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REGULATION (EEC)No3056/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2December1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcocoabutterandatariffquotaforsolublecoffeeoriginatingindevelopingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,associatedcountriesfollowingtheimplementation of
thegeneralizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971andwhereasitisexpedient
tocontinuetoapplythemthroughout1975;
Whereasinrespectofcocoabutterandsolublecoffee
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedin
theAnnextheCommunityshouldthereforeopenfor
1975twoCommunitytariffquotaswithintherespec­
tivelimitsof21600metrictonsandatacustoms
dutyof8%forcocoabutterandof18750metric
tonsandadutyof9%forsolublecoffee;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalprod­
uctsofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifforiginatingindevelopingcountries;whereas
thepreferentialtreatmentproposedinthatoffer
consists,inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubject
tothetradearrangements laiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcom­
ponentofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsby
virtueofthatRegulation,and,inrespectofproducts
whicharesubjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofa
reductioninsuchduty;whereaspreferentialimports
oftheproductsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithout
quantitativerestrictions;whereasitappearsappro­
priate,howeverinviewofthesensitivenessofthe
cocoabutterandsolublecoffeesectorsgenerallyand
oftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsoftheassocia­
tedcountriesinthisfield,tolaydownforthosetwo
productsspecialconditionsconsistinginareduction
ofthecustomsdutyapplicabletothesetwoproducts
withinthelimitsofCommunitytariffquotas;Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23tothe
ActofAccession(*),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemewillbefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Statesfrom1January1974;
Whereasforthesaidproductsthisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1975ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
closetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatestonon-membercountriesingeneral
onthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabovementioned
Act;whereasthissituationwouldcomplyneither
withthespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthegener­
alizedpreferencescheme;whereas,inordertomain­
tainanequivalentpreferentialmarginfortheseprod­
uctsalso,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbeapplied
tothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrulesbasedon
theprincipleofmaintaining ,inthenewMember
States,apreferenceproportionaltothatwhichexists
betweenthedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andthedutiesgiveninArticle1ofthisRegulation;
whereas,withaviewtograntingthebeneficiary
developingcountriesthebestpossibletreatment,in
accordancewiththeobjectivesofthepreference
scheme,thedutiesgiveninArticle1shouldalsobe
appliedwhereverthedutiescalculatedaccordingto
theabovementioned detailedrulesprovetobehigher
thanthem;WhereastheofferbytheCommunityincludesa
clausestatingthatitismadeontheassumptionthat
themainindustrialized countrieswhicharemembers
oftheOECDparticipateingrantingpreferencesand
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatempor­
arynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentandinparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibilitymay
beadoptedinteraliawithaviewtoremedyingany
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Whereasthebenefitofthesetariffquotasshouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ;theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No802/68(*)of27June1968on
thecommondefinitionoftheconceptoftheoriginof
goods;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcon­
tinuousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
saidquotasandtheuninterrupted applicationofthe
rateslaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthese
quotasareus^dup;whereas,havingregardtothe
principlessetoutabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongMemberStates;whereas,more­
over,tothisendandinthecontextoftheutilization
system,theactualchargesagainstthequotamayrelate
onlytoproductswhichhavebeenenteredforhome
useandwhichareaccompaniedbyacertificateof
origin;
Whereastheavailablestatisticaldataasyetcoveronly
arelativelybriefperiodandwhereas,inthisparticular
case,theyshouldbeweightedonthebasisofthe
estimateswhichmaybemadeinrespectofthequota
year;whereasthesharesinthequotaamountsmay
besetoutasfollows:
metrictons
cocoabuttersolublecoffeeWhereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotasunderconsideration ,itappearspos­
sibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingup
ofareserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagessetintheabovetable;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramounts,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearex­
pedienttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethe
systemforadministering itsshare;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeformeasures
enablinganyseriousdisturbancewithinthesector
oftheCommunity'seconomicactivitytobeavoided
andtothisend,theCommissionshouldbeem­
poweredtoreintroduceinpartorinfullthenormal
dutiesinordertoavoidsuchdisturbance ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975Com­
munitytariffquotasshallbeopenedwithintheCom­
munityforimportsoftheproductslistedbelowand
undertheconditionsstated:Germany 800 900
Benelux 12150 1550
France 100 250
Italy 50 50
Denmark 50 50
Ireland 50 50
UnitedKingdom 840015900
HOJNoL148,28.6.1.968,p.1
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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionVolumein
metric
tonsRateof
duty
18.04Cocoabutter,includingcocoafatoroil 216008%
21.02Extractsoressencesofcoffee;preparations witha
basisofthoseextractsoressences:
exA.Extractsoressencesofcoffee;preparationswith
abasisofthoseextractsoressences :
—Extractsofcoffeeor'solublecoffee'obtained
byawatermethodofextractionfromroasted
coffee,putupinpowderform,granulated,
ingrains,intabletsorinasimilarsolidform187509%
France 100 250
Italy 50 50
Denmark 50 50
Ireland 50 50
UnitedKingdom 840015900OnimportationintoDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabove­
mentionedproductsthecustomsdutiesdetermined
bymultiplying,byacoefficientequaltothemargin
ofpreferencesexistingbetweenthedutiesgivenin
thefirstsubparagraph andtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesapplicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreduc­
ingby60%thedifferencebetweenthelowestduty
appliedon.1January1972tothedevelopingcoun­
triessetoutintheAnnexandtheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
However,thedutiesgiveninthefirstsubparagraph
shallbeappliedwherethedutiesresultingfromthe
abovementioned calculationarehigherthanthem.
2.Thesetariffquotasshallapplysolelytoproducts
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedin
theAnnex.However,thoseimportswhichenjoy
exemptionfromcustomsdutiesunderotherprefer­
entialtariffarangementsgrantedbytheCommunity
maynotbechargedagainstthesetariffquotas.
ForthepurposesofthisRegulationtheconceptof
originatingproductsshallbedeterminedinaccord­
ancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle14of
Regulation (EEC)No802/68.
Article2
TheCommunityTariffquotasmentionedinArticle1'
shallbeallocated,inrespectofeachMemberState,
insharestheamountsofwhicharesetoutbelow:
inmetrictons
cocoabuttersolublecoffee
Germany 800 900
Benelux 12150 1550Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichsharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
enteredforhomeuse,andwhichareaccompanied
byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallshowboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandthequantityexpressedinmetric
tons.
Article5
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
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Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourable situationintheassociated
countries,thecustomsdutiesappliedwithinthe
Communitymaybere-introduced inpartorinfull
forimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthe
countryorcountriesorterritoryorterritorieswhich
arethecauseofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasures
mayalsobetakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvan­
tage,eitheractualorforeseable,whichisconfined
toasingleregionoftheCommunity .
Article6
1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
ducenormaldutiesforafixedperiod.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestofa
MemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfromthedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStateoftheactionithastaken.
3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnoti­
fied.Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferredtothe
Councilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionofthe
measure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
Article7
Articles5and6shallnotprejudicetheapplication
oftheprotectiveclausesdrawnupinconnectionwith
thecommoncommercialpolicypursuanttoArticle
113oftheTreaty.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan Honduras Qatar
Algeria India Romania
Argentina Indonesia Rwanda
Bahamas Iran SaudiArabia
Bahrain IraqSenegal
Bangladesh IvoryCoastSierraLeone
Barbados
BhutanJamaica
JordanSingapore
Somalia
SriLanka
Bolivia KenyaSudan
Botswana KhmerRepublicSwaziland
Brazil Korea(South) Syria
Burma Kuwait Tanzania
Burundi Laos Thailand
CameroonLebanon Togo
CentralAfricanRepublic Lesotho Tonga
Chad Liberia TrinidadandTobago
Chile Libya Tunisia
Colombia MalagasyRepublic Uganda
Congo,People'sRepublicofMalawi UnitedArabEmirates :
CostaRica Malaysia AbuDhabi
Cuba MaldiveIslands Dubai
CyprusMali RasalKhaimah
Dahomey Mauritania Fujairah
DominicanRepublic Mauritius Aiman
Ecuador Mexico Sharjah
Egypt,ArabRepublicof Morocco UmmalQaiwain
ElSalvador Nauru UpperVolta
EquatorialGuinea Nepal Uruguay
Ethiopia Nicaragua Venezuela
Fiji Niger Vietnam,Republicof
Gabon Nigeria WesternSamoa
Gambia Oman Yemen,People'sDemocratic
Ghana PakistanRepublicof
Guatemala Panama YemenArabRepublic
Guinea Paraguay Yugoslavia
Guyana Peru Zaïre
Haiti Philippines Zambia

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COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered ,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunity
orthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
Angola(includingCabinda)
AustralienAntarticTerritory
Belize
Bermuda
BritishAntarticTerritory
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(Aldabra,Farquhar,ChagosArchipelago,DesRoches)
BritishPacificOcean(*)
Brunei
CapeVerdeIslands
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
ComoroArchipelago
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMacDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIslands
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship (s)
Papua-NewGuinea
PortugueseGuinea
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SaoThoméandPrincipe
Seychelles (includingAmirantes)
Sikkim
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
Surinam
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiuweIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaocosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybyamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories .
(')GilbertandElliceIslands,BritishSolomonIslands.NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(2)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(3)ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaincludeGuam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(')Dominica,Grenada,StLucia,StVincent.