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REGULATION (EEC)No1213/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of7May1975
establishinginrespectofcertainproductsfallingwithinheadingNos09.04and15.07
oftheCommonCustomsTariffaschemeofgeneralizedpreferencesinfavourof
developingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1059/69(*)of28May1969layingdownthetrade
arrangements applicabletocertaingoodsresulting
fromtheprocessingofagriculturalproducts,andin
particularArticle12thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityofferedtogrant
tariffpreferencesoncertainprocessedagricultural
productsofChapters1to24oftheCommon
CustomsTariffwhichoriginateindeveloping
countries;whereasthepreferentialtreatment
proposedinthatofferconsists,inrespectofcertain
goodswhicharesubjecttothetradearrangements
laiddowninRegulation (EEC)No1059/69,ofa
reductioninthefixedcomponentofthecharge
applicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueofthatRegulation,
and,inrespectofproductswhicharesubjecttothe
singlecustomsduty,ofareductioninsuchduty;
whereaspreferentialimportsoftheproducts
concernedcouldbeeffectedwithoutquantitative
restrictions ;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemain
industrialized countrieswhicharemembersofthe
OECDwouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesand
wouldmakesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,
moreover,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworked
outinUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofa
temporarynature,doesnotconstituteabinding
commitmentand,inparticular,maybewithdrawn
whollyorinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibilitymaybeadopted,interalia,withaviewto
remedyinganyunfavourablesituationswhichmight
ariseintheassociatedcountriesfollowingthe
implementation ofthegeneralizedpreferencescheme;
Whereas,moreover,theconferenceoftheHeadsof
StateorofGovernmentoftheMemberStatesandthe
StatesaccedingtotheEuropeanCommunitiesheldin
Parisfrom19to21October1972invitedthe
CommunityinstitutionsandtheMemberStates
progressively toadoptanoverallpolicyof
developmentcooperationonaworld-widescale
comprisinginparticulartheimprovement of
generalizedpreferenceswiththeaimofachievinga
steadyincreaseinimportsofmanufacturesfromthe
developingcountries;
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession(2),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;
Whereas,forcertainproductsofChapters1to24of
theCommonCustomsTariff,thisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1975ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
closetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatestonon-membercountriesingeneral
onthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabovementioned
Act;whereasthissituationwouldcomplyneither
withthespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthe
generalizedpreferencescheme;whereas,inorderto
maintainanequivalentpreferentialmarginforthese
productsalso,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbe
appliedtothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrules
basedontheprincipleofmaintaining,inthenew
MemberStates,apreferenceproportionaltothat
whichexistsbetweenthedutiesoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandthedutiesgiveninAnnexAto
thisRegulation;whereas,withaviewtograntingthe
beneficiarydevelopingcountriesthebestpossible
treatment,inaccordancewiththeobjectivesofthe
preferencescheme,thedutiesgiveninthe
abovementioned AnnexAshouldalsobeapplied
whereverthedutiescalculatedaccordingtothe
(*)OJNoL141,12.6.1969,p.1. (2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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2.Thetreatmentprovidedforinparagraph1shall
beenjoyedsolelybyproductsoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritorieslistedinAnnexB.
Forthepurposesoftheapplicationofthis
Regulation,theconceptoforiginatingproductsshall
bedeterminedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.abovementioned detailedrulesprovetobehigher
thanthem;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thatthe
Communityshouldauthorizetheimportationofthe
productsreferredtoinAnnexA,originatinginthe
countriesandterritorieslistedinAnnexB,subjectto
thecustomsdutiesgiveninrespectofeachofthem,
asfrom1July1975;whereasthebenefitofsuch
preferentialtermsshouldbereservedforproducts
originatinginthecountriesandterritoriesunder
consideration ,theconceptof'originatingproducts'
beingdeterminedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No802/68(*)of27June1968onthecommon
definitionoftheconceptoftheoriginofgoods;
Whereasmeasuresshouldbeprovidedforwhichwill
enableanyseriousdisruptioninanysectorofthe
economicactivityoftheCommunitytobeavoided;
whereas,tothisend,theCommissionshouldbe
empoweredtoreintroducepartiallyorwhollythe
levyingofcustomsdutiesinorderthatsuch
disruptionmaybeavoided;
WhereastheCommissionmustbeabletohaveaccess
toinformationconcerningimportseffectedwithinthe
frameworkofgeneralizedpreferences;whereas,to
thisend,MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
everythreemonthsofimportsactuallyeffected,
classifiedbyorigin,Article2
Whenproductsbenefitingfromthetreatment
providedforinArticle1areimportedinthe
Communityinsuchquantitiesoratsuchpricesthat
Communityproducersofproductssimilartoorin
directcompetitionwiththemsufferorarelikelyto
sufferfromseriousdisadvantage ,thelevyingof
customsdutiesmaybereintroducedinwholeorin
partontheproductsinquestioninrespectofthe
countriesorterritorieswhicharethecauseofthe
disadvantage .Suchmeasuresmayalsobetakeninthe
caseofactualorpotentialseriousdisadvantageina
singleregionoftheCommunity .
Article3
1.TheCommissionmaydecide,bymeansofa
Regulation,toreintroducethelevyingofcustoms
dutiesforaspecifiedperiod,inordertoensurethat
Article2isapplied.
2.Intheeventofsuchactionbeingrequestedbya
MemberState,theCommissionshalldecidewithina
periodofnotmorethan10workingdaysafterthe
requesthasbeenreceivedandshallinformthe
MemberStatesofthisdecision.
3.AnyMemberStatemayrefertotheCouncilthe
measuretakenbytheCommission,withinaperiodof
notmorethan10workingdaysafterithasbeen
informedthereof.Thefactthatthematterisreferred
totheCouncilshallnotcausethemeasuretobe
suspended.TheCouncilshallmeetimmediately .It
may,byactingonaqualifiedmajority,amendor
rescindthemeasureinquestion.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Julyto31December1975,Community
importsoftheproductslistedinAnnexAshall
benefitfromthecustomsdutiesspecifiedforeach
product.
OnimportationintoDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,thereshallbeappliedtothe
abovementioned productsthecustomsduties
determinedbymultiplying,byacoefficientequalto
themarginofpreferencesexistingbetweentheduties
giveninAnnexAandtheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingthe
differencebetweenthelowestdutyappliedon
1January1972tothedevelopingcountriessetoutin
AnnexBandtheCommonCustomsTariff,by60%.
However,thedutiesgiveninAnnexAshallbe
appliedwherethedutiesresultingfromthe
abovementioned calculationarehigherthanthem.Article4
Articles2and3shallnotprejudicethe
implementation ofthesafeguardclausesadoptedin
pursuanceofthecommonagriculturalpolicyunder
Article43oftheTreatyandofthoseadoptedin
pursuanceofthecommonagriculturalpolicyunder
Article113oftheTreatv. (!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1975.Article5
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionevery
threemonthsofimportseffectedunderthis
Regulation,classifiedbyorigin.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7May1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD

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ANNEXA
ListofproductsfallingwithinheadingNos09.04and15.07originatingindevelopingcountries
andterritoriestowhichthegeneralizedtariffpreferenceswillapply
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty
09.04Pepperofthegenus'Piper';pimentoofthegenus'Capsicum'
orthegenus'Pimenta':
A..Neithercrushednorground:
I.Pepper:
b)Other6%
15.07Fixedvegetableoils,fluidorsolid,crude,refinedorpurified:
D.Otheroils:
I.Fortechnicalorindustrialusesotherthanthemanu­
factureoffoodstuffsforhumanconsumption :
a)Crude:
1.Palmoil 2-5%
ex3.Other:l
—Palmnutandkerneloil 3%
II.Other:
a)Palmoil:I
1.Crude 4%
b)Other:
2.Solid,other;fluid:
exaa)Crude:l —Palmnutandkerneloil 8%
—Coconutoil 8%

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

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COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunity
orthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
Angola(includingCabinda)
AustralianAntarcticTerritory
Belize
Bermuda
BritishAntarcticTerritory
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(Aldabra,Farquhar,ChagosArchipelago,DesRoches)
BritishPacificOcean(*)
Brunei
CapeVerdeIslands
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
ComoroArchipelago
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMacDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIslands
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship (3)
Papua-NewGuinea
PortugueseGuinea
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SaoTomeandPrincipe
Seychelles(includingAmirantes)
Sikkim
(')GilbertandElliceIslands,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(l)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(')ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).

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SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
Surinam
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiuweIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaocosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands{*)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories.
()Dominica,StLucia.StVincent.