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REGULATION (EEC)No3013/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of17November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingin
developingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularAr­
ticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
missionH;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntent(2)onthe
developmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,India,
Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore,theCommunity
declareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionstothe
problemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftradewith
thecountriesreferredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexport
productandtheflowoftradeinsuchproductsis
likelytobechangedasaresultoftheenlargementof
theCommunity ;whereasthesystemofgeneralized
tariffpreferencesmayconstituteasolutiontothe
problemsofthisnature;whereascertainformsof
preservedpineapplesshouldthereforebeincluded
inthesystemofgeneralizedpreferences ;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproducts
ofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthe
preferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,
inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothe
tradearrangements laiddowninRegulation (EEC)
No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponent
ofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueof
thatRegulation,and,inrespectofproductswhich
aresubjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofareduction
insuchduty;whereaspreferentialimportsofthe
productsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithout
quantitative restrictions ;whereasitappears
appropriate ,however,inviewofthesensitivenessofthepreservedfruitandvegetablesectorgenerallyand
oftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsoftheACP
Statesinthisfield,tolaydownforpreserved
pineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,
specialconditionsconsistinginareductionofthe
customsdutyapplicabletothatproductwithinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemainindustrial­
izedcountrieswhicharemembersoftheOECD
wouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesandwould
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatem­
porarynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentand,inparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibility
maybeadoptedinteraliawithaviewtoremedying
anyunfavourablesituationswhichmightariseinthe
ACPStatesfollowingtheimplementation ofthe
generalizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereasitisexpedientto
continuetoapplythemthroughout1976;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCom­
munityshouldopenfor1976inrespectofthesaid
products,originatinginthecountriesandterritories
listedintheAnnex,aCommunitytariffquota
limitedto30000metrictonsandatacustomsduty
of12%,increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethe
sugarcontentexceeds17%byweightinthecaseof
productsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)
5aa),and19%byweightinthecaseofproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)5aa);
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession(3)thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;
0OJNoC257,10.11.1975,p.30
(2)OJNoL73,273.1972,p.195. (3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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thepercentageofthesharesofthequotaamount
maybedrawnupasfollows:
Germany 20-5%
Benelux 4-9%
France 05%
Italy 2-0%
Denmark 1-9%
Ireland 1-0%
UnitedKingdom 69-2%Whereas,forthesaidproducts,thisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1976ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
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;
Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountries
andterritoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdetermined in
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No802/68(*)of
27June1968onthecommondefinitionofthe
conceptoftheoriginofgoods;Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotaunderconsideration ,itappearsposs­
ibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingup
ofareserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagesetoutintheabovetable;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramount,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearexpedi­
enttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethesystem
foradministeringitsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcern­
ingtheadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongMem­
berStates;whereas,moreover,tothisendandinthe
contextoftheutilizationsystem,theactualcharges
againstthequotamayrelateonlytoproductswhich
havebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhichare
accompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976aCom­
munitytariffquotaof30000metrictonsshallbe
openedbytheCommunityfortheimportsof
preservedpineapplesotherthaninslices,halfslices
orspirals,fallingwithinthefollowingsubheadingsof
theCommonCustomsTariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,ex
20.06BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)andex20.06
BIIc)2bb).Withinthistariffquotathecustoms
dutyshallbesuspendedat12%,increasedbythe
levyonsugarwherethesugarcontentexceeds17%Whereasonthebasisofthestatisticaldataavailable
whichcoveronlyarelativelybriefperiodand
whereastheyshouldbeweightedonthebasisofthe
estimateswhichmaybemadeforthequotayear,
0)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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byweightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweight
inthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIb)5aa).Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
enteredforhomeuse,andwhichareaccompanied
byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyif.the
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .OnimportationintoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabovemen­
tionedproductsthecustomsdutyobtainedbymulti­
plying,byacoefficientequaltothemarginofpre­
ferencesexistingbetweenthedutyof12%givenin
paragraph1andtheCommonCustomsTariffduties
applicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingby60%
thedifferencebetweenthelowestdutyappliedon
1January1972tothedevelopingcountriessetoutin
theAnnexandtheCommonCustomsTariff.
However,thedutyof12%giveninthefirstsubpara­
graphshallbeappliedwhenthecustomsduty
resultingfromtheabovementioned calculationis
higherthanit.
2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereserved
fortheproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territorieslistedintheAnnex.However,theimports
alreadybenefitingfromexemptioncustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedby
theCommunityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallcoverboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandquantityexpressedinmetric
tons.
ArticleS
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangementsprovidedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity,
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourablesituationintheACPStates,
thecustomsdutiesappliedwithintheCommunity
maybere-introducedinpartorinfullforimportsof
theproductsinquestionfromthecountryor
countriesorterritoryorterritorieswhicharethe
causeofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasuresmayalso
betakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvantage,either
actualorforeseeable,whichisconfinedtoasingle
regionoftheCommunity .Forthepurposesofimplementing thisRegulation
theconceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedeter­
minedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhichinrespectofeach
MemberStateshallbeoftheamountindicated
below:
Article6
1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
duceCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixed
period.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestofa
MemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinform
theMemberStateoftheactiontaken.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom6150metrictons
1470metrictons
150metrictons
600metrictons
570metrictons
300metrictons
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inconnectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicy
pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawn
upinconnectionwiththecommoncommercial
policypursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnotified.
Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferredtothe
Councilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionofthe
measure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
Article7
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnotpreju­
dicetheapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnupArticle8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
E.COLOMBO

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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan Haiti Qatar
Algeria Honduras Romania
Argentina India Rwanda
Bahamas Indonesia SaudiArabia
Bahrain Iran Senegal
Bangladesh Iraq SierraLeone
Barbados IvoryCoast Singapore
Bhutan Jamaica Somalia
Bolivia Jordan SriLanka
Botswana Kenya Sudan
Brazil KhmerRepublic Surinam
Burma Korea(South) Swaziland
Burundi Kuwait Syria
Cameroon Laos Tanzania
CapeVerdeIslands Lebanon Thailand
CentralAfricanRepublic LesothoTogo
Chad LiberiaTonga
Chile Libya TrinidadandTobago
Colombia MalagasyRepublic Tunisia
Congo,People'sRepublicof MalawiUganda
CostaRica Malaysia UnitedArabEmirates:
Cuba MaldiveIslands AbuDhabi
Cyprus Mali Dubai
Dahomey Mauritania RasalKhaimah
DominicanRepublic MauritiusFujairah
Ecuador MexicoAjman
Egypt,ArabRepublicof MoroccoSharjah
ElSalvador NauruUmmalQaiwain
EquatorialGuinea Nepal UpperVolta
Ethiopia Nicaragua Uruguay
Fiji Niger Venezuela
Gabon Nigeria Vietnam,Republicof
Gambia Oman WesternSamoa
Ghana PakistanYemen,People'sDemocratic
Grenada Panama Republicof
Guatemala PapuaNewGuineaYemenArabRepublic
Guinea Paraguay Yugoslavia
GuineaBissau Peru Zaire
Guyana Philippines 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
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
ComoroArchipelago
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIsland
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship (s)
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SaoToméandPrincipe
Seychelles(includingAmirantes)
Sikkim
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiueIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaicosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybyamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories.
(*)GilbertIslands,Tuvalu,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(*)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(*)ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(4)Dominica,StLucia,StVincent.