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of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
preservedpineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingindeveloping
countries
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;whereascertainforms,ofpreservedpineapples
shouldthereforebeincludedinthesystemof
generalizedpreferences;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariffpre­
ferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproductsof
Chapters1to24totheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthepre-,
ferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,in
respectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothetrade
arrangements laiddowninRegulation (EEC)No
1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponentofthe
chargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueofthatRegu­
lation,and,inrespectofproductswhicharesubjectto
thesinglecustomsduty,ofareductioninsuchduty;
whereaspreferentialimportsoftheproductsconcerned
couldbeeffectedwithoutquantitativerestrictions;whereasitappearsappropriate,however,inviewofthe
sensitivenessofthepreservedfruitandvegetablesector
generallyandoftheneedtosafeguardtheinterestsof
theACPStatesinthisfield,tolaydownforpreserved
pineapples,otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,
specialconditionsconsistinginareductionofthecus­
tomsdutyapplicabletothatproductwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludesa
clausestatingthattheCommunitydrewuptheofferon
theassumptionthatallthemainindustrializedcountries
whicharemembersoftheOECDwouldparticipatein
grantingpreferencesandwouldmakesimilareffortsin
thisdirection;whereas,moreover,itisevidentfromthe
conclusionsworkedoutinUNCTADthatthisoffer,
whilebeingofatemporarynature,doesnotconstitutea
bindingcommitmentand,inparticular,maybewith­
drawnwhollyorinpartatalaterdate;whereasthis
possibilitymaybeadoptedinteraliawithaviewto
remedyinganyunfavourablesituationswhichmight
ariseintheACPStatesfollowingtheimplementation of
thegeneralizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereasitisexpedienttocon­
tinuetoapplythemthroughout1978;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCommunity
shouldopenfor1978inrespectofthesaidproducts,
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslistedinthe
Annex,aCommunitytariffquotalimitedto45000
tonnesandatacustomsdutyof12%,increasedbythe
levyonsugarwherethesugarcontentexceeds17%by
weightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightinthecaseof
productsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)
5aa);
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheActof
Accession(4),thegeneralizedtariffpreferencescheme
becamefullyapplicableinthenewMemberStateson
1January1974;
Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbere­
servedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesandter­
ritoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof'originating
products'beingdeterminedinaccordancewiththe
(!)OJNoC266,7.11.1977,p.16.
(2)Opiniondeliveredon26/27October1977(notyetpub­
lishedintheOfficialJournal).
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195. (4)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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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
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;procedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No802/68of27June1968onthecom­
mondefinitionoftheconceptoftheoriginofgoods(1);
Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstotheabovemen­
tionedquotaandtheuninterruptedapplicationofthe
ratelaiddownforthisquotatoallimportsofthepro­
ductsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthisquotais
usedup;whereashavingregardtotheprinciplessetout
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbere­
spectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongMemberStates;whereas,moreover,tothisend
andinthecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhichare
accompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsinquestioninthevariousMemberStates,the
quotasshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongMemberStatesandthesecond
heldasareservetocoversubsequentlytherequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitial
shares;whereas,moreover,thereserveconstitutedin
themannerdescribedabovetendstoavoidmakingthe
systemofutilizationofthequotaexcessivelyrigid,to
thedetrimentofthedevelopingcountriesconcernedand
willcontributeto.achievingtheaimalreadymentioned
ofimprovingthegeneralizedpreferencessystem;
whereas,togiveimportersineachMemberStatesome
degreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunity
quotashouldbefixedat80%ofthefullquota;
Whereasthestatisticaldataavailablecoveronlyarela­
tivelybriefperiod,andtheyshouldbeweightedonthe
basisoftheestimateswhichmaybemadeforthequota
year;whereasthepercentageofthesharesinthefirst
tranchemaybedrawnupasfollows:WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration of
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Germany 20-5%,
Benelux 4-9%,
France 0-5%,
Italy 2-0%,
Denmark 1-9%,
Ireland 10%,
UnitedKingdom 69-2%;1.From1Januaryto31December1978,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof45000tonnesshallbeopenedby
theCommunityfortheimportsofpreservedpineapples,
otherthaninslices,halfslicesorspirals,fallingwithin
thefollowingsubheadingsoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,ex20.06BIIb)5,ex20.06B
IIc)1dd)andex20.06BIIc)2bb).Withinthistariff
quotathecustomsdutyshallbesuspendedat12%,
increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethesugarcontent
exceeds17%byweightinthecaseofproductsfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%by
weightinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIb)5aa). WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialshares
fortheproductsinquestionatdifferentrates;whereas
toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshould
beprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmost2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereservedfor
theproductsoriginatinginthecountriesandterritories
listedintheAnnex.However,theimportsalreadyben­
efitingfromexemptionofcustomsdutiesunderanother (»)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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preferentialtariffschemegrantedbytheCommunity
shallnotbechargedtothisquota.
ForthepurposesofimplementingthisRegulationthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedeterminedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle14
ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
5.AnyMemberStatemaylimitthesumtotalofits
additionalsharesto40%ofitsinitialshare,informing
theCommissionthatitissodoing.
Article4 Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof36000tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates.Theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December1978,shall
foreachMemberStatebeasfollows:AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article5
Germany
BeneluxGermany 7380tonnes,
Benelux 1764tonnes,
France 180tonnes,
Italy 720tonnes,
Denmark 684tonnes,
Ireland 360tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 24912tonnes.AMemberStatewhichon15August1978hasnot
exhaustedoneofitsinitialsharesshall,notlaterthan
1September1978,returntothereserveanyunused
portioninexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbeliev­
ingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1September1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
August1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesre­
turnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondtrancheof9000tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article6Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofoneof
itsinitialsharesasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupshouldtheoccasionarisetothenearestunit
above.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneofitsinitial
shares,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshare,equalto
5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupshouldtheoccasion
arisetothenearestunitabove.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,underthesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.Thisprocess
shallcontinueuntilthereservehasbeenexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthoseTheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,in­
formeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15September1978,informthe
MemberStateoftheamountstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportations
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
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Article7 Article10
1.TheCommissionmaydecide,bymeansofaRegu­
lation,tore-introducethelevyingofcustomsdutiesfor
aspecifiedperiod,inordertoensurethatArticle9is
applied.
2.Intheeventofsuchactionbeingrequestedbya
MemberState,theCommissionshalldecidewithina
periodofnotmorethan10workingdaysafterthe
requesthasbeenreceivedandshallinformtheMember
Statesofthisdecision.1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccesstothe
shareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothemforimporters
ofthesaidgoodswhoareestablishedintheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportsofthe
saidgoodswhichhavebeenenteredforhomeuse,on
thebasisofthecustomsvalueofthesaidgoods,and
whichareaccompanied byacertificateoforiginin
accordancewiththerulesreferredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsshallqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2issubmit­
tedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingofdutiesis
re-introduced .3.AnyMemberStatemayrefertotheCouncilthe
measuretakenbytheCommission ,withinaperiodof
notmorethan10workingdaysafterithasbeenin­
'firmedthereof.Thefactthatthematterisreferredto
theCouncilshallnotcausethemeasuretobesus­
pended.TheCouncilshallmeetimmediately .Itmay,by
actingonaqualifiedmajority,amendorrescindthe
measureinquestion. Article8
Article11 MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatmonthly
intervalsofimportsoftheproductsinquestionactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.Thisinformationshall
showboththevalueexpressedinunitsofaccountand
thequantityexpressedintonnes.TheprovisionsofArticles9and10shallnotprejudice
theapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnupin
connectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicypur­
suanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawnupin
connectionwiththecommoncommercialpolicypur­
suanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.Article9
Article12
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.IftheCommunityfindsthatproductsbenefitingfrom
thetreatmentprovidedforinArticle1areimported
intotheCommunityinsuchquantitiesoratsuchprices
thatCommunityproducersofproductssimilartoorin
directcompetitionwiththemsufferorarelikelytosuf­
ferfromseriousdisadvantage ,orthatanunfavourable
situationiscreatedintheACPStates,thelevyingof
customsdutiesmaybere-introduced inwholeorinpart
ontheproductsinquestioninrespectofthecountries
orterritorieswhicharethecauseofthedisadvantage .
Suchmeasuresmayalsobetakeninthecaseofactual
orpotentialseriousdisadvantage inasingleregionof
theCommunity .Article13
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences(*)
I.INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES .
660Afghanistan 260Guinea 801PapuaNewGuinea
208Algeria 257GuineaBissau 520Paraguay
330Angola 488Guyana 504Peru
528Argentina 452Haiti 708Philippines
453Bahamas 424Honduras 644Qatar
640Bahrain 664India 066Romania
666Bangladesh 700Indonesia 324Rwanda
469Barbados 616Iran 819Samoa
284Benin612Iraq 311SaoTomeandPrincipe
675Bhutan 272IvoryCoast632SaudiArabia
516Bolivia 464Jamaica 248Senegal
391Botswana 628Jordan 355SeychellesandDependencies
508Brazil696Kampuchea,Democratic264SierraLeone
676Burma346Kenya 706Singapore
328Burundi728Korea,Republicof342Somalia
302Cameroon 636Kuwait 669SriLanka
247CapeVerdeIslands 684Laos 224Sudan
306CentralAfricanEmpire 604Lebanon 492Surinam
244Chad 395Lesotho 393Swaziland
512Chile 268Liberia 608Syria
480Colombia 216Libya352Tanzania
375Comoros 370Madagascar680Thailand
318Congo,People'sRepublicof 386Malawi 280Togo
436CostaRica701Malaysia 817Tonga
448Cuba 667MaldiveIslands 472TrinidadandTobago
600Cyprus 232Mali 212Tunisia
338Djibouti 228Mauritania 350Uganda
456DominicanRepublic 373Mauritius 647UnitedArabEmirates
500Ecuador 412Mexico 236UpperVolta
220Egypt 204Morocco 524Uruguay
428ElSalvador366Mozambique484Venezuela
310EquatorialGuinea 803Nauru 690Vietnam
334Ethiopia 672Nepal652Yemen
815Fiji 432Nicaragua 656Yemen,Democratic
314Gabon 240Niger 048Yugoslavia
252Gambia 288Nigeria322Zaire
276Ghana 649Oman 378Zambia
473Grenada 662Pakistan
416Guatemala 440Panama
(')Thecodcnumberprecedingthenameofeachbeneficiarycountryorterritoryisthatgivenin'Geonomenclature 1977',publishedbytheStatisticalOfficeoftheEuropean
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II.COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered,orforwhoseexternalrelationsMemberStatesoftheCommunityorthird
countriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
890AustralianAntarcticTerritory
421Belize
413Bermuda
890BritishAntarcticTerritory
357BritishIndianOceanTerritory
812BritishPacificOcean
703Brunei
202CanaryIslands
463CaymanIslandsandDependencies
205CeutaandMelilia
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).