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REGULATION (EEC)3057/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2December1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingin
developingcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,importsoftheproductsconcernedcouldbeeffected
withoutquantitativerestrictions ;whereasitappears
appropriate,however,inviewofthesensitivenessof
thepreservedfruitandvegetablesectorgenerallyand
oftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsoftheasso­
ciatedcountriesinthisfield,tolaydownforpre­
servedpineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesor
spiralsspecialconditionsconsistinginareduction
ofthecustomsdutyapplicabletothatproduct
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemainindustrial­
izedcountrieswhicharemembersoftheOECD
wouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesandwould
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedout
inUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatem­
porarynature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommit­
mentand,inparticular,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterdate;whereasthispossibility
maybeadopted,interalia,withaviewtoremedying
anyunfavourable situationswhichmightarisein
theassociatedcountriesfollowingtheimplemen­
tationofthegeneralizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971andwhereasitisexpedient
tocontinuetoapplythemthroughout1975;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCom­
munityshouldopenfor1975inrespectofthesaid
products,originatinginthecountriesandterritories
listedintheAnnex,aCommunitytariffquota
limitedto20000metrictonsandatacustomsduty
of12%,increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethe
sugarcontentexceeds17%byweightinthecaseof
productsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)
5aa),and19%byweightinthecaseofproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)5aa);
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23tothe
ActofAccession (2),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemewillbefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Statesfrom1January1974;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularAr­
ticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntent(*)on
thedevelopmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,
India,Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore,theCom­
munitydeclareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionsto
theproblemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftrade
withthecountriesreferredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexportproduct
andtheflowoftradeinsuchproductsislikelytobe
changedasaresultoftheenlargementoftheCom­
munity;whereasthesystemofgeneralizedtariff
preferencesmayconstituteasolutiontotheproblems
ofthisnatureandwhereascertainformsofpreserved
pineapplesshouldthereforebeincludedinthesystem
ofgeneralizedpreferences ;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalprod­
uctsofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifforiginatingindevelopingcountries;whereas
thepreferentialtreatmentproposedinthatoffercon­
sists,inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubject
tothetradearrangements laiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcom­
ponentofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsby
virtueofthatRegulation,and,inrespectofprod­
uctswhicharesubjecttothesinglecustomsduty,of
areductioninsuchduty;whereaspreferential
i1)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195. (2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Germany 20-5%
Benelux 4-9%
France 0-5%
Italy 2-0%
Denmark 1-9%
Ireland 1-0%
UnitedKingdom 69·2%Whereas,forthesaidproducts,thisschemewould,
however,involvetheapplicationinthenewMember
Statesin1975ofcustomsdutieshigherthanorvery
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 ,itappearsposs­
ibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingup
ofareserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagesetoutintheabove
table;
WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramount,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearexpedi­
enttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethe
systemforadministering itsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcern­
ingtheadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountries
andterritoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCoun­
cilRegulation (EEC)No802/68(*)of27June1968
onthecommondefinitionoftheconceptoftheorigin
ofgoods;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongMem­
berStates;whereas,moreover,tothisendandin
thecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhich
areaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof20millionmetrictonsshall
beopenedbytheCommunityfortheimportsof
preservedpineapplesotherthaninslices,halfslices
orspirals,fallingunderthefollowingsubheadings
oftheCommonCustomsTariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,
ex20.06BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)andex
20.06BIIc)2.Withinthistariffquotathecustoms
dutyshallbesuspendedat12%,increasedbythe
levyonsugarwherethesugarcontentexceeds17%
byweightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweight
inthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIb)5aa).Whereasonthebasisofthestatisticaldataavailable
whichcoveronlyarelativelybriefperiodand
whereastheyshouldbeweightedonthebasisof
theestimateswhichmaybemadeforthequotayear,
thepercentageofthesharesofthequotaamount
maybedrawnupasfollows:
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byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .OnimportationintoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabovemen­
tionedproductsthecustomsdutyobtainedbymulti­
plying,byacoefficientequaltothemarginofpre­
ferencesexistingbetweenthedutyof12%givenin
paragraph 1andtheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingby
40%thedifferencebetweenthelowestdutyapplied
on1January1972tothedevelopingcountriesset
outintheAnnexandtheCommonCustomsTariff.
However,thedutyof12%giveninthefirstsubpara­
graphshallbeappliedwhenthecustomsduty
resultingfromtheabovementioned calculationis
higherthanit.
2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereserved
fortheproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territorieslistedintheAnnex.However,theimports
alreadybenefitingfromexemptioncustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedby
theCommunityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.
Forthepurposesofimplementing thisRegulation
theconceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedeter­
minedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallcoverboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandquantityexpressedinmetric
tons.
Article5
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangementsprovidedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourable situationinassociated
countries,thecustomsdutiesappliedwithinthe
Communitymaybere-introduced inpartorinfull
forimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthe
countryorcountriesorterritoryorterritorieswhich
arethecauseofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasures
mayalsobetakenintheeventofaseriousdisad­
vantage,eitheractualorforeseeable,whichis
confinedtoasingleregionoftheCommunity .Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhichinrespectofeach
MemberStateshallbeoftheamountindicated
below:
Germany 4100metrictons
Benelux 980metrictons
France 100metrictons
Italy 400metrictons
Denmark 380metrictons
Ireland 200metrictons
UnitedKingdom 13840metrictonsArticle6
1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
duceCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixed
period.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestof
aMemberState,theformershallgiveitsdecision
withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinform
theMemberStateoftheactiontaken.
3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateiswas
notified.Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferred
totheCouncilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionof
themeasure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
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Article7
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnotpreju­
dicetheapplicationoftheprotectiveclausesdrawn
upinconnectionwiththecommoncommercialpolicypursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.
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 Iraq Senegal
Bangladesh IvoryCoast SierraLeone
Barbados Jamaica Singapore
Bhutan Jordan Somalia
Bolivia Kenya SriLanka
Botswana KhmerRepublic Sudan
Brazil Korea(South) Swaziland
Burma Kuwait Syria
Burundi Laos Tanzania
Cameroon Lebanon Thailand
CentralAfricanRepublic Lesotho Togo
Chad Liberia Tonga
Chile Libya TrinidadandTobago
Colombia MalagasyRepublic Tunisia
Congo,People'sRepublicofMalawi Uganda
CostaRica Malaysia UnitedArabEmirates:
Cuba MaldiveIslands AbuDhabi
CyprusMali Dubai
Dahomey Mauritania RasalKhaimah
DominicanRepublic Mauritius Fujairah
Ecuador Mexico Ajman
Egypt,ArabRepublicof Morocco Sharjah
ElSalvador Nauru UmmalQaiwain
EquatorialGuinea Nepal UpperVolta
Ethiopia Nicaragua Uruguay
Fiji Niger Venezuela
Gabon Nigeria Vietnam,Republicof
Gambia Oman WesternSamoa
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
GuyanaPakistan
Panama
Paraguay
PeruYemen,People'sDemocratic
Republicof
YemenArabRepublic
Yugoslavia
Zaïre
Haiti 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
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
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
Surinam
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiuweIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaocosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
"WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories .
(*)GilbertandElliceIslands,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(l)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(3)ThePacificIslandsadministered bytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(includingSwain's
Island),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacificIslands(the
Caroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(4)Dominica,Grenada,StLucia,StVincent.