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REGULATION (EEC)No3058/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2December1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forraworunmanufactured flue-curedVirginiatypetobaccooriginatingindeveloping
countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntent(*)onthe
developmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,India,
Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore,theCommunity
declareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionstothe
problemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftradewith
thecountriesreferredto;
Whereas,ontheonehand,forseveralAsiancountries
oftheCommonwealth andparticularlyIndia,the
typeofunmanufactured tobaccoconcernedisanim­
portantexportproductandtheflowoftradeinsuch
productsislikelytobechangedasaresultofthe
enlargementoftheCommunityand,ontheotherhand,
thesecountriesareamongtheworsthitbythepresent
economiccrisis;whereasthesystemofgeneralized
tariffpreferencesmayconstituteasolutiontothe
problemsofthisnatureandwhereasthistypeof
tobaccoshouldexceptionally beincludedfora
transitionalperiodinthesystemofgeneralizedprefe­
rences;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityofferedtogrant
tariffpreferencesoncertainprocessedagricultural
productsofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffwhichoriginateindevelopingcountries;
whereasthepreferentialtreatmentproposedinthat
offerconsists,inrespectofcertaingoodswhichare
subjecttothetradearrangements laiddownin
Regulation (EEC)No1059/69,ofareductioninthe
fixedcomponentofthechargeapplicabletosuch
goodsbyvirtueofthatRegulation,and,inrespect
ofproductswhicharesubjecttothesinglecustoms
duty,ofareductioninsuchduty;whereaspreferential
importsoftheproductsconcernedcouldbeeffected
withoutquantitativerestrictions ;whereasitappearsappropriate,however,inviewofthesensitivenessof
thetobaccosectorgenerallyandoftheneedto
safeguardtheinterestsoftheassociatedcountriesin
thisfield,tolaydownforraworunmanufactured
flue-curedVirginiatypetobaccospecialconditions
consistinginareductionofthecustomsduty
applicabletothatproductwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquota;
WhereastheoffermadebytheCommunityincludes
aclausestatingthattheCommunitydrewupthe
offerontheassumptionthatallthemainindustrial­
izedcountrieswhicharemembersoftheOECD
wouldparticipateingrantingpreferencesandwould
makesimilareffortsinthisdirection;whereas,more­
over,itisevidentfromtheconclusionsworkedoutin
UNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatemporary
nature,doesnotconstituteabindingcommitment
and,inparticular,maybewithdrawnwhollyorin
partatalaterdate;whereasthispossibilitymaybe
adopted,interalia,withaviewtoremedyingany
unfavourable situationswhichmightariseinthe
associatedcountriesfollowingtheimplementation of
thegeneralizedpreferencescheme;
Whereastariffpreferenceshavebeenappliedasfrom
thesecondhalfof1971;whereas,however,forthe
typeoftobaccoinquestionthesaidsystemoftariff
preferenceshavebeenmadeapplicablein1974asa
transitionalmeasureanditisappropriatetocontinue
thissystemfor1975;
Whereasitisexpedient,therefore,thattheCom­
munityshouldopenfor1975,forraworunmanu­
facturedflue-curedVirginiatypetobacco,originating
inthecountriesandterritorieslistedintheAnnex,
aCommunitytariffquotalimitedto30000metric
tons,atacustomsdutyrateof11-5%witha
minimumchargeof14unitsofaccountandamaxi­
mumchargeof16-5unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesnetweight;
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession(2),thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;
Whereas,fortheproductconcerned,thisscheme
would,however,involvetheapplicationinthenew
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195. (2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.178.

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Germany 2765metrictons
Benelux 2419metrictons
France 662metrictons
Italy 2000metrictons
Denmark 1588metrictons
Ireland 1171metrictons
UnitedKingdom 19395metrictonsMemberStatesin1975ofcustomsdutieshigherthan
orveryclosetothosewhichwillbeappliedbythe
newMemberStatestonon-member countriesin
generalonthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedAct;whereasthissituationwouldcomply
neitherwiththespiritnorwiththeverynatureofthe
generalizedpreferencescheme;whereas,inorderto
maintainanequivalentpreferentialmarginforthese
productsalso,reducedcustomsdutiesshouldbe
appliedtothem,inaccordancewithdetailedrules
basedontheprincipleofmaintaining ,inthenew
MemberStates,apreferenceproportionaltothat
whichexistsbetweenthedutiesoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandthedutiesgiveninArticle1of
thisRegulation ;whereas,withaviewtograntingthe
beneficiarydevelopingcountriesthebestpossible
treatment,inaccordancewiththeobjectivesofthe
preferencescheme,thedutiesgivenintheabovemen­
tionedArticle1shouldalsobeappliedwhereverthe
dutiescalculatedaccordingtotheabovementioned
detailedrulesprovetobehigherthanthem;Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynature
ofthetariffquotaunderconsideration ,itappears
possibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilization
schemebasedonasingleallocationamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,moreover,theallocationset
outbythisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossi­
bilityofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingupof
areserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstageit
appearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtotheamountssetoutabove;
Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No802/68(*)of27June
1968onthecommondefinitionoftheconceptof
theoriginofgoods;WhereasthesharesoftheMemberStatesinthe
Communitytariffquota,inviewofitsdurationand
itsamount,doesnotappearinthisinstanceto
compromisetheequalaccessforCommunityim­
porterstoCommunitytariffquotas;whereasfor
thissamereasonitwouldappearexpedienttoallow
eachMemberStatetochoosethesystemfor
administeringitsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongMem­
berStates;whereas,moreover,totheendandin
thecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhich
areaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin; HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1 Whereas,onthebasisoftheavailablestatisticaldata
whichcoveronlyarelativelybriefperiodandwhereas
theyshouldbeweightedonthebasisoftheestimates
whichmaybemadeinrespectofthequotayear,the
sharesinthequotaamountmaybesetoutas
follows:1.From1Januaryto31December1975aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof30000metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityfortheimportsofrawor
unmanufactured flue-curedVirginiatypetobacco
fallingundersubheadingex24.01BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.Withinthistariffquotathe
customsdutyshallbesuspendedat11*5%with i1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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Germany 2765metrictons,
Benelux 2419metrictons,
France 662metrictons,
Italy 2000metrictons,
Denmark 1588metrictons,
Ireland 1170metrictons,aminimumchargeof14unitsofaccountanda
maximumchargeof16-5unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesnetweight.
OnimportationintoDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,thereshallbeappliedthecustoms
dutiesdeterminedbymultiplying,byacoefficient­
equaltothemarginofpreferencesexistingbetween
thedutygiveninthefirstsubparagraph andthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesapplicable,theduties
obtainedbyreducingby60%thedifferencebetween
thelowestdutyappliedon1January1972tothe
developingcountriessetoutintheAnnexandthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
However,thedutiesgiveninthefirstsubparagraph
shallbeappliedwherethedutiesresultingfromthe
abovementioned calculationarehigherthanthem.
2.Thistariffquotashallapplysolelytoproducts
originatinginthecountriesandterritorieslisted
intheAnnex.However,thoseimportswhichenjoy
exemptionfromcustomsdutiesunderotherpre­
ferentialtariffarrangementsgrantedbytheCommu­
nitymaynotbechargedagainstthistariffquota.
ForthepurposesoftheapplicationofthisRegulation
theconceptof'originatingproducts'shallbede­
terminedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.
Entrytothistariffquotashallbesubjecttothe
productionofacertificateofauthenticityappearing
inthecertificateoforiginandmadeoutin
inaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredtointhe
secondsubparagraph .
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotamentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhich,foreachMember
State,shallbeoftheamountindicatedbelow.UnitedKingdom19395metrictons.
Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
thesharewhichhasbeenallocatedtothemfor
importersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
enteredforhomeuse,andwhichareaccompanied
byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsofthesaidgoods
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Thisinformation
shallshowboththevalueexpressedinunitsof
accountandthequantityexpressedinmetrictons.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethattheaboveArticlesareobserved.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SAUVAGNARGUES

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ANNEX
Listofdevelopingcountriesandterritoriesenjoyinggeneralizedtariffpreferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan Honduras Qatar
Algeria India Rwanda
Argentina Indonesia SaudiArabia
Bahamas Iran Senegal
Bahrain Iraq SierraLeone
Bangladesh IvoryCoast Singapore
Barbados Jamaica Somalia
Bhutan Jordan SriLanka
Bolivia Kenya Sudan
Botswana KhmerRepublic Swaziland
Brazil Korea(South) Syria
Burma Kuwait Tanzania
Burundi Laos Thailand
Cameroon Lebanon Togo
CentralAfricanRepublicLesotho Tonga
Chad Liberia TrinidadandTobago
Chile Libya Tunisia
Colombia MalagasyRepublic Uganda
Congo,People'sRepublicofMalawi UnitedArabEmirates:
CostaRica Malaysia AbuDhabi
Cuba MaldiveIslands Dubai
CyprusMali RasalKhaimah
DahomeyMauritania Fujairah
DominicanRepublicMauritius Ajman
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 Zaire
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 ,andPitcairaIslands.
(2)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.