COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 31.01 1996 
COM(%)28 final 
96/0026 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCrL DECISION 
concerning the Community's position with respect 
to the duties applied by the Slovak Republic to imports 
of processed agricultural goods originating 
in the Community 
(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory memorandum 
According to Article 4 of Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement, the Slovak Republic shall 
determine the agricultural component of the levy on the goods referred to in the Annex to 
that Protocol. Elimination of the non-agricultural component of the levy must be 
completed by 1 January 1998 at the latest. 
The Slovak Republic has submitted to the Commission a proposal providing for a 
timetable for the reduction of the non-agricultural component from 1995 to 1998. This 
proposal has now to be endorsed by the Association Council. 
z 
Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Community's position with respect 
to the duties applied by the Slovak Republic to imports of processed agricultural 
goods originating in the Community 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 
113 thereof, 
Having regard to Decision of the Couricil and the Commission of 19 December 1994 
concerning the conclusion of a Europe Agreement establishing an association between 
the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak 
Republic, of the other part*, and in particular to Article 2(1) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, 
Whereas the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the 
other part, in particular Article 6(1) of Protocol 3, stipulates that for processed 
agricultural products not covered by Annex II to the EC Treaty and listed in Table 2 to 
the Annex to Protocol 3 the Slovak Republic will notify the agricultural element 
calculated for imports from the Community, and that the Association Council will decide 
on the duties to be applied, 
DECIDES: 
The attached Draft for a Decision of the Association Council sets out the Community's 
position and shall be presented to the Association Council. 
For the Council 
1 OJNoL359, 31.12.1994, p. 1 
3 
Draft 
DECISION NO /96 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 
concerning the duties applied by the Slovak Republic to imports of processed 
agricultural goods originating in the Community 
THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, 
having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the 
other part1 , and in particular to Article 6(1) of Protocol 3 on trade between the Slovak 
Republic and the Community in agricultural products not covered by Annex II to the EC 
Treaty, 
whereas under the provisions of Protocol 3 the Slovak Republic has undertaken to 
determine both the agricultural part and the non-agricultural part of the levies applied on 
import from the Community to the goods covered by that Protocol, and to reduce the non-
agricultural part in accordance with the timetable set out in Table 2 of the Annex to that 
Protocol, 
whereas the Slovak Republic has calculated in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of 
Protocol 3 the agricultural components which will, in accordance with the timetable 
referred to in Article 5(2) of that Protocol, replace the current levies, 
DECIDES: 
Article 1 
The duties applicable on import into the Slovak Republic to processed agricultural 
products listed in Protocol 3 on trade between the Slovak Republic and the Community in 
agricultural products not covered by Annex II to the EC Treaty.and originating in the 
Community are set out in the Annex to this decision. 
Article 2 
The present decision enters into force on 
Done at 
For the Association Council 
1 OJ No L 359, 31.12.1994, p. 1 . 
ANNEX 
Duties applicable to goods originating in the Community on import into the Slovak Republic 
CN-Code Description Rate of duty 
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 and 
after 
^ 0403 
0403 10 
0403 10 51 
0403 10 53 
0403 10 59 
0403 10 91 
0403 10 93 
0403 10 99 
0403 90 
0403 90 71 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, képhir and other fermented or 
acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar 
or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa : 
- Yoghurt: 
~ Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: 
—In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, 
by weight: 
—Not exceeding 1,5% 
-—Exceeding 1,5% but not eceeding 27% 
—Exceeding 27% 
—Other, of a milk fat content, by weight: 
—Not exceeding 3% 
—Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6% 
—Exceeding 6% 
- Other: 
—Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: 
—In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content, by 
weight : 
—Not exceeding 1,5% 10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 
max 10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 
max 10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 
max 
Duty calculated on the basis of the price difference of the basic agricultural product between the world market and the Slovak market 
6\ i 
0403 90 73 
0403 90 79 
0403 90 91 
0403 90 93 
0403 90 99 
0405 
0405 20 
0405 20 10 
0405 20 30 
1517 
1517 10 
1517 10 10 
151790 
151790 10 
1704 -—Exceeding 1,5% but not exceeding 27% 
-—Exceeding 27% 
—Other, of a milkfat content, by weight : 
-—Not exceeding 3% 
-—Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6% 
-—Exceeding 6% 
Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads: 
- Dairy spreads: 
-- Of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more, but less than 60% 
-- Of a fat content, by weight, of 60% or more, but not exceeding 
75% 
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable 
fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, 
other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of n° 1516: 
- Margarine, excluding liquid margarine : 
- Containing more than 10% but not more than 15% by weight of 
milk fats 
- Other: 
- Containing more than 10% but not more than 15% by weight of 
milk fats 
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing 
cocoa : max 
26.20 
21.00 
21.50 
24.20 
4.10 
4.10 
20.00 
20.00 max 
24.40 
16.50 
17.30 
21.40 
4.10 
4.10 
20.00 
20.00 max 
22.50 
12.00 
13.00 
18.50 
4.10 
4.10 
20.00 
20.00 max 
22.50 
12.00 
13.00 
18.50 
4.10 
4.10 
20.00 
20.00 max 
22.50 
12.00 
13.00 
18.50 
4.10 
4.10 
20.00 
20.00 
•x 1704 10 
1704 10 II to 
1704 10 19 
1704 10 91 to 
1704 10 99 
1704 90 
1704 90 10 
1704 90 30 
1704 90 51 
to 99 
1803 
1804 00 00 
1805 00 00 
1805 
1806 10 
1806 20 
1806 20 10 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated: 
-- Containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert 
sugar expressed as sucrose) 
--Containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert 
sugar expressed as sucrose) 
- Other : 
- Liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose 
but not containing other added substances 
~ White chocolate 
-Other 
Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted 
Cocoa butter, fat and oil 
Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 
Chocolate and other food preparation containing cocoa: 
- Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- Other preparations in block slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg 
or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in 
containers or immediate packings of a content exceeding 2 kg : 
- Containing 31% or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing 
a combined weight of 31% or more of cocoa butter and milk fat 7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
11.20 
4.00 
1.00 
6.70 
10.50 7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
9.40 
3.00 
0.80 
5.00 
8.30 7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
3.00 
0.80 
5.00 
6.00 7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
3.00 
0.80 
5.00 
6.00 7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
3.00 
0.80 
5.00 
6.00 
14.00 13.50 12.70 12.70 12.70 
c* 1806 20 30 
1806 20 50 
1806 20 70 
1806 20 80 
1806 20 95 
1806 31 00 
1806 32 
1806 90 
1901 
1901 10 
1901 20 
1901 90 
1902 - Containing a combined weight of 25% or more, but less than 
31% of cocoa butter and milk fat 
~ Other : 
- Containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter 
- Chocolate milk crumb 
- Chocolate flavour coating 
- Other 
- Filled 
- Not filled 
- Other 
Malt extract ; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt 
extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight 
of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere 
specified or included ; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 
0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by 
weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere 
specified or included: 
- Preparations for infant use. put up for retail sale 
- Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of N° 1905 
- Other 
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other 
substances) or otherwise prepared such as spaghetti, macaroni, 
noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni ; couscous, whether 
or not prepared : 
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared : 11.30 
10.50 
10.90 
11.20 
11.20 
12.80 
13.10 
11.20 
5.50 
5.50 
7.30 9.50 
8.30 
8.90 
9.40 
9.40 
11.40 
11.60 
9.40 
5.50 
5.50 
6.10 7.60 
6.00 
6.90 
7.50 
7.50 
10.00 
10.00 
7.50 
5.50 
5.50 
4.90 7.60 
6.00 
6.90 
7.50 
7.50 
10.00 
10.00 
7.50 
5.50 
5.50 
4.90 .60 
6.00 
6.90 
".50 
7.50 
10.00 
10.00 
7.50 
5.50 
5.50 
4.90 
1902 11 00 — Containing eggs 19.20 19.20 19.20 19.20 19.20 
C£> 1902 19 
1902 20 
1902 20 91 to 
1902 20 99 
1902 30 
1902 30 10 
1902 30 90 
1902 40 
1903 
1904 
1904 10 
1904 20 
1904 20 91 - Other 
- Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared: 
-Other 
- Other pasta : 
-Dried 
-Other 
- Couscous 
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form 
of flakes, grains, pearls, sittings or similar forms 
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or 
cereal products (for example, cornflakes): cereals other than maize 
(corn), in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains 
(except flour and meal), precooked or otherwise prepared, not 
elsewhere specified or included : 
-Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or 
cereal products 
- Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from 
mixtures of unroasted cereal falkes and roasted cereal falkes or 
swelled cereals : 
- Other: 
- Obtained from maize 19.20 
10.00 
19.00 
17.40 
5.50 
2.00 
4.50 
4.50 19.20 
10.00 
19.00 
17.40 
5.50 
2.00 
4.50 
4.50 19.20 
10.00 
19.00 
17.40 
3.70 
1.30 
4.50 19.20 
10.00 
19.00 
17.40 
1.90 
0.70 
4.00 19.20 
10.00 
19.00 
17.40 
0.00 
0.00 
3.00 
4.50 4.00 3.00 
fc 1 
1904 20 95 
1904 20 99 
1904 90 
1904 90 10 
1904 90 90 
1905 
1905 10 
1905 20 
1905 20 10 
1905 20 30 
1905 20 90 
1905 30 
1905 30 11 
1905 30 19 — Obtained from rice 
— Other 
-Other: 
-Rice 
-Other 
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or 
not containing cocoa ; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind 
suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and 
similar products : 
- Crispbread 
- Gingerbread and the like: 
—Containing by weight of sucrose less than 30% (including invert 
sugar expressed as sucrose) 
-Containing by weight of sucrose 30% or more but less than 50% 
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 
-Containing by weight of sucrose 50% or more (including invert 
sugar expressed as sucrose) 
-Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers : 
—Completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other 
preparations containing cocoa: 
—In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85g 
—Other 
-Other: 
—Sweet biscuits: 4.50 
4.50 
0 
4.50 
6.00 
6.70 
6.70 
7.60 
7.50 
7.50 4.50 
4.50 
0 
4.50 
4.50 
5.00 
5.00 
6.40 
6.30 
6.30 4.50 
4.50 
0 
4.50 
4.50 
5.00 
5.00 
6.40 
5.00 
5.00 4.00 
4.00 
0 
4.00 
4.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.90 
5.00 
5.00 3.00 
3.00 
0 
3.00 
4.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1905 30 30 —-Containing 8% or more by weight of milk fats 8.60 
—Other: 
1905 30 51 Sandwich biscuits 8.60 
1905 30 59 Other 7.50 
-Waffles and wafers: 
1905 30 91 —Salted, whether or not filled 5.00 
1905 30 99 —Other 5.00 
1905 40 -Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products 5.00 
1905 90 -Other 5.00 
2101 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and 
preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, 
tea or maté ; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes 
and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof : 
- Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations 
with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a 
basis of coffee : 
2102 12 — Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or 
concentrates or with a basis of coffee 
2101 12 98 —Other 1.90 
2101 20 - Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté, and 1.90 
preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences and 
concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté 
2101 30 - Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts. 12.00 
essences and concentrates thereof 7.80 
7.80 
6.30 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1.90 
1,90 
10.00 7.00 
7.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1.90 
1.90 
8.00 7.00 
7.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1.90 
1.90 
8.00 7.00 
7.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1.90 
1.90 
8.00 
2102 
2102 10 
2102 10 10 
2102 10 31 to 
2102 1039 
2102 10 90 
2102 20 
2102 20 II 
2102 30 00 
2 ! 03 
2103 10 
2103 20 
2103 30 
2103 30 90 
2103 90 
2103 90 90 
2104 Yeasts (active or inactive : other similar single-cell micro­
organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of N° 3002) ; prepared 
baking powders : 
- Active yeasts : 
- Culture yeast 
- Bakers' yeasts 
- other 
- Inactive yeasts : other single-cell micro-organisms, dead : 
- Inactive yeasts: 
- In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net 
content not exceeding 1 kg 
- prepared baking ponder 
Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed 
seasonings: mustard Hour and meal and prepared mustard : 
- Soya sauce 
- Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces 
- Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard : 
- Prepared mustard 
- Other: 
- Other 
Soups and broths and preparations therefor ; homogenized 
composite food preparations : 9.00 
•\00 
".00 
".00 
4.50 
0.00 
7.50 
4 50 
5.00 8.50 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
4.50 
0.00 
6.30 
4.50 
5.00 8.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
4.50 
0.00 
5.00 8.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
4.50 
0.00 
5.00 
4.50 8.00 
6.80 
6.S0 
6.80 
4.50 
0.00 
5.00 
4.50 
5.00 5.00 i 5.00 
2104 10 
2104 20 
2105 
2106 
2106 10 
2106 90 
2106 90 10 
2106 90 20 
2106 90 92 
2106 90 98 
2202 
2202 10 
2202 90 Soups and broths and preparation therefor 
Homogenized composite food preparations 
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa 
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : 
- Protein concentrates and textured protein substances 
- Other: 
- Cheese fondues 
- Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on 
odoriferous substances, of a kind used, for the manufacture of 
beverages 
- Other: 
- Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose. glucose or starch or 
containing less than 1.5% milk fat. 5% sucrose or isoglucose. 5% 
glucose or starch : 
- Other 
Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non­
alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of 
heading N° 2009 
- Waters including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured 
- Other: 4.00 
4.50 
15.00 
4.40 
4.10 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 
5.00 4.00 
4.50 
15.00 
4.40 
4.10 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 
15.00 4.00 
4.50 
15.00 
4.40 
4.10 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 
15.00 4.00 
4.50 
15.00 
4.40 
4.10 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 
15.00 4.00 
4.50 
15.00 
4.00 
4.10 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 
5.00 
\ 2202 90 10 
2202 90 91 
2202 90 95 
2202 90 99 
2203 
2205 
2208 
2208 20 
2208 30 
2208 40 
2208 50 
2208 60 - Not containing products of N° 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from 
products of N° 0401 to 0404 
- Other, containing by weight of fat obtained from the products of 
heading Nos 0401 to 0404 : 
—Less than 0.2% 
—0.2% or more but less than 2% 
—2% or more 
Beer made from malt 
Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or 
aromatic substances 
Undematured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 
less than 80% vol.; spirits, liqueurs, and other spirituous beverages, 
compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture 
of beverages : 
- Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape mare 
- Whiskies 
- Rum and taffia 
- Gin and Geneva 
- Vodka: 
- Of an alcoholic strength by volume of 45.4% volume or less in 
containers holding : 5.50 
6.20 
max 
max 
14.00 
13.30 
12.50 
5.00 
7.50 
7.50 5.50 
6.20 
max 
max 
14.00 
10.00 
12.50 
5.00 
7.50 
7.50 5.50 
6.20 
max 
max 
14.00 
10.00 
12.50 
5.00 
7.50 
7.50 5.50 
6.20 
max 
max 
14.00 
10.00 
12.50 
5.00 
7.50 
7.50 5.50 
6.20 
max 
max 
14.00 
10.00 
12.50 
5.00 
7.50 
7.50 
1 
2208 60 11 
2208 60 19 
2208 60 91 
2208 60 99 
2208 70 
2208 70 10 
2208 70 90 
2208 90 
2208 90 11 
2208 90 19 
2208 90 33 
2208 90 38 2 
— 2 litres or less 
— More than 2 litres 
— Of an alcoholic strength by volume of more than 45.4% volume 
in containers holding : 
— 2 litres or less 
— More than 2 litres 
— Liqueurs and cordials: 
— in containers holding 2 litres or less 
— in containers holding more than 2 litres 
— Other : 
— Arrack, in containers holding : 
— 2 litres or less 
— More than 2 litres 
— Plum, pear or cherry spirit (excluding liqueurs), in containers 
holding : 
— 2 litres or less 
—More than 2 litres 3 
15.00(1) 
15.00O) 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
25.00 4 
15.000) 
15.000) 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
25.00 1 5 
15.00O) 
15.000) 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
25.00 1 6 
15.000) 
15.00O) 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
25.00 n 
15.00(n 
IS.OOO) 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
25.00 
1 This rate applies to imports of vodka of position CN 2208 60 11 and 2208 60 19 within a total annual quota of 5,000 hectolitres. All imports exceeding this quota 
are subject to a duty rate of 25%. 
2 
— Other spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, in 
containers holding : 
— 2 litres or less : 
— Ouzo 
— Other : 
Spirits (excluding liqueurs) : 
Distilled from fruit : 
Calvados 
Other 
Other : 
Korn 
- Other 
Other spirituous beverages 
— More than 2 litres : 
— Spirits (excluding liqueurs): 
Distilled from fruit 
—Other 
— Liqueurs and other spirituous beverages 
— Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 
less than 80% volume, in containers holding : 
— 2 litres or less 
— More than 2 litres 2208 90 41 
2208 90 45 
2208 90 48 
2208 90 52 
2208 90 57 
2208 90 69 
2208 90 71 
2208 90 74 
2208 90 78 
2208 90 91 
2208 90 99 25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 >5.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
1 
3302 
3302 10 
3302 10 10 
3302 10 21 
3302 10 29 2 
Mixtures of odoiferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic 
solultions) with a basis of one or more of this substances, of a kind 
used in raw materials in industry; other preparations based on 
odoiferous substances, of a kind used in the manufacture of 
beverages: 
— Of a kind used in the food or drink industries: 
— Of the type used in the drink industries: 
— Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterizing a 
beverage: 
— Other: 
— Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0.5 % 
Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose. glucose or starch 
or containing less than i.5 % milkfat, 5% sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % 
glucose or starch 
Other 3 
12.50 
4.10 
4 10 4 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 5 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 6 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 7 
12.50 
4.10 
4.10 

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