COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES 
C0M(94) 149 final 
Brussels, 25.04.1994 
94/0116 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences 
in respect of certain products originating in countries 
benefiting from generalizd preferences and 
sold at the Berlin "Partners in Progress" fair 
(presented by the Commission) 
Explanatory Memorandum 
The "Partners in Progress" imports fair has been held in Berlin every 
year since 1962. The Fair focuses on goods exported by the developing 
countries. For several years the European Union has supported this 
event, in order to boost the developing countries' trade promotion 
generally and also to take account of Berlin's unique situation. 
In 1992, since Berlin's situation was no longer exceptional, the 
Council adopted a Regulation establishing the principle of opening 
these preferences to all fairs in the European Union designed to 
promote partnerships between economic operators from developing and 
industrialized countries at commercial, industrial and technological 
levels, and to improve the access to world markets for products 
originating in countries benefiting from the European Union's 
generalized scheme of preferences. 
However, only the German government actually submitted a request for 
special preferences, to be applied in respect of products sold at the 
Berlin "Partners in Progress" fair, and this was accepted by the 
Council (Regulation (EEC) No 1250/92 of 11 MAY 1992, 0J No L 131, 
16.5.92, p.1; and Regulation (EEC) No 1225/93 of 17 May 1993, 0J No L 
124, 20.5.93, p.1). 
By its letter of 13 January 1994, the German government has asked the 
Commission again to propose that the Council grant supplementary tariff 
preferences to the developing countries in respect of goods which are 
the subject of sales contracts concluded at this Fair. 
However, in the meantime, the Republic of Korea has recently decided to 
unilaterally increase the import duties on a certain number of 
products, with effect from 1 January 1994. The products affected are 
mainly products for which the European Union is the principal supplier 
for the Korean Republic, notably in the textile sector. Therefore, it 
seems necessary to suspend, on a selective basis, the GSP benefit 
accruing to the Republic of Korea for certain products. 
Taking in account the type of products exported by the EU which are 
principally affected by the Korean measures, and the volume of trade 
involved, it would appear appropriate to suspend the GSP benefit for 
textile products covered by the Multifibre Agreement. This suspension 
should also be extended to cover products sold at the Berlin Fair. 
The Commission proposes that the Council agree to this request while 
maintaining the principle of opening these preferences to other fairs. 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
of No 
applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain 
products originating in countries benefiting from generalized preferences and 
sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress* fair 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas fairs are organized in the Community with a 
view to promoting partnership between economic opera­
tors from developing countries and from industrialized 
countries at commercial, industrial or technological level 
and improving the access to world markets of products 
originating in countries benefiting from generalized 
preferences ; 
Whereas, in view of the aims of these fairs, certain steps 
should be taken in the field ol 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, origi­
nally in 1971, and most recently by Regulations (EEC) 
No 383l/90(') and No .1832/90 ('), as extended by Regu­
lation /EC) No 3668/93 P) and supplemented by Regula­
tion (ËC) No 3667/93 ('), generalized tariff preferences 
in particular in respect of finished and semi-finished 
industrial and textile products originating in countries 
benefiting from generalized preferences ; 
Whereas certain products covered by the system of fixed 
duty-free amount, ceilings or other tariff measures, being 
the subject of contracts for sale in the course of these 
fairs, might not be able to benefit from the preferences if 
the tariff quotas or fixed duty-free amounts are used up or 
the collection of customs duties is re-established for 
products subject to ceiling limits before the opening date 
of the abovementioncd fairs; whereas it is important, 
therefore, to provide additional latitude to countries bene­
fiting from generalized preferences to enable them to 
111 OJ No L 370. 31.12.1990,-p.1. 
C2) OJ No L 370. 31.12.1990. p.39. 
(3) OJ No L 338. 31.12.1993. p. 22. 
(4) OJ No L 338. 31.12.1993. p.1. 
^'^^^^mMèiÊ^Êâ^M^M^^^î;^^ benefit from the generalized tariff preferences for 
products being the subject of contracts for sale at these 
fairs ; 
Whereas at this juncture the German Government has 
submitted a request for supplementary generalized tariff 
preferences tc be applied in respect of certain products 
originating in countries benefiting from generalized 
preferences and sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress' 
Fair ; whereas, for the abovementioned reasons, additional 
latitude should be allowed for countries benefiting from 
generalized preferences to enable them to take advantage 
of the generalized tariff preferences for products which 
were the subject of sales contracts at the 'Partners in 
Progress' Fair ; whereas, however, this latitude should be 
limited to 6% of the levels of the toriff measures 
applicable to each products or group of products under 
the aforementioned annual Regulations,- lost applied for 
the year 1993, and this additional latitude should be 
allowed; 
Whereas, without prejudice to the specific provisions of 
this Regulation, the opplicotion of the provisions of the 
implementing Regulations regarding generalized toriff 
preferences ond. in particular. in respect of the 
beneficiary countries ond the concept of originating 
products should be applied to the supplementary 
preferences in question; 
Whereas as a consequence of Council Regulation EC) N* 
/94 of the advantages accrued from the generalised 
scheme of preferences for the Republic of Korea have been 
withdrawn for textile products covered by the Multifibre 
Agreement. 
Whereas it Is appropriate, however, to exclude from the 
scope of this Regulation certain products originating in 
given beneficiary countries; 
: Whereas declarations of release Into free circulation 
I submitted with a view to the importation of the products 
I In question should be accompanied by the certificate of 
I origin and the contract concluded at the relevant fair, 
I the latter certified by the competent authorities of the 
| Member State where it Is held; i 
Whereas the authorities of the Member States must see to 
it that certification of the contracts, concluded at fairs 
held on their territory does not exceed the authorized 
supplementary quantities; 
Whereas the method of administration adopted requires the 
, close cooperation between the Member States and the 
Commission, 
1 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article I 
1. From S June 1994 to 31 December 199*7supple­
mentary Community tariff preferences shall be opened, 
subject to Article 3, for the importation of products : 
— mentioned in Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3831/90. or 
— mentioned in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3832/90. 
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 exhi­
bited by the exporting countries at the Berlin 'Partners in 
Progress* Fair and have been the subject there of sales 
contracts. 
2. The supplementary preferences referred to in para­
graph I shall be 6 % of the duty-free amounts or ceiling 
fixed for each product or group of products in Regula­
tions (EEC) No 3831/90 and No 3832/90. 
3. Within the framework of the supplementary prefe­
rences 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 certi­
ficate of origin. Form A, and the contract. 
Article 2 
1. Declarations of the release into free circulation of 
the products in question must bo Accompanied by the 
certificate of origin and by the contract concluded at the 
Berlin 'Partners in Progress' Fair, the latter certified by the 
competent German authorities. 
2. The German authorities shall see to it that the total 
amount covered by certified contracts does not exceed the 
limits fixed in Article I (2). 
Article J 
Those provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 3831/90 and 
No 3832/90 relating to the application of generalized 
tariff preferences which concern beneficiary countries and 
the concept of originating products shall be applicable. Article 4 
The following shall be excluded from the benefits 
afforded by this Regulation : 
— textile products falling within categories I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7 and 8 appearing in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3832/90 and originating in countries subject to 
the fixed duty-free amount as indicated in the said 
Annex. 
- textile products appearing in Annex I to Regulation 
(EEC) N* 3832/90 and originating in South Korea. 
- 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 
'Partners in Progress* Fair, a list of certified contracts indi­
cating 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 Commis­
sion 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 of the end of each quarter, the list of the 
amounts charged during the reference quarter in accor­
dance 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 that of its publication in the Officiel/ Journal of 
the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For t/>e Council 
'Pie President 
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ANNEX 
List of products/countries excluded from the benefit of this Regulation 
Order 
No 
10.0110 
10.0400 
10.0440 
10.0480 
10.0510 
10.0520 
10 0560 CN/Tiric 
code 
2902 50 00 
3102 tO 10 
3806 10 10 
3923 21 00 
4011 1000 
4011 20 
4011 3Ô90 
4011 91 
4011 99 
40121030 
4012 10 50 
4012 10 80 
4012 20 90 
4012 90 
4013 10 
4013 90 90 
4104 10V5 
4104 I0VV 
4104 31 11 
410431 19 
4104 31 30 
4104 31 90 
4104 39 10 
4104 39 90 
4202 12 11 
4202 12 19 
4202 22 10 
4202 32 10 
4202 92 11 
4202 92 IK Doc ri pi ion 
Styrene 
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 
Other pneumatic tyres and tubes 
Leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather 
lulling within CN code 4I0K ot 410V 
— Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square 
feet (2.6 m') 
Other 
— — — Otherwise prepared 
— Other bovine leather and equine leather, parchment-dressed or prepared 
after tanning 
Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive cases, briefcases, school satchels 
and similar containers : 
— With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials : 
— — In the form of plastic sheeting 
Handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, including those without 
handles : 
— With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials : 
— — Of plastic sheeting 
Articles of kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag : 
— With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials: 
— — Of plastic sheeting 
Other, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials : 
— Of plastic sheeting': 
— — Travelling bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sportbags 
— — Musical instrument cases 
Other Country concerned 
Saudi Arabia 
Libya 
China 
Hong Kong 
Singapore 
South Korea 
Brazil 
South Korea 
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Order 
No 
10.0570 
10.0630 
10.0660 
10.0670 
10.0680 
10.0690 
10.0700 CN/T.cc 
code 
4202 11 
4202 12 91 
4202 12 99 
4202 19 90 
4202 21 00 
4202 22 90 
4202 29 00 
4202 3100 
4202 32 90 
4202 39 00 
4202 91 
4202 92 91 
4202 92 98 
4202 99 00 
4412 
4420 90 11 
4420 90 1V 
6401 
6402 
6403 
6404 
6405 90 10 
6405 10 90 
6405 20 91 
6405 20 99 
6405 90 90 
6601 Description 
Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive cases, brief cases, school satchels 
and similar containers 
— With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of 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 tippers 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 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather 
and uppers of leather 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, 
and uppers of textile materials 
Other footwear, with outer soles of rubber, of plastics, of leather or of 
composition leather 
Other footwear, with outer soles of other materials 
Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden 
umbrellas and similar umbrellas) Country concerned 
Brazil 
China 
Hong Kong 
Brazil 
South Korea 
Indonesia 
Malaysia 
Singapore 
South Korea 
Hong Kong 
Indonesia 
Thailand 
Brazil 
Hong Kong 
Indonesia 
South Korea 
Thailand 
Hong Kong 
Indonesia 
South Korea 
lltailand 
China 
Hong Kong 
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Ordri 
No 
10.0740 
10.0750 
10.0800 
10.0950 
10.0980 
10 0990 
10.1010 CN/T»in 
«.odr 
6912 00 50 
6913 
7117 19 10 
7117 1991 
7117 1999 
7117 90 00*90 
8211 1000 
8211 91 30 
8211 91 80 
8211 92 90 
8211 91 90 
8414 10 30 
8414 10 50 
8414 10VO 
8414 20 91 
8414 20 99 
8414 30 30 
8414 30 91 
8414 30 99 
8414 40 
8414 80 21 
8414 80 29 
8414 80 31 
8414 80 39 
84148041 
8414 80 49 
8414 80 60 
8414 80 71 
8414 80 79 
8414 80 90 
8452 10 
8452 21 00 
8452 29 00 
8471 10 90 
8471 20 20 
8471 20 80 
8471 91 80 
8471 92 20 
8471 92 40 
8471 92 80 
8471 93 40 
8471 93 51 
8471 93 59 
8471 93 GO 
8471 93 90 
8471 99.10 
8471 99 80 l)«r»itiptiort 
Ceramic tableware, kitchcnware. other household articles and toilet articles, 
of earthenware or fine pottery 
Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles 
Imitation jewellery 
- Of base metal, whether or not plated wi»h precious metal 
- - Others 
- Others excluding imitation jewellery of leather or composition leather or 
of- wood 
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 
Air or vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors 
Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines falling within CN todc 
8440 
Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical 
readers, machines for transcribing data into data media in code form, 
machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included, 
other than for use in civil aircraft Country comerncd 
South Korea 
South Korea 
South Korea 
Hong Kong 
Brazil 
Singapore 
Brazil 
South Korea 
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Order 
No CN/T.ric 
. code Description Country concerned 
I0.I0.S2 
10.1053 8521 Video recording or reproducing apparatus South Korea 
8523 
8524 Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of 
other phenomena other than products of Chapter 37 
Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly 
recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of 
records but excluding products of Chapter 37 South Korea 
10.1055 8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 
8528 10 14 
10 16 
10 18 
10 22 
10 28 
10 52 
10 54 
10 56 
10 58 
10 62 
10 66 
10 72 
10 76 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 
South Korea 
10.1060 8527 11 
8527 21 
8527 29 00 
8527 31 
8527 32 90 
8527 39 
8527 90 91 
8527 90 99 
8528 10 31 
8528 10 41 
8528 10 43 
8528 10 49 
8528 10 81. 
8528 10 89 
8528 10 91 
8528 10 98 
8528 20 
8529 10 20 
8529 10 31 
8529 10 39 
8529 10 40 
8529 10 50 
8529 10 70 
8529 10 90 
8529 90 70 
8529 90 98 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 
South Korea 
Television receivers (including video monitors and video projectors), 
whether or not combined in the same housing with radio-broadcast recei­
vers 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 14. 8528 10 16. 8528 10 18. 8528 10 22, 
8528 10 28. 8528 10 52. 8528 10 54. 8528 10 56. 8528 10 58. 8528 10 62. 
8528 10 66. 8528 10 72 and 8528 10 76 
10.1094 8540 II Cathodc-roy television picture tubes including video monitor cathode-ray 
tubes South Korea' 
— Colour 
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Order 
No 
10.1110 
10.1120 
10.1300 CN/Taric 
code • 
8540 9100 
8540 99 00 
8541 10 
8541 21 
8541 29 
8541 30 
8541 40 10 
8541 50 
8541 90 00 
8542 
8703 21 10 
8703 22 11 
8703 22 19 
8703 23 11 
8703 23 19 
8703 31 10 
8703 32 11 
8703 32 19 
8703 33 11*10 
8703 33 19*10 
8703 90 90*11 
9503 Description 
Thermonic, cold cathode or photocathoac valves and tubes 
- Parts 
Diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, light emitting diodes 
Electric integrated circuits and microassemblics Motor vehicles, new. of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 3 000 cm' 
O'hcr toys, reduced size (scale) models and similar recreational models 
working or not. puzzles of all sorts Country concerned 
Hong Kong 
Singapore 
South Korea 
South Korea 
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