Protocol laying down certain provisions relating to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic consequent on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community - Final Act - Declarations - Declaration of Intent
Date: 1973-11-06
Institutions: European Economic Community, Lebanon
Subjects: Denmark, Ireland, Lebanon, United Kingdom, accession to the European Union, protocol to an agreement, trade agreement, trade agreement (EU), trade policy








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22.1.1974   


EN


Official Journal of the European Communities


L 18/3





PROTOCOL
laying down certain provisions relating to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic consequent on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC,
of the other part,
HAVE DECIDED to determine by mutual agreement the transitional measures and the adaptations to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic, signed at Brussels on the eighteenth day of December one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, hereinafter called ‘the Agreement’, which are necessary consequent on the Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Community, and to that end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC:
WHO, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
TITLE I

Measures of adaptation

Article 1
The texts of the Agreement, the Declarations annexed to the Final Act and the exchange of letters relating thereto, drawn up in the English and Danish languages and annexed to this Protocol, are authentic in the same way as the original texts.
Article 2
The volume of the annual tariff quota for the Lebanese Republic, provided for in Article 3 of Annex I to the Agreement, shall be increased to:






Other woven fabris of cotton:


100 metric tons.




TITLE II

Transitional measures

Article 3
1.   The new Member States shall apply in respect of the Lebanese Republic the customs duties reductions provided for in Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Annex I in the proportions and following the timetables shown therein. However, the duties thus reduced may in no case be lower than those applied by the new Member States in respect of the Community as originally constituted.
2.   The customs duties, on the basis of which the new Member States apply to the Lebanese Republic, and the reductions provided for in paragraph 1 shall be those which they apply at any given time in respect of third countries.
3.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, should the application of these provisions temporarily result in tariff movements away from alignment on the final duty, the new Member States may maintain their duties until the level of these duties has been reached on the occasion of a subsequent alignment, or they may apply the duty resulting from a subsequent alignment as soon as this alignment reaches or passes the said level.
4.   Subject to the effect to be given by the Community to Article 39 (5) of the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, annexed to the Treaty of Accession, paragraph 1 shall be applied, as regards the specific duties or the specific part of mixed duties of the customs tariffs of Ireland and the United Kingdom, by rounding to the fourth place of decimals. In other cases Article 10 (2) of Annex I shall apply.
Article 4
Where, for the products listed in Annex I to the Agreement, the new Member States apply duties comprising protective and fiscal elements, only the protective elements of those duties, within the meaning of Article 38 of the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, shall be aligned on the preferential duties set out in that Annex and reduced as provided in Article 3 (1) and (2).
Article 5
The tariff quota provided for in Article 3 of Annex I to the Agreement, as amended by Article 2 of this Protocol, shall be allocated as follows:

Other woven fabrics of cotton:













—


Community as originally constituted






70 metric tons




— Denmark


10 metric tons




— Ireland


10 metric tons




— United Kingdom


10 metric tons.




Article 6
1.   The minimum price provided for in Article 5 (2) of Annex I to the Agreement shall be calculated in the new Member States by reference to the incidence of the duties which they apply at any given time to third countries.
2.   The levies and fixed components referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Annex I shall be calculated in the new Member States by reference to the rates they apply at any given time to third countries.
Article 7
1.   The rules which the new Member States apply in respect of the Lebanese Republic, under Article 4 of Annex I to the Agreement may under no circumstances be more favourable than those which they apply in respect of the Community as originally constituted.
2.   Imports into the United Kingdom of the products listed in Annex I to this Protocol and originating in the Lebanon may be limited to the following annual quotas:






— 1973 quota:


100 metric tons




— 1974 quota:


125 metric tons.




Article 8
The Lebanese Republic shall, in respect of the new Member States, reduce the difference between the customs duties and charges having equivalent effect which it applies in respect of third countries and those which it applies, under Article 1 of Annex II to the Agreement, in respect of the Community, in accordance with the following schedule:






— from the date of entry into force of the Agreement


20 %




— from 1 January 1974


40 %




— from 1 January 1975


100 %.




Article 9
1.   Until 1 January 1975 as regards the application of Article 1 (1) (b) of the Protocol on the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and on methods of administrative cooperation, the condition as regards sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 3 of the above Protocol shall be waived only in respect of products originating, within the meaning of the abovementioned Protocol, in the Lebanon or in Member States which in the Lebanon are given a treatment not less favourable than that applied to products wholly obtained in the Member State where the products were obtained.
2.   During the same period, as regards the application of Article 1 (2) (b) of the abovementioned Protocol, this condition shall be waived only in respect of products originating, within the meaning of that Protocol, in the Member State of destination or in the other Member States, which are given, in the Member State of destination, a treatment not less favourable than that applying to products wholly obtained in the Lebanon.
3.   The amendments to the Protocol on the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and on methods of administrative cooperation are listed in the Annex II to this Protocol.
4.   Consultations may be held in the Joint Committee on the application of these provisions.
TITLE III

Final provisions

Article 10
This Protocol forms an integral part of the Agreement.
Article 11
This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary to that end.
Article 12
This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Arabic languages, each of these texts being authentic.


ANNEX I
List of products referred to in Article 7 (2)






CCT heading No


Description




ex 55.08


Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 55.09


Other woven fabrics of cotton, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 58.04


Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.08 and fabrics falling within heading No 58.05), containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 59.13


Elastic fabrics and trimmings (other than knitted or crocheted goods) consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.01


Men's and boys' outer garments, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.02


Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.03


Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.04


Women's, girls' and infants' under garments, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.05


Handkerchiefs, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 61.06


Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 62.02


Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles, containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton




ex 62.05


Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns), containing more than 50 % by weight of cotton







ANNEX II
concerning Article 9 (3)
The following text is added under the heading ‘Goods for which a movement certificate A.RL.1 may be endorsed’, appearing on the back of the certificate, and also under the text appearing on the back of Panel 2 of the form A.RL.2.

‘These provisions shall be valid subject to the transitional measures and adaptations in the Protocol laying down certain provisions relating to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanon Republic consequent on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community.’




FINAL ACT
The Plenipotentiaries of
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC,
of the other part,
meeting at Brussels, the 6 November 1973
for the signature of the Protocol laying down certain provisions relating to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic consequent on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community,
have, in signing this Agreement,






—


adopted the Joint Declarations of the Contracting Parties listed below:






1.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Article 3 of the Protocol;










2.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Article 5 of Annex I to the Agreement;














—


and taken note of the following Declaration:






—


Declaration of the European Economic Community on the regional application of Article 10 of the Agreement.








These Declarations are annexed to this Final Act.
The Plenipotentiaries have agreed that the Declarations annexed to this Final Act shall be subjected, if need be, to any domestic procedures that may be necessary to ensure their validity.

ANNEX

Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning Article 3 of the Protocol






1.


The Contracting Parties agree that, as regards the subheadings of the United Kingdom Customs Tariff which are to be deleted on 1 January 1974 as a result of the application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff in which the duties are lower than the duties applied by the United Kingdom Tariff on the corresponding headings of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature, the reductions by the United Kingdom under Article 3 (1) shall be made only in respect of the latter headings.










2.


As regards the products referred to in Article 7 of Annex I of the Agreement, the amount of the difference, expressed as a percentage, between the duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff and the reduced duty laid down in Article 7 of Annex I shall be taken as a basis for the reductions to be made in accordance with Article 3 (1).






Joint Declaration of the Contracting Parties concerning Article 5 of Annex I of the Agreement
The Contracting Parties agree that, during 1973, Article 5 of Annex I to the Agreement shall not apply to trade between the Lebanese Republic on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other hand.


Declaration by the European Economic Community on the regional application of Article 10 of the Agreement
The European Economic Community declares that application of the measures open to it under Article 10 of the Agreement may be limited by reason of Community rules which are peculiar to one of its regions.








AGREEMENT
between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC,
of the other part,
DETERMINED to consolidate and to extend economic and trade relations between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic,
RECOGNIZING the importance of the harmonious development of trade between the Contracting Parties,
DESIRING to establish the basis for a progressive expansion of trade with one another,
CONSIDERING that this Agreement affords an opportunity to eliminate many of the obstacles to trade between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic and provides that, eighteen months before its expiry, negotiations may be opened for the purpose of reaching an agreement under which the progressive elimination of obstacles to the main body of trade between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic will be pursued, in accordance with the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
CONSIDERING that the European Economic Community is anxious to develop economic and trade relations with the countries bordering on the Mediterranean,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC:
WHO, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The purpose of this Agreement is to promote an expansion of trade between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic, thereby contributing to the development of international trade.
TITLE I

Trade

Article 2
1.   Products originating in the Lebanon shall, on importation into the Community, be governed by the provisions of Annex I.
2.   Products originating in the Community shall, upon importation into the Lebanon, be governed by the provisions of Annex II.
3.   The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising from the Agreement.
They shall refrain from any measure liable to jeopardize the attainment of the objectives of the Agreement.
Article 3
Subject to the special provisions relating to frontier-zone trade, the treatment applied by the Lebanese Republic to products originating in the Community shall in no case be less favourable than that applied to products originating in the most-favoured third country.
Article 4
Where duties are levied on products of one Contracting Party exported to another Contracting Party, such duties may not exceed those applied to products exported to the most-favoured third country.
Article 5
Article 3 and 4 shall not preclude the maintenance or establishment by the Lebanese Republic of customs unions or free-trade areas and also of agreements the purpose of which is regional economic integration, provided that these do not have the effect of modifying the trade arrangements laid down in the Agreement, and in particular the rules of origin.
Article 6
Any internal fiscal measure or practice giving rise, directly or indirectly, to discrimination between the products of one Contracting Party and like products of the other Contracting Party shall be prohibited.
Article 7
The trading arrangements applied by the Lebanese Republic to products originating in the Community or exported to the Community shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals or their companies or firms.
Article 8
The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security, the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value; or the protection of industrial and commercial property. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade.
Article 9
The rules of origin applicable to products covered by the Agreement are laid down in the Protocol.
Article 10
1.   If one of the Contracting Parties finds in its relations with the other Contracting Party that dumping is being practised, it may, after consultations in the Joint Committee provided for in Article 14, take protective measures against such practices in accordance with the Agreement on the implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
In urgent cases that Contracting Party may, after notifying the Joint Committee, apply the interim measures provided for by that Agreement. Consultations on such measures shall take place not later than two weeks after their implementation.
2.   Where measures are directed against bounties or subsidies, the Contracting Parties undertake to comply with the provisions of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
3.   At the request of either Contracting Party, consultations shall take place every three months in the Joint Committee on any observed dumping practices, bounties or subsidies and on measures taken in regard thereto.
Article 11
Payments relating to trade and the transfer of such payments to the Member State in which the creditor resides, or to Lebanon, shall not be subject to any restriction where such trade is covered by the provisions of this Agreement.
Article 12
1.   If serious disturbances occur in a sector of the economy of the Lebanese Republic or prejudice its external financial stability, or if difficulties arise which adversely affect the economic situation in a region of the Lebanese Republic, the Lebanese Republic may take the necessary protective measures.
The Joint Committee shall be notified immediately of such measures and of the rules for their application.
2.   If serious disturbances occur in a sector of the economy of the Community or of one or more Member States, or prejudice the external financial stability of one or more Member States or if difficulties arise which adversely affect the economic situation in a region of the Community, the Community may take, or authorize the Member State or States concerned to take, the necessary protective measures.
The Joint Committee shall be notified immediately of such measures and of the rules for their application.
3.   In the choice of measures to be taken in pursuance of paragraphs 1 and 2, preference shall be given to those which least disturb the operation of the Agreement. These measures should not exceed what is strictly necessary to remedy the difficulties that have arisen.
4.   Consultations may take place in the Joint Committee on the measures taken in pursuance of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Article 13
1.   Where protective measures prove necessary for its industrialization and development, the Lebanese Republic may withdraw concessions granted in respect of the products listed in Annex II, on conditions that they are replaced by concessions which maintain the balance of the Agreement.
2.   Such withdrawal and replacement shall take place after consultation in the Joint Committee.
TITLE II

General and final provisions

Article 14
1.   A Joint Committee is hereby established to administer the Agreement and to ensure its proper execution. To this end, it may make recommendations. It shall take decisions as provided for in this Title.
2.   The Contracting Parties agree to keep each other informed and, at the request of either of them, to consult together in the Joint Committee to ensure that the Agreement is correctly implemented.
3.   The Joint Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure by decision.
Article 15
1.   The Joint Committee shall consist of representatives of the Community and of representatives of the Lebanese Republic.
2.   The Joint Committee shall act by mutual agreement.
Article 16
1.   The Chairmanship of the Joint Committee shall be taken alternately by each of the Contracting Parties in accordance with its rules of procedure.
2.   The Joint Committee shall meet once a year on the initiative of its Chairman.
The Joint Committee shall also meet whenever necessary, at the request of either Contracting Party, in accordance with its rules of procedure.
3.   The Joint Committee may decide to set up working parties to assist in the performance of its tasks.
Article 17
1.   The Agreement is concluded for a period of five years from the date of its entry into force.
2.   Eighteen months before the expiry of the Agreement, negotiations may be opened with a view to concluding a new Agreement on a wider basis.
Article 18
The Agreement may be denounced by either Contracting Party giving six months notice.
Article 19
1.   The Agreement shall apply to the European territories where the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community applies, and to the Lebanon.
2.   The Agreement shall, apply also to French overseas departments so far as concerns those subjects covered by it which correspond to those listed in the first subparagraph of Article 227 (2) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.
The conditions for applying to those departments the provisions of the Agreement relating to other fields shall be decided at a later date by agreement between the Contracting Parties.
Article 20
Annexes I and II, the lists appearing therein and the Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
Article 21
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary to that end.
Article 22
This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Dutch, French, German, Italian and Arabic languages, each of these texts being authentic.

ANNEX 1
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 2 (1) OF THE AGREEMENT
Article 1
Subject to the special provisions of Articles 2 and 3, the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Lebanon other than those listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and those set out in Lists A, B and C shall be those of the Common Customs Tariff reduced by the following percentages and in accordance with the following timetable:






Timetable


Rate of reduction




On the date of the entry into force of the Agreement


45 %




From 1 January 1974


55 %




Article 2
Imports into the Community of the following products, originating in the Lebanon, shall be subject to Common Customs Tariff duties reduced by the following percentages:







CCT heading No


Description


Rates of reduction applied on the date of entry into force of the Agreement (%)




76.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium; aluminium wire


41




76.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium


41




76.04


Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0·20 mm


41




76.06


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor of aluminium; hollow bars of aluminium


41




76.10


Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid and collapsible tubular containers), of aluminium, of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods:






A.


Rigid and collapsible tubular containers






41




76.12


Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables


41




87.02


Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, goods or materials (including sports motor vehicles other than those of heading No 87.09):


 










A.


For the transport of persons, including dual purpose vehicles:






 










I.


With spark-ignition or compression-ignition engines:






 










b)


Other






35










B.


For the transport of goods or materials:






 










II.


Other:






 










a)


With spark-ignition or compression-ignition engines:






 










2.


Other






35




Article 3
1.   An annual Community tariff quota of 70 metric tons shall be opened by the Community for the following products originating in the Lebanon:






CCT heading No


Description




55.09


Other woven fabrics of cotton




2.   The customs duties applicable under this tariff quota shall be those laid down in Article 1.
3.   If the Agreement does not enter into force at the beginning of a calendar year, the quota shall be opened pro rata temporis:






—


in the first year, beginning on the date of entry into force of the Agreement;










—


in the last year, ending on the date of expiry of the Agreement.




Article 4
1.   Imports of products originating in the Lebanon listed in this Annex other than those listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and other than those included in List C shall be admitted into the Community without quantitative restrictions.
2.   Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to import regulations applied to petroleum products.
Article 5
1.   Imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Lebanon shall be subject to customs duties equal to 60 % of the Common Customs Tariff duties:






CCT heading No


Description




ex 08.02 A


Fresh oranges




ex 08.02 B


Fresh mandarins and satsumas; fresh clementines, tangerines and other similar citrus hybrids




ex 08.02 C


Fresh lemons




2.   During the period of application of reference prices, paragraph 1 shall apply on condition that on the internal Community market the prices of citrus fruit imported from the Lebanon are, after customs clearance and allowance for the conversion factors operative for the various classes of citrus fruit and after deduction of transport costs and import charges other than customs duties, not less than the reference prices for the period in question, plus the incidence of the Common Customs Tariff on those reference prices and a fixed amount of 1·20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
3.   The transport costs and import charges other than customs duties referred to in paragraph 2, shall be those laid down for calculating the entry prices referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables.
However, the Community shall be entitled to calculate the amount to be deducted in respect of import charges other than customs duties, referred to in paragraph 2, in such a way as to avoid difficulties which may arise from the incidence of those charges on entry prices, depending on origin.
4.   Articles 23 to 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall continue to apply.
5.   Where the advantages accruing from the provisions of paragraph 1 would or could be jeopardized by reason of abnormal conditions of competition, consultations may be held in the Joint Committee on the problems arising from such a situation.
Article 6
1.   Imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Lebanon shall be subject to the customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff reduced in each case by the percentage indicated:







CCT heading No


Description


Rate of reduction %




05.04


Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof


50




07.01


Vegetables, fresh or chilled:


 










ex H.


Onions; shallots and garlic:






 










—


Onions:






 










—


From 1 February to 30 April






50










—


Garlic:






 










—


From 1 February to 31 May






50










ex S.


Sweet peppers:






 










—


From 15 November to 30 April






30




ex 07.05


Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, except those intended for sowing


50




08.01


Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not:


 




ex A. Dates:


 










—


Dried dates






50










H.


Other:






 










—


Mangoes, mangosteens and guavas






40




08.02


Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:


 










D.


Grapefruit






40










ex E.


Other:






 










—


Limes






40




08.05


Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01, fresh or dried, shelled or not:


 










B.


Walnuts






50




08.12


Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04 or 08.05:


 










E.


Papaws






50




09.09


Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway and juniper


50




12.07


Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees, bushes, shrubs or other plants, being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whole, cut, crushed, ground or powdered:


 










A.


Pyrethrum (flowers, leaves, stems, peel and roots)






50










B.


Liquorice roots






50










C.


Tonquin beans






50










ex D.


Other:






 










—


Chamomile, mint, cinchona bark, quassia amara (wood and bark), calabar beans, cubeb powder, coca leaves, other wood, roots and bark; mosses, lichens and algae






50




12.08


Locust beans, fresh or dried, whether or not kibbled or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food, not falling within any other heading


50




20.01


Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with or without sugar, whether or not containing salt, spices or mustard:


 










A.


Mango chutney






50




2.   If disturbances or difficulties should arise in marketing products falling within subheadings ex 08.01 H (mangoes), 08.02 D (grapefruit and pomelos) and ex 07.01 H (onions, fresh or chilled), in particular as regards the quality of the last-mentioned products, consultations shall be held in the Joint Committee with a view to remedying the situation.
Article 7
Imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Lebanon shall be subject to the following customs duties:







CCT heading No


Description


Rate of customs duty




07.04


Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared:


 










A.


Onions






15 %










ex B.


Other:






 










—


Garlic






14 %




Article 8
1.   Provided that the Lebanese Republic applies a special export charge in respect of olive oil other than refined olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff and provided that this special charge is reflected in the import price, the Community shall take the necessary measures to ensure that:






(a)


the levy on imports into the Community of the said oil, wholly produced in the Lebanon and transported direct from that country to the Community, shall be the import levy calculated in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, applicable upon importation, less 0·50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes;










(b)


the amount of the levy resulting from the calculation mentioned under (a) shall be reduced by an amount equal to that of the special charge of not more than 4 units of account per 100 kilogrammes that has been paid.




2.   If the Lebanese Republic does not apply the charge referred to in paragraph 1, the Community shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the levy on imports into the Community of olive oil, other than refined olive oil, falling within subheading No 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff shall be the levy calculated in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, applicable upon importation, less 0·50 units of. account per 100 kilogrammes.
3.   Each Contracting Party shall take the measures necessary to ensure application of paragraph 1 and shall supply, in the event of difficulties, the information necessary to the proper operation of the arrangements at the request of the other Party.
4.   Consultations on the operation of the arrangements provided for in this Article may be held within the Joint Committee.
Article 9
1.   Without prejudice to the application of the variable component in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, the fixed component shall be reduced to 30 % in respect of imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Lebanon:






CCT heading No


Description




19.08


Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion




2.   The reduction provided for in paragraph 1 shall be applied in accordance with Article 10.
Article 10
1.   The rates of the Common Customs Tariff duties to be taken for calculation of the reduced duties listed in Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9 shall be those actually applied at the time in respect of third countries.
2.   The reduced duties calculated in accordance with Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 shall be rounded off, as necessary, to the first place of decimals.
Article 11
1.   If special regulations are introduced for the specific purpose of implementing the common agricultural policy, the Community shall be entitled to modify the arrangements laid down in this Annex in respect of products in this Annex other than those coming under Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.
When modifying such arrangements and introducing such regulations, the Community shall have regard to the interests of the Lebanese Republic.
2.   Should Community regulations be amended in respect of products in this Annex coming under Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the Community shall be entitled to modify the arrangements laid down in this Annex.
When modifying such arrangements the Community shall grant in respect of imports originating in the Lebanon an advantage comparable to that provided for in this Annex.
3.   The application of this Article may be the subject of consultations in the Joint Committee.
Article 12
Products originating in the Lebanon listed in this Annex may not be given more favourable treatment than that accorded under the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community by the Member States to one another.

LIST A
Products which, as a result of implementation of the common agricultural policy, are subject to special rules on importation into the Community and to which the provisions of Article 1 do not apply






CCT heading No


Description




17.02


Other sugars; sugar syrups; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey); caramel:






A.


Lactose and lactose syrup:






I.


Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product:














B.


Glucose and glucose syrup:






I.


Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure product:






a)


Glucose in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated










b)


Other
















ex 17.04


Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, but not including liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances




18.06


Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa




19.01


Malt, extract




19.02


Preparations of flour, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa




19.03


Macaroni, spaghetti and similar products




19.04


Tapioca and sago; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches




19.05


Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (puffed rice, cornflakes and similar products)




19.06


Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products




19.07


Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit




ex 21.01


Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes; extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:






—


Excluding roasted chicory and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof








21.06


Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders:






A.


Active natural yeasts:






II.


Bakers' yeast












ex 21.07


Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included containing sugar, milk products, cereals or products based on cereals (1)





ex 22.02


Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No 20.07:






—


Containing milk or milk fats








29.04


Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:






C.


Polyhydric alcohols:






II.


Mannitol










III.


Sorbitol












ex 35.01


Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives






—


Excluding casein derivatives








35.02


Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives:






A.


Albumins:






II.


Other:






a)


Ovalbumin and lactalbumin:






1.


Dried (for example, in sheets, scales, flakes, powder, etc)










2.


Other




















35.05


Dextrins and dextrin glues; soluble or roasted starches; starch glues




38.12


Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries:






A.


Prepared glazings and prepared dressings:






I.


With a basis of amylaceous substances














(1)  This heading covers only products which, on importation into the Community, are subject to the duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff, comprising:






(a)


an ad valorem duty constituting the fixed component;










(b)


a variable component.






LIST B
Products to which the provisions of Article 1 do not apply






CCT heading No


Description




44.15


Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry




55.05


Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale




60.03


Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized




60.05


Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than of cotton






LIST C
Products to which the provisions of Articles 1 and 4 do not apply






CCT heading No


Description




27.10


Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparation:






A.


Light oils:






III.


For other purposes














B.


Medium oils:






III.


For other purposes














C.


Heavy oils:






I.


Gas oil:






c)


For other purposes














II.


Fuel oil:






c)


For other purposes














III.


Lubricating oils; other oils:






c)


To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (1)











d)


For other purposes
















27.11


Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:






B.


Other:






I.


Commercial propane and commercial butane:






c)


For other purposes
















27.12


Petroleum jelly:






A.


Crude:






III.


For other purposes














B.


Other








27.13


Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured:






B.


Other:






I.


Crude:






c)


For other purposes














II.


Other












27.14


Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals:






C.


Other










(1)  Admission under this subheading shall be subject to conditions to be laid down by the competent authorities.



ANNEX II
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 2 (2) OF THE AGREEMENT
Article 1
1.   The customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable to imports into the Lebanon of products originating in the Community and included in Lists I, II and III shall be those of the Customs Tariff of the Lebanese Republic, reduced by the following percentages and in accordance with the following timetable:







Products


Percentage reduction:




on the entry into force of the Agreement


from 1 January 1974




List I


30 %


70 %




List II


10 %


—




List III


6 %


—




2.   When an alteration is made in the duties of the Customs Tariff of the Lebanese Republic or in charges having equivalent effect levied by the Lebanese Republic, the percentage reductions granted to the Community shall remain unchanged.
Article 2
The rates of the, duties of the Customs Tariff of the Lebanese Republic to be taken for calculation of the reduced duties listed in Article 1 shall be those actually applied at the time in respect of third countries.
Article 3
1.   Imports into Lebanon of the products included in Lists I-III, originating in the Community, shall be liberalized.
2.   Imports into Lebanon of the products originating in the Community, other than those referred to in paragraph 1, which are liberalized at the date of entry into force of the Agreement, shall remain liberalized.
3.   The Lebanese Republic shall supply the Community, on the date of entry into force of the Agreement, with the list of products covered by paragraph 2 which are liberalized at that date.
4.   The Lebanese Republic shall take all necessary measures so that imports which are subject to quantitative restrictions at the date of entry into force of the Agreement are progressively liberalized so far as is compatible with the economic development of Lebanon.
Article 4
The Lebanese Republic shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the objectives of this Annex are attained in the event of imports coming within the scope of a State trading monopoly or of a body by means of which imports are effectively limited, controlled, directed or influenced, whether directly or indirectly.

LIST I






Lebanese Tariff heading No


Description




38.12


Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries




38.13


Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes:




21








b —


Other








38.14


Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral oils:




11








a —


Anti-knock preparations








38.15


Prepared rubber accelerators




39.01


Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products, whether or not modified or polymerized, and whether or not linear (for example, phonoplasts, aminoplasts, alkyds, polyallylesters and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones, etc.)




11








a —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.02


Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins, etc.)




22








b —


Other:














1 —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.03


Regenerated cellulose; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose esters, cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or not (for example, collodions, celluloid); vulcanized fibre:




42








d —


Vulcanized fibre:














1 —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








52








e —


Other:














1 —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.04


Hardened proteins (for example, hardened casein and hardened gelatin, etc.)




11








a —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.05


Natural resins modified by fusion (run gums); artificial resins obtained by esterification of natural resins or of resinic acids (ester gums); chemical derivatives of natural rubber (for example, chlorinated rubber, rubber hydrochloride, oxidized rubber, cyclized rubber, etc.):




11








a —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.06


Other high polymers, artificial resins and artificial plastic materials including alginic acid, its salts and esters; linoxyn:




21








b —


In an unworked or semi-worked state








39.07


Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06




11








a —


Cops, tubes, bobbins, spools and the like, for the textile industry








40.14


Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber:




31








c —


Technical articles for use in looms and spinning and weaving machinery








44.26


Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing-thread reels and the like, of turned wood




48.20


Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard (whether or not perforated or hardened):




11








a —


For spinning and weaving purposes








48.21


Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding:




21








b —


Perforated paper and paperboard for Jacquard machines and the like; paper and paperboard cut to sizes of 15 to 55 cm in length and 42 to 87 mm in width, to be perforated and used with Jacquard machines and the like








59.17


Textile fabrics and textile articles, of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant:




21








b —


Felted fabric for use in paper-making and for other technical purposes








32








c —


Other:














1 —


For industrial purposes








70.20


Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics, and articles made therefrom:




11








a —


Glass fibre (including wool)








22








b —


Other:














1 —


For industrial uses








73.18


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits:




11








a —


Steel pipes of an internal diameter of 20 cm and more, a thickness of 8 mm and more and a length of 6 metres and more, intended for water supply systems








21








b —


High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel other than those falling within heading No 73.19








73.19


High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel, whether or not reinforced




73.20


Tube and tube fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges) of iron or steel




19








a —


Cast iron:














3 —


20 cm and more in internal diameter








73.21


Structures, complete or incomplete, whether or not assembled, and parts of structures (hangars, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, pillars and columns, roofs, roofing frameworks, door and window frames, shutters, balustrades, grills, etc.), of iron or steel; plates, strip, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel:




21








b —


Sluice gates








32








c —


Metal pylons for high-tension electric lines:














1 —


Manufactured in Lebanon in transit








73.27


Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials, of iron or steel wire:




11








a —


For industrial purposes








73.40


Other articles of iron or steel:




41








d —


Spools, cops, bobbins and the like for use in the textile industry








74.11


Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands), of copper wire:




11








a —


Wire cloth with meshes of 1 mm or less, for use in industry








82.02


Saws (non-mechanical), mounted and blades for hand or machine saws (including toothless saw blades):




11








a —


For use in industry








82.05


Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or for power-operated hand tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring, broaching, milling, cutting, turning, dressing, morticing or screw driving, etc.), including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for metal, and rock drilling bits:




11








a —


Interchangeable tools for industrial machines or machine tools








82.06


Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances:




11








a —


For industrial machines








84.01


Steam and other vapour generating boilers:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.02


Auxiliary plant for use with steam and other vapour generating boilers (economizers, superheaters, vapour accumulators, soot removers, gas recoverers and the like); condensers for vapour engines:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.06


Internal combustion piston engines:




21








b —


For use in industry








84.07


Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines)




84.08


Other engines and motors:




21








b —


For use in industry








84.10


Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring devices; liquid elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar kinds:




31








c —


For use in industry








84.11


Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps and compressors, and free-piston generators for gas turbines), fans, blowers and the like:




21








b —


For use in industry








84.12


Air conditioning machines, self-contained, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.13


Furnace burners for liquid fuel (atomisers), for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers, mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.14


Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens, non-electric




84.15


Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other):




12








a —


Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment, other than domestic:














1 —


Intended for industrial use or for the preservation of agricultural produce








32








c —


Refrigerators, electric, for domestic use:








 








1 —


Assemblies and elements intended for the manufacture of refrigerators or air-conditioning apparatus








84.16


Calendering and similar rolling machines other than metal working and metal-rolling machines and glass-working machines




84.17


Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electrical:




11








a —


For use in industry or agriculture








84.18


Centrifuges; filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other than filter funnels, milk strainers and the like), for liquids or gases:




21








b —


For use in industry








84.19


Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; other packing or wrapping machinery; machinery for aerating beverages; dish washing machines:




11








a —


For use in industry or agriculture








84.21


Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers (charged or not); spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines:




21








b —


For use in industry








84.22


Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors (for example, lifts, hoists, winches, cranes, transporter cranes, jacks, pulley tackle, belt conveyors and teleferics), not being machinery falling within heading No 84.23:




21








b —


Pulley blocks and tackle; gantry cranes and overhead cranes; transporters and conveyors; pneumatic elevators and conveyors; castors; teleferics








84.23


Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery, stationary or mobile, for earth, minerals or ores (for example, mechanical shovels, coal-cutters, excavators, scrapers, levellers and bulldozers); pile-drivers, snow-ploughs, not self-propelled (including snow-plough attachments):




28








b —


Tractor-type haulage units








84.30


Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in the following food or drink industries: bakery, confectionery, chocolate manufacture, macaroni, ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture, the preparation of meat, fish, fruit or vegetables (including mincing or slicing machines), sugar manufacture or brewing




84.31


Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard




84.32


Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines




84.33


Paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds; other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard




84.34


Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting; machinery, other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47, for preparing or working printing blocks, plates or cylinders; printing type, impressed flongs and matrices, printing blocks, plates and cylinders; blocks, plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished):




31








c —


Other








84.35


Other printing machinery; machines for uses ancillary to printing




84.36


Machines for extruding man-made textiles; machines of a kind used for processing natural or man-made textile fibres; textile spinning and twisting machines; textile doubling, throwing and reeling (including weft-winding) machines




84.37


Weaving machines, knitting machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net; machines for preparing yarns for use on such machines, including warping and warp sizing machines




84.38


Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading No 84.37 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuffle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of the present heading or with machines falling within heading No 84.36 or 84.37 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-lifters and hosiery needles)




84.39


Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes, including felt-hat making machines and hat-making blocks




84.40


Machinery for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, or coating textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles (including laundry and dry-cleaning machinery); fabric folding, reeling or cutting machines; machines of a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support; machines of a type used for printing a repetitive design, repetitive words or overall colour on textiles, leather, wallpaper; wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials, and engraved or etched plates, blocks or rollers therefor:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.41


Sewing machines; furniture specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles:




11








a —


Machines intended for special uses (including needles therefor)








84.42


Machinery (other than sewing machines) for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather (including boot and shoe machinery)




84.43


Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy and in metal foundries




84.44


Rolling mills and rolls therefor




84.45


Machine-tools for working metal or metal carbides, not being machines falling within heading No 84.49 or 84.50




84.46


Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement and like mineral materials or for working glass in the cold, other than machines falling within heading No 84.49




84.47


Machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, ebonite (vulcanite), hard artificial plastic materials or other hard carving materials, other than machines falling within heading No 84.49




84.48


Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within heading Nos 84.45 to 84.47, including work and tool holders, self-opening dieheads, dividing heads and other appliances for machine-tools; tool holders for any type of tool or machine-tool for working in the hand:




11








a —


Accessories and parts used with the machines falling within heading Nos 84.45 to 84.47 inclusive








84.49


Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic or with self-contained non-electric motor:




11








a —


Weighing each more than 20 kg net








84.50


Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances




84.56


Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding or mixing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder and paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand




84.57


Glass-working machines (other than machines for working glass in the cold); machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and similar tubes and valves




84.59


Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter:




21








b —


Other machinery and appliances for use in industry








84.60


Moulding boxes for metal foundry; moulds of a type used for metal (other than ingot moulds), for metal carbides, for glass, for mineral materials (for example, ceramic pastes, concrete or cement) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials:




11








a —


For use in industry








84.62


Ball, roller or needle roller bearings:




11








a —


Cylindrical bore ball bearings with an internal diameter of 60 mm and more; conical bore ball bearings; roller bearings with barrel-shaped or cylindrical rollers








84.63


Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings, gears and gearing (including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels, pulley and pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings:




11








a —


Blocks and thrust-bearings, whether or not complete








22








b —


Other:














1 —


For use in industry and agriculture














2 —


For marine engines








84.65


Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features and not falling within any other heading in this Chapter:




19








a —


For use in industry or agriculture:














2 —


Other








85.01


Electrical goods of the following descriptions: generators, motors, converters (rotary or static), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors:




11








a —


For use in industry or agriculture








85.02


Electro-magnets; permanent magnets and articles of special materials for permanent magnets, being blanks of such magnets; electro-magnetic and permanent magnet chucks, clamps, vices and similar work holders; electro-magnetic clutches and couplings; electro-magnetic brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads:




11








a —


For use in industry








85.05


Tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor:




11








a —


Of a net weight exceeding 20 kg








85.08


Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines (magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs, glow plugs and starter motors); generators (dynamos) and cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines:




11








a —


Low-voltage starter motors, for electric motors of 5 metric hp and more








85.11


Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces, ovens and inductic and dielectric heating equipment; electric welding, brazing and soldering machines and apparatus and similar electric machines and apparatus for cutting:




11








a —


For use in industry








85.12


Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus; electric hair dressing appliances (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and electric smoothing irons; electro-thermic domestic appliances; electric heating resistors, other than those of carbon:




11








a —


For use in industry








85.13


Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems):




11








a —


Printer type receivers, such as teleprinter or teletypewriter receivers, and special receivers for picture telegraphic apparatus, intended for news agencies or the press








85.14


Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers:




11








a —


Intended for normal use with sound-recording apparatus used in the sound-recording industry








85.15


Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus and receivers incorporating gramophones and television cameras; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote control apparatus:




41








d —


Radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote control apparatus








85.19


Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (switches, relays, fuses, lightning arresters, surge suppressors, plugs and junction boxes, etc.); resistors, fixed or variable, other than heating resistors; switchboards and control panels:




11








a —


Cut-outs and resistors immersed in oil or other liquid media








21








b —


Make and break switches, isolating switches and cut-outs, air- or gas-break, and similar articles, for current of a voltage exceeding 440 volts or for current of a voltage of 440 volts or less, but of an intensity of 100 amperes or more








31








c —


Control panels for electric power stations; single-action control apparatus and devices such as protection relays or the like, and remote-control and similar apparatus








42








d —


Other:








 








1 —


For electric current of a voltage exceeding 440 volts or for current of a voltage of 440 volts or less, but of an intensity of 100 amperes or more








85.20


Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps); arc-lamps; electrically ignited photographic flashbulbs:




11








a —


Copper bases for electric bulbs, whether or not incorporating other materials; electrodes for electric lamps and tubes








85.25


Insulators of any material:




11








a —


For electric current of a voltage rating of 1 000 volts or more








85.28


Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any of the preceding headings of this Chapter:




11








a —


For use in industry or agriculture








90.07


Photographic cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus:




31








c —


Cameras used for composing and preparing printing plates and cylinders








90.08


Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers; any combination of these articles:




11








a —


Intended for the cinematograph industry








90.09


Image projectors (other than cinematographic projectors); photographic (except cinematographic) enlargers and reducers:




21








b —


Projectors intended for industrial photographic laboratories








90.10


Apparatus and equipment of a kind used in photographic or cinematographic laboratories, not falling within any other heading in this Chapter; photocopying apparatus (contact type); spools or reels for film; screens for projectors:




11








a —


Intended for the cinematograph industry








21








b —


Apparatus intended for industrial photographic laboratories








32








c —


Photo-copying apparatus of a type used in composition and stereotyping workshops








90.16


Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting machines, pantographs, slide rules, disc calculators and the like; measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for example, micrometers, callipers, gauges, measuring rods, balancing machines); profile projectors:




11








a —


Machines, apparatus and instruments for use in industry








90.22


Machines and appliances for testing mechanically the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity and the like properties of industrial materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper or plastics)




90.23


Hydrometers and similar instruments; thermometers, myrometers, harometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, recording or not; any combination of these instruments:




11








a —


Pyrometers








90.24


Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically controlling temperatures, (for example, pressure gauges, thermostats, level gauges, flow meters, heat meters, automatic over-draught regulators), not being articles falling within heading No 90.14:




11








a —


For use in industry








90.25


Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (such as polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, perosity, expansion, surface tension or the like (such as viscometers, perosimeters, expansion meters); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, light or sound (such as photometers (including exposure meters), calorimeters); microtomes:




11








a —


For use in industry








90.27


Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators (including magnetic speed indicators) and tachometers (other than articles falling within heading No 90.14); stroboscopes:




11








a —


For use in industry








90.28


Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus:




21








b —


Automatic regulators of electrical current tension and intensity








31








c —


Other








92.11


Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers, including record-players and tape decks, with or without sound-heads; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic:




11








a —


Sound-recording machines and apparatus for use in the sound-recording industry










LIST II






Lebanese Tariff heading No


Description




01.01


Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies:




11








a —


Horses








01.03


Live swine




01.06


Other live animals:




31








c —


Other








02.01


Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03, or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen:




11








a —


Meat and edible offals of wild boar; streaky bacon








02.06


Meat and edible offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or smoked:




21








b —


Other








03.02


Fish, salted, in brine, dried or smoked




04.02


Milk and cream, preserved, concentrated or sweetened:




21








B —


Other








04.05


Birds' eggs and yolks, fresh, preserved, dried, or sweetened:




21








b —


Egg yolks








05.12


Coral and similar substances, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and Waste of shells:




21








b —


Other








05.15


Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3, unfit for human consumption:




41








d —


Other








11.01


Cereal flours:




31








c —


Of rice








12.01


Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken:




71








g —


Other








12.07


Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees, bushes, shrubs or other plants, being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whole, cut, crushed, ground or powdered:




11








a —


All kinds of roots, flowers, herbs, leaves, bark, mosses and seeds used exclusively in medicine, not elsewhere specified, except inter alia, ergot of rye, sarsaparilla, ipecacuanha, hydrastis, senega root, jaborandi, jalap, cinchona bark and cola-nuts








12.10


Mangolds, swedes, fodder roots; hay; lucerne, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products




13.02


Shellac, seed lac, stick lac and other lacs; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams:




11








a —


Shellac








13.03


Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products:




31








c —


Other








14.02


Vegetable materials, whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material, of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass)




14.05


Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included




15.05


Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):




21








b —


Lanolin








15.11


Glycerol and glycerol lyes




15.16


Vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured:




21








b —


Other








17.02


Other sugars; sugar syrups; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey); caramel:




11








a —


Lactose








21








b —


Chemically pure glucose








19.02


Preparations of flour, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa:




11








a —


Specially intended for infants' food








23.07


Forage sweetened with molasses or sugar and other animal foods; other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (additives, etc....):




21








b —


Other








25.05


Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands falling within heading No 26.01




25.08


Chalk




25.13


Pumice stone; emergy; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:




21








a —


Other








25.16


Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental and building stone, including such stone not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared or squared by sawing:




21








b —


Other








25.17


Pebbles and crushed or broken stone (whether or not heat-treated), gravel, macadam and tarred macadam, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast; flint and shingle, whether or not heat-treated; granules and chippings (whether or not heat-treated) and powder of stones falling within heading No 25.15 or 25.16:




21








b —


Other








25.18


Dolomite, whether or not calcined, including dolomite not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared or squared by sawing; agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)




25.21


Limestone flux and calcareous stone, commonly used for the manufacture of lime or cement




25.22


Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide




25.32


Strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included; broken pottery:




31








c —


Other








27.06


Tar distilled from coal, lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, including partially distilled tars and blends of pitch with creosote oils or with other coal tar distillation products




27.08


Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars




27.10


Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations:




31








c —


White spirit








27.11


Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:




11








a —


Butane gas








27.12


Petroleum jelly




27.14


Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals:




21








b —


Other








27.15


Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous shale, asphaltic rock and tar sands




27.16


Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs):




11








a —


Intended for road-surfacing








28.01


Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine)




28.16


Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:




21








b —


Other








28.17


Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium:




19








2 —


Other








28.32


Chlorates and perchlorates




28.38


Sulphates (including alums) and persulphates:




21








b —


Other








28.42


Carbonates and percarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:




21








b —


Other








28.49


Colloidal precious metals; amalgams of precious metals; salts and other compounds, inorganic or organic, of precious metals, including albuminates, proteinates, tannates and similar compounds, whether or not chemically defined




29.01


Hydrocarbons:




32








1 —


Naphthalene








29.13


Ketones, Ketone-alcohols, ketone-phenols, ketone-aldehydes, quinones, quinone-alcohols, quinone-phenols, quinone-aldehydes and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones and quinones, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:




12








a —


Acetone; methylethylketone; methylisopropylketone; methylisobutylketone:














1 —


In containers of a capacity of 140 kg net or more








29.16


Alcohol-acids, aldehyde-acids, ketone-acids, phenol-acids and other single or complex oxygen-function acids, and their anhydrides, acid halides, acid peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:




11








a —


Citric acid and derivatives thereof








33.04


Mixtures of two or more odoriferous substances (natural or artificial) and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in the perfumery, food, drink or other industries




38.13


Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes:




11








a —


Pickling preparations for metal surfaces








38.17


Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades




38.18


Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products




38.19


Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:




22








b —


For use in constructions, buildings, roads and the like:














1 —


Refractory cements or mortars








39.03


Regenerated cellulose; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose esters, cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or not (for example, collodions, celluloid); vulcanized fibre:




11








a —


Regenerated cellulose








48.01


Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:




49








d —


Newsprint for other impressions or uses and printing paper other than newsprint weighing 200 g/m2 or less:














2 —


Other








48.03


Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets:




21








b —


Glazed transparent paper








48.07


Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets:




11








a —


Paper impregnated with fatty substances, white, whether or not printed








31








c —


Paper coated with mineral substances on both sides, for printing purposes (coated paper)








41








d —


Bituminized paperboard for roofing and bituminized paper








57.10


Woven fabrics of jute:




21








b —


Mixed with flax and containing not more than 20 % by weight of other textile materials








71.05


Silver, including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, unwrought or semi-manufactured:




21








b —


Semi-manufactured








71.07


Gold, including platinum-plated gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured:




21








b —


Semi-manufactured








73.09


Universal plates of iron or steel




73.11


Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements




73.13


Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled:




11








a —


Plane sheets and plates, square or rectangular, not surface-worked








29








b —


Plane sheets and plates, square or rectangular, surface-worked:














2 —


Others








32








c —


Others:














1 —


Galvanized








73.14


Iron or steel wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated:




11








a —


Not further worked than drawn (bright wire), not coated, of a diameter or diagonal of 1·4 mm and more








31








c —


Coppered, of a diameter or diagonal of 2 mm or more








73.16


Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails




73.18


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits:




41








d —


Other








73.20


Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges), of iron or steel:




21








b —


Other








73.21


Structures, complete or incomplete, whether or not assembled, and parts of structures (for example, hangars, bridges and bridge-sections, lockgates, towers, lattice masts, pillars and columns, roofs, roofing frameworks, shutters, balustrades, grills, etc.) of iron or steel; plates, strip, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel:




39








c —


Metal pylons for high-tension electric lines:














2 —


Other








41








d —


Other








73.22


Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment:




31








c —


Tanks for storing compressed gas








73.29


Chains and parts thereof, of iron or steel




74.03


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper wire:




31








c —


Other








74.04


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper:




11








a —


Rectangular, and discs, not further worked than annealed, rolled or beaten








76.04


Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0·20 mm:




21








b —


Other








83.15


Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products; of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying:




21








b —


Other








84.34


Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting; machinery, other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47, for preparing or working printing blocks, plates or cylinders; printing type, impressed flongs and matrices, printing blocks, plates and cylinders; blocks, plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished):




21








b —


Other plates prepared for printing








90.17


Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances (including electro-medical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments)




90.20


Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of the radiations from radioactive substances (including radiography and radiotherapy apparatus); X-ray generators; X-ray tubes; X-ray screens; X-ray high tension generators; X-ray control panels and desks; X-ray examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like






LIST III






Lebanese Tariff heading No


Description




04.04


Cheese and curd




18.03


Cocoa paste (in bulk or in block), whether or not defatted




38.14


Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral oils:




21








b —


Other








40.11


Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds:




11








a —


Pneumatic tyres, including tubeless tyres








21








b —


Inner tubes








31








c —


Other








44.03


Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed down:




32








c —


Other:














1 —


Katrani; bayassi; beech; oak; elm; ash; poplar














2 —


Fir








44.05


Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, but not further prepared, of a thickness exceeding 5 mm:




31








c —


Other








48.01


Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:




61








f —


Toilet paper in large reels imported to be cut for size for the manufacture of rolls, packets or blocks for retail sale








65.01


Hat-forms, hat bodies and hoods of felt, neither blocked to shape nor with made brims; plateaux and manchons (including slit manchons), of felt




68.04


Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like (including grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads, discs and points), of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials, but without frameworks; segments and other finished parts of such stones and wheels, of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery:




21








b —


Other








68.05


Hand polishing stones, whetstones, oilstones, hones and the like, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery




68.06


Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up




84.06


Internal combustion piston engines:




51








e —


Other








84.53


Statistical machines of a kind operated in conjunction with punched cards (for example, punching, checking, sorting, calculating and tabulating machines, etc.)




84.55


Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of a kind falling within heading No 84.51, 84.52, 84.53 or 84.54:




11








a —


Suitable for use solely with machines falling within heading No 84.53








84.63


Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings, gears and gearing (including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings:




26








b —


Other:














2 —


For engines intended for ships:














b —


Other








84.65


Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features and not falling within any other heading in this Chapter:




29








b —


For engines intended for ships:














2 —


Other








90.01


Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked; sheets or plates, of polarizing material:




21








b —


Requiring bevelling only








90.03


Frames and mountings, and parts thereof, for spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles and the like









PROTOCOL
on the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and on methods of administrative cooperation
TITLE I

Provisions on the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’

Article 1
For the purpose of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic, the following shall be considered as:






1.


Products originating in the Community, subject to their having been, within the meaning of Article 5, transported direct to the Lebanon:






(a)


products wholly obtained or produced in the Member States;










(b)


products obtained or produced in the Member States in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) have been used, if those products have been sufficiently worked or processed within the meaning of Article 3. This condition does not apply to products originating in the Lebanon, with the meaning of this Protocol.














2.


Products originating in the Lebanon, subject to their having been, within the meaning of Article 5, transported direct to the importing Member State:






(a)


products wholly obtained or produced in the Lebanon;










(b)


products obtained or produced in the Lebanon in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) have been used, if those products have been sufficiently worked or processed within the meaning of Article 3. This condition does not apply to products originating in the Community, within the meaning of this Protocol.








This Protocol shall for the time being not apply to the products specified in List C.
Article 2
For the purpose of Article 1 (1) (a) and (2) (a) the following shall be considered as ‘wholly obtained or produced’, either in the Member States or in the Lebanon:






(a)


mineral products extracted from the ground or from the seabed thereof;










(b)


vegetable products harvested therein;










(c)


live animals born and raised therein;










(d)


products derived from live animals;










(e)


products of hunting and fishing therein;










(f)


products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea by their ships;










(g)


products manufactured on board their factory-ships, exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (f);










(h)


used articles, fit only for the recovery of raw materials, which are collected therein;










(i)


scrap derived from manufacturing processes therein;










(j)


goods manufactured exclusively from products referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (i).




Article 3
For the purposes of Article 1 (1) (b) and (2) (b) ‘sufficiently worked or processed’ means:






(a)


subjected to working or processing as a result of which the goods so manufactured are classified under a different tariff heading from that of any of the constituents, with the exception, however, of those goods specified in List A, to which the special provisions of that list apply;










(b)


subjected to the working or processing specified in List B.




‘Tariff heading’ means a heading of the Brussels Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs.
Article 4
Where Lists A and B, referred to in Article 3, provide that goods manufactured in a Member State or in the Lebanon may be considered as originating therein only if the value of the products used in their manufacture does not exceed a given percentage of the value of the goods so manufactured, the values for determining this percentage shall be as follows:






—


on the one hand:






—


for products the importation of which can be proved: their value for customs purposes at the time of importation;










—


for products of undetermined origin: the first verifiable price paid for those products in the territory of the State where manufacture takes place;














—


on the other hand:






—


the ex-factory price of the goods manufactured, less internal charges refunded or to be refunded on exportation.








Article 5
The following shall be considered as transported direct from the exporting Member State to the Lebanon or from the Lebanon to the importing Member State:






(a)


products transported without passing through territories other than those of the Contracting Parties;










(b)


products transported through territories other than those of the Contracting Parties or with transhipment in such territories provided that passage through or transhipment in such territories is covered by a single transport document made out in a Member State or in the Lebanese Republic.




Transhipment in ports situated in territories other than those of the Contracting Parties, when this transhipment is attributable to force majeure or events at sea, shall not be considered as interruptions of direct transport.
TITLE II

Provisions on the organization of methods of administrative cooperation

Article 6
‘Originating products’ within the meaning of this Protocol shall be accepted in the importing Member State or in the Lebanon as coming under the Agreement, on production of a movement certificate A.RL.1 endorsed by the customs authorities of the Lebanese Republic or the Member State.
However, products sent by post (including parcel post) shall, on production of form A.RL.2 be accepted in the Member State or in the Lebanon as coming under the Agreement if the packets contain only originating products and if the value does not exceed 1 000 units of account per packet, and if each packet bears the label shown in part 2 of the form.
Article 7
Movement certificate A.RL.1 shall be endorsed only upon written application by the exporter made out on the form prescribed for this purpose.
Article 8
Movement certificate A.RL.1 shall be endorsed by the customs authorities of the exporting State at the time of exportation of the goods to which it relates. It shall be made available to the exporter as soon as exportation has been actually effected or ensured.
Exceptionally, movement certificate A.RL.1 may be endorsed after exportation of the goods to which it relates if, through error or inadvertent omission in special circumstances, it was not produced at the time of exportation. In that case a special note shall be added explaining the circumstances in which it was endorsed.
Movement certificate A.RL.1 may be endorsed only where it can serve as documentary evidence for the application of the preferential treatment provided for by the Agreement.
Article 9
Movement certificate A.RL.1 must be submitted within four months of the date of endorsement by the customs authorities of the exporting State to the customs office of the importing State where the goods are presented.
Article 10
Movement certificate A.RL.1 shall be made out in the form shown in Annex V. It shall be in one of the official languages of the European Economic Community and shall comply with the internal laws of the exporting State. It shall be typed or handwritten; if the latter, it shall be in ink in block letters.
The size of the certificate shall be 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall be white sized writing paper not containing mechanical pulp, and weighing not less than 64 g/m2 or between 25 and 30 g/m2 if airmail paper is used. It shall have a printed green guilloche-pattern background such as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means.
A band consisting of three blue stripes, each 3 mm wide, shall be printed diagonally across the front of each certificate from the lower left to the top right corner.
Each certificate shall bear a serial number to assist in identification.
The Member States and the Lebanese Republic may either themselves print the certificate forms or entrust the work to printers authorized by them. In the latter case reference to that authorization must appear on each form. Each certificate must bear the name and address or a distinguishing mark of the printers.
Article 11
The movement certificate A.RL.1 shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing State in accordance with its procedural requirements. Those authorities shall have the right to require a translation of it. They may require the import declaration to be supplemented by a statement by the importer that the goods satisfy the conditions required by the Agreement.
Article 12
Form A.RL.2, a specimen of which is shown in Annex 6, shall be completed by the exporter. It shall be in one of the official languages of the European Economic Community and shall comply with the internal laws of the exporting State. It shall be typed or handwritten; if the latter, it shall be in ink in block letters.
Form A.RL.2 shall consist of two parts, each measuring 210 × 148 mm. The paper used shall be white sized writing paper not containing mechanical pulp, weighing not less than 64 g/m2. A band consisting of three blue stripes, each 3 mm wide, shall be printed diagonally across the front of part I and the label in part II from the lower left to the top right corner.
Form A.RL.2 may be perforated by machine so that the two parts may be detached, as also the label in part II. The reverse of the label may be gummed.
The Member States and the Lebanese Republic may either themselves print the forms or entrust the work to printers authorized by them. In the latter case, reference to that authorization must appear on each form. Each form shall bear the name and address of the printer or their distinguishing mark: Each panel of the form shall bear an identifying serial number.
Article 13
A form A.RL.2 shall be made out for each postal packet. After completing and signing both parts the exporter shall place his declaration (part I) inside the packet and affix the label from part II to the outer wrapping.
These provisions shall not exempt exporters from compliance with the other formalities laid down by customs or postal regulations.
Article 14
Unless improper use is suspected, the customs authorities of the Member State or of the Lebanese Republic shall apply the provisions of the Agreement to the goods contained in a packet bearing a label A.RL.2.
In order to make a random check or where an irregularity is suspected, the customs authorities of the Member State or of the Lebanese Republic may request verification by the customs authorities of the Lebanese Republic or of the Member State, sending them for that purpose part I of form A.RL.2 which was enclosed in the packet, and they may await the results of that verification, before applying the provisions of the Agreement. In such cases the goods may be released to the importer subject to such safeguards as may be considered necessary.

Article 15

1.   The Member States and the Lebanese Republic shall, without requiring the production of a movement certificate A.RL.1 or the completion of form A.RL.2, apply the provisions of the Agreement to goods imported in small packets addressed to individuals or contained in the personal luggage of travellers, if these goods serve no commercial purpose and they are declared to comply with the conditions required for the application of these provisions and the accuracy of this declaration is not in doubt.
2.   Imports shall be considered as serving no commercial purpose if they are occasional and consist exclusively of goods for the personal or family use of the addressees or travellers; the nature of quantity of such goods must not be such as might indicate that they are being imported for commercial reasons. Furthermore, the total value of these goods must not exceed 60 units of account for small packets or 200 units of account for the contents of the personal luggage of travellers.
Article 16
1.   The provisions of the Agreement shall be applied to the importation into the Lebanon or into a Member State of goods sent from a Member State or from the Lebanon for exhibition in another country and sold after the exhibition, on condition that the goods meet the requirements of this Protocol qualifying them as originating in the exporting country and provided that it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:






(a)


an exporter has consigned these goods from the Member State or from the Lebanon to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;










(b)


the goods have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to someone in the Lebanon or in a Member State;










(c)


the goods have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the Lebanon or to a Member State in the same conditions as that in which they were sent for exhibition;










(d)


the goods have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.




2.   A movement certificate A.RL.1 must be produced to the customs authorizing the importing State in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the nature of the goods and the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required from the country where the exhibition took place.
3.   Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display other than those organized for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign goods during which the goods remain under customs control.
Article 17
The Member States and the Lebanese Republic shall afford each other assistance through their respective customs authorities in verifying the authenticity and accuracy of movement certificates A.RL.1 and of the exporter's declaration on forms A.RL.2 in order to ensure that this Title is properly applied.
The Joint Committee shall make such recommendations as are necessary for the application of this Protocol, and in particular of this Title, so that methods of administrative cooperation may be concerted in good time in the Member States and in the Lebanese Republic.
TITLE III

Final provisions

Article 18
The Member States and the Lebanese Republic shall take all necessary measures to ensure that movement certificates A.RL.1 may be produced, in accordance with Article 11, from the date of the entry into force of the Agreement.
Article 19
The Lebanese Republic, the Member States and the Community shall, each for its part, take the measures necessary for the implementation of this Protocol.
Article 20
The Explanatory Notes, Lists A, B and C, the specimen movement certificate A.RL.1 and the specimen form A.RL.2 shall form an integral part of this Protocol.
Article 21
The provisions of this Agreement may be applied to goods which comply with the provisions of Title I and which, on the date of the entry into force of the Agreement, are either in transit, or are in a Member State or in the Lebanon in temporary storage, in bonded warehouses or in free zones (including free ports and warehouses), subject to the production, within four months from that date, to the customs authorities of the importing country of a certificate A.RL.1 issued retrospectively by the competent authorities of the exporting State, together with the supporting documents covering direct transportation.

ANNEX I
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Note 1 — to Article 1:
The expression ‘in the Member States’ or ‘in the Lebanon’ shall also cover territorial waters.
Ships operating on the high seas, including factory ships, on board which fishery catches are processed or prepared shall be considered as part of the territory of the Member State or of the Lebanese Republic to which they belong provided that they satisfy the conditions set out in Explanatory Note 4.

Note 2 — to Article 1:
For the purpose of determining whether goods originate in the Community or in the Lebanon, the question whether the fuel and power, equipment, machinery and tools used in manufacturing those goods originating in a third country shall be irrelevant.

Note 3 — to Article 1:
Packaging shall be considered as forming an integral part of the products which it contains. Nevertheless, this provision shall not apply to packaging which is not of the usual type for the product packed and which has a lasting utility value of its own apart from its nature as packaging.

Note 4 — to Article 2 (f):
The expression ‘their ships’ shall apply only in respect of ships:






—


which are registered or recorded in a Member State or in the Lebanese Republic;










—


which fly the flag of a Member State or of the Lebanese Republic;










—


which are owned at least as to half by nationals of the countries party to the Agreement or by a company or firm whose head office is situated in one of those States and of which the manager or managers, the chairman of the board of directors or of the supervisory board and the majority of the members of these boards are nationals of the countries party to the Agreement and of which, whether or not it is with limited liability, at least half the capital is owned by those States party to the Agreement by bodies governed by public law or by nationals of those States;










—


whose officers are all nationals of the Member States or of the Lebanese Republic;










—


of which at least 75 % of the crew is composed of nationals of the countries parties to the Agreement.





Note 5 — to Article 4:‘Ex-factory price’ means the price paid to the manufacturer by whom the goods have been sufficiently worked or processed. Where such working or processing has been done successively by two or more manufacturers, the price shall be that paid to the last manufacturer.

Note 6 — to Article 8:
Where a movement certificate A.RL.1 relates to products originally imported from a Member State or from the Lebanon and later re-exported in the same state, the new certificates issued by the re-exporting State must show the State in which the first movement certificate was issued.

Note 7 — to Article 13:
After having completed form A.RL.2, the exporters shall enter either on the green C 1 label or on the C 2/CP 3 or C 2 M/CP 3 M customs declaration, ‘A.RL.2’ followed by the serial number of the form used. This entry and number shall also be put on the invoice relating to the goods in the consignment.


ANNEX II
LIST A
List of working or processing operations which result in a change of tariff heading without conferring the status of ‘originating product’ on the products undergoing such operations, or conferring this status only subject to certain conditions








Products manufactured


Working or processing which does not confer the status of ‘originating product’


Working or processing which confers the status of ‘originating product’ when the following conditions are met




CCT heading No


Description




All heading Nos of the Common Customs Tariff


All products








1.


Operations intended to prevent deterioration of goods during carriage and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, chilling, placing in brine, in sulphur water or in other solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations)










2.


Simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making up of sets of articles), washing, painting, cutting up










3.








(a)


Changes of packings, dividing up and assembling of parcels;










(b)


Placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc., and all other simple market preparation operations














4.


Affixing of marks, labels and other like distinguishing signs on the products or their packings










5.


Simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not satisfy the conditions laid down by the Council of Association to be considered as originating either in the Member States or Lebanon










6.


Assembly of parts of articles in order to constitute a complete article










7.


A combination of two or more operations referred to in items 1 to 6 above










8.


Slaughtering of animals






 




02.06


Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or smoked


Salting, placing in brine, drying or smoking of meat and edible meat offals of heading Nos 02.01 and 02.04


 




03.02


Fish, dried, salted or in brine, smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process


Drying, salting, placing in brine; smoking of fish, whether cooked or not


 




04.02


Milk and cream, preserved, concentrated or sweetened


Preserving, concentrating, or adding sugar to milk or cream of heading No 04.01


 




04.03


Butter


Manufacture from milk or cream


 




04.04


Cheese and curd


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 04.01, 04.02 and 04.03


 




07.02


Vegetables (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing


Freezing of vegetables


 




07.03


Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate consumption


Placing in brine or in other solutions of vegetables of heading No 07.01


 




07.04


Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared


Drying, dehydration, evaporation, cutting, grinding, powdering of vegetables of heading Nos 07.01 to 07.03


 




08.10


Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar


Freezing of fruit


 




08.11


Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulpnur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption


Placing in brine or in other solutions of fruit of heading Nos 08.01 to 08.09


 




08.12


Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04 or 08.05


Drying of fruit


 




11.01


Cereal flours


Manufacture from cereals


 




11.02


Cereal groats and cereal meal; other worked cereal grains (for example, rolled, flaked, polished, pearled or kibbled, but not further prepared), except husked, glazed, polished or broken rice; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground


Manufacture from cereals


 




11.03


Flours of the leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05


Manufacture from dried leguminous vegetables


 




11.04


Flours of the fruits falling within any heading in Chapter 8


Manufacture from fruits of Chapter 8


 




11.05


Flour, meal and flakes of potato


Manufacture from potatoes


 




11.06


Flour and meal of sago and of manioc, arrowroot, salep and other roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06


Manufacture from products of heading No 07.06


 




11.07


Malt, roasted or not


Manufacture from cereals


 




11.08


Starches; inulin


Manufacture from cereals of Chapter 10, or from potatoes or other products of Chapter 7


 




11.09


Wheat gluten, whether or not dried


Manufacture from wheat or wheat flours


 




15.01


Lard, other pigfat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted


Manufacture from products of heading No 02.05


 




15.02


Fats of bovine cattle, sheep or goats, unrendered; rendered or solvent-extracted fats (including ‘premier jus’) obtained from those unrendered fats


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 02.01 and 02.06


 




15.04


Fats and oils, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined


Manufacture from fish or marine mammals caught by fishing vessels of third countries


 




15.06


Other animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste)


Manufacture from products of Chapter 2


 




ex 15.07


Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified, but not including Chinawood oil, myrtle-wax, Japan wax or oil of tung nuts, oleo-cocca seeds or oiticica seeds; also not including oils of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for industrial purposes other than the manufacture of edible products


Manufacture from products of Chapters 7 and 12


 




16.01


Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood


Manufacture from products of Chapter 2


 




16.02


Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal


Manufacture from products of Chapter 2


 




16.04


Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes


Manufacture from products of Chapter 3


 




16.05


Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved


Manufacture from products of Chapter 3


 




17.02


Other sugar; sugar syrups; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey); caramel


Manufacture from any product


 




17.04


Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa


Manufacture from other products of Chapter 17


 




17.05


Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but not including fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion


Manufacture from any product


 




18.06


Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa


Manufacture from products of Chapter 17 or cocoa beans, whose value exceeds 40 % of the value of the manufactured product


 




19.02


Preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa


Manufacture from cereals and derived products, meat, milk and sugars


 




19.03


Macaroni, spaghetti and similar products


Manufacture from any product


 




19.04


Tapioca and sago; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches


Manufacture from various products


 




19.05


Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (puffed rice, corn-flakes and similar products)


Manufacture from various products


 




20.01


Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with or without sugar, whether or not containing salt, spices or mustard


Preserving vegetables, fresh or frozen or preserved temporarily or preserved in vinegar


 




20.02


Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid with or without added salt, spices, mustard or sugar


Preserving vegetables fresh or frozen


 




20.03


Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar


 


Manufacture from ‘originating products’ of Chapters 8 and 17




20.04


Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallized)


 


Manufacture from ‘originating products’ of Chapters 8 and 17




ex 20.05


Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purees and fruit pastes, being cooked preparations, containing added sugar


 


Manufacture from ‘originating products’ of Chapters 8 and 17




20.06


Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or spirit:


 


 




A. Nuts (including groundnuts) roasted


 


Manufacture, without added sugar or spirit, in which the value of the constituent ‘originating products’ of heading Nos 08.01, 08.05 and 12.01, represents at least 60 % of the value of the manufactured product




B. Other


 


Manufacture from ‘originating products’ of Chapters 8, 17 and 22




ex 20.07


Fruit juices (including grape must), whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit


 


Manufacture from ‘originating products’ of Chapters 8 and 17




ex 21.01


Roasted chicory and extracts thereof


Manufacture from chicory roots, fresh or dried


 




ex 22.06


Vermouths


Manufacture from products of heading No 08.04, 20.07, 22.04 or 22.05


 




22.08


Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, undenatured, of a strength of 80o or higher; denatured spirits (including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits) of any strength


Manufacture from products of heading No 08.04, 20.07, 22.04 or 22.05


 




22.09


Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08); liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages


Manufacture from products of heading No 08.04, 20.07, 22.04 or 22.05


 




22.10


Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar


Manufacture from products of heading No 08.04, 20.07, 22.04 or 22.05


 




ex 23.03


Residues from the manufacture of maize starch (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product, exceeding 40 % dry weight


Manufacture from maize or maize flour


 




23.04


Oil-cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils


Manufacture from various products


 




23.07


Sweetened forage; other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding


Manufacture from cereals and derived products, meat, milk, sugar and molasses


 




ex 24.02


Cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 24.01 of which at least 70 % by quantity are ‘originating products’




ex 28.13


Hydrobromic acid


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.01


 




ex 28.19


Zinc oxide


Any manufacture from products of heading No 79.01


 




28.27


Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead


Any manufacture from products of heading No 78.01


 




ex 28.28


Lithium hydroxide


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.42


 




ex 28.29


Lithium fluoride


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.28 or 28.42


 




ex 28.30


Lithium chloride


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.28 or 28.42


 




ex 28.33


Bromides


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.01 or 28.13


 




ex 28.38


Aluminium sulphate


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.20


 




ex 28.42


Lithium carbonate


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.28


 




ex 29.02


Organic bromides


Any manufacture from products of heading No 28.01 or 28.13


 




ex 29.02


Trichlorodi-(chlorophenyl)-ethane


 


Processing of ethanol into chloral and condensation of chloral with monochlorobenzene




ex 29.35


Pyridine; alphapicoline; betapicoline; gammapicoline


 


Processing of acetylene into acetaldehyde and processing of acetaldehyde into pyridine or picoline




ex 29.35


Vinylpyridine


 


Processing of acetaldehyde into picoline and processing of picoline into vinylpyridine




ex 29.38


Nicotinic acid (Vitamin PP)


 


Processing of acetaldehyde into betapicoline and processing of betapicoline into nicotinic acid




ex 30.03


Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments) containing antibiotics


Any manufacture from antibiotics of heading No 29.44


 




31.05


Other fertilizers; goods of the present Chapter in tablets, lozenges and similar prepared forms or in packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




32.06


Colour lakes


Any manufacture from products of heading No 32.04 or 32.05


 




32.07


Other colouring matter; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores


Mixing of oxides or salts of Chapter 28 with extenders such as barium sulphate, chalk, barium carbonate and satin white


 




35.05


Dextrins and dextrin glues; soluble or roasted starches; starch glues


Any manufacture from various products


 




38.11


Disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, weedkillers, anti-sprouting products, rat poisons and similar products, put up in forms or packings for sale by retail or as preparations or as articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, fly-papers)


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




38.12


Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




38.13


Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 38.14


Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral oils, excluding prepared additives for lubricants


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




38.15


Prepared rubber accelerators


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




38.17


Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




38.18


Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 38.19


Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products) not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding:






—


Fusel oil and dipple's oil;










—


Naphthenic acids and their non-water-soluble salts; esters of naphthenic acids;










—


Sulphonaphthenic acids and their non-water-soluble salts; esters of sulphonaphthenic acids;










—


Petroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, and their salts;










—


Mixed alkylbenzenes or mixed alkylnaphthalenes;










—


Ion exchangers;










—


Catalysts;










—


Getters for vacuum tubes;










—


Refractory cements, or mortars and similar preparations;










—


Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas;










—


Carbon (excluding artificial graphite of heading No ex 38.01) in metal-graphite or other compounds, in the form of small plates, bars or other semi-manufactures






 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex Chapter 39


Fabrics excluded from heading No 59.08 by Note 2 (A) of Chapter 59


 


Manufacture from yarn




ex 39.02


Polymers


Any manufacture from monomers of Chapter 29


 




39.07


Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06


Working of artificial plastic materials, cellulose ethers and esters, and artificial resins


 




40.05


Plates, sheets and strip, of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, other than smoked sheets and crepe sheets of heading No 40.01 or 40.02; granules of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber compounded ready for vulcanization; unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, compounded before or after coagulation either with carbon black (with or without the addition of mineral oil) or with silica (with or without the addition of mineral oil), in any form, of a kind known as master-batch


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




41.02


Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo leather) and equine leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08


Tanning of raw hides and skins of heading No 41.01


 




41.03


Sheep and lamb skin leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08


Tanning of raw hides and skins of heading No 41.01


 




41.04


Goat and kid skin leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08


Tanning of raw hides and skins of heading No 41.01


 




41.05


Other kinds of leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08


Tanning of raw hides and skins of heading No 41.01


 




41.08


Patent leather and imitation patent leather; metallized leather


 


Varnishing or metallizing of leather of heading Nos 41.02 to 41.07 (other than leather of Indian cross-bred sheep and of Indian goat or kid, not further prepared than vegetable tanned, or if otherwise prepared obviously unsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture of leather articles), in which the value of the leather used does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




43.03


Articles of furskin


Making up of furskin in plates, crosses and similar forms (heading No ex 43.02)


 




44.21


Complete wooden packing cases; boxes, crates, drums and similar packings


 


Manufacture from boards not cut to size




45.03


Articles of natural cork


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 45.01




48.06


Paper and paperboard, ruled, lined or squared, but not otherwise printed, in rolls or sheets


 


Manufacture from paper pulp




48.14


Writing blocks, envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards, correspondence cards; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing only an assortment of paper stationery


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




48.15


Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape


 


Manufacture from paper pulp




48.16


Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of paper or paperboard


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




50.04


Silk yarn, other than yarn of noil or other waste silk, not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 50.01




51.03


Yarn of man-made fibres (continuous), put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




51.04


Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




53.06


Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (woollen yarn), not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from wool not carded or combed




53.07


Yarn of combed sheep's or lambs' wool (worsted yarn), not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from wool not carded or combed




53.08


Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale


 


Manufactured from raw fine animal hair of heading No 53.02




53.09


Yarn of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair, not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from raw coarse animal hair of heading No 53.02 or from raw horsehair of heading No 05.03, not prepared




53.10


Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool, of horsehair or of other animal hair (fine or coarse), put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 05.03 or 53.01 to 53.04




53.11


Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 53.01 to 53.05




54.04


Flax or ramie yarn, put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 54.01 or 54.02




54.05


Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 54.01 or 54.02




55.05


Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 55.01 or 55.03




55.06


Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 55.01 or 55.03




55.07


Cotton gauze


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 55.01, 55.03 or 55.04




55.08


Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 55.01, 55.03 or 55.04




55.09


Other woven fabrics of cotton


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 55.01, 55.03 or 55.04




56.01


Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




56.02


Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres (discontinuous)


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




56.04


Man-made fibres, (discontinuous or waste), carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




56.05


Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




56.06


Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), put up for retail sale


 


Manufacture from chemical products or textile pulp




56.07


Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste)


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 56.01 to 56.03




57.09


Woven fabrics of true hemp


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 57.01




57.10


Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03


 


Manufacture from raw jute or other raw textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03




57.11


Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 57.02 or 57.04




58.01


Carpets, carpeting and rugs, knotted (made up or not)


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04, 56.01 to 56.03 or 57.01 to 57.04




58.02


Other carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, and ‘Kelem’, ‘Schumacks’ and ‘Karamanie’ rugs and the like (made up or not)


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04, 56.01 to 56.03 or 57.01 to 57.04




58.04


Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.08 and fabrics falling within heading No 58.05)


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04 or 56.01 to 56.03




58.05


Narrow woven fabrics, and narrow fabrics (bolduc) consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive, other than goods falling within heading No 58.06


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04, 56.01 to 56.03 or 57.01 to 57.04




58.06


Woven labels, badges and the like, not embroidered, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04 or 56.01 to 56.03




58.08


Tulle and other net fabrics (but not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics), plain


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04 or 56.01 to 56.03




ex 58.09


Tulle and other net fabrics (but not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics), figured; mechanically made lace, in the piece, in strips or in motifs


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04 or 56.01 to 56.03




59.04


Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not


 


Manufacture either from natural fibres or from chemical products or textile pulp




59.05


Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, and made up fishing nets of yarn, twine, cordage or rope


 


Manufacture either from natural fibres or from chemical products or textile pulp




59.06


Other articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables, other than textile fabrics and articles made from such fabrics


 


Manufacture either from natural fibres or from chemical products or textile pulp




59.07


Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books and the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar fabrics for hat foundations and similar uses


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.08


Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.09


Textile fabrics coated or impregnated with oil or preparations with a basis of drying oil


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.10


Linoleum and materials prepared on a textile base in a similar manner to linoleum, whether or not cut to shape or of a kind used as floor coverings; floor coverings consisting of a coating applied on a textile base, cut to shape or not


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.11


Rubberized textile fabrics, other than rubberized knitted or crocheted goods


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.12


Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like


 


Manufacture from yarn




59.13


Elastic fabrics and trimmings (other than knitted or crocheted goods) consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads


 


Manufacture from single yarn




59.15


Textile hosepiping and similar tubing, with or without lining, armour or accessories of other materials


 


Manufacture from single yarn




59.16


Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of textile material, whether or not strengthened with metal or other material


 


Manufacture from single yarn




59.17


Textile fabrics and textile articles, of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant


 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 50.01 to 50.03, 51.01, 53.01 to 53.05, 54.01, 55.01 to 55.04, 56.01 to 56.03 or 57.01 to 57.04




Chapter 60


Knitted and crocheted goods:


 


 










—


Man-made fibres (continuous or discontinuous)






 


Manufacture from products of heading Nos 56.01 to 56.03, from chemical products or textile pulp










—


Other






 


Manufacture from carded or combed natural fibres




61.01


Men's and boys' outer garments


 


Manufacture from yarn or unbleached textile fabrics




61.02


Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments


 


Manufacture from yarn or unbleached textile fabrics




61.03


Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs


 


Manufacture from yarn or unbleached textile fabrics




61.04


Women's, girls' and infants' under garments


 


Manufacture from yarn or unbleached textile fabrics




61.05


Handkerchiefs


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.06


Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.07


Ties, bow ties and cravats


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.08


Collars, tuckers, fallals, bodice-fronts, jabots, cuffs, flounces, yokes and similar accessories and trimmings for women's and girls' garments


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.09


Corsets, corset-belts, suspender-belts, brassières, braces, suspenders, garters and the like (including such articles of knitted or crocheted fabric), whether or not elastic


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.10


Gloves, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes, not being knitted or crocheted goods


 


Manufacture from yarn




61.11


Made up accessories for articles of apparel (for example, dress shields, shoulder and other pads, belts, muffs, sleeve protectors, pockets)


 


Manufacture from yarn




ex 62.01


Travelling rugs and blankets other than electrically heated


 


Manufacture from unbleached yarn of Chapters 50 to 56




62.02


Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles


 


Manufacture from single unbleached yarn




62.03


Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods


 


Manufacture from yarn




62.04


Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sun-blinds, tents and camping goods


 


Manufacture from single unbleached yarn




62.05


Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns)


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




64.01


Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or artificial plastic material


Manufacture from assemblies (e.g. uppers affixed to inner soles or to other bottom parts and without outer soles), of any material except metal


 




ex 64.02


Footwear with leather uppers


Manufacture from assemblies (e.g. uppers affixed to inner soles or to other bottom parts and without outer soles), of any material except metal


 




ex 64.02


Footwear other than with leather uppers


Manufacture from assemblies (e.g. uppers affixed to inner soles or to other bottom parts and without outer soles), of any material except metal


 




64.03


Footwear with outer soles of wood or cork


Manufacture from assemblies (e.g. uppers affixed to inner soles or to other bottom parts and without outer soles), of any material except metal


 




64.04


Footwear with outer soles of other materials


Manufacture from assemblies (e.g. uppers affixed to inner soles or to other bottom parts and without outer soles), of any material except metal


 




65.03


Felt hats and other felt headgear, being headgear made from the felt hoods and plateaux falling within heading No 65.01, whether or not lined or trimmed


 


Manufacture from fibre




65.05


Hats and other headgear (including hair nets), knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric in the piece (but not from strips), whether or not lined or trimmed


 


Manufacture from yarn




66.01


Umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents, and garden and similar umbrellas)


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 68.04
ex 68.05
ex 68.06


Articles of artificial abrasives with a basis of silicon carbide


Any manufacture from silicon carbide (heading No ex 28.56)


 




ex 70.07


Cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass) cut to shape other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (for example, edge worked or engraved), whether or not surface ground or polished; multiple-walled insulating glass


Manufacture from drawn, cast or rolled glass of heading Nos 70.04 to 70.06


 




70.08


Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass, shaped or not


Manufacture from drawn, cast or rolled glass of heading Nos 70.04 to 70.06


 




70.09


Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors), unframed, framed or backed


Manufacture from drawn, cast or rolled glass of heading Nos 70.04 to 70.06


 




71.15


Articles consisting of, or incorporating, pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




73.12


Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled


Cutting without rolling of iron or steel coils of heading No 73.08


 




73.13


Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled


Cutting without rolling of iron or steel coils of heading No 73.08


 




74.03


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.04


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.05


Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0·15 mm


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.06


Copper powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.07


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.08


Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.09


Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquified gas), of copper, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.10


Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of copper wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.11


Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands), of copper wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.12


Expanded metal, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.13


Chain and parts thereof, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.14


Nails, tacks, staples, hook-nails, spiked cramps, studs, spikes and drawing pins, of copper, or of iron or steel with heads of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.15


Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded or tapped, and screws (including screw hooks and screw rings), of copper; rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers and spring washers, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.16


Springs, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.17


Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated, and parts thereof, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.18


Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




74.19


Other articles of copper


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




75.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes, and sections of nickel; nickel wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




75.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of nickel; nickel foil; nickel powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




75.04


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of nickel; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of nickel


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




75.05


Electro-plating anodes, of nickel, wrought or unwrought, including those produced by electrolysis


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




75.06


Other articles of nickel


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium; aluminium wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product.




76.04


Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0·20 mm


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.05


Aluminium powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.06


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of aluminium; hollow bars of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.07


Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.08


Structures, parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, door and window frames, balustrades, pillars and columns), of aluminium; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.09


Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquified gas), of aluminium, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.10


Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid and collapsible tubular containers), of aluminium, of a description commonly Used for the conveyance or packing of goods


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.11


Containers of aluminium, for compressed or liquified gas


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.12


Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.13


Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, reinforcing fabric and similar materials, of aluminium wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.14


Expanded metal, of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.15


Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




76.16


Other articles of aluminium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




77.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of magnesium; magnesium wire; wrought plates, sheets and strip, of magnesium; magnesium foil; raspings and shavings of uniform size, powders and flakes, of magnesium; tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of magnesium; hollow bars of magnesium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




77.03


Other articles of magnesium


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




78.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of lead; lead wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




78.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of lead


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




78.04


Lead foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1700 g/m2; lead powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % or the value of the manufactured product




78.05


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of lead; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets, flanges and S-bends), of lead


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




78.06


Other articles of lead


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




79.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of zinc; zinc wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




79.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




79.04


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of zinc; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of zinc


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




79.05


Gutters, roof capping, skylight frames, and other fabricated building components, of zinc


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % or the value of the manufactured product




79.06


Other articles of zinc


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




80.02


Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of tin; tin wire


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




80.03


Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of tin of a weight exceeding 1 kg/m2



 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




80.04


Tin foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1 kg/m2; tin powders and flakes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




80.05


Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of tin; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of tin


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




82.05


Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or for power-operated hand tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring, broaching, milling, cutting, turning, dressing, morticing or screw-driving), including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for metal, and rock drilling bits


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




82.06


Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex Chapter 84


Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof, excluding refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other) of heading No 84.15 and excluding sewing machines and furniture specially designed for sewing machines, of heading No ex 84.41


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




84.15


Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other)


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (1) are ‘originating products’




ex 84.41


Sewing machines; furniture specially designed for sewing machines


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that:






—


at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (1) for the assembly or the head (motor excluded) are ‘originating products’, and










—


the thread tension, crochet and zigzag mechanisms are ‘originating products’








ex Chapter 85


Electrical machinery and equipment; parts thereof, excluding products of heading Nos 85.14 and 85.15


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




85.14


Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that:






—


at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (1) are ‘originating products’, and










—


all the transistors are ‘originating products’








85.15


Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus; radiobroadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote control apparatus


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (2) are ‘originating products’




Chapter 86


Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway and tramway track fixtures and fittings; traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (not electrically powered)


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex Chapter 87


Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts thereof, excluding products of heading No 87.09


 


Assembly in which the value of components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




87.09


Motorcycles, autocycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars of all kinds


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (2) are ‘originating products’




ex Chapter 90


Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus and parts thereof, except products of heading Nos 90.05, 90.07, 90.08, 90.12 and 90.26


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




90.05


Refracting telescopes (monocular and binocular), prismatic or not


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (2) are ‘originating products’




90.07


Photographic cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




90.08


Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers; any combination of these articles


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




90.12


Compound optical microscopes, whether or not provided with means for photographing or projecting the image


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




90.26


Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters; calibrating meters therefor


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




ex Chapter 91


Clocks and watches and parts thereof, excluding products of heading Nos 91.04 and 91.08


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




91.04


Other clocks


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




91.08


Clock movements, assembled


 


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (3) are ‘originating products’




ex Chapter 92


Musical instruments; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic; parts and accessories of such articles, excluding products of heading No 92.11


 


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




92.11


Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers, including record-players and tape decks, with or without sound-heads; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic


 


Assembly in which the value of ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that:






—


at least 50 % of the components and parts (4) are ‘originating products’, and










—


all the transistors are ‘originating products’








ex 93.07


Lead shot


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




96.02


Other brooms and brushes (including brushes of a kind used as parts of machines); paint rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees) and mops


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




97.03


Other toys; working models of a kind used for recreational purposes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




98.01


Buttons and button moulds, studs, cuff-links, and press-fasteners, including snap-fasteners and press-studs; blanks and parts of such articles


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




98.08


Typewriter and similar ribbons, whether or not on spools; ink-pads, with or without boxes


 


Manufacture in which the value of the constituent products does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 98.15


Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases


 


Manufacture from products of heading No 70.12






(1)  In determining the value of components and parts the following must be taken into account:






(a)


in respect of ‘originating’ components and parts, the first verifiable price which was paid for them, or which would be paid in case of sale, in the territory of the State where assembly is carried out;










(b)


in respect of other components and parts, the provisions of Article 4 of this Protocol on:






—


the value of imported products,










—


the value of products of indeterminate origin.









(2)  In determining the value of components and parts the following must be taken into account:






(a)


in respect of ‘originating’ components and parts, the first verifiable price which was paid for them, or which would be paid in case of sale, in the territory of the State where assembly is carried out;










(b)


in respect of other components and parts, the provisions of Article 4 of this Protocol on:






—


the value of imported products,










—


the value of products of indeterminate origin.









(3)  In determining the value of components and parts the following must be taken into account:






(a)


in respect of ‘originating’ components and parts, the first verifiable price which was paid for them, or which would be paid in case of sale, in the territory of the State where assembly is carried out;










(b)


in respect of other components and parts, the provisions of Article 4 of this Protocol on:






—


the value of imported products,










—


the value of products of indeterminate origin.









(4)  In determining the value of components and parts the following must be taken into account:






(a)


in respect of ‘originating’ components and parts, the first verifiable price which was paid for them, or which would be paid in case of sale, in the territory of the State where assembly is carried out;










(b)


in respect of other components and parts, the provisions of Article 4 of this Protocol on:






—


the value of imported products,










—


the value of products of indeterminate origin.










ANNEX III
LIST B
List of working or processing operations which do not result in a change of tariff heading, but which do confer the status of ‘originating product’ on the products undergoing such operations







Products manufactured


Working or processing which confers the status of ‘originating product’




CCT heading No


Description




 


 


Incorporation of ‘non-originating’ components and parts in machinery, mechanical appliances, etc., of Chapters 84 to 92 does not make such products lose their status of ‘originating product’, provided that the value of these components and parts does not exceed 5 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 15.10


Fatty alcohols


Manufacture from fatty acids




ex 21.03


Prepared mustard


Manufacture from mustard flour




ex 22.09


Whisky of an alcoholic strength of less than 50 %


Manufacture from alcohol deriving exclusively from the distillation of cereals and in which the value of the non-originating constituent products does not exceed 15 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 25.09


Earth colours, calcined or powdered


Crushing and calcination or powdering of earth colours




ex 25.15


Marble not further worked than squared by sawing, of a thickness of 25 cm or less


Sawing into slabs or sections, polishing, grinding and cleaning of marble, of a thickness greater than 25 cm including marble not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared, or squared by sawing




ex 25.16


Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental and building stone, of a thickness of 25 cm or less, not further worked than roughly squared by sawing


Sawing of granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental and building stone, of a thickness greater than 25 cm, including such stone not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared or squared by sawing




ex 25.18


Calcined dolomite, agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)


Calcination of unworked dolomite




ex 33.01


Essential oils other than of citrus fruit, terpeneless


Deterpenation of essential oils other than of citrus fruit




ex 38.05


Refined tall oil


Refining of crude tall oil




ex 38.07


Sulphate turpentine, purified


Purification, including distillation and refining of crude sulphate turpentine




ex 40.01


Plates of crepe rubber for soles


Lamination of crepe sheets of natural rubber




ex 40.07


Rubber thread and cord, textile-covered


Manufacture from rubber thread or cord




ex 41.01


Sheep and lamb skins without the wool


Removing of wool from sheep and lamb skins




ex 41.03


Retanned leather of Indian cross-bred sheep


Retanning of Indian cross-bred sheep leather not further prepared than tanned




ex 41.04


Retanned Indian goat or kid leather


Retanning of Indian goat or kid leather not further prepared than tanned




ex 43.02


Assembled furskins


Bleaching, dyeing, dressing, cutting and assembling of tanned or dressed skins




ex 50.09
ex 50.10
ex 51.04
ex 53.11
ex 53.12
ex 53.13
ex 54.05
ex 55.07
ex 55.08
ex 55.09
ex 56.07


Printed fabrics


Printing accompanied by finishing operations (bleaching, dressing, drying, steaming, burling, mending, impregnating, sanforizing, mercerizing) of fabrics the value of which does not exceed 47·5 % of the value of the finished product




ex 68.03


Articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated slate


Manufacture of articles of slate




ex 68.13


Articles of asbestos; articles of mixtures with a basis of asbestos or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate


Manufacture of articles of asbestos or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos, or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate




ex 68.15


Articles of mica, including bonded mica splittings on a support of paper or fabric


Manufacture of articles of mica




ex 70.10


Cut glass bottles


Cutting of bottles the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 70.13


Cut glassware (other than articles falling within heading No 70.19) of a kind commonly used for table, kitchen, toilet or office purposes, for indoor decoration, or for similar uses


Cutting of glassware the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 70.20


Articles made from glass fibre


Manufacture from unworked glass fibre




ex 71.02


Precious and semi-precious stones, cut or otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport)


Manufacture from unworked precious or semi-precious stones




ex 71.03


Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, cut or otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport)


Manufacture from unworked synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones




ex 71.05


Silver, including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unwrought silver and silver alloys




ex 71.06


Rolled silver, semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unworked rolled silver




ex 71.07


Gold, including platinum-plated gold, semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unwrought gold, including platinum-plated gold




ex 71.08


Rolled gold on base metal or silver, semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unworked rolled gold on base metal or silver




ex 71.09


Platinum and other metals of the platinum group semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unwrought platinum and other metals of the platinum group




ex 71.10


Rolled platinum or other platinum group metals, on base metal or precious metal, semi-manufactured


Rolling, drawing, beating or grinding of unworked rolled platinum or other platinum group metals on base metal or precious metal




73.15


Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14


Manufacture from alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 involving conversion from one of the undermentioned categories to another:






1.


Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars










2.


Roughly forged pieces










3.


Coils for re-rolling; universal plates










4.


Bars and rods (including wire rod and hollow mining drill steel) and angles, shapes and sections










5.


Hoop and strip










6.


Sheets and plates










7.


Wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated








ex 74.01


Unrefined copper (blister copper and other)


Smelting of copper matte




ex 74.01


Refined copper


Fire-refining or electrolytic refining of unrefined copper (blister copper and other), copper waste or scrap




ex 74.01


Copper alloys


Fusion and thermal treatment of refined copper, copper waste or scrap




ex 75.01


Unwrought nickel (excluding electro-plating anodes falling within heading No 75.05)


Refining by electrolysis, by fusion or chemically, of nickel mattes, nickel speiss and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy




ex 77.04


Beryllium, wrought, and articles of beryllium


Rolling, drawing or grinding of unwrought beryllium, the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 81.01


Tungsten, wrought, and articles thereof


Manufacture from unwrought tungsten, the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 81.02


Molybdenum, wrought, and articles thereof


Manufacture from unwrought molybdenum, the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 81.03


Tantalum, wrought, and articles thereof


Manufacture from unwrought tantalum, the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 81.04


Other base metals, wrought, and articles thereof


Manufacture from other base metals, unwrought, the value of which does not exceed 50 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 84.06


Internal combustion piston engines


Assembly in which the value of the components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product




ex 84.08


Other engines and motors, excluding jet engines and gas turbines


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (1) are ‘originating products’




ex 84.41


Sewing machines; furniture specially designed for sewing machines


Assembly in which the value of the ‘non-originating’ components and parts does not exceed 40 % of the value of the manufactured product, provided that:






—


at least 50 % by value of the components and parts (1) used for assembly of the head (motor excluded) are ‘originating products’ and










—


the thread tension, crochet and zigzag mechanisms are ‘originating products’








ex95.01


Articles of tortoise-shell


Manufacture from worked tortoise-shell




ex 95.02


Articles of mother of pearl


Manufacture from worked mother of pearl




ex 95.03


Articles of ivory


Manufacture from worked ivory




ex 95.04


Articles of bone


Manufacture from worked bone




ex 95.05


Articles of horn, coral (natural or agglomerated) or of other animal carving material


Manufacture from worked horn, coral (natural or agglomerated) or other animal carving material




ex 95.06


Articles of vegetable carving material (for example, corozo)


Manufacture from worked vegetable carving material (for example, corozo)




ex 95.07


Articles of jet (and mineral substitutes for jet), amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum


Manufacture from worked jet (and mineral substitutes for jet), amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum




ex 98.11


Smoking pipes, pipe bowls


Manufacture from rough blocks of wood or root






(1)  In determining the value of components and parts the following must be taken into account:






(a)


in respect of ‘originating’ components and parts, the first verifiable price which was paid for them, or which would be paid in case of sale, in the territory of the State where assembly is carried out;










(b)


in respect of other components and parts, the provisions of Article 4 of this Protocol on:






—


the value of imported products,










—


the value of products of indeterminate origin.










ANNEX IV
LIST C
List of products temporarily excluded from the scope of this Protocol






CCT heading No


Description




ex 27.07


Aromatic oils as defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27, of which more than 65 % by volume distils at a temperature of up to 250 oC (including mixtures of petroleum spirit and benzol), intended for use as power or heating fuels




27.09
to
27.16


Mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes




ex 29.01


Hydrocarbons:






—


Ayclic










—


Cyclanes and cyclenes, excluding azulenes










—


Benzene, toluene, xylenes




intended for use as power or heating fuels




ex 34.03


Lubricating preparations containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, but not including preparations containing 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals




ex 34.04


Waxes with a basis of paraffin wax, of petroleum waxes, of waxes obtained from bituminous minerals, of slack wax or of scale wax




ex 38.14


Prepared additives for lubricants






ANNEX V














ANNEX VI










FINAL ACT
The Plenipotentiaries of
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC,
of the other part,
meeting at Brussels on the eighteenth day of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, for the signature of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic,
have, in signing this Agreement,






—


adopted the Joint Declarations of the Contracting Parties listed below:






1.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on taxes having an effect equivalent to that of customs duties;










2.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on customs tariffs;










3.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on bilateral trade agreements;










4.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Articles 5, 8 and 9 of Annex I to the Agreement;










5.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on the Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation relating to that Agreement;














—


taken note of the Declarations listed below:






1.


Declaration of the European Economic Community on the application of Article 3 of the Agreement;










2.


Declaration of the European Economic Community on the relations of the Lebanese Republic with the developing countries;










3.


Declaration of the European Economic Community on the global approach in relations between the Community and Mediterranean countries as a whole.








The above Declarations are annexed to this Final Act.
The Plenipotentiaries agree that the Declarations shall be subjected in the same manner as for the Agreement, to any procedures that may be necessary to ensure their validity.

ANNEX

Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on taxes having an effect equivalent to customs duties
In view of the importance for the budget of the Lebanese Republic of taxes having effect equivalent to customs duties, the Contracting Parties agree that the Lebanese Republic may, by way of derogation from Article 1 of Annex II, retain for the duration of this Agreement, and in a non-discriminatory manner, the taxes having equivalent effect that it applies on the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
Upon the entry into force of the Agreement, the Lebanese Republic shall notify the Community with the list of taxes having equivalent effect that are being applied on that date and the rates thereof.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on customs tariffs
The Contracting Parties agree to notify one another with the minimum delay of any alterations made to their respective customs tariffs.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on bilateral trade agreements
The Contracting Parties agree as follows:






1.


The provisions of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic, whether provisions of a general character or special provisions relating to specific products, shall replace the provisions of agreements concluded between the Member States of the Community and the Lebanese Republic which are incompatible with or identical to them.










2.


Matters falling within Article 113 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and not dealt with in this Agreement, in particular those contained in bilateral agreements between the Member States and the Lebanese Republic, shall be settled in accordance with the common commercial policy of the European Economic Community.






Joint Declaration of the Contracting Parties on Articles 5, 8 and 9 of Annex I to the Agreement
The Contracting Parties agree that where reference is made, in Annex I to the Agreement, to Articles 23 to 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC or Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69, the Community is referring to the arrangements applicable to third States at the time of importation of the products in question.


Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation relating to that Agreement
It is understood that the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation, signed in Brussels on 21 May 1965 between the Community and the Member States on the. one hand and the Lebanese Republic on the other, will continue to be valid for the fields not covered by the present Agreement.


Declaration by the European Economic Community on the application of Article 3 of the Agreement
The Community, having taken note of the Agreements concluded between the Lebanese Republic and Iraq, Jordan, Syria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, waives the most-favoured nation clause referred to in Article 3 of the Agreement as regards the relations of the Lebanese Republic with those countries, and also as regards any which might be concluded with Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Kuwait, the Yemen Arab Republic, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the Sultanates of Oman, Qatar and Bahrein, and the Federation of Arab Emirates, in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement.


Declaration by the European Economic Community on the relations of the Lebanese Republic with developing countries
The Community confirms the interest it attaches to the steps taken by developing countries to extend their economic cooperation, especially in the field of trade.
In this connection the Community would welcome the negotiation by the Lebanese Republic of agreements serving this object, within the framework of GATT and in accordance with its rules.


Declaration by the European Economic Community on the Global Approach in relations between the Community and Mediterranean countries as a whole
The Community declares that its relations with the Lebanese Republic form part of the work on the definition of a global approach to relations between the Community and the Mediterranean countries as a whole, which will be framed with due consideration to the concerns of these countries.
It is prepared to re-examine its relations with the Lebanese Republic in the light of the results of this work.













EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
between the heads of the two delegations on the occasion of the signature of the Agreement
Exchange of letters on bilateral trade Agreements
Brussels, 18 December 1972.
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to inform you that the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Economic Community have made the following declaration:
‘So far as the commercial matters not appearing in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic are concerned, the commercial benefits granted bilaterally shall be maintained in accordance with the conditions laid down in the trade agreements, without prejudice to the common trade policy of the European Economic Community, both now and in the future.’
I would be obliged if you would kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm the Agreement of your Government to the declaration.
Kindly accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Helmut SIGRIST

President of the Delegation of the European Economic Community



His Excellency Mr K. LABAKI
Ambassador
President of the Delegation of the Lebanese Republic

Brussels, 18 December 1972.
Your Excellency,
By your letter of this day you have kindly informed me as follows:

‘I have the honour to inform you that the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Economic Community have made the following declaration:
“So far as the commercial matters not appearing in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic are concerned, the commercial benefits granted bilaterally shall be maintained in accordance with the conditions laid down in the trade agreements, without prejudice to the common trade policy of the European Economic Community, both now and in the future.”
I would be obliged if you would kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm the Agreement of your Government to the declaration.’

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of this communication and to confirm the Agreement of my Government to its contents.

K. LABAKI

Ambassador


President of the Delegation of the Lebanese Republic



Mr Helmut SIGRIST
President of the Delegation of the European Economic Community




Exchange of letters concerning Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement
Brussels, 18 December 1972.
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to inform you of the following declaration from my Government relating to Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement:
‘The Lebanese Republic declares that when applying Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement, it shall not be bound to repeal laws and regulations already in force, to the extent that those laws and regulations are necessary for the protection of the essential interests of its security. It shall see that the laws and regulations are implemented in a manner which will ensure conformity with Article 2 (3) of the Agreement.’
Kindly accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

K. LABAKI

Ambassador


President of the Delegation of the Lebanese Republic



Mr Helmut SIGRIST
President of the Delegation of the European Economic Community

Brussels, 18 December 1972.
Your Excellency,
By your letter of this day you have kindly communicated to me a declaration from your Government relating to Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement.
I have the honour to inform you of the following declaration of the European Economic Community relating to Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement:






‘1.


The European Economic Community takes note of the declaration of the Lebanese Republic.










2.


The European Economic Community expects that the principles laid down in the Agreement, including those contained in Articles 7 and 8 of the Agreement, will be fully implemented.
The European Economic Community considers, in particular, that implementation of the principle of non-discrimination should ensure the correct and balanced implementation of the Agreement.’




Kindly accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Helmut SIGRIST

President of the Delegation of the European Economic Community



His Excellency Mr K. LABAKI
Ambassador
President of the Delegation of the Lebanese Republic




DECLARATION OF INTENT
by the European Economic Community and the Member States on the Annual Extension of the 1965 Agreement
The European Economic Community and the Member States, in response to the request by the Lebanese Republic, declare their intention of annually extending the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation, signed on 21 May 1965, throughout the period of validity of the Agreement between the EEC and the Lebanese Republic, signed on 18 December 1972.

For the Council of the European Communities and the Member States of the European Economic Community