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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2713/77
of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
preservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingindevelopingcountries
whereasitappearsappropriate,however,inviewofthe
sensitivenessofthepreservedfruitandvegetablesector
generallyandoftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsof
theACPStatesinthisfield,tolaydownforpreserved
pineapples,inslices,halfslicesorspirals,specialcon­
ditionsconsistinginareductionofthecustomsduty
applicabletothatproductwithinthelimitsofaCom­
munitytariffquota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludesa
clausestatingthattheCommunitydrewuptheofferon
theassumptionthatallthemainindustrializedcountries
whicharemembersoftheOECDwouldparticipatein
grantingpreferencesandwouldmakesimilareffortsin
thisdirection;whereas,moreover,itisevidentfromthe
conclusionsworkedoutinUNCTADthatthisoffer,
whilebeingofatemporarynature,doesnotconstitutea
bindingcommitmentand,inparticular,maybewith­
drawnwhollyorinpartatalaterdate;whereasthis
possibilitymaybeadoptedinteraliawithaviewto
remedyinganyunfavourablesituationswhichmight
ariseintheACPStatesfollowingtheimplementation of
thegeneralizedpreferencescheme;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(x),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee (2),
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntentonthede­
velopmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,India,
Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore(3),theCommunity
declareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionstotheproblems
whichmayariseinthefieldoftradewiththecountries
referredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia,
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexportproduct
andtheflowoftradeinsuchproductsislikelytobe
changedasaresultoftheenlargementoftheCom­
munity;whereasthesystemofgeneralizedtariffprefer­
encesmayconstituteasolutiontoproblemsofthis
nature;whereascertainformsofpreservedpineapples
shouldthereforebeincludedinthesystemof
generalizedpreferences;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariffpre­
ferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproductsof
Chapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthepre­
ferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,in
respectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothetrade
arrangements laiddowninRegulation (EEC)No
1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponentofthe
chargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueofthatRegu­
lation,and,inrespectofproductswhicharesubjectto
thesinglecustomsduty,ofareductioninsuchduty;
whereaspreferentialimportsoftheproductsconcerned
couldbeeffectedwithoutquantitativerestrictions;Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereasitisexpedienttocon­
tinuetoapplythemthroughout1978;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCommunity
shouldopenfor1978inrespectofthesaidproducts,
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedinthe
Annex,aCommunitytariffquotalimitedto28000
tonnesandatacustomsdutyof15%,increasedbythe
levyonsugarwherethesugarcontentexceeds17%by
weightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightinthecaseof
productsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)
5aa);
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheActof
Accession(4),thegeneralizedtariffpreferencescheme
becamefullyapplicableinthenewMemberStateson
1January1974;
Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbere­
servedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesandter­
ritoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof'originatingHOJNoC266,7.11.1977,p.16.
(2)Opiniondeliveredon26/27October1977(notyetpub­
lishedintheOfficialJournal).
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195.(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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beprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmost
usedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditionalshares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereas,however,itseemsadvisableto
permittheMemberStatestolimittheexerciseoftheir
totalobligationtodrawonthereserveamounttoa
levelnotexceeding40%oftheirinitialshare;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforcloseco­
operationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservetheextent
towhichthequotaamountisusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;products'beingdeterminedinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCouncilRegu-•
lation(EEC)No802/68of27June1968onthecom­
mondefinitionoftheconceptoftheoriginofgoods(1);
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstotheabovemen­
tionedquotaandtheuninterruptedapplicationofthe
ratelaiddownforthisquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthis
quotaisusedup;whereashavingregardtotheprinci­
plessetoutabove,theCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotaamongMemberStates;whereas,moreover,to
thisendandinthecontextoftheutilizationsystem,the
actualchargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlyto
productswhichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseand
whichareaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsinquestioninthevariousMemberStates,the
quotasshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongMemberStatesandthesecond
heldasareservetocoversubsequentlytherequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitial
shares;whereas,moreover,thereserveconstitutedin
themannerdescribedabovetendstoavoidmakingthe
systemofutilizationofthequotaexcessivelyrigid,to
thedetrimentofthedevelopingcountriesconcernedand
willcontributetoachievingtheaimalready-mentioned
ofimprovingthegeneralizedpreferencessystem;
whereas,togiveimportersineachMemberStatesome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunity
quotamightinthiscasebefixedatarelativelyhigh
level,inthiscaseatapproximately 95%ofthefull
quota;
Whereasthestatisticaldataavailablecoveronlyarela­
tivelybriefperiod,andtheyshouldbeweightedonthe
basisoftheestimateswhichmaybemadeforthequota
year;whereasthepercentageofthesharesinthefirst
tranchemaybedrawnupasfollows:WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration of
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Germany 35-1%,
Benelux 13-0%,
France 1-0%,
Italy 2-8%,
Denmark 2-7%,
Ireland 1-0%,
UnitedKingdom 44-4%;1.From1Januaryto31December1978,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof28000tonnesshallbeopenedby
theCommunityfortheimportsofpreservedpineapples,
inslices,halfslicesorspirals,fallingwithinthefollow­
ingsubheadingsoftheCommonCustomsTariff:ex
20.06BIIa)5,ex20.06BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)
andex20.06BIIc)2bb).Withinthistariffquotathe
customsdutyshallbesuspendedat15%,increasedby
thelevyonsugarwherethesugarcontentexceeds17%
byweightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightin
thecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06
BIIb)5aa).WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialshares
fortheproductsinquestionatdifferentrates;whereas
toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshould
2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereservedfor
theproductsoriginatinginthecountriesandterritories
stedintheAnnex.However,theimportsalready t1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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benefitingfromexemptionofcustomsdutiesunder
anotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedbythe
Communityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.
ForthepurposesofimplementirigthisRegulationthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedeterminedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle14
ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
5.AnyMemberStatemaylimitthesumtotalofits
additionalsharesto40%ofitsinitialshare,informing
theCommissionthatitissodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof26600tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates.Theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December1978,shall
foreachMemberStatebeasfollows:
Germany 9337tonnes,
Benelux 3458tonnes,
France 266tonnes,
Italy 745tonnes,
Denmark 718tonnes,
Ireland 266tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 11810tonnes.Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1978hasnot
exhaustedoneofitsinitialsharesshall,notlaterthan1
October1978,returntothereserveanyunusedportion
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesre­
turnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondtrancheof1400tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsin­
itialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
shouldtheoccasionarisetothenearestunitabove.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshares,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawathirdshare,equalto5%ofitsin­
itialshareroundedupshouldtheoccasionarisetothe
nearestunitabove.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,in­
formeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1978,informthe
MemberStateoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportations
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
cumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,underthesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.Thisprocess
shallcontinueuntilthereservehasbeenexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccesstothe
shareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothemforimporters
ofthesaidgoodswhoareestablishedintheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportsofthe
saidgoodswhichhavebeenenteredforhomeuse,on
thebasisofthecustomsvalueofthesaidgoods,and
whichareaccompaniedbyacertificateoforiginin
accordancewiththerulesreferredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsshallqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2issubmit­
tedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingofdutiesis
re-introduced .
Article8Suchmeasuresmayalsobetakeninthecaseofactual
orpotentialseriousdisadvantageinasingleregionof
theCommunity .
Article10
1.TheCommissionmaydecide,bymeansofaRegu­
lation,tore-introducethelevyingofcustomsdutiesfor
aspecifiedperiod,inordertoensurethatArticle9is
applied.
2.Intheeventofsuchactionbeingrequestedbya
MemberState,theCommissionshalldecidewithina
periodofnotmorethan10workingdaysafterthe
requesthasbeenreceivedandshallinformtheMember
Statesofthisdecision.
3.AnyMemberStatemayrefertotheCouncilthe
measuretakenbytheCommission ,withinaperiodof
notmorethan10workingdaysafterithasbeenin­
formedthereof.Thefactthatthematterisreferredto
theCouncilshallnotcausethemeasuretobesus­
pended.TheCouncilshallmeetimmediately .Itmay,by
actingonaqualifiedmajority,amendorrescindthe
measureinquestion.
Article11
TheprovisionsofArticles9and10shallnotprejudice
theapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnupin
connectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicypur­
suanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawnupin
connectionwiththecommoncommercialpolicypur­
suanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.
Article12
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article13
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatmonthly
intervalsofimportsoftheproductsinquestioncharged
againsttheirshares.Thisinformationshallshowboth
thevalueexpressedinunitsofaccountandquantity
expressedintonnes.
Article9
IftheCommunityfindsthatproductsbenefitingfrom
thetreatmentprovidedforinArticle1areimported
intotheCommunityinsuchquantitiesoratsuchprices
thatCommunityproducersofproductssimilartoorin
directcompetitionwiththemsufferorarelikelytosuf­
ferfromseriousdisadvantage ,orthatanunfavourable
situationiscreatedintheACPStates,thelevyingof
customsdutiesmaybere-introducedinwholeorinpart
ontheproductsinquestioninrespectofthecountries
orterritorieswhicharethecauseofthedisadvantage .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences (x)
1.INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
660Afghanistan 260Guinea 801PapuaNewGuinea
208Algeria 257GuineaBissau 520Paraguay
330Angola 488Guyana504Peru
528Argentina 452Haiti 708Philippines
453Bahamas 424Honduras 644Qatar
640Bahrain 664India 066Romania
666Bangladesh 700Indonesia 324Rwanda
469Barbados 616Iran819Samoa
284Benin 612Iraq311SaoTomeandPrincipe
675Bhutan 272IvoryCoast632SaudiArabia
516Bolivia 464Jamaica248Senegal
391Botswana 628Jordan355SeychellesandDependencies
508Brazil 696Kampuchea ,Democratic264SierraLeone
676Burma 346Kenya706Singapore
328Burundi 728Korea,Republicof342Somalia
302Cameroon 636Kuwait669SriLanka
247CapeVerdeIslands 684Laos224Sudan
306CentralAfricanEmpire 604Lebanon492Surinam
244Chad 395Lesotho393Swaziland
512Chile 268Liberia 608Syria
480Colombia 216Libya352Tanzania
375Comoros 370Madagascar680Thailand
318Congo,People'sRepublicof 3&6Malawi 280Togo
436CostaRica 701Malaysia817Tonga
448Cuba 667MaldiveIslands472TrinidadandTobago
600Cyprus 232Mali212Tunisia
338Djibouti 228Mauritania 350Uganda
456DominicanRepublic 373Mauritius647UnitedArabEmirates
500Ecuador 412Mexico 236UpperVolta
220Egypt 204Morocco 524Uruguay
428ElSalvador 366Mozambique484Venezuela
310EquatorialGuinea 803Nauru690Vietnam
334Ethiopia 672Nepal652Yemen
815Fiji 432Nicaragua656Yemen,Democratic
314Gabon 240Niger048Yugoslavia
252Gambia 288Nigeria322Zaire
276Ghana 649Oman378Zambia
473Grenada 662Pakistan
416Guatemala 440Panama
(J)Thecodenumberprecedingthenameofeachbeneficiarycountryorterritoryisthatgivenin'Geonomenclature 1977',publishedbytheStatisticalOfficeoftheEuropean
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II.COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered ,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunityorthird
countriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
890AustralianAntarcticTerritory
421Belize
413Bermuda
890BritishAntarcticTerritory
357BritishIndianOceanTerritory
812BritishPacificOcean
703Brunei
202CanaryIslands
463CaymanIslandsandDependencies
205CeutaandMelilla
802ChristmasIsland,Cocos(Keeling)Islands,HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands,NorfolkIsland
529FalklandIslandsandDependencies
822FrenchPolynesia
890FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
044Gibraltar
740HongKong
743Macao
377Mayotte
476Netherlands Antilles
809NewCaledoniaandDependencies
808PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship(*)
329StHelenaandDependencies
814TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiueIsland,TokelauIslands)
454TurksandCaicosIslands
457VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates
811WallisandFutunaIslands
471WestIndies
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinternational
statusofcountriesorterritories .
(')ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(includingSwain'sIsland),Midway
Islands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacificIslands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshall
Islands).