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REGULATION (EEC)No3014/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of17November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forpreservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesorspirals,originatingindeveloping
countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
43thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission (*);
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
"WhereasintheJointDeclarationofIntent(2)on
thedevelopmentoftraderelationswithSriLanka,
India,Malaysia,PakistanandSingapore,theCom­
munitydeclareditsreadinesstoseeksolutionsto
theproblemswhichmayariseinthefieldoftrade
withthecountriesreferredto;
WhereasinrespectofseveralAsiancountriesofthe
Commonwealth andparticularlyasregardsMalaysia
preservedpineapplesareanimportantexportproduct
andtheflowoftradeinsuchproductsislikelytobe
changedasaresultoftheenlargementoftheCom­
munity;whereasthesystemofgeneralizedtariff
preferencesmayconstituteasolutiontotheproblems
ofthisnature;whereascertainformsofpreserved
pineapplesshouldthereforebeincludedinthesystem
ofgeneralizedpreferences;
Whereas,withinthecontextofUNCTAD,theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityofferedtogranttariff
preferencesoncertainprocessedagriculturalproducts
ofChapters1to24oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatingindevelopingcountries;whereasthe
preferentialtreatmentproposedinthatofferconsists,
inrespectofcertaingoodswhicharesubjecttothe
tradearrangementslaiddowninRegulation (EEC)
No1059/69,ofareductioninthefixedcomponent
ofthechargeapplicabletosuchgoodsbyvirtueof
thatRegulation,and,inrespectofproductswhichare
subjecttothesinglecustomsduty,ofareductionin
suchduty;whereaspreferentialimportsoftheprod­
uctsconcernedcouldbeeffectedwithoutquantitative
restrictions;whereasitappearsappropriate,however,inviewofthesensitivenessofthepreservedfruitand
vegetablesectorgenerallyandoftheneedtosafeguard
theinterestsoftheACPStatesinthisfield,tolay
downforpreservedpineapples,inslices,halfslicesor
spirals,specialconditionsconsistinginareductionofv
thecustomsdutyapplicabletothatproductwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota;
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,aCommunitytariffquotalimited
to28000metrictonsandatacustomsdutyof
15%,increasedbythelevyonsugarwherethesugar
contentexceeds17%byweightinthecaseof
productsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIa)
5aa),and19%byweightinthecaseofproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIb)5aa);
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocol23totheAct
ofAccession (3)thegeneralizedtariffpreference
schemebecamefullyapplicableinthenewMember
Stateson1January1974;
HOJNoC257,10.11.1975,p.30.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.195. (3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Germany 35-1%
Benelux 13-0%
France 1-0%
Italy 2-8%
Denmark 2-7%
Ireland 1-0%
UnitedKingdom 44-4%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;Whereas,withoutaffectingtheCommunitynatureof
thetariffquotaunderconsideration ,itappearsposs­
ibletoprovidetemporarilyforautilizationscheme
basedonasingleallocationamongtheMember
States;whereas,moreover,theallocationsetoutby
thisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibility
ofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationof
Communitytariffquotascomprisingthesettingupof
areserveshare;whereasatthistransitionalstage
itappearsfeasiblethatsuchallocationcouldbemade
accordingtothepercentagesetoutintheabove
table;
Whereasthebenefitofthistariffquotashouldbe
reservedforproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territoriesunderconsideration ,theconceptof
'originatingproducts'beingdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle14ofCoun­
cilRegulation (EEC)No802/68(*)of27June1968
onthecommondefinitionoftheconceptoftheorigin
ofgoods;WhereasthepercentageforthesharesoftheMember
StatesintheCommunitytariffquotas,inviewof
theirdurationandtheiramount,doesnotappearin
thisinstancetocompromisetheequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstoCommunitytariffquotas;
whereasforthissamereasonitwouldappearexpedi­
enttoalloweachMemberStatetochoosethesystem
foradministering itsshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcern­
ingtheadministration oftheshareallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Whereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quotaandtheuninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthisquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthisquotaisusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheprinciplessetoutabove,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
MemberStates;whereas,moreover,tothisendand
inthecontextoftheutilizationsystem,theactual
chargesagainstthequotamayrelateonlytoproducts
whichhavebeenenteredforhomeuseandwhich
areaccompaniedbyacertificateoforigin;
Whereasonthebasisofthestatisticaldataavailable
whichcoveronlyarelativelybriefperiodand
whereastheyshouldbeweightedonthebasisofthe
estimateswhichmaybemadeforthequotayear,
thepercentageofthesharesofthequotaamount
maybedrawnupasfollows:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976aCom­
munitytariffquotaof28000metrictonsshallbe
openedbytheCommunityfortheimportsof
preservedpineapplesinslices,halfslicesorspirals,
fallingwithinthefollowingsubheadingsofthe
CommonCustomsTariff:ex20.06BIIa)5,ex20.06
BIIb)5,ex20.06BIIc)1dd)andex20.06BIIc)
2bb).Withinthistariffquotathecustomsdutyshall
besuspendedat15%,increasedbythelevyonsugar
wherethesugarcontentexceeds17%byweightin (!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.1.

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thecaseofproductsfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIa)5aa),and19%byweightinthecase
ofproductsfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
b)5aa).Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurefreeaccessto
eachoftheshareswhichhavebeenallocatedtothem
forimportersoftheproductsconcernedwhoare
establishedontheirterritory.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenactuallyfilledshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsofthesaidgoodswhichhavebeen
enteredforhomeuse,andwhichareaccompanied
byacertificateoforigininaccordancewiththerules
referredtoinArticle1(2).
3.Goodsmayqualifyforatariffquotaonlyifthe
certificateoforiginreferredtoinparagraph2is
submittedbeforethedateonwhichthelevyingof
dutiesisre-introduced .OnimportationintoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,thereshallbeappliedtotheabovemen­
tionedproductsthecustomsdutyobtainedbymulti­
plying,byacoefficientequaltothemarginofpre­
ferencesexistingbetweenthedutyof15%givenin
paragraph 1andtheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesapplicable,thedutiesobtainedbyreducingby
60%thedifferencebetweenthelowestdutyapplied
on1January1972tothedevelopingcountriesset
outintheAnnexandtheCommonCustomsTariff.
However,thedutyof15%giveninthefirstsubpara­
graphshallbeappliedwhenthecustomsduty
resultingfromtheabovementioned calculationis
higherthanit.Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
monthlyintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.This
informationshallcoverboththevalueexpressedin
unitsofaccountandquantityexpressedinmetric
tons.2.Thebenefitofthistariffquotashallbereserved
fortheproductsoriginatinginthecountriesand
territorieslistedintheAnnex.However,theimports
alreadybenefitingfromexemptioncustomsduties
underanotherpreferentialtariffschemegrantedby
theCommunityshallnotbechargedtothisquota.
Forthepurposesofimplementing thisRegulationthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsshallbedetermined
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article14ofRegulation (EEC)No802/68.Article5
IftheCommunityshouldfindthattheproducts
benefitingunderthearrangementsprovidedforin
Article1arebeingimportedintotheCommunity
inquantitiesoratpricessuchastoputorbelikely
toputCommunityproducersofsimilarordirectly
competitiveproductsataseriousdisadvantageorto
createanunfavourablesituationintheACPStates,
thecustomsdutiesappliedwithintheCommunity
maybere-introduced inpartorinfullforimports
oftheproductsinquestionfromthecountryor
countriesorterritoryorterritorieswhicharethe
causeofsuchdisadvantage .Suchmeasuresmayalso
betakenintheeventofaseriousdisadvantage ,
eitheractualorforeseeable,whichisconfinedtoa
singleregionoftheCommunity .Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasmentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedinshareswhichinrespectofeach
MemberStateshallbeoftheamountindicated
below:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom9820metrictons
3640metrictons
280metrictons
780metrictons
770metrictons
280metrictons
12430metrictonsArticle6
1.InordertoensurethatArticle5isapplied,the
Commissionmay,bywayofaRegulation,re-intro­
duceCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixed
period.
2.IftheCommissionhasactedattherequestof
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Article7
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnotprejudice
theapplicationofthesafeguardclausesdrawnup
inconnectionwiththecommonagriculturalpolicy
pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorthosedrawn
upinconnectionwiththecommoncommercial
policypursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.withinamaximumperiodof10workingdaysfrom
thedateofreceiptoftherequestandshallinformthe
MemberStateoftheactiontaken.
3.EachMemberStatemayreferthemeasuretaken
bytheCommissiontotheCouncilwithinaperiod
of10workingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnotified.
Thefactthatthematterhasbeenreferredtothe
Councilshallnotconstitutethesuspensionofthe
measure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.
Actingonaqualifiedmajority,itmayamendor
repealthemeasureinquestion.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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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 KuwaitSyria
Cameroon Laos Tanzania
CapeVerdeIslands Lebanon Thailand
CentralAfricanRepublic LesothoTogo
Chad LiberiaTonga
Chile LibyaTrinidadandTobago
Colombia MalagasyRepublic Tunisia
Congo,People'sRepublicof MalawiUganda
CostaRica Malaysia UnitedArabEmirates:
Cuba MaldiveIslandsAbuDhabi
CyprusMaliDubai
Dahomey MauritaniaRasalKhaimah
DominicanRepublic MauritiusFujairah
Ecuador MexicoAjman
Egypt,ArabRepublicof MoroccoSharjah
ElSalvador NauruUmmalQaiwain
EquatorialGuinea Nepal UpperVolta
Ethiopia NicaraguaUruguay
Fiji Niger Venezuela
Gabon Nigeria Vietnam,Republicof
Gambia OmanWesternSamoa
Ghana PakistanYemen,People'sDemocratic
Grenada Panama Republicof
Guatemala PapuaNewGuinea YemenArabRepublic
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(x)
Brunei
CaymanIslandsandDependencies
ChristmasIsland
Cocos(Keeling)Islands
ComoroArchipelago
CornIslandsandSwanIslands
FalklandIslandsandDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands
HongKong
LeewardIslands(2)
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NorfolkIsland
PacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStatestrusteeship (3)
PortugueseTimor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SaoTomeandPrincipe
Seychelles(includingAmirantes)
Sikkim
SpanishterritoriesinAfrica
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (CookIslands,NiueIsland,TokelauIslands
andRossDependency )
TurksandCaicosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,StJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WindwardIslands(4)
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequentlytotakeaccountofchangesintheinter­
nationalstatusofcountriesorterritories .
f1)GilbertIslands,Tuvalu,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebridesCondominium ,andPitcairnIslands.
(!)Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla ,BritishVirginIslands.
(3)ThePacificIslandsadministeredbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam,AmericanSamoa(including
Swain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacific
Islands(theCaroline,MarianasandMarshallIslands).
(4)Dominica,StLucia,StVincent.'