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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(75)663 final .
/ Brussels .15December 1975
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Proposai fora ;
REGULATION (TOC)OFTHECOUNCIL
concerning thesystem forguaranteeing thestabilization ofearnings
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from certain commodities exported ,bytheACP States andtheoverseas
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countries andterritories associated with theEuropean Economic
Community >.
(submitted to .theCouncil bytheCommission )
CCM(75 )663final .

EXPLANATORY NOTE
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Article 1boftheLome Convention provides for thesetting upofa
system intended tostabilize export earnings oftheACPcountries in
trade with theCommunity incertain products listed inArticle 17of
the Convention .
The extension ofthis system tothe "Overseas Countries andTerritories "
connected with theEuropean Economic Community isenvisaged .
The system isbased ontheanalysis ofCommunity ,ACP and "Overseas
Countries and Territories "statistics .
This analysis implies that theMember States shall supply theCommission
services with figures onimports carried out .
This isthereason fortheproposal foraRegulation attached .

Régulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
onthesystem forguaranteeing thestabilization
ofearnings from certain commodities exported by
theACP States and the overseas countries and territories
associated with theEuropean Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113 thereof ; .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas aconvention ,hereinafter referred toasthe "Convention ",between
theAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific States ,hereinafter referred toasthe
"ACPStates ",andtheEuropean Economic Community wassigned atLom6 on
28February 1975 ?
Whereas Article 17oftheConvention establishes the list ofcommodities
covered bythe system for stabilizing export earnings oftheACPStates :
Whereas itisproposed toextend this system tothe "overseas countries
andterritories "associated with theEuropean Economic Community ,herein­
after called the "countries and territories ";
Whereas itisnecessary toinstitute asystem ofcross-checking ofstatistics
between theCommunity andtheACPStates andbetv /eentheCommunity and
the "countries andterritories "inorder toimplement thesystem for
stabilizing •export earnings «

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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Article 1
Before theend °feach month ,theMember States shall forward
totheCommission ,astatement ofimports for theorevious
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month oftheproducts listed intheAnnex hereto :
(a)from theACPStates listed inAnnex ItoCouncil Regulation (EEC )
No1598/75 (l)ofZkJune 1975 until the Convention
enters into foroe and thereafter from the ACP States towhom the
Convention shell apply ;
(b)from the "countries andterritories "listed inAnnex ItoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1957/75(2)of30July 1975 andsubsequently
from those subject tothe Regulation which will "beadopted "bytheCouncil on
the association ofthe "countries and territories ".
Article 2
Thestatement shall give details ofallproducts
-which are released forhome use intheMember Stale concerned ,
-which arebrought under theinward processing arrangements inorder
.tobeprocessed .
Article 3
Thestatement shall show thecountry oforigin ofthese products ,
according tothecommon geographical code inforca ,thequantities im­
ported and thecifvalues ofthese imports .
(1)OJNoL166,28June 1975
(2)OJNoL201 ,31July 1975•t•/«

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Article k
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 197o »
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done etBrussels , For the Council
The Président

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ANNEX
*"Li6t Of -products which are the subject ofthis' Regulation
Nimexe Code Tariff description
'(a)Ground-nut products |
!12.01.31 to12.01.35
15.07.74 andi5.O7.87
{23.04.10
}
(b)Cocoa products
18.01.00
18.03.10 to18.03.30
18.04.00
(c)Coffee products
09.01.11 to09.01.17
!21.02.10Oilseeds andoleaginous fruit ,whole orbroken ;
ground-nuts ,inshell orshelled .
Ground-nut oil for the manufacture offood
stuffs ,forhuman consumption ,crude .
Ground-nut oil for the manufacture offood
stuffs ,forhuman consumption ,other .
Oil-cake andother residues (exept dregs )
resulting from theextraction ofvegetable oils :
Other :
Ofground-nuts .
Cocoa beans ,whole orbroken ,raw or
roasted .
Cocoa paste (inbulk orinblock ),whether or
not defatted :
Not defatted
Completely orpartially defatted .
Cocoa butter (fat oroil).
Coffee ,whether ornot roasted orfreed of
caffeine ;coffee husks and skins {^containing
coffee inanyproportion#
Coffee ,unroasted :not freed ofcaffeine }
freed ofcaffeine .
Coffee ,roasted :not freed ofcaffeine ;
freed ofcaffeine ;
)Extracts ,essences orconcentrates ofcoffee ;
'preparations with abasis ofcoffee extracts ,
essences orconcentrates .
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NimexeCode ''Tariff'"description
I
(d)Cottonproduets
55.01.10tô55.01.90
55.02.10to55-02.90
(e)Coconutproduets
08.01.71to08.01.75
12.01.^2
15.07.77and15.07.92
23.04.20
i
iCotton,notcarde,dorcombea.
KavandotherjCottonlinters.
Coconuts,deeiccatedcoconut;Other....
Oil-seedsandoleaginousfruit,wholeorbrokent
Copra.
Coconutorcopraoilforthemanufacture of
foodstuffsforhumanconsumption ,cruder
Coconutorcopraoilforthemanufacture of
foodstuffsforhumanconsumption ,other.
Oil-cakeandotherresidues(exeptdregs)
resultingfromtheextractionofvegetableoils:
Other:
Ofcopra(aofcoconut)
i
(f)Palm,palmnutandkernelproducts
15.07.19and,15.07.61
and15.07.63
15.07.31and15.07.78
and15.07.93Palmoil,fortechnicalorindustrialuses,crude.
Palm(.oil,forthemanufacture offoodstuffsfor
humanconsumption ,crude.
Palmoil,forthemanufacture offoodstuffsfor
humanconsumption ,refined.
1
Palrakerneloil,'fortechnicalorindustrial
uses,crude.
Palmkerneloil,forthemanufacture offood­
stuffsforhumanconsumption ,crude. !
Palrakerneloil,forthemanufacture offood-
stuff®forhumanconsumption ,solidorfluid,I
otherthaninpackingsof1kgorless,crude.]
Palmkerneloil,forthemanufactureoffood-j
stuffsforhumanconsumption ,solidorfluid, J
otherthaninpackingsof1kgorless*'Other..

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Nlm«x «Code Tariff description
23.04.30
'12.01.44Oil-cake andother residues (exept dregs )
resulting from theextraction ofvegetable
oiljîî
Other ;
Ofpalra nutaandkernels .
Oilseeds andoleaginous fruit ,whole or
broken :
Palm nuts and kernels »
î(g)Rawhides ,skins andleather
j41.01.11 to41.01.95 |
.hI.02.05 to41.02.50
41.03.10 to41.03.99
»(h)Wood products
j44.03.20 to44.03.99
i
j44.04.20 to44.04.98
! ■'
1
j44.05.10 to44.05.79
«
i
J
i(i)Fresh bananas
*• WlllIII HJMIWIWMB
|08.01.31
(j)îea
!09.02.10 to09.02.9041/.04.10 to41.04.99 îRawhides andekins (frsh ,salted ,dried ,
pickled orlimed ),whether ornotsplit ,
including sheepskins inthewool .
Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo
leather )andequine leather ,except leather
falling within heading Wo4l„06 ,41.07 or
.4l.o3 ...
Sheep andlamb skin leather ,except leather
falling within heading No41.06 ,41.07 of
41.08 .
Goat andkidskin leather ,except leather
falling within heading No41.06 ,41.07 or
4l.08o
Wood intherough ,whether ornotstripped
ofitsbark ormerely roughed down .
Wood ,roughly squared orhalf "squared ,but
not further manufactured .
Wood sawn lengthwise ,sliced orpeeled ,but
notfurther prepared ,ofatheickness
exceeding 5mm.
Banana© ,fresh
Teainimmediate packings ofanetcapacity
notexceeding ekg?
Other
#««1/••#

Niraexe Code \ Tariff description .1
|
(k)Rawsisal «
i»
I
57»0^»10 ( Sisal fibres andother fibres oftheAgave 1
j family ,including waste ofsuch fibres and ?
I pulled orgarnetted rage orropes . !
!
(l)Ironore , j
26.01.12 to26.01 .18 i Metallic ores and concentrates androasted
I iron pyrites î
f Iron ores andconcentrates androasted
/ .iron pyrites .