR ( FOR EXAMPLE , PHENOPLASTS , AMINOPLASTS , ALKYDS , POLYALLYL ESTERS , AND OTHER UNSATURATED POLYESTERS , SILICONES )

39.02 POLYMERIZATION AND COPOLYMERIZATION PRODUCTS ( FOR EXAMPLE , POLYETHYLENE , POLYTETRAHALOETHYLENES , POLYISOBUTYLENE , POLYSTYRENE , POLYVINYL CHLORIDE , POLYVINYL ACETATE , POLYVINYL CHLOROACETATE AND OTHER POLYVINYL DERIVATIVES , POLYCRYLIC AND POLYMETHACRYLIC DERIVATIVES , COUMARONE-INDENE RESINS ) (*) ( 26 )

39.03 REGENERATED CELLULOSE ; CELLULOSE NITRATE , CELLULOSE ACETATE AND OTHER CELLULOSE ESTERS , CELLULOSE ETHERS AND OTHER CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF CELLULOSE , PLASTICIZED OR NOT ( FOR EXAMPLE , COLLODIONS , CELLULOID ) ; VULCANIZED FIBRE (*) :

A . ADHESIVE STRIPS OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 10 CM , THE COATING OF WHICH CONSISTS OF UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER

B . OTHER :

III . CELLULOSE ACETATES

IV . OTHER CELLULOSE ESTERS

V . CELLULOSE ETHERS AND OTHER CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF CELLULOSE

VI . VULCANIZED FIBRE

39.04 HARDENED PROTEINS ( FOR EXAMPLE , HARDENED CASEIN AND HARDENED GELATIN )

39.05 NATURAL RESINS MODIFIED BY FUSION ( RUN GUMS ) ; ARTIFICIAL RESINS OBTAINED BY ESTERIFICATION OF NATURAL RESINS OR OF RESINIC ACIDS ( ESTER GUMS ) ; CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL RUBBER ( FOR EXAMPLE , CHLORINATED RUBBER , RUBBER HYDROCHLORIDE , OXIDIZED RUBBER , CYCLIZED RUBBER )

39.06 OTHER HIGH POLYMERS , ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC MATERIALS , INCLUDING ALGINIC ACID , ITS SALTS AND ESTERS ; LYNOXYN

39.07 ARTICLES OF MATERIALS OF THE KINDS DESCRIBED IN HEADING NOS 39.01 TO 39.06

CHAPTER 40

40.02 SYNTHETIC RUBBER LATEX ; PRE-VULCANIZED SYNTHETIC RUBBER LATEX ; SYNTHETIC RUBBER ; FACTICE DERIVED FROM OILS

40.03 RECLAIMED RUBBER

40.05 PLATES , SHEETS AND STRIP , OF UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER , OTHER THAN SMOKED SHEETS AND CREPE SHEETS OF HEADING NO 40.01 OR 40.02 ; GRANULES OF UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER COMPOUNDED READY FOR VULCANIZATION ; UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER , COMPOUNDED BEFORE OR AFTER COAGULATION EITHER WITH CARBON BLACK ( WITH OR WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF MINERAL OIL ) OR WITH SILICA ( WITH OR WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF MINERAL OIL ) , IN ANY FORM , OF A KIND KNOWN AS MASTERBATCH

40.06 UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER , INCLUDING RUBBER LATEX , IN OTHER FORMS OR STATES ( FOR EXAMPLE , RODS , TUBES AND PROFILE SHAPES , SOLUTIONS AND DISPERSIONS ) ; ARTICLES OF UNVULCANIZED NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER ( FOR EXAMPLE , COATED OR IMPREGNATED TEXTILE THREAD ; RINGS AND DISCS )

40.07 VULCANIZED RUBBER THREAD AND CORD , WHETHER OR NOT TEXTILE COVERED , AND TEXTILE THREAD COVERED OR IMPREGNATED WITH VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.08 PLATES , SHEETS , STRIP , RODS AND PROFILE SHAPES , OF UNHARDENED VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.09 PIPING AND TUBING , OF UNHARDENED VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.10 TRANSMISSION , CONVEYOR OR ELEVATOR BELTS OR BELTING , OF VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.11 RUBBER TYRES , TYRE CASES , INTERCHANGEABLE TYRE TREADS , INNER TUBES AND TYRE FLAPS , FOR WHEELS OF ALL KINDS (*) :

- INNER TUBES AND TYRE CASES ( NEW OR USED ) OF THE KIND USED ON BICYCLES , CYCLES WITH AN AUXILIARY MOTOR , MOTOR-CYCLES OR MOTOR-SCOOTERS ( 27 )

- OTHER ( INCLUDING TYRE CASES WITH SEWN-IN INNER TUBES , FOR RACING BICYCLES , AND TYRE FLAPS ) ( 28 )

40.12 HYGIENIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL ARTICLES ( INCLUDING TEATS ) , OF UNHARDENED VULCANIZED RUBBER , WITH OR WITHOUT FITTINGS OF HARDENED RUBBER

40.13 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ( INCLUDING GLOVES ) , FOR ALL PURPOSES , OF UNHARDENED VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.14 OTHER ARTICLES OF UNHARDENED VULCANIZED RUBBER

40.15 HARDENED RUBBER ( EBONITE AND VULCANITE ) , IN BULK , PLATES , SHEETS , STRIP , RODS , PROFILE SHAPES OR TUBES ; SCRAP , WASTE AND POWDER , OF HARDENED RUBBER

40.16 ARTICLES OF HARDENED RUBBER ( EBONITE AND VULCANITE )

CHAPTER 41

41.03 SHEEP AND LAMBSKIN LEATHER , EXCEPT LEATHER FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 41.06 OR 41.08 :

B . OTHER :

II . OTHER ( 29 )

41.04 GOAT AND KIDSKIN LEATHER , EXCEPT LEATHER FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 41.06 OR 41.08 :

B . OTHER :

II . OTHER ( 30 )

41.05 OTHER KINDS OF LEATHER , EXCEPT LEATHER FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 41.06 OR 41.08 :

B . OTHER :

II . OTHER ( 31 )

41.06 CHAMOIS-DRESSED LEATHER ( 33 )

41.08 PATENT LEATHER AND IMITATION PATENT LEATHER ; METALLIZED LEATHER

41.10 COMPOSITION LEATHER WITH A BASIS OF LEATHER OR LEATHER FIBRE , IN SLABS , IN SHEETS OR IN ROLLS

CHAPTER 42

42.01 SADDLERY AND HARNESS , OF ANY MATERIAL ( FOR EXAMPLE , SADDLES , HARNESS , COLLARS , TRACES , KNEE-PADS AND BOOTS ) , FOR ANY KIND OF ANIMAL

42.03 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES , OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER :

B . GLOVES , INCLUDING MITTENS AND MITTS :

I . PROTECTIVE , FOR ALL TRADES ( 34 ) (*)

42.04 ARTICLES OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER OF A KIND USED IN MACHINERY OR MECHANICAL APPLIANCES OR FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES

42.05 OTHER ARTICLES OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION LEATHER

42.06 ARTICLES MADE FROM GUT ( OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT ) , FROM GOLDBEATER'S SKIN , FROM BLADDERS OR FROM TENDONS

CHAPTER 43

43.02 FURSKINS , TANNED OR DRESSED , INCLUDING FURSKINS ASSEMBLED IN PLATES , CROSSES AND SIMILAR FORMS ; PIECES OR CUTTINGS , OF FURSKIN , TANNED OR DRESSED , INCLUDING HEADS , PAWS , TAILS AND THE LIKE ( NOT BEING FABRICATED )

43.03 ARTICLES OF FURSKIN (*) ( 32 )

43.04 ARTIFICIAL FUR AND ARTICLES MADE THEREOF

CHAPTER 44

EX 44.02 COCONUT CHARCOAL

44.05 WOOD SAWN LENGTHWISE , SLICED OR PEELED , BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED , OF A THICKNESS EXCEEDING 5 MM

44.07 RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY SLEEPERS OF WOOD

EX 44.09 HOOPWOOD ; SPLIT POLES ; PILES , PICKETS AND STAKES OF WOOD , POINTED BUT NOT SAWN LENGTHWISE ; CHIPWOOD ; DRAWN WOOD ; WOOD SHAVINGS OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR OR FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF LIQUIDS ; WOODEN STICKS , ROUGHLY TRIMMED BUT NOT TURNED , BENT OR OTHERWISE WORKED , SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WALKINGSTICKS , UMBRELLA HANDLES , TOOL HANDLES OR THE LIKE

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