8.2. 85. Official Journal of the European Communities No C 36/3 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on the arrangements applicable to agricultural 
products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products orig­
inating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and 
territories 
COM(84) 768 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1985) 
(85/C 36/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Articles 43 and 113 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade 
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting 
from the processing of agricultural products (*), and 
in particular Article 12 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas the third ACP—EEC Convention of Lome, 
hereinafter referred to as 'the Convention', between 
the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, hereinafter 
referred to as 'the ACP States', and the European 
Economic Community was signed on 8 December 
1984; 
Whereas Article 130 (2) (a) of the Convention lays 
down that products originating in the ACP States 
and: 
— listed in Annex II to the Treaty when they come 
under a common organization of the market 
within the meaning of Article 40 of the Treaty, or 
— subject, on importation into the Community, to 
specific rules introduced as a result of the 
implementation of the common agricultural 
policy, 
shall be imported into the Community, 
notwithstanding the general arrangements applied in 
respect of third countries, in accordance with the 
following provisions: 
(i) products for which Community provisions in 
force at the time of import do not provide, apart 
from customs duties, for the application of any 
other measure relating to their import, shall be 
imported free of customs duties, (ii) for products other than those referred to under 
(i), the Community shall take the necessary 
measures to ensure more favourable treatment 
than that applied to third countries benefiting 
from the most-favoured-nation clause for the 
same products; 
Whereas it is laid down in Article 130 (2) (d) of the 
Convention that the arrangements referred to under 
paragraph (2) (a) shall enter into force at the same 
time as the Convention and shall remain applicable 
for its duration; 
Whereas the Community has agreed to start applying 
autonomously to the ACP States signatories of the 
Convention, the arrangements set out in Article 130 
(2) (a) of the Convention, on trade in agricultural 
products and foodstuffs, as of 1 March 1985, that is 
to say before the Convention enters into force; 
Whereas the Regulations on the common organ­
ization of the markets in the sectors concerned 
establish trade arrangements with third countries; 
Whereas for the purposes of this Regulation, the 
concept of import duties shall be that set out in 
Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 (2); 
Whereas, on the one hand, these trade arrangements 
provide only for the application of customs duties on 
the import of a number of products; whereas, on the 
other hand, these arrangements involve, the 
application of customs duties and import levies on 
beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, and on 
products processed from fruit and vegetables, the 
charging of levies in respect of cereals, rice and 
products processed from cereals and rice, the 
charging of an ad valorem duty and a variable 
component on certain goods resulting from the 
processing of agricultural products, the application of 
customs duties and other measures in respect of 
imports of fishery products, certain fruit and 
vegetables, and oils and fats; whereas the obligations 
of the Community towards the ACP States under 
Article 130 (2) (a) of the Convention may be fulfilled 
O OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. O OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. 
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by granting total or partial exemption from import 
duties for the products in question where they 
originate in the ACP States; 
Whereas it should be specified that the advantages 
resulting from Article 130 (2) (a) of the Convention 
are accorded only to originating products within the 
meaning of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of 
the concept of originating products and methods of 
administrative cooperation, annexed to the 
ACP—EEC Convention of Lome, signed on 31 
October 1979 ('), hereinafter referred to as 'the 1979 
Convention', application of which was extended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 0000/00; 
Whereas, upon entry into force of the Convention, 
Protocol 1 annexed thereto will become applicable in 
respect of the rules of origin; 
Whereas, furthermore, these advantages should be 
combined with certain conditions and limited to 
certain annual and multiannual quantities on a case-
by-case basis; 
Whereas there have traditionally been trade flows 
from the ACP States to the French overseas 
departments; whereas measures should therefore be 
introduced to encourage the importation of certain 
products originating in the ACP States into these 
French overseas departments to cover local 
consumption requirements, including consumption 
following processing; whereas provision should be 
made for altering the arrangements governing access 
to the markets in products originating in the ACP 
States referred to in Article 130 (2) of the 
Convention, particularly in the light of the said 
departments' economic development requirements; 
Whereas it should be stipulated that the safeguard 
clauses provided for in the Regulations on the 
common organization of the agricultural markets and 
in specific rules introduced as a result of the 
implementation of the common agricultural policy are 
applicable; whereas the provisions of Article 12(1) of 
the Convention of 1979 are replaced by those of 
Article 139 (1) and these provisions are 
complementary to and are implemented in accordance 
with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1470/80 of 9 
June 1980 on the safeguard measures provided for in 
the 1979 Convention (2) and the Regulation which 
will replace it upon entry into force of the 
Convention; 
Whereas the association of the Community with the 
overseas countries and territories, hereinafter referred 
to as 'the countries and territories', is governed by 
Council Decision 80/1186/EEC (J), as last amended 
by Decision 0000/000/EEC (4), in respect of the 
(') OJ No L 347, 22. 12. 1980, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 147, 13. 6. 1980, p. 4. 
O OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L (extension of period of validity). import arrangements for agricultural products and 
certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­
cultural products and in respect of the rules or origin, 
and whose safeguard clauses apply as complementary 
measures; whereas upon the entry into force of a new 
Decision the provisions which it sets out will be 
applicable; 
Whereas fishery products are subject to the provisions 
of Article 1 of Protocol on special arrangements for 
Greenland, annexed to the draft treaty amending the 
status of Greenland, signed on 13 March 1984 (5), 
and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 0000/84 of 
December 1984 laying down certain specific measures 
concerning the special arrangements applicable to 
Greenland in respect of fisheries; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. This Regulation shall apply to products orig­
inating in the ACP States listed in Annex I or in the 
countries and territories listed in Annex II. 
2. The rules of origin applicable to such of these 
products as are imported from the ACP States or the 
countries and territories shall be respectively those set 
out in Protocol 1 annexed to the 1979 Convention 
and those in Annex II to Decision 80/1186/EEC. 
These provisions shall cease with effect from the 
entry into force of the similar rules contained in the 
Convention and in the decision to be taken on the 
association of the countries and territories. 
3. If there is a change in the status of the countries 
and territories listed in Annex II, the list of States, 
countries and territories referred to in Annexes I and 
II shall be adapted by a Commission Decision. 
TITLE I 
Beef and veal 
Article 2 
The products of the beef and veal sector referred to 
in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 
(6) shall be imported free of customs duties. 
Article 3 
Where, in the course of a year, imports into the 
Community of products falling within subheadings 
02.01 All and 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) of the Common 
Customs Tariff originating in an ACP State or 
country or territory, exceed a quantity equivalent to 
imports into the Community during the year, between 
1969 and 1974, in which Community imports of 
products of that origin were highest, plus an annual 
growth rate of 7 °/o, exemption from customs duties 
(») OJ No C 73, 14. 3. 1984, p. 4. 
(*) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
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on the products of that origin shall be partially or 
totally suspended in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 22. 
In that event the Commission shall report to the 
Council which, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall determine the 
arrangements to be applied to the imports in question. 
Article 4 
1. Within the limits of the quantities referred to in 
Article 5, import duties, other than customs duties, 
applied to products originating in the ACP States 
referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 
805/68 shall be reduced by an amount to be fixed 
quarterly by the Commission and corresponding to 
90 % of the average import duties applicable during a 
reference period. 
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply only to imports for 
which the importer provides proof that an export 
charge of an amount equivalent to the reduction 
referred to in the said paragraph has been collected 
by the exporting country. 
Article 5 
1. The reduction in import duties provided for in 
Article 4 shall cover the following quantities 
expressed in terms of boned or boneless meat: 
Botswana 18 916 tonnes, 
Kenya 142 tonnes, 
Madagascar 7 579 tonnes, 
Swaziland 3 363 tonnes, 
Zimbabwe 8 100 tonnes^ 
2. The Commission shall allocate the quantities set 
out in paragraph 1. 
3. Depending on the dates of entry into force and 
expiry of this Regulation, the quantities, set out in 
paragraph 1, expressed by calendar year, shall be 
calculated pro rata temporis. 
4. If an ACP State is unable to supply the total 
quantity set out in paragraph 1, it may be decided, at 
its request, made during a given year, and in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
22, to change, for that or the following year, the 
breakdown among the States of the quantities set out 
in paragraph 1, up to a ceiling of 30 000 tonnes. 
TITLE II 
Sheepmeat and goatmeat 
Article 6 
1. The products referred to in Article 1 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 ('), shall be imported 
free of customs duties. 2. No levy shall be applied to imports of the 
following products, specified in Article 1 (a) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1837/80: 
— live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred 
breeding animals, falling within subheading 
01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff; 
— meat of sheep and goats, fresh, chilled or frozen, 
falling within subheading 02.01 AIV of the 
Common Customs Tariff, other than that of 
domestic sheep; 
— meat of sheep and goats, salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked, falling within subheading 02.06 C II a) of 
the Common Customs Tariff, other than that of 
domestic sheep. 
TITLE III 
Fisheries 
Article 7 
Without prejudice to the conditions laid down in 
Article 1 of the Protocol on special arrangements for 
Greenland, and to the decisions which may be taken 
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 0000/84 as regards 
fisheries products originating in Greenland, the 
fisheries products specified in Article 1 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (2), shall be imported 
free of customs duties. 
TITLE IV 
Oils and fats 
Article 8 
The oil and fat products referred to in Article 
1 (2) (a) and (b) of Council Regulation No 
136/66/EEC (3), shall be imported free of customs 
duties. 
TITLE V 
Cereals 
Article 9 
1. The levy applicable to imports of maize falling 
within subheading 10.05 B of the Common Customs 
Tariff shall be that fixed in accordance with Article 
13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (4), 
reduced by 1,81 ECU per tonne. 
2. The levy applicable to imports of millet falling 
within subheading 10.07 B of the Common Customs 
Tariff and of grain shorghum falling within sub­
heading 10.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff shall 
be that fixed in accordance with Article 13 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2727/75, reduced by 50 °/o. 
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. 
(») OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. 
(4) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
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TITLE VI 
Rice 
Article 10 
1. Within the limits of the quantities laid down in 
Article 11, the levy applicable to imports of rice 
falling within subheading 10.06 B of the Common 
Customs Tariff shall be equal, per 1 000 kilograms of 
product, to the levy applicable to imports of rice from 
third countries, reduced as follows: 
(a) in the case of paddy rice falling within sub­
heading 10.06 B I a) of the Common Customs 
Tariff: 
— by 50 %, and 
— by 3,6 ECU; 
(b) in the case of husked rice falling within sub­
heading 10.06 Bib) of the Common Customs 
Tariff: 
— by 50 %, and 
— by 3,6 ECU; 
(c) in the case of semi-milled rice falling within sub­
heading 10.06 B II a) of the Common Customs 
Tariff: 
— by the amount for the protection of the 
industry referred to in Article 14 (3) of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ('), 
converted by reference to the conversion rate 
between milled rice and semi-milled rice 
referred to in the third indent of Article 
19 (A) of that Regulation, 
— by 50 % of the levy thus reduced, and 
— by 5,4 ECU; 
(d) in the case of wholly-milled rice falling within 
subheading 10.06 B lib) of the Common 
Customs Tariff: 
— by the amount for the protection of the 
industry referred to in Article 14 (3) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1418/76, 
— by 50 °/o of the levy thus reduced, and 
— by 5,4 ECU; 
(e) in the case of broken rice falling within sub­
heading 10.06 Bill of the Common Customs 
Tariff: 
— by 50 %, and 
— by 3,0 ECU. 
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply only to imports for 
which the importer provides proof that an export 
charge of an amount equivalent to the reduction 
refered to in the said paragraph has been collected by 
the exporting country. Article 11 
1. The reduction in the levy provided for in Article 
10 shall be subject, per calendar year, to a maximum, 
expressed as husked rice, of 122 000 tonnes of rice 
falling within subheadings 10.06 B I and B II of the 
Common Customs Tariff and 17 000 tonnes of 
broken rice falling within subheading 10.06 B III of 
the Common Customs Tariff. 
Quantities of rice at other stages of processing than 
husked rice shall be converted at the rates laid down 
in Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 
467/67/EEC (2). 
2. Depending on the dates of entry into force and 
expiry of this Regulation, the quantities shown above, 
expressed per calendar year, shall be calculated pro 
rata temporis. 
3. The Commission shall suspend the application 
of Article 10 for the remainder of the year if it finds 
during the current year that imports under the above 
provisions have reached the levels referred to in 
paragraph 1. 
TITLE VII 
Products processed from cereals and rice 
Article 12 
1. The fixed component of the levy or the customs 
duty applicable to imports of the products listed in 
Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and the 
products listed in Article 1 (1) (c) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 1418/76 shall not be charged on any of 
those products. 
2. The variable component shall be reduced: 
— by 1,81 ECU per 1 000 kilograms for products 
falling within subheading 07.06 A of the Common 
Customs Tariff, excluding arrowroot, 
— 3,63 ECU per 1 000 kilograms for products falling 
within subheading 11.04C of the Common 
Customs Tariff, excluding flour and meal of 
arrowroot, 
— by 50 % for products falling within subheading 
11.08 A V of the Common Customs Tariff, 
excluding arrowroot starch. 
3. The variable component of the levy shall not be 
charged in respect of imports of: 
— arrowroot falling within subheading 07.06 A of 
the Common Customs Tariff, 
— flour and meal of arrowroot falling within sub­
heading 11.04 C of the Common Customs Tariff, 
— arrowroot starch falling within subheading 
11.08 A V of the Common Customs Tariff. 
0) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. O OJ No 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1. 
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TITLE VIII 
Fruit and vegetables 
Article 13 
1. The products listed below shall be imported free of customs duties: 
CCT 
heading No Description 
07.01 
08.02 
08.08 
08.09 Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
F. Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled 
G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible 
roots: 
ex IV. Other: 
— Radishes (Raphanus sativus), known as 'Mooli' 
S. Sweet peppers 
T. Other 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
D. Grapefruit 
E. Other 
Berries, fresh: 
E. Papaws 
F. Other: 
ex II. Passion fruit 
Other fruit, fresh 
2. Subject to the special provisions laid down in paragraph 3, customs duties shall be 
reduced as follows for the products listed below: 
CCT 
heading No 
07.01 Description 
Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes 
and similar edible roots: 
ex II: Carrots and turnips: 
— Carrots, from 1 January to 31 March 
ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic: 
— Onions, from 15 February to 15 May 
ex K. Asparagus: 
— From 15 August to 31 January Rate of 
reduction 
40% 
60% 
40% 
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CCT 
heading No 
07.01 
(cont'd) 
08.02 
08.08 Description 
M. Tomatoes: 
ex I. From 1 November to 14 May (from 15 November 
to 30 April (within the annual limit of a 
Community tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes)) 
Q. Mushrooms and truffles: 
IV. Other 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
A. Oranges 
B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, 
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids 
Berries, fresh: 
A. Strawberries 
ex II. From 1 August to 30 April (from 1 November to the 
end of February with the annual limit of a 
Community tariff quota of 700 tonnes) Rate of 
reduction 
60% 
40% 
80% 
80% 
60% 
3. Imports of carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs 
Tariff and of onions falling within subheading ex 07.01 H of the Common Customs 
Tariff at the reduced rates of customs duty shown in paragraph 2 shall be subject to 
annual ceilings of 500 tonnes for each of these products, above which the customs duties 
actually applied in respect of third countries shall be restored. 
TITLE IX 
Products processed from fruit and vegetables 
Article 14 
1. The products listed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 (') shall 
be imported free of customs duties. 
2. Levies shall not be charged on imports of the products listed below: 
CCT 
heading No Description 
20.06 Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or 
spirit: 
B. Other: 
I. Containing added spirit: 
b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity: 
1. Of more than 1 kg: 
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by weight 
0) OJNoL73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 1. 
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CCT 
heading No Description 
20.06 
(cont'd) 2. Of 1 kg or less: 
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight 
e) Other fruits: 
1. With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight: 
ex aa) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 
11,85 % mass: 
— Grapefruit segments 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
ex bb) Other: 
— Grapefruit segments 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
f) Mixtures of fruit: 
1. With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight: 
ex aa) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 
11,85% mass: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
ex bb) Other: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
II. Not containing added spirit: 
a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 
more than 1 kg: 
2. Grapefruit segments 
5. Pineapples: 
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by weight: 
ex 8. Other fruits: 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
9. Mixtures of fruit: 
ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50 % of the 
total weight of the fruits: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
ex bb) Other: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity not 
exceeding 1 kg: 
2. Grapefruit segments 
5. Pineapples: 
aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight 
ex 8. Other fruits: 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
9. Mixtures of fruit: 
ex aa) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50 % of the 
total weight of the fruits: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
ex bb) Other: 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
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CCT 
heading No Description 
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not containing 
added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: 
A. Of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20°C: 
III. Other: 
b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight: 
ex 1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight: 
— Pineapple 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
— Mixtures of pineapples, papaws and passion fruit 
B. Of a density of 1,33 g/cm3 or less at 20°C: 
II. Other: 
b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight: 
5. Pineapple juice: 
aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
7. Other fruit and vegetable juices: 
ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight: 
— Passion fruit 
— Guavas 
8. Mixtures: 
bb) Other: 
ex 11: With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by 
weight: 
— Pineapple, papaws and passion fruit juice 
TITLE X 
Wine 
Article 15 
The products listed below shall be imported free of customs duties: 
CCT 
heading No Description 
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not containing 
added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: 
A. Of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20° C: 
I. Grape juice (including grape must): 
ex a) Of a value exceeding 22 ECU per 100 kg net weight: 
— With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
b) Of a value not exceeding 22 ECU per 100 kg net weight: 
1. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
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CCT 
heading No Description 
20.07 
(cont'd) B. Of a density of 1,33 g/cmJ or less at 20° : 
I. Grape, apple and pear juice (including grape must); mixtures of apple and 
pear juice: 
a) Of a value exceeding 18 ECU per 100 kg net weight: 
1. Grape juice (including grape must): 
aa) Concentrated: 
11. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
bb) Other: 
11. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
b) Of a value of 18 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight: 
1. Grape juice (including grape must): 
aa) Concentrated: 
11. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
bb) Other: 
11. With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 
TITLE XI 
Raw tobacco 
Article 16 
The tobacco products listed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (') 
shall be imported free of customs duties. 
Article 17 
If serious disturbances occur as a result of a large increase in duty-free imports of pro­
ducts falling within heading No 24.01 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in the 
ACP States or in the countries and territories, or if these imports create difficulties which 
bring about a deterioration in the economic situation of a region of the Community, the 
Community may, without prejudice to Article 25, take measures to counteract any 
deflection of trade. 
TITLE XII 
Goods to which Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 applies 
Article 18 
1. No fixed component shall be charged on imports of goods to which Regulation 
(EEC) No 3033/80 applies. 
O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. 
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2. The variable component shall not be charged on imports of the goods listed below: 
CCT 
heading No Description 
17.04 
18.06 
19.02 
19.04 
19.07 
19.08 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa: 
C. White chocolate 
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: 
C. Chocolate and chocolate goods, whether or not filled; sugar confectionery 
and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products, containing 
cocoa 
Malt extract; preparations of flour, meal, starch of malt extract, of a kind used as 
infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by 
weight of cocoa: 
B. Other: 
II. Other: 
a) Containing no milk fats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of such 
fats: 
4. Containing 45 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of starch 
Tapioca and sago; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other 
starches 
Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added 
sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit; communion wafers, cachets of a kind 
suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing waters, rice paper and similar products: 
D. Other, containing by weight of starch: 
ex II. 50 % or more, excluding ships' biscuits 
Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not containing 
cocoa in any proportion: 
B. Other: 
IV. Containing 50 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of starch: 
a) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of 
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 
ex 1. Containing no milk fats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight 
of such fats: 
— Biscuits 
V. Containing 65 % or more by weight of starch: 
ex a) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of 
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 
— Biscuits 
ex b) Other: 
— Biscuits 
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TITLE XIII 
Other markets subject to common organization 
Article 19 
The products covered by Council Regulations (EEC) 
No 1308/70 (flax and hemp) ('), No 1696/71 (hops) 
O, No 234/68 (live plants) (J), No 2358/71 (seeds) 
(4), No 827/68 (certain products listed in Annex II to 
the Treaty) (s), and No 1117/78 (dried fodder) (4) 
shall be imported free of customs duties. 
TITLE XIV 
Provisions relating to the French overseas 
departments 
Article 20 
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, 
the levies shall not be applied to direct imports into 
the French overseas departments of the products 
listed below originating in the ACP States or in the 
countries and territories: 
CCT 
heading 
No 
01.02 
02.01 
10.05 B Description 
Live animals of the bovine species: 
A. Domestic species: 
II. Other 
Meat and edible offals of the animals falling 
within heading No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03 or 
01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen: 
A. Meat: 
II. Of bovine animals 
Maize 
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the 
levy shall not be applied to direct imports into the 
overseas department of Reunion of rice falling within 
subheading No 10.06 B of the Common Customs 
Tariff. 
3. If imports into the French overseas departments 
of maize originating in the ACP States or in the 
countries and territories have exceeded 25 000 tonnes 
O OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 2. 
(2) OJNoL 175,4.8. 1971, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 55, 2. 3. 1968, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1. 
(») OJ No L 151, 30. 6. 1968, p. 16. 
(') OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1. in a year, and if such imports are causing or are likely 
to cause serious disturbances on those markets, the 
Commission shall, at the request of a Member State 
or on its own initiative, take the necessary measures. 
Any Member State may, within three working days of 
notification of the measure taken by the Commission, 
refer that measure to the Council. The Council shall 
meet forthwith. It may, acting by a qualified majority, 
amend or annul the measure in question. 
4. This Article shall apply to products released for 
home use in the French overseas departments. Such 
products may not be re-exported. If necessary, 
measures to ensure this may be taken in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 22. 
TITLE XV 
General and final provisions 
Article 21 
The reductions provided for by this Regulation shall 
be calculated by reference to: 
— the variable component of levies, where the levies 
contain such components; 
— in other cases, the levies, 
applicable to imports from third countries into the 
Community as at present constituted. 
However, during the period of application of 
accession compensatory amounts in trade between the 
Community as at present constituted and new 
Member States, measures to prevent deflection of 
trade shall be taken in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 22, if this proves necessary. 
Article 22 
1. If necessary, detailed rules for the application of 
this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2727/75 or, as the case may be, in the 
corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on 
the common organization of agricultural markets. 
2. In the case of bovine meat and rice, these 
detailed rules shall relate in particular to: 
(a) the basis for calculation and the reference period 
to be taken into consideration for fixing the 
amount by which the import duties are to be 
reduced; 
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(b) the arrangements for fixing the corresponding 
amount to be collected by the exporting country; 
(c) the issue of import licences; 
(d) the forms of proof acceptable and checking pro­
cedures. 
Article 23 
On the basis of the economic development 
requirements of the French overseas departments, the 
Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal 
from the Commission, may alter the arrangements 
governing access to those departments' markets for 
the products covered by this Regulation. 
Article 24 
This Regulation shall be without prejudice either to 
the operation of Article 72 of the Act concerning the 
conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and 
the adjustments to the Treaties or to the operation of 
the corresponding Articles of the Acts of Accession of 
other acceding countries. 
Article 25 
1. The safeguard clauses provided for in the Regu­
lations on the common organization of the agri­cultural markets and in the specific rules introduced 
as a result of the implementation of the common agri­
cultural policy shall be applicable to the products 
covered by the Regulation. 
2. As regards relations with the ACP States, the 
provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1470/80 shall 
apply as complementary measures, as shall the 
provisions which replace them upon entry into force 
of the Convention. 
3. As regards the countries and territories, the 
provisions of Article 13 of Decision 80/1186/EEC 
and of Annex III thereto shall apply as 
complimentary measures, as shall the provisions 
which replace them as from the entry into force of 
the new Decision on the association of the countries 
and territories. 
Article 26 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 
1985. It shall apply until 1 March 1986. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission may decide to extend 
this Regulation beyond that date. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
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ANNEX I 
List of the ACP States referred to in Article 1 
[Angola] 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Bahamas 
Barbados 
Belize 
Benin 
Botswana 
Burkina-Faso 
Burundi 
Cameroon 
Cape Verde 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Comoros 
Congo 
Djibouti 
Dominica 
Ethiopia 
Equatorial Guinea 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Ghana 
Grenada 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Kenya 
Kiribati 
Lesotho 
Liberia Madagascar 
Malawi 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mozambique 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Papua New Guinea 
Rwanda 
Sao Tome and Principe 
Senegal 
Seychelles 
Sierra Leone 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
St Christopher and Nevis 
St Lucia 
St Vincent and the Grenadines 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Tanzania 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tuvalu 
Uganda 
Vanuatu 
Western Samoa 
Zaire 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 
ANNEX II 
List of the countries and territories referred to in Article 1 
(This list is without prejudice to the status of these countries and territories now or in the future) 
1. Overseas countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: 
— The Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St Martin, Saba, St Eustatius). 
2. Overseas territories of the French Republic: 
— New Caledonia and dependencies, 
— Wallis and Futuna Islands, 
— French Polynesia, 
— French Southern and Antarctic Territories. 
3. 'Collectivite territoriale' of the French Republic: 
— Mayotte. 
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4. Overseas countries and territories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland: 
— Anguilla. 
— Cayman Islands. 
— Falkland Islands and dependencies. 
— Turks and Caicos Islands. 
— British Virgin Islands. 
— Montserrat. 
— Pitcairn. 
— St Helena and dependencies. 
— British Antarctic Territory. 
— British Indian Ocean Territory. 
5. Overseas country of the Kingdom of Denmark: 
— Greenland.