COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES 
C0M(91) 34 final 
Brussels,3 ApriI 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain 
industrial products originating in countries benefiting from generalized 
preferences and sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress' Fair 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Since 1962, the Overseas Imports Fair "Partners in Progress" has been held 
annually in Berlin, centred round the products exported by developing 
countries. The Community has always recognised the special importance of 
Berlin and the political aspect of the Fair-
Last year, the Council approved a proposal from the Commission, on an "ad 
hoc" basis, granting supplementary tariff preferences for certain products 
originating in developing countries and sold in the course of the Berlin ; 
Fair (Regulation (EEC) N° 1274/90 of 7 May 1990 O.J. N° L 125, page 1). 
The relatively modest use of the aforesaid Regulation was due particularly 
to the belated publication of the Regulation in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
In the letter of 17 January 1991., the German Government requested the Commis­
sion to propose to the Council that supplementary tariff preferences be 
accorded developing countries in respect of goods bought or for which sales 
contracts were concluded at the Fair, the intention being to encourage less 
developed countries not a present participating in the Fair to do so. 
The Fair is always held relatively late in the year (September-October) by 
which stage the GSP quotas opened under the annual arrangements may well 
have been used up and customs duties resumed for goods under the ceiling. 
As regards opening supplementary preferences, however, it is necessary to 
maintain a cautious line. It is, therefore, opportune to propose an "ad 
hoc" Regulation, valid for one year only, with strict limitations on the 
products eligible and close supervision by the competent German authori­
ties and the Commission. These considerations lead the Commission to pro­
pose a new Regulation similar to the proposed for Last year. 
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The attached draft Regulation takes account of the aforementioned aims 
while excluding certain products originating in particular developing 
countries. Furthermore it should be noted that this present Regulation 
does not concern agricultural products, five of which are covered by 
preferential quantitative restrictions and which are not exhibited at 
the Fair. ECSC products are likewise excluded because not exhibited 
at the Fair. Furthermore, in the absence of relevant statistical data, 
the import levels of the products concerned are limited to 6% of the 
quotas, ceilings or fixed duty-free amounts fixed for each product or 
group of products under the annual GSP Regulations. 
PROPOSAL FOR A 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
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applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain 
industrial products originating in countries benefiting from generalized 
preferences and sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress' Fair 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the imports fair 'Partners in Progress' is 
organized every year in Berlin with a view to improving 
the access to world markets of products originating in 
countries benefiting from generalized preferences ; 
Whereas, in view of the specific features of the Berlin Fair 
and of the unique situation of Berlin, certain measures 
should be taken in the field of generalized preferences ; 
Whereas, in accordance with the offer made in the 
context of the United Nations Conference on Trade and 
Development (UNCTAD), the Community opened 
generalized preferences commencing in 1971 and most 
recently under Regulations (EEC) No "HilÂfaoÇ) and 
(EEC) No 3*3£/<fo(2) and in! particular in respect of 
finished and semi-finished industrial and textile products 
originating in developing countries ; 
Whereas, in the past, certain products covered by the 
system of quotas, ceilings or other tariff measures, being 
the subject of contracts for sale in the course of the Berlin 
Fair, have not been able to benefit from the preferences, 
the allocated tariff quotas or fixed duty-free amounts 
having been used up or the collection of customs duties 
having been re-established for products subject to ceiling 
limits before the opening date of the fair ; whereas it is 
important to provide additional latitude to countries 
benefiting from generalized preferences to enable them to 
benefit from the generalized tariff preference for products 
being the subject of contracts for sale at the fair ; whereas, 
however, this latitude should be limited to 6 % of the 
levels of the tariff measures applicable for each product or 
(') OJ No L VlO, 3*. 12. 19 40,P. 1. 
C) OJ No L 3K?. *»• 12. 19*0, p. 3<l group of products under the abovementioned annual 
Regulations, and should be opened ; 
Whereas, without prejudice to the specific provisions of 
this Regulation, the application of the provisions of the 
annual Regulations regarding generalized tariff 
preferences and, in particular, in respect of the beneficiary 
countries and the concept of originating products should 
be applied to the supplementary preferences in question ; 
Whereas it is appropriate, however, to exclude from the 
scope of this Regulation certain products originating in 
particular beneficiary countries ; 
Whereas declarations of release into free circulation 
submitted with a view to the importation of the products 
in question should be accompanied by the certificate of 
origin and the contract concluded at the Berlin Fair, the 
latter certified by the competent German authorities ; 
Whereas the German authorities must ensure that certifi­
cation of the contracts concluded at the Berlin Fair do 
not exceed the authorized supplementary quantities ; 
Whereas the method of administration adopted requires 
close cooperation between Member States and the 
Commission, 
Whereas the generalized preferences have been suspended 
for products originating in the Republic of Korea by 
Regulations (EEC) No 3g?/</<?o and (EEC) No ÏBllfaô, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
1. From 5" "3uv»e AQQAto 31 December 199JL supple­
mentary Community tariff preferences shall be opened, 
subject to Article 4, for the importation of products : 
— mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
3%3^/W or 
— mentioned in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) 
No WZ/qo 
provided these products originate in one of the countries 
or territories benefiting from the preferences referred to 
in the Annexes to those Regulations and have been 
exhibited by the exporting countries at the Berlin 
'Partners in Progress' Fair and they have been the subject 
of sales contracts, except for products originating in the 
Republic of Korea, for which the preferences are 
suspended. 
2. The supplementary preferences referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be 6 % of the quota, ceiling or fixed 
duty-free amounts fixed for each product or group of 
products in Regulations (EEC) No &14(*0 and (EEC) No 
383*/<K>. 
3. Within the framework of the supplementary 
preferences referred to in paragraph 1, the Common 
Customs Tariff duties shall be totally suspended. 
Application of the tariff preferences shall be subject to 
submission of a certificate of origin, Form A, and the 
contract. 
4. Within the limits of the supplementary preferences 
referred to in paragraph 1, the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties 
conforming to the relevant provisions of the Act of 
Accession, and the relevant Regulations. 
Article 2 
1. Declarations of the release into free circulation of 
the products in question must be accompanied by the 
certificate of origin and by the contract concluded at the 
Berlin Fair, the latter certified by the competent German 
authorities. 
2. The German authorities shall ensure that the total 
amount covered by certified contracts does not exceed the 
limit fixed in Article 1 (2). 
Article 3 
Those provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 3S3-4 [<to and 
(EEC) No 3831/q<5 relating to the application of generalized tariff preferences which concern beneficiary 
countries and the concept of originating products shall be 
applicable. 
Article 4 
This following shall be excluded from the benefits 
afforded by this Regulation : 
— textile products falling within categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7 and 8 appearing in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 
3&3A./40 and originating in countries subject to the 
Community tariff quotas allocated as indicated in the 
said Annex, 
— products appearing in the Annex to this Regulation 
and originating in the countries indicated. 
Article 5 
The German authorities shall forward to the Commission, 
not more than seven days after the end of the Berlin Fair, 
a list of certified contracts indicating the nature and value 
or the quantity, whichever is appropriate, of the goods in 
question and the names and addresses of the exporters 
and importers. The Commission shall send a copy of this 
list to the authorities of the other Member States. 
Article 6 
Member States shall forward to the Commission, within 
two weeks following the end of each quarter, the list of 
the amounts charged during the reference quarter in 
accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. 
Article 7 
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation. 
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
ANNEX 
List of products/countries excluded from the benefit of this Regulation 
Order 
No 
10.0110 
10.0240 
10.0400 
10.0440 
10.0480 
10.0520 
10.0570 
10.0630 
10.0660 CN code 
2902 50 00 
2921 19 30 
310210 10 
3806 10 10 
3923 21 00 
4104 10 95 
4104 10 99 
410431 11 
4104 31 19 
4104 3130 
4104 31 90 
4104 39 10 
4104 39 90 
4202 11 10 
4202 11 90 
4202 12 91 
4202 12 99 
4202 19 91 
4202 19 99 
4202 21 00 
4202 22 90 
4202 29 00 
4202 31 00 
4202 32 90 
4202 39 00 
4202 91 10 
4202 91 50 
4202 91 90 
4202 92 91 
4202 92 95 
4202 92 99 
4202 99 10 
4202 99 90 
4412 
4420 90 11 
4420 90 19 
6401 
6402 Description 
Styrene 
Isopropylamine and its salts 
Urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhy­
drous product 
Resin, obtained from fresh oleoresins 
Sacks and bags (including cones) : 
— Of polymers of ethylene 
Leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather 
falling within CN code 4108 or 4109 
— Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square 
feet (2,6 m2) 
Other 
— — — Otherwise prepared 
— Other bovine leather and equine leather, parchment-dressed or prepared 
after tanning 
Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive cases, brief cases» school satchels 
and similar containers 
— With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or ©+' patent leather 
— With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials 
— — Of other materials, including vulcanized fibre 
Other 
Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag 
— With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather 
— With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials 
— — Of textile materials 
Other 
Other 
— With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather 
— With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials 
— Other 
— — Musical instrument cases 
Other 
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood 
Wood marquetry 
and inlaid wood 
Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the 
uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, 
riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes 
Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics Country 
concerned 
Saudi Arabia 
Romania 
Libya 
China 
Hong Kong 
Singapore 
Brazil 
Brazil 
China 
Hong Kong 
Brazil 
Singapore 
Malaysia 
Indonesia 
Hong Kong 
Order 
No 
10.0670 CN code 
6403 Description 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather 
and uppers of leather Country 
concerned 
Brazil 
Hong Kong 
10.0680 6404 
6405 90 10 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, 
and uppers of textiles materials 
Other footwear, with outer soles of rubber, of plastics, of leather or of 
composition leather Hong Kong 
10.0690 6405 10 90 
6405 20 91 
6405 20 99 
6405 90 90 ( Other footwear, with outer soles of other materials China 
10.0700 6601 Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden 
umbrellas and similar umbrellas) Hong Kong 
10.0950 8211 10 00 
8211 91 90 
8211 92 90 
8211 93 90 Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other 
than knives falling within CN code 8208, excluding knives with handles of 
base metal Hong Kong 
10.0980 8414 10 30 
8414 10 50 
8414 10 90 
8414 20 91 
8414 20 99 
8414 30 30 
8414 30 91 
8414 30 99 
8414 40 10 
8414 40 90 
8414 80 21 
8414 80 29 
8414 80 31 
8414 80 39 
8414 80 41 
8414 80 49 
8414 80 60 
8414 80 71 
8414 80 79 
8414 80 90 Air or vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors Brazil 
Singapore 
10.0990 8452 10 11 
8452 10 19 
8452 10 90 
8452 21 00 
8452 29 00 Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines falling within CN code 
8440 Brazil 
10.1055 8528 10 40 
8528 10 50 
8528 10 71 
8528 10 73 
8528 10 75 
8528 10 78 Television receivers (including video monitors and video projectors) whether 
or not combined in the same housing, with radio-broadcast receivers or 
sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus 
— Colour 
— — Television projection equipment 
— Apparatus incorporating a videophonic recorder or reproducer 
— — Television receivers with integral tube Hong Kong 
Singapore 
Order 
No CN code Description Country 
concerned 
10.1060 8527 11 10 
8527 11 90 
8527 21 10 
8527 21 90 
8527 29 00 
8527 31 10 
8527 31 91 
8527 31 99 
8527 32 90 
8527 39 10 
8527 39 91 
8527 39 99 
8527 90 91 
8527 90 99 Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy or radio­
broadcasting, whether or not combined in the same housing with recording 
or reproducing apparatus or a clock Hong Kong 
Singapore 
10.1110 8528 10 61 
8528 10 69 
8528 10 80 
8528 10 91 
8528 10 98 
8528 20 20 
8528 20 71 
8528 20 73 
8528 20 79 
8528 20 91 
8528 20 99 
8529 10 20 
8529 10 31 
8529 10 39 
8529 10 40 
8529 10 50 
8529 10 70 
8529 10 90 
8529 90 99 
8540 91 00 
8540 99 00 
8541 10 10 
8541 10 91 
8541 10 99 
8541 21 10 
8541 21 90 
8541 29 10 
8541 29 90 
8541 30 10 
8541 30 90 
8541 40 10 
8541 50 10 
8541 50 90 
8541 90 00 
8542 Television receivers (including video monitors and video projectors), 
whether or not combined in the same housing with radio-broadcast 
receivers or sound or video recording or reproduction apparatus, excluding 
video recording or reproducing apparatus incorporating a video tuner and 
goods falling within CN codes 8528 10 50, 8528 10 71, 8528 10 73, 
8528 10 75 and 8528 10 78 , SS Z&40 HO 
Thermonic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes 
- Parts 
Diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, light emitting diodes 
Electric integrated circuits and mkroassemblies Hong Kong 
Singapore 
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