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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73 )2148 final
Brussels ,14December 1973
PROPOSAL TOR A
RECOMMENDATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofatariff quota for cocao "butter and atariff quota for
instant coffee originating indeveloping countries
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73)2148 final

EKPUFATnpy MEMORANDUM
ThaCouncilhasauthoriz°dtheCommissiontonegociateatrade
agreementbetweenthe^TECandBrazilandtothisenditdrewupnegotiating
directives on5March1°73anddirectivessupplementary theretoon3December
1973.Thesedirectivesareinparticular concernedwiththetarifftreatment
ofcocoabutterandinstantcoffeeimportedintotheCommunity.
Asfrom1January1Q7^theUnitedKingdominparticularwillbring
hercustomstariffintolinewiththeOCTandthiscouldnormallyentaila
substantial increaseinimportdutiesoncocoabutterandinstantcoffee.
BrazilisbyfarthelargestsupplierofinstantcoffeetotheUnitedKin.erdom
andalsosuppliesherwithasubstantial amount ,ofcocoabutter.Inthelight
ofthissituation ,BrazilhasrequestedtheCommunitytoagreeeithertoa
reductionintheOCTforthetwoproductstothelevelofthedutyapplicable
tococoabeansandtorawcoffeerespectively ,oralternatively totheopening
»
oftariffquota.s,reservedfortheUnitedKingdom,atthelevelofBritish
customsdutiesforthetwoproductsinquestion.
Suchasolutionwould/riverisetoacertainnumberofdifficulties .
TherecouldinfactbenorruestioneitherofreducingergaomnestheCOTduties
totheextentrenues+.ed ,inviewofBrazil'smarketingpolicyforthetwo
productsandinthe-interestsbothofproducersinassociatedcountriesand
ofEuropeanmanufacturers norofcompromising theunityoftheCommunitymarket
byisolatingtheBritishmarketforthetwoproducts.
SinceBrazilisadevelopingcountryandamemberofthe"77"Group,
theCommissionpreferedtoseekasolutionwithintheframeworkoftheCommu­
nitysystemofgeneralizedpreferencesinfavourofdevelopingcountries.
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Itproposestococoabutterandinstantcoffeesubjecttotariff
preferences accordingtosnecialrules.TheseconsistinopeningCommunity
tariffquotasforanamountof21.600metrictonsforcocoabutterandof
18.750metrictonsforinstantcoffee,suchquotasbeingallocatedtoallow
theUnitedKingdomasubstantial share.TheCommissiondoesnotproposeto
introduceaCommuntitvreserveshareforthisquota.Thisisanexceptional
andtransitional caseandoneforwhichachoiceofaspecialallocationscale
canonlybefullymeaningfulifsuchscalebeappliedtotheentirequotafrom
thetimeitisopened.Moreover,ifthisscaleisapplied,onemayreckonthatthe
sharewillbeusedupatamoreorlessconstantratethroughouttheexercise.This
attitudeistobeinterpretedinthelightofthesolutionadoptedbytheCouncil
regarding .theintroductionofreservesharesin"generalizedpreferences"tariff
quotas.
Themeasuresproposed,whichdivergesomewhatfromtheusual
arrangements inrespectofgeneralizedpreferences ,havetheadvantageof
satisfayinpr BrazilianexportersandBritishconsumers ,whileatthesametime
protectingtheinterestsofassociatedcountriesandofEuropeanmanufacturers .
Moreover ,theyaffordadditionaladvantagestoalldeveloping'countrieswhich
KbenefitundertheCommunity'ssvstemof^ener-alizedpreferences . »

Proposal for a
REOULATTCW (RTCC )OVTHR COTINCTI ,
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofatariff oiiota fornonao butter and atariff quota for
instant coffee originating indeveloping countries
THRCOUNCIL OPTHTCEUROPE ATTOOTWTMTTTKS ,
Having regard totheTreaty establ ishingtheEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof :
Having regard tothe proposal from +><* r'nrnmission :
»
Whereas ,within thecontext ofITN^TATi ,theEuropean Economic Community offered ,
togrant tariff preferences oncertain processed agricultural products falling
within Chapters 1to2AoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating indeveloping
countries :whereas the preferential treatment provided for inthis offer con­
sists ,onthe onehand ,inrespect ofcertain goods subject tothe trade arran­
gements laid down inRegulation (EEC )n°1059/^9»inreducing thefixed component
ofthelevy applicable tothese goods under that Regulation and ,onthe other
«
hand ,inrespect ofproducts subject totheuniform customs duty ,inreducing
this duty ;whereas ,fortheproducts involved ,preferential imports will be
able tobemade without restriction onquantity ;whereas ,however ,inview' of
the fact that cocoa butter and instant coffee are sensitive products ,and in
view ofthenecessity toprotect theinterests ofassociated countries inthis
field ,special arrangements should belaid down forthese twoproducts ,such
ι
arrangements consisting inagranting ofareduction mthe customs duty appli­
cable tothese products within the limits ofCommunity tariff quotas ;

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WhereastheofferbytheCommunityincludesaclausestatingthatitismade
ontheassumptionthatthemainindustrializedcountrieswhicharemembersof
theOECDwouldparticipateingrantingpreferences andwouldmakesimilar
effortsinthisdirection :whereas,moreover,itisevidentfromtheconclusions
workedoutinUNCTADthatthisoffer,whilebeingofatemporarynature,does
notconstituteabindingcommitment andinparticular ,maybewithdrawnwholly
orinpartatalaterd^te;whereasthispossibility maybeadoptedinteralia
withaviewtoremedyinganyunfavourable situationswhichmightariseinthe
associatedcountriesfollowingtheimplementation ofthegeneralized preference
scheme;
Whereasinrespectofcocoabutterandinstantcoffeeoriginatinginthe
countriesandterritorieslistedinAnnexI\theCommunityshouldtherefore
openfor1974twoCommunitytariffcruotaswithintherespectivelimitsof
21.600metrictonsandatacustomsdutyof8°£forcocoabutterandof18.750
metrictonsandadutyofforinstantcoffee;
WhereasunderProtocolN°23totheActannexedtotheTreatyconcerningthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtothe
EuropeanAtomicEnerpyCommunity ("O,si<rnedon22January1972,thenewMember
»
Statesareauthorizedtodeferuntil1Januaryl°7Athea.ppli.Cf.tionofthe
generalizedtariffpreferences schemeappliedbytheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
toproductsoriginatingind«velorti.np-countries ;whereas ,accordingly ,fromthat
datethenewMemberStateswillbeobligedtoapnlvthefullcustomsduties
providedforinthegenera.li7.edtariffpreferences schemeoftheEuropeanEconomic
Communityforcoffeeandcocoabutterandthecalculationoftheamountofthe
sharesmustbebasedontheassumptionthatthenewMemberStatesaretoplay
«
afullpartinthegeneralizedpreferences scheme;
Whereashowever,inrespectoftheahovemen+.ioned products,suchaschemeof
generalizedpreferences would,onthebasisoftheprovisionsoftheActreferred
toabove,involveapplyinginlQ7/icustomsduti.esinexcessof-orverycloseto
thosewhichwillbeappliedbythenewMemberStatestothirdcountriesin
general;whereasthissituationwouldnotbeinaccordanceeitherwiththe
spiritoftheProtocol *T°9^norwiththenatureofthegeneralized preferences
./•
(1)OJN°L1*8,29June19^8,p.1

scheme,whereasinordertomaintain,inaccordancewithProtocolN°23,
anequivalentpreferential margininrespectoftheseproductsalso,provision
shouldbemadeforthenewMemberStatestoapplytothemreducedcustomsduties,
therulesforwhicharebasedupontheprincipleofmaintaining thesameprefe­
rentialmarginbetweenthedutiesappliedbythenewMemberStatesunderthe
provisionsoftheaforementioned Actandthedutiesappliedbywayofgeneralized
preferences ,asthatwhichexistsbetweentheCCTdutiesandthesuspended
dutiesreferredtoaboveinrespectofinstantcoffeeandcocoabutter;whereas
however,withaviewtop-rantin^thebeneficiary developingcountriesthebest
possibletreatment,inaccordancewiththespiritwhichmotivatedtheintroduc­
tionofthepreference scheme,theabovementionedsuspendeddutiesshouldbe
appliedincaseswherethedutiescalculatedaccordingtothesaidrulesare
foundtoexceedthem;
Whereasonlythoseproductsoriginating inthecountriesandterritories
consideredshouldbeallowedtobenefitfromthesetariffquotas;whereasto
thisendtheprovisionsregarding :thedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating
products"shouldbeappliedinrespectoftheapplication oftariffpreferences
grantedbytheEuropeanEconomicCommunitytoproductsfromdevelopingcountries,
fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December1974;whereashoweverprovision
shouldbemadeforanamendment ,tothelistAannexedtothoseprovisionsconcer-
>
ningcooabutter.
WhereasitisnecessarytoensureequalandcontinuousaxcessforallCommunity
importerstotheabovementionedrruotasandtheuninterrupted applicationofthe
ratelaiddownforthoseouotastoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthoseauotasareusedup;whereas,havingregardtothe
principlesetoutabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanberespectecl
byallocatingtheCommunutvtariffquotaamongMemberStates;whereasmoreover,
tothisendandinthecontextoftheutilization system,theactualcharges
againstthequotasmayrelateonlytoproductswhichareenteredforhomeuse
andareaccompanied byacertificate oforigin;«'
Whereasthestatistical informationavailablewhichonlycoversa.relatively
shortperiodand.whichshouldinthisparticularcasebeconsideredinconjunction
withtheforecastswhichcanbemadeforthequotayear,thequotashares
thereforecanbedrawnupasfollows:

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metrictons
cocoabutter instantooffee
Germany
Bénélux800 900
1.550
France
Italy
Denmark
Irèland
UnitedKingdom12.300
100 250
50
50
5050
50
S0
8.?S0 15.900
Whereas,without ,affectingtheCommunitynatureofthetariffquotasunder
consideration itarrears -possibleto-providetemporarily forautilization
schemebasedonasingleallocation amongtheMemberStates;whereasmoreover
theallocationsetoutbythisRegulationinnowayprejudicesthepossibi­
lityofadoptingthegeneralmethodofallocationofCommunitytariffquotas
comprisingtheconstitution ofareserve;whereasatthepresentjunctureit
appearsfeasiblethatsuchallocation couldasarulebemadeaccordingto
thequotaamountssetoutinthetableabove; *
>
Whereasthepercentages ofthesharesoftheMemberStatesintheCommunity
tariffquotasdonotinthisoase^PDeartocompromiseequalaccessfor
CommunityimporterstotheCommunitytariffquota,giventheperiodfor
application andtheamountsofsuchquotas;whereas,forthesamereasonit
wouldseemappropriate toleaveeachMemberStatetochoosehowtoadminister
itsshare; «
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeformeasuresenablinganyseriousdisturbance
withinthesectoroftheCommunity'seconomicactivitytobeavoidedandto
thisend,theCommissionshouldbeempoweredtoreintroduce inpartorin
fulltheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesinordertoavoidsuch'disturbance 5
Whereas,sincetheKingdomof"Belgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningtheadministration oftheshare
allocatedtotheBeneluyEconomicUnionmaycarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION

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ArtiM»]
1.Prom1Januaryto31Decemberl0?71twoCommunitytariffquotasshallbeopened
withintheEuropeanEconomicCommunityforimportsofcocoa "butterfallingwithin
tariffheadingexlB.O/!andforinstantcoffeefallingwithintariffheading
20.02texAoftheCommonCustomsTariffrespeotively.Withintheframeworkof
thesetariffcruotasofavolumeof21.600ko+.Hr,tonsforcocoabutterandof
18.750metrictonsforinstantcoffeerespectively theCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesshallbesuspendedataleveloffKforcocoabutterandatalevelof
9%forinstantcoffeerespectively .
Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomshallapplytotheabovementioned products
reducedcustomsdutiesderivedfromthemultiplication ofthebasicduties,aligned
withtheCommonCustomsTariffinaccordance withtheprovisions oftheActof
Accessionfor197^,byacoefficient equaltothepreferential marginexisting
betweentheaforementionedsuspendeddutiesandtheapplicable CommonCustoms
Tariffduties.
Howevertheyshallapplytheabovementioned susnpndeddutiesofthedutiesderived
fromsuchcalculations exceedthem.
2.Thesetariffquotasshall,applysolelytoproductsoriginating inthecountries
andterritorieslistedinAnnerA.However,thoseimportswhichenjoyexemption
fromcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements grantedby*the
Communitymaynotbechargedagainstthesetariffcruotas. '
ForthepurposesoftheRegulation ,theconceptoforiginatingproductsshallbe
aslaiddownbytheprovisionsofPopulationN°/73oftheCommission (l)
applicabletotheproductsen.iovinftariffpreferences grantedbytheEuropean
EconomicCommunitytodevelopingcountriesfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974,accountbeingtakenoftheinsertioninthelistAannexedto
«
thoseprovisionsofthespecialrulewhichappearsinAnnexB.
TheCommunityTariffquotasmentionedinArticle1shallbeallocatedinshares
theamountsofwhicharesetoutbelowinrespectofeachMember.Htaiie„Arti.nlP2
Cocoabutter-inmetrictons-instantcoffee
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy800 900
1.550 12.300
100 250
50
50
50Denmark
Ire1and
UnitedKingdomSO
SO
50
H.250 15.900
(1)OJN°L/73 /.

Ar+.irl*^
TheNemherStatesshallensurefreoacrosstotheshareswhichhavebeenallocated
tothemforimportersoftheproductsconcerned .whoareestablished ontheir
territories .
Artici*A
MemberStatesshallinform+v>eCommissionmonthlyofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.-bothinvalueemressedinunits
ofaccountandinrruantit"*''expressedinmetrictons.
Article S
IftheCommunityshouldfindthatthe'rroduotbenefitingunderthearrangements
providedforinArticle1arebeingimportedintotheCommunityinquantitiesor
atpricessuchastoputorbelikelytonutCommunityproducersofsimilaror
directlycompetitive productsataseriousdisadvantap-eortocreateaninfavoura–
blesituationinassociatedcountries,thecustomsdntiefyfcppliedwithintheCommu­
nitymaybereintroduced inpart,orinfnllforimnortsoftheproductsinquestion
fromthecountryorcountriesorterritoryorterritories whicharethecauseof
suchdipjadirantapre .Suchmeasures tn?vnifn "hptakenintheeventofaserious
disadvantage ,eitheractualorforeseeable whichisconfinedtoasingleregion
oftheCommunitv .
*
Articiph
à
1.InordertoensurethatArticleSisa.pnlied,theCommission may,bywayofa
Regulation ,re-introduce CommonCustomsTariffdutiesforafixedperiod.
2.IftheCommission hasactedattherermestofa.MemberStatetheformershall
giveitsdecisionwithinamaximumperiodof6workingdaysfromthedateof
receiptoftherequestandshallinformtheMemberStateoftheactionithastaken
«
3.EachMemberStatemayrefo-nthemeasuretakenbytheCommissiontoiheCouncil
withinaperiodofsirworkingdaysfollowingthedateitwasnotified.Thefact
thatthematterhasbeenreferredtotheCouncilshallnotconstitutethesuspen­
sionofthemeasure.TheCouncilshallmeetwithoutdelay.Actingonaqualified
majority,itmayamendorrepealthemeasureinrruestion.
ArticleJ7
TheprovisionsofArticle5and6shallnotprejudicetheapplicationofthe
protectiveclausesdrawnupinconnectionwiththecommoncommercialpolicy
pursuanttoArticle113oftheTreaty.
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Artici *»o
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January 1P7^^
This Reflation shall bebinding initsentirely
anddirectly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

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ΑΝΝπ:γ Λ
•List ofdeveloping countries andterritories
benefiting under theGeneralized Tariff Preferences
i INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argent ma
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burma
Burundi
Cameroun
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Congo .People *sRepublic of
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Dahomey
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt ,Arab Republic of
ElSalvador
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea ,-Republic of
Guyana
HaitiHonduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Khmer Republic
Korea ,Republic of (South Korea )
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Malagasy Republic *
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldive Islands
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria ,Federal Republic of
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
PhilippinesQatar
"/
Rwanda
Soudi Arabia
Sénégal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
South Vietnam
Southern Yemen
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
»Trinidad andTobago
Tunisia
Uganda
Union ofArab Emirates :
Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Dubai
«
Fujairah
Ras alKhaimah
Sharjah
Umm alQaiwam
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
ι
Western Samoa
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire ,Democratic Republic of
Zambia

COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
dependentoradministered ,orfortheconductofwhoseexternalaffairsMemberStates
oftheCommunityorthirdcountriesarewhollyorpartlyresponsible
AfarsandIssas(Territoryofthe)
Angola(includingCabinda)
3prmuda
B^itishHonduras
BritishIndianOceanTerritory(ChagosArchipelago,DesRoches)
BritishOceania(Territoriesunderthejurisdiction oftheWesternPacificHighCommission
Brunei
CapeVerdeIslands
CayraanIslandsandDependencies
ComoroArchipelago
CookIslands
FalklandIslands(Malvinas)andDependencies
FrenchPolynesia
FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories
Gibraltar
HongKong
Macao
Mozambique
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledoniaandDependencies
NewGuinea(Australian )andPapua
PacificIslandsadministered bytheUnitedStatesofAmericaorunderUnitedStates^Papua(seeAustralian NewGuinea) trusteeship
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Timor
StHelena(includingAscension,GoughIsland,andTristandaCunha)
SaintPierreandMiquelon
SâoToméandPrincipe »
Seychelles (includingArairantes) >
Sikkim
SpanishterritorymAfrica
Surinam
TerritoriesforwhichNewZealandisresponsible (NiuweIsland,TokelauIslands)
TurksandCaicosIslands
VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates(StCroix,StThomas,3tJohn,etc.)
WallisandFutunaIslands
WestIjidies
Note:Theabovelistsmaybeamendedsubsequently totakeaccountofchangesinthe
international statusofcountriesorterritories .
GilbertandElliceIslands,BritishSolomonIslands,NewHebrides'Condominium,'Canton,
EnderburyandPitcairnIslands.
?ThePacificIslandradministered bytheUnitedStatesofAmericainclude:Guam, >
AmericanSamoa(includingSwain'sIsland),MidwayIslands,JohnstonandSandIslands,
WakeIslandandtheTrustTerritoryofthePacificIslands(theCaroline,Marianaand
MarshallIslands).
^LeewardIslands,Antigua,Montserrat,StKitts-Nevis-Anguilla,BritishVirginIslands,
WindwardIslands,Dorainica,Grenada,StLucia,StVincent.

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nun B
ThefollowingheadingandrulerelatingtheretoisinsertedintolistA,annexed
totheprovisionstowhichthesecondRn.bnaragraDh ofArticle1applies.
Productsobtained Openingandprocessing which
doesnotconferthestatusof
"originating products"Onenmgandprocessing which
confersthestatusof"ori­
ginatingproducts"whenthe
conditions belowarefulfilleCCT
head^ng
N°*■Description
18.04 Cocoabutter
(fatoroil)Manufacturing from"origi­
natingcocoabeans"
I
!