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of13December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingindevelopingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament (1),
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntentonthe
developmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,India,
Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore(2),theCommunity
declareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionstothe
problemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftradewith
thecountriesreferredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia,
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexportproduct
andtheflowoftradeinsuchproductsislikelytobe
changedasaresultoftheenlargementoftheCom­
munity;whereasthesystemofgeneralizedtariff
preferencesmayconstituteasolutiontoproblems
ofthisnature;whereascertainformsofpreserved
pineapplesshouldthereforebeincludedinthesystem
ofgeneralizedpreferences;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproducts
ofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthe
preferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,
inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothe
tradearrangementslaiddowninRegulation (EEC)
No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponent
ofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueof
thatRegulation,and,inrespectofproductswhicharesubjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofareductionin
suchduty;whereaspreferentialimportsoftheprod­
uctsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithoutquantitative
restrictions;whereasitappearsappropriate,however,
inviewofthesensitivenessofthepreservedfruitand
vegetablesectorgenerallyandoftheneedto
safeguardtheinterestsoftheACPStatesinthisfield,
tolaydownforpreservedpineapples,inslices,half
slicesorspirals,specialconditionsconsistingina
reductionofthecustomsdutyapplicabletothat
productwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemainindustrial­
izedcountrieswhicharemembersoftheOECD
wouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesandwould
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatem­
porarynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentand,inparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibility
maybeadoptedinteraliawithaviewtoremedying
any'unfavourablesituationswhichmightariseinthe
ACPStatesfollowingtheimplementation ofthe
generalizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereasitisexpedientto
continuetoapplythemthroughout1977;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCom­
munityshouldopenfor1977inrespectofthesaid
products,originatinginthecountriesandterritories
listedintheAnnex,aCommunitytariffquotalimited
to28000metrictonsandatacustomsdutyof
15%,increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethesugar
contentexceeds17%byweightinthecaseofprod­
uctsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)5aa),
and19%byweightinthecaseofproductsfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)5aa);
HOJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.27.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195.

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Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession(1),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;Whereasthestatisticaldataavailablecoveronlya
relativelybriefperiod,andtheyshouldbeweighted
onthebasisoftheestimateswhichmaybemadefor
thequotayear;whereasthepercentageoftheshares
ofthequotaamountmaybedrawnupasfollows:
Germany 35-1%
Benelux 13-0%
France 1-0%
Italy 2-8%
Denmark 2-7%
Ireland 1-0%
UnitedKingdom 44-4%Whereas,forthesaidproducts,thisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1977ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
closetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatestonon-membercountriesingeneral
onthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabovementioned
Act;whereasthissituationwouldcomplyneither
withthespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthegeneral­
izedpreferencescheme;whereas,inordertomain­
tainanequivalentpreferentialmarginfortheseprod­
uctsalso,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbeapplied
tothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrulesbasedon
theprincipleofmaintaining,inthenewMember
States,apreferenceproportionaltothatwhichexists
betweenthedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andthedutiesgiveninArticle1tothisRegulation;
whereas,withaviewtograntingthebeneficiary
developingcountriesthebestpossibletreatment,in
accordancewiththeobjectivesofthepreference
scheme,thedutiesgivenintheabovementioned
Article1shouldalsobeappliedwherevertheduties
calculatedaccordingtotheabovementioned detailed
rulesprovetobehigherthanthem;Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotaunderconsideration ,itappearspos­
sibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingupof
areserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagesetoutintheabove
table;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramount,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearexpedi­
enttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethesystem
foradministering itsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCoun­
cilRegulation (EEC)No802/68of27June1968on
thecommondefinitionoftheconceptoftheorigin
ofgoods(2);
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
MemberStates;whereas,moreover,tothisendand
inthecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhich
areaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof28000metrictonsshallbe
openedbytheCommunityfortheimportsof
preservedpineapplesinslices,halfslicesorspirals,
fallingwithinthefollowingsubheadingsofthe
CommonCustomsTariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,ex20.06(!)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14
(2)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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Article3 BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)andex20.06BIIc)
2bb).Withinthistariffquotathecustomsdutyshall
besuspendedat15%,increasedbythelevyonsugar
wherethesugarcontentexceeds17%byweightin
thecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightinthecase
ofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
b)5aa).1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenusedupshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhaveibeenentered
for(homeuse,andwhichareaccompanied bya
certificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .OnimportationintoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabovemen­
tionedproductsthecustomsdutyobtainedbymulti­
plying,byacoefficientequaltothemarginofpre­
ferencesexistingbetweenthedutyof15%givenin
paragraph1andtheCommonCustomsTariffduties
applicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingby80%
thedifferencebetweenthelowestdutyappliedon
1January1972tothedevelopingcountriessetout
intheAnnexandtheCommonCustomsTariff.
Article4
However,thedutyof15%giveninthefirstsubpara­
graphshallbeappliedwhenthecustomsduty
resultingfromtheabovementioned calculationis
higherthanit.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionchargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallcoverboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandquantityexpressedinmetric
tons.
Article52.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereserved
fortheproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territorieslistedintheAnnex.However,theimports
alreadybenefitingfromexemptionofcustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedby
theCommunityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.
Forthepurposesofimplementing thisRegulationthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedetermined
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangements providedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourablesituationintheACPStates,
thecustomsdutiesappliedwithintheCommunity
maybere-introduced inpartorinfullforimports
oftheproductsinquestionfromthecountryor
countriesorterritoryorterritorieswhicharethe
causeofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasuresmayalso
betakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvantage ,either
actualorforeseeable,whichisconfinedtoasingle
regionoftheCommunity .Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhichinrespectofeach
MemberStateshallbeoftheamountindicatedbelow:
Article6
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom9820metrictons
3640metrictons
280metrictons
780metrictons
770metrictons
280metrictons
12430metrictons1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
duceCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixed
period.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestof
aMemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStateoftheactiontaken.

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inconnectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicy
pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawn
upinconnectionwiththecommoncommercial
policypursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnotified.
Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferredtothe
Councilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionofthe
measure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
Article8
Article7
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnotprejudice
theapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnupThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOEL

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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
I.INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan
AlgeriaGuyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
IranAngola
Argentina
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
BarbadosIr.ui
BeninIvoryCoast
Jamaica
Jordan
KenyaPhilippines
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
SaoTomeandPrincipe
SaudiArabia
Senegal
Seychelles
SierraLeone
Singapore
Somalia
SriLanka
Sudan
Surinam
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
TrinidadandTobagoBhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
CapeVerdeIslands
CentralAfricanRepublicKhmerRepublic
Korea(South)
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Iesotho
Liberia
Libya
MalagasyRepublic
Malawi
Malaysia
MaldiveIslands
Mali
MauritaniaChad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo,People'sRepublicol
CostaRica
Cuba
CyprusTunisia
Uganda
UnitedArabEmirates :
AbuDhabi
Dubai
RasalKhaimah
Fujairah
Ajman
SharjahDominicanRepublic
Ecuador
UmmalQaiwamEgypt,ArabRepublicof
ElSalvador
EquatorialGuinea
Ethiopia
FijiMauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
PapuaNewGuinea
Paraguay
PeruUpperVolta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
WesternSamoa
Yemen,People'sDemocratic
Republicof
YemenArabRepublic
Yugoslavia
Zaire
ZambiaGabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
GuineaBissau

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II.COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunity
orthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
AustralianAntarcticTerritory
Belize
Bermuda
BritishAntarcticTerritory
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(Aldabra,Farquhar,ChagosArchipelago,Desroches)
BritishPacificOcean(*)
Brunei
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mayotte
NetherlandsAntilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIsland
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship(!)
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiueIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaicosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories.
(*)GilbertIslands,Tuvalu,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(*)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(')ThePacificIslandsadministered bytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(4)Dominica,StLucia.StVincent.