Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
Date: 1998-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, agricultural product, agro-industry, import policy, originating product

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1706/98

of 20 July 1998

on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting
from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African,
Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
715/90

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of
liament (2),

the European Par-

(1) Whereas the Fourth ACP-EC Convention signed at
Lom(cid:130) on 15 December 1989, hereinafter referred to
as the ‘Convention’ was concluded for a 10-year
period from 1 March 1990; whereas, however, provi-
sion was made for the possibility of amending the
Convention in mid-term;

(2) Whereas in application of that provision, an agree-
ment amending the said Convention was signed in
Mauritius on 4 November 1995;

(3) Whereas transitional measures applicable until entry
into force of the said agreement should be adopted
in order to give effect in advance to some of these
amendments to the Convention;

(4) Whereas Article 168(2)(a) of

the Convention lays
down that products originating in the ACP States
and:

— listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty, where they
come under a common organisation of
the
market within the meaning of Article 40 of the
EC Treaty,

or

— subject, on import

to
specific rules introduced as a result of the imple-
mentation of the common agricultural policy,

into the Community,

(i) those products, for which Community provisions
in force at the time of import do not provide,
apart from customs duties, for the application of
any measure relating to their import, shall be
imported free of customs duties;

(ii) for products other than those referred to under (i),
the Community shall take the necessary measures
to ensure more favourable treatment than that
granted to third countries benefiting from the
most-favoured-nation
same
products;

clause

the

for

(5) Whereas Article 168(2)(d) of

the Convention lays
down that the arrangements referred to in subpara-
graph (a) of that paragraph shall enter into force at
the same time as the Convention and shall remain
applicable for its duration;

168(2)(a)(ii) (3)

(6) Whereas it was agreed, following Council Decision
97/683/EC of 22 April 1997 approving the agree-
ment in the form of an exchange of letters between
the Community and the ACP States on Annex XL of
the Fourth ACP-EC Convention concerning the joint
declaration on agricultural products referred to in
Article
and in accordance with
Article 1(j) of Decision No 6/95 of the ACP-EC
Council of Ministers of 20 December 1995 on trans-
itional measures to be applied from 1 January 1996,
that
in
Article 168(2)(a) concerning trade in agricultural and
food products should apply to the ACP States which
signed the agreement on the mid-term review of the
Convention, from 1 January 1996, that is to say,
before the date of entry into force of the amended
Convention;

arrangements

provided

the

for

shall be imported into the Community, notwith-
standing the general arrangements applied in respect
of third countries, in accordance with the following
provisions:

(1) OJ C 108, 7. 4. 1998, p. 17.
(2) Opinion delivered on 13 July 1998 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(7) Whereas the Regulations on the common organisa-
tion of the markets in the sectors concerned establish
trade arrangements with third countries;

(3) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 30.

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(8) Whereas, on the one hand, these trade arrangements
only provide for the application of customs duties on
import of a number of products; whereas, on the
other hand, they involve the application of customs
duties consisting in an ad valorem rate and a
specific rate on certain kinds of meat and products
processed from fruit and vegetables, and other
measures in respect of imports of fishery products,
certain fruit and vegetables, and oils and fats; whereas
the obligations of the Community towards the ACP
States under Article 168(2)(a) of the Convention may
be fulfilled by granting total or partial exemption
from customs duties for the products in question
where they originate in the ACP States;

(9) Whereas for the purposes of

the
term ‘import duties’ is to be defined in accordance
with Article 20 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (1);

this Regulation,

(10) Whereas it should be specified that the advantages
resulting from Article 168(2)(a) of the Convention are
accorded only to originating products within the
meaning of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of
the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of
administrative cooperation, annexed to the Conven-
tion, the early application of which was approved in
Regulation (EEC) No 714/90 (2);

(11) Whereas,

furthermore,

these advantages should be
subject to certain conditions and limited to certain
annual and multiannual quantities on a case-by-case
basis;

(12) Whereas

the

tariff

resulting

advantages

from
Article 168(2)(a) of the Convention are calculated on
the basis of rates laid down in the Common Customs
Tariff, and in accordance with the rules governing it;
whereas they should, however, be calculated on the
basis of the autonomous duty where, for the products
concerned, no conventional duty is indicated, or
where the autonomous duty is
than the
conventional duty;

lower

(13) Whereas there have traditionally been trade flows
from the ACP States to the French overseas depart-
ments; whereas measures should therefore be intro-
duced to encourage the import of certain products
originating in the ACP States into the French over-
seas departments to cover local consumption require-

ments, including consumption following processing;
whereas provision should be made for altering the
arrangements governing access to the markets in
products originating in the ACP States referred to in
Article 168(2) of the Convention, particularly in the
light of the said departments’ economic development
requirements;

(14) Whereas it should be stipulated that the safeguard
clauses provided for
in the Regulations on the
common organisation of the agricultural markets and
in specific rules introduced as a result of the imple-
mentation of
the common agricultural policy are
applicable;

(15) Whereas it was agreed when negotiating the mid-
term review of the Convention that the amendments
should be applicable from
to the arrangements
1 January 1996; whereas consequently provision
should be made for this Regulation to apply and for
Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March
1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
resulting from the
products and certain goods
processing of agricultural products originating in the
ACP States or in the overseas countries and territ-
ories (OCT) (3) to be repealed from that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation shall apply to products originating

1.
in the ACP States listed in the Annex.

2.
The rules of origin applicable to products referred to
in paragraph 1 imported from the ACP States shall be
those in Protocol 1 annexed to the Fourth ACP-EC
Convention.

TITLE I

Beef and veal

Article 2

The products referred to in Article 1 of Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
organisation of the market in beef and veal (4), shall be
imported free of ad valorem customs duties.

(1) OJ L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (OJ L 17, 21. 1. 1997, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13).

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Where, in the course of a year, imports into the Com-
munity of products falling within CN codes 0201, 0202,
0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 1602 50 10 or 1602 90 61, ori-
ginating in an ACP State exceed, during a year, a quantity
equivalent to the quantity of imports into the Community
during whichever year between 1969 and 1974 Com-
munity imports of products of that origin were highest,
plus an annual growth rate of 7 %, exemption from
customs duties on the products of that origin shall be
partially or totally suspended.

In that event the Commission shall report to the Council
which, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from
the Commission, shall determine the arrangements to be
applied to the imports in question. Customs duties appli-
cable to the import of homogenised preparations of meat,
liver or blood of bovine animals falling within CN codes
ex 1602 10 00, ex 1602 20 90 and ex 1602 90 10 shall be
reduced by 16 %.

Article 3

Within the country-by-country and overall limits referred
to in Article 4, specific rates of import duties (import
duties other than customs duties), applied to products
originating in the ACP States
and referred to in
Article 1(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be
reduced by 92 % of the specific rates of import duties
(import duties other than customs duties) applicable on
the day of import.

Article 4

The reduction in specific rates of

1.
import duties
(import duties other than customs duties) provided for in
Article 3 shall apply on a country-by-country basis per
calendar year to the following quantities of boneless meat:

Botswana:

Kenya:

Madagascar:

Swaziland:

Zimbabwe:

Namibia:

18 916 tonnes,

142 tonnes,

7 579 tonnes,

3 363 tonnes,

9 100 tonnes,

13 000 tonnes.

The reduction applies to 52 100 tonnes against which the
quantities exported by the countries in question will be
charged up to the limit of the annual quotas indicated
above.

2.
If an ACP State is not able to supply its annual
quota as set out in paragraph 1 or if, as a result of an
actual or predicted contraction of exports due to a disaster
such as drought, a cyclone or disease affecting livestock, it
does not wish to benefit from the possibility of delivery in
the current or following year, a decision may be taken at
its request, submitted by 1 September of each year at the
latest, in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 30, to reallocate the quantities laid down in para-
graph 1 among the other States concerned, up to the limit
of 52 100 tonnes.

TITLE II

Sheepmeat and goatmeat

Article 5

1.
The products referred to in Article 1 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on
the common organization of the market in sheepmeat
and goatmeat (1) shall be imported free of ad valorem
customs duties.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1,

falling within CN codes

(a) the specific amounts of customs duties fixed in the
Common Customs Tariff applicable to imports of live
than pure-bred breeding
sheep and goats, other
animals,
0104 10 30,
0104 10 80 or 0104 20 90, and to meat of sheep and
goats other than that of domestic sheep falling within
CN codes 0204, 0210 90 11 or 0210 90 19, shall not
be applied within the limits of an annual quota of 100
tonnes;

(b) the specific amounts of customs duties fixed in the
Common Customs Tariff applicable to imports of
meat from domestic sheep falling within CN codes
0204, 0210 90 11 or 0210 90 19 shall be reduced by
65 % within the limits of a quota of 500 tonnes per
calendar year to be charged against the quantities fixed
in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89.

3.
Customs duties applicable to the import of homo-
genised preparations of meat, liver or blood of sheep and
goats
ex 1602 10 00,
ex 1602 20 90 and ex 1602 90 10 shall be reduced by
16 %.

CN codes

within

falling

If deliveries do not exceed this amount, the procedure
provided for under paragraph 2 shall apply.

(1) OJ L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Re-
gulation (EC) No 1589/96 (OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 25).

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TITLE III

TITLE VI

Poultry and poultrymeat

Article 6

The specific rates of

1.
import duties applicable to
live poultry, poultry fat, and poultry offal
imports of
falling within CN codes 0105, 0209 00 90, 0210 90 71,
0210 90 79 and 1501 00 90 shall be reduced by 16 %.

2.
The customs duties applicable to imports of poultry-
meat falling within CN code 0207 shall be reduced by
65 % within the limits of a quota of 400 tonnes per
calendar year.

The

applicable

customs duties

to imports of
3.
prepared or preserved meat or offal falling within CN
codes
1602 32 30,
1602 32 90 or 1602 39 shall be reduced by 65 % within
the limits of a quota of 500 tonnes per calendar year.

1602 32 19,

1602 32 11,

1602 31,

TITLE IV

Milk and milk products

Article 7

1.
The customs duties applicable to imports of milk
and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, falling within CN code 0402
and to cheese and curd falling within CN code 0406 shall
be reduced by 65 % within the limits of a quota of 1 000
tonnes per calendar year for all products in each of CN
codes 0402 and 0406 respectively.

The customs duties applicable to imports of milk
2.
and milk products
falling within CN codes 0401,
0403 10 11 to 0403 10 39, 0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69,
1702 19 00,
0404 10,
2106 90 51,
2309 10 39,
2309 90 39,
2309 10 59,
2309 90 49, 2309 90 59 and 2309 90 70 shall be reduced
by 16 %.

1702 11 00,
2309 10 19,
2309 90 35,

2309 10 15,
2309 10 70,

0404 90,

0405,

TITLE V

Eggs

Article 8

The customs duties applicable to imports of eggs of
poultry falling within CN codes 0407 00 11, 0407 00 19,
0407 00 30 and of birds’ eggs and egg yolks falling within
CN codes
0408 19 89,
0408 91 80, 0408 99 80 shall be reduced by 16 %.

0408 11 80,

0408 19 81,

Live pigs and pigmeat

Article 9

The

customs duties

applicable
live swine other

to imports of
1.
domestic species of
than pure-bred
breeding animals falling within CN codes 0103 91 10,
0103 92 11 and 0103 92 19, of
lard and other pig fat
falling within CN codes 1501 00 11 and 1501 00 19, of
prepared or preserved offal or blood of swine falling
within CN codes 1602 10 00, 1602 20 90, 1602 41 10,
1602 42 10, 1602 49, ex 1602 90 10 and 1602 90 51, and
of stuffed pasta falling within CN code 1902 20 30 shall
be reduced by 16 %.

fresh or

0203 12 19,

0203 29 13,

0203 29 11,

chilled,
0203 12 11,

The customs duties applicable to imports of meat of
2.
falling within CN codes
swine,
0203 19 11,
0203 11 10,
0203 19 13, 0203 19 15, ex 0203 19 55, with the excep-
tion of tenderloin presented alone, 0203 19 59, of frozen
meat falling within CN codes 0203 21 10, 0203 22 11,
0203 22 19,
0203 29 15,
ex 0203 29 55, with the exception of tenderloin presented
alone, and 0203 29 59, of edible offal of domestic swine
falling within CN codes 0206 30 21, 0206 30 31 and
0206 41 91, 0206 49 91, of pig fat falling within CN codes
0209 00 11, 0209 00 19, 0209 00 30, meat and edible meat
offal, edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal of
domestic swine falling within CN codes 0210 11 11 to
0210 11 39 and codes 0210 12 11, 0210 12 19 and codes
0210 19 10 to 0210 19 89 and 0210 90 39 shall be reduced
by 50 % within the limits of an annual quota of 500
tonnes.

3.
Customs duties applicable to imports of sausages
and similar products of pigmeat, meat offal or blood
falling within CN code 1601 00 shall be reduced by 65 %
within the limits of a quota of 500 tonnes per calendar
year.

TITLE VII

Fisheries

Article 10

The products specified in Article 1 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common
organisation of
in fishery and aquaculture
products (1), shall be imported free of customs duties.

the market

(1) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15).

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TITLE VIII

Oils and fats

Article 11

The products referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of
Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September
1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of
the market in oils and fats (1), shall be imported free of
customs duties.

TITLE IX

Cereals

Article 12

The customs duties applicable to imports of maize
1.
falling within CN codes
0712 90 19,
1005 10 90 or 1005 90 00 shall be reduced by ECU 1,81
per tonne.

0709 90 60,

The customs duties applicable to imports of grain
2.
sorghum falling within CN code 1007 00 shall be reduced
by 60 % up to a ceiling of 100 000 tonnes per calendar
year.

3. No customs duties shall be charged on imports of
millet falling within CN code 1008 20 00 up to a ceiling
of 60 000 tonnes per calendar year.

4.
If, in the course of a year, the ceilings fixed pursuant
to paragraphs 2 and 3 are reached, the Commission may,
by means of a Regulation, reintroduce the application of
normal customs duties, reduced by 50 %, until the end of
the period of validity.

The customs duties applicable to imports of wheat
5.
and rye flour
falling within CN codes 1101 00 and
1102 10 00, groats and meal of wheat falling within CN
code 1103 11 and pellets of wheat falling within CN code
1103 21 00 shall be reduced by 16 %.

1001 90 99,

6.
The customs duties applicable to imports of wheat,
rye, barley and oats falling within CN codes 1001 10 00,
1001 90 91,
and
1004 00 00 and of buckwheat, canary seed, triticale and
other cereals falling within CN code 1008 shall be
reduced by 50 % within the limits of a quota of 15 000
tonnes per calendar year.

1002 00 00,

1003 00

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11).

TITLE X

Rice

Article 13

1. Within the limits of the quantities laid down in
Article 14, the customs duties applicable to imports of
rice falling within CN code 1006 shall be equal, per
tonne of product:

(a) in the case of paddy rice, other than that intended for
falling within CN codes 1006 10 21 to
sowing,
1006 10 98,
fixed by the
Common Customs Tariff reduced by 65 % and by
ECU 4,34;

to the customs duties

(b) in the case of husked rice falling within CN code
1006 20, to the duty fixed pursuant to Article 11(2) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December
1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (2) and Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 on the
detailed rules for the application of the said Regula-
tion (3), reduced by 65 % and by ECU 4,34;

(c) in the case of semi-milled or wholly milled rice falling
within CN codes 1006 30, to the duty fixed pursuant
to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and
Regulation (EC) No 1503/96, reduced by ECU 16,78,
then by 65 % and by ECU 6,52;

(d) in the case of broken rice falling within CN code
to the duty fixed by the Common

1006 40 00,
Customs Tariff reduced by 65 % and by ECU 3,62.

2.
Paragraph 1 shall apply only to imports for which
the importer provides proof that an export charge of an
amount equivalent to the reduction referred to in the said
paragraph has been collected by the exporting country.

Article 14

1.
The reduction in customs duties provided for in
Article 13 shall be limited, per calendar year, to a quantity
expressed as husked rice, of 125 000 tonnes of rice falling
within CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and
1006 30 and of 20 000 tonnes of broken rice falling
within CN code 1006 40 00.

Quantities of rice at other stages of processing than
husked rice shall be converted at the rates laid down in
Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC (4).

(2) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (OJ L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41.

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2. Depending on the date of expiry of this Regulation,
the quantities provided for in paragraph 1, expressed per
calendar year, shall be calculated pro rata temporis.

common organisation of the market in cereals (1) and in
Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 the customs
duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff shall be
reduced as follows:

TITLE XI

Cereal substitutes and products processed from
cereals and rice

Article 15

The following products shall be imported free of

1.
customs duties:

— products falling within CN code 0714 10 91,

— by ECU 7,3 per tonne for products falling within CN
codes 1102 20 10, 1102 90 10, 1102 90 30, 1103 12 00,
1103 21 00,
1103 13 10,
1103 29 10,
1103 29 40,
1104 19 30,
1104 11 90,
1104 19 50, 1104 19 91, 1104 19 99, 1104 21 50 and
1104 30,

1103 19 30,
1103 29 30,
1104 19 10,

1103 19 10,
1103 29 20,
1104 12 90,

— by ECU 3,6 per tonne for products falling within CN
codes 1102 20 90, 1102 30 00, 1102 90 90, 1103 13 90,
1103 29 90,
1103 14 00,
1104 21 30,
1104 11 10,
1104 21 90,
and
1104 29,

1103 29 50,
1104 21 10,
1104 22,

1103 19 90,
1104 12 10,
1104 21 99,

1104 23

— by ECU 24,8 per tonne for products falling within CN
1108 13 00,

1108 11 00,

1108 12 00

and

codes
1108 14 00, 1108 19 90,

— sweet potatoes falling within CN code 0714 20 10,

— by ECU 37,2 per tonne for rice starch falling within

— products

falling within CN code 0714 90 11 and

arrowroot falling within CN code ex 0714 90 19,

— flour and meal of arrowroot falling within CN code

ex 1106 20,

— by ECU 219 per tonne for wheat gluten falling within
CN code 1109 00 00 and residues from the manufac-
ture of starch from maize falling within CN code
2303 10 11,

CN code 1108 19 10,

— starch

of

arrowroot

falling within CN code

ex 1108 19 90,

— by ECU 117 per tonne for products falling within CN

codes 1702 30 51, 1702 30 91 and 1702 90 75,

— dog or cat food falling within CN codes 2309 10 11,

2309 10 31.

— by ECU 81 per tonne for products falling within CN
codes 1702 30 59, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50,
1702 90 79 and 2106 90 55,

The customs duties applicable to imports of

2.
following products shall be reduced:

the

— by ECU 7,2 per tonne for products falling within CN

codes 2302 10, 2302 20, 2302 30 and 2302 40,

— by ECU 6,19 per tonne for products falling within CN
codes 0714 10 99 and 0714 90 19, excluding arrow-
root,

— by ECU 8,38 per tonne for products falling within CN

code 0714 10 10,

— by ECU 7,98 per tonne for products falling within CN
code ex 1106 20 10, excluding flour and meal of
arrowroot,

— by 50 % for products

falling within CN codes
1108 14 00 and 1108 19 90, excluding starch of arrow-
root,

— by ECU 29,18 per tonne for products falling within
CN code ex 1106 20 90, flour and meal of sago or of
roots or tubers falling within CN code 0714 other
than denatured, excluding flour and meal of arrow-
root.

— by ECU 10,90 per tonne for products falling within
2309 10 51,
2309 90 41,

2309 10 33,
2309 10 13,
CN codes
2309 10 53,
2309 90 33,
2309 90 31,
2309 90 43, 2309 90 51 and 2309 90 53.

TITLE XII

Fruit and vegetables

Article 16

The products listed below shall be imported free of

1.
customs duties:

3.
For other products listed in Annex A to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 (OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 125).

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CN code

0706

Description

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots,
fresh or chilled:

0706 90

– Other:

0706 90 30

– – Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia)

ex 0706 90 90

– – other:

– salad beetroot

– Radishes (Raphanus sativus) termed ‘Mool’ radishes

0707 00

– Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled

– – cucumbers (*)

ex 0707 00 10 – Small winter cucumbers (1) (*)

ex 0707 00 15

ex 0707 00 20

ex 0707 00 35

ex 0707 00 40

0708

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled:

0709

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

0709 30 00 – Aubergines (egg plants)

0709 40 00 – Celery, other than celeriac

– Mushrooms and truffles:

0709 51

– – Mushrooms:

0709 51 90

– – – other

0709 60

– Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta:

0709 60 10

– – Sweet peppers

0709 90

– other:

– – Courgettes (*)

0709 90 71

0709 90 73

0709 90 75

0709 90 77

0709 90 79

– – – from 1 to 31 January

– – – from 1 February to 31 March

– – – from 1 April to 31 May

– – – from 1 June to 31 July

– – – from 1 August to 31 December

0709 90 90

– – other

0802

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:

– walnuts:

0802 31 00

0802 32 00

– – in shell

– – shelled

0802 50 00 – Pistachios

0802 90

– Other

0802 90 10

– – Pecans

0802 90 50

– – Pine nuts

0802 90 60

– – Macadamia nuts

0802 90 85

– – other

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CN code

Description

0804

Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried:

0804 30 00 – Pineapples

0804 40

– Avocados

0804 50 00 – Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens

0805

Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:

0805 30

– Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia):

0805 30 90

– – Limes (Citrus aurantifolia)

0805 40

– Grapefruit

0805 90 00 – other

0807 11 00 Melons (including watermelons):
0807 19 00

0807 20 00 – Pawpaws (papayas)

0809 40 90

– – Sloes

0810

Other fresh fruit:

0810 40

– Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium

0810 40 30

– – Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus

0810 90

– other fresh fruit

0813

Fruit, dried, other than that of heading Nos 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried
fruits of this chapter:

0813 50

– mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter

– – mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of heading Nos 0801 and 0802

0813 50 31

0813 50 39

– – – Of tropical nuts

– – – other

(*) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem component of customs duties.

(1)

‘Small cucumbers’ means cucumbers whose length does not exceed 15 cm.

2.

Imports of the products listed below shall attract the customs duty indicated:

CN code

Description

0810 40

– Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium:

0810 40 50

– – Fruits of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vacci-

nium corymbosum

0810 40 90

– – other

Rate of duty
(%)

3

5

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the products listed

1.
below shall be reduced within the limits indicated:

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CN code

Description

Reduction
%

Quota
(TQ)
Ceiling
(TC)
(tonnes)
Reference
quantity
(RQ)

0702 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled:
Cherry tomatoes

ex 0702 00 45

0702 00 50 – from 15 November to 30 April
0702 00 15
0702 00 20

Tomatoes, other than cherry tomatoes
– from 15 November to 30 April

0703

0703 10

Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or
chilled
– Onions, shallots
– – Onions

0703 10 19 – Other

from 1 February to 15 May
from 16 May to 31 January

0703 20 00 – Garlic:

from 1 February to 31 May
from 1 June to 31 January

0704

0704 90

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or
chilled:
– other

ex 0704 90 90 – – other

– Chinese cabbage,

from 1 November to 31 December
from 1 January to 30 October

0705

0705 11

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled
– Lettuce:
– – Cabbage lettuce:

– – – from 1 April to 30 November

ex 0705 11 05
ex 0705 11 10 – Iceberg lettuce, from 1 July to 31 October
ex 0705 11 80 – from 1 November to 30 June

0706

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible
roots, fresh or chilled:
0706 10 00 – Carrots and turnips

– Carrots, from 1 January to 31 March
– from 1 April to 31 December

0709

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

0709 10

– Globe artichokes
ex 0709 10 30 – from 1 October to 31 December

0709 10 40
0709 10 10
0709 10 20

ex 0709 10 30

from 1 January to 30 September

0709 20 00 – Asparagus:

– from 15 August to 15 January
– from 16 January to 31 January
– from 1 February to 14 August

100 (*)

60 (*)

TQ 2 000

TQ 2 000

100
15

100
15

100
15

100
15

100
15

100

15

100
40
15

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Description

Reduction
%

Quota
(TQ)
Ceiling
(TC)
(tonnes)
Reference
quantity
(RQ)

0804

Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh
or dried:

ex 0804 20 10 – – Figs, fresh:

from 1 November to 30 April

100

TC 200

0805

Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:

ex 0805 10

– Oranges, from 15 May to 30 September

– from 1 October to 30 September

ex 0805 20

– Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings

and similar citrus hybrids:

– from 15 May to 30 September

– from 1 October to 30 September

0806

Grapes, fresh or dried:

0806 10

– Fresh:

– – table grapes:

– – – from 1 January to 14 July

ex 0806 10 10 – – – – other:

– seedless table grapes

– from 1 January to 31 January

– from 1 February to 31 March

– – – from 21 November to 31 December

– – – – other:

– seedless table grapes:

100 (*)

80 (*)

100 (*)

80 (*)

RQ 25 000

RQ 4 000

100

100

TQ 400

RQ 100

– from 1 December to 31 December

100

TQ 400

0808

0808 10

0808 20

Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:

– Apples

– Pears and quinces:

ex 0808 20

– – Pears

0809

Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:

0809 10

– Apricots:

ex 0809 10 50

– from 1 September to 30 April

ex 0809 10 10

ex 0809 10 10

0809 10 20

0809 10 30

0809 10 40

ex 0809 10 50

– from 1 May to 31 August

0809 20

– Cherries:

ex 0809 20 11

ex 0809 20 19

– from 1 November to 31 March

ex 0809 20 71

ex 0809 20 79

0809 30

– Peaches, including nectarines:

– – from 1 December to 31 March

– – from 1 April to 30 November (*)

– – Plums

0809 40 10 – – – from 15 December to 31 March

TQ 1 000

TQ 2 000

50 (*)

65 (*)

100

15 (*)

100

100

15 (*)

100

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Description

Reduction
%

Quota
(TQ)
Ceiling
(TC)
(tonnes)
Reference
quantity
(RQ)

0809 40 20
0809 40 30
0809 40 40
0809 40 10 – – – from 1 April to 14 December (*)
0809 40 20
0809 40 30
0809 40 40

0810

Other fresh fruit:
– Strawberries:

ex 0810 10 05 – – from 1 August to 31 April:
ex 0810 10 80

– from 1 November to end February

(*) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem component of customs duties.

100

TQ 1 600

If imports of a product referred to in paragraph 1 exceed the reference quantity, a
2.
decision may be taken in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 30 to
make it subject to a ceiling equal to the reference quantity, having regard to the annual
balance of trade in the product.

If a ceiling fixed in accordance with this paragraph is reached during the course of a year,
the Commission may, by means of a Regulation, reintroduce until the end of the period
of validity the customs duties applicable to third countries.

The customs duties applicable to the products listed below shall be reduced by 16 %:

Article 18

CN code

Description

0703

Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled:

0703 10

– Onions and shallots:

0703 10 90 – – Shallots

0703 90 00 – Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables

0704

0704 10

0704 20

0704 90

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled:

– Cauliflowers and broccoli

– Brussels sprouts

– Other

0704 90 10 – – White cabbages and red cabbages

0704 90 90 – – other cabbages

0705

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled:

ex 0705 11

– Cabbage lettuce, not including Iceberg lettuce

0705 19 00 – – other lettuce

– Chicory

0705 21 00 – – Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. Foliosum)

0705 29 00 – – other chicory

0706

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots,
fresh or chilled:

ex 0706 10 00 – Turnips

0706 90

– Other:

– – Celeriac (rooted celery or German celery)

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CN code

Description

0706 90 05 – – – from 1 January to 30 April

0706 90 11 – – – from 1 May to 30 September

0706 90 17 – – – from 1 October to 31 December

0707 00

Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled:

– Cucumbers, not including small cucumbers: (*)

ex 0707 00 10 – – from 1 January to end February

ex 0707 00 15 – – from 1 March to 30 April

ex 0707 00 20 – – from 1 May to 15 May

ex 0707 00 35 – – from 1 November to 10 November

ex 0707 00 40 – – from 11 November to 31 December

0707 00 90 – Gherkins

0709

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

– Mushrooms and truffles:

0709 51

– – Mushrooms

0709 51 10 – – – of the genus Agaricus

0709 51 30 – – – Chanterelles

0709 51 50 – – – Flap mushrooms

0709 52 00 – – Truffles

0709 70 00 – Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

0709 90

– other:

0709 90 10 – – Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium

spp.)

0709 90 20 – – Chard (or white beet) and cardoons

0709 90 40 – – Capers

0709 90 50 – – Fennel

0802

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:

– Almonds

0802 11

– – in shell:

0802 11 90 – – – other

0802 12

– – shelled:

0802 12 90 – – – other

– Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.):

0802 21 00 – – in shell

0802 22 00 – – shelled

0802 40 00 – Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)

0808

Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:

0808 20

– Pears and quinces:

0808 20 90 – – Quinces

0810

Other fresh fruit:

0810 20 10 – – Raspberries

0810 20 90 – – Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries

0810 30

– Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries

0810 30 10 – – Blackcurrants

0810 30 30 – – Redcurrants and whitecurrants

0810 30 90 – – Gooseberries

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TITLE XIII

Sugar

Article 19

1.
The customs duties applicable to imports of molasses falling within CN code 1703
shall be reduced to zero within the limits of a quota of 600 000 tonnes per marketing year.

2.
The customs duties applicable to imports of products falling within CN codes
1212 91 20, 1212 91 80, 1212 92 00, 1702 20 10, 1702 20 90, 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10,
1702 60 10, 1702 60 90, 1702 90 30, 1702 90 60, 1702 90 71, 1702 90 80, 1702 90 99,
2106 90 30 and 2106 90 59 shall be reduced by 16 %.

However, this reduction shall not be applied when the Community, in accordance with its
Uruguay Round commitments, applies additional duties.

TITLE XIV

Products processed from fruit and vegetables

Article 20

1.
The products listed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in products processed from fruit
and vegetables (1) shall be imported free of customs duties.

2. Moreover, the specific components of customs duties shall not be applicable for
products falling within the following CN codes:
2007 10 10, 2007 99 20, 2007 99 31, 2007 99 33, 2007 99 35, 2007 99 39, 2007 99 51,
2007 99 55, 2007 99 58, ex 2008 20, ex 2008 30, ex 2008 40, ex 2008 80, ex 2008 92,
ex 2008 99, 2009 20 11, 2009 20 91, ex 2009 40, ex 2009 80 and ex 2009 90.

TITLE XV

Wine

Article 21

The products listed below shall be imported free of customs duties:

CN code

2009 60
2204 30

Description

– Grape juice (including grape must):
Other grape must:
– – other
– – – Of a density of 1,33 g/cm3 or less at 20 HC and of an actual alcoholic

strength by volume not exceeding 1% vol:

2204 30 92 – – – – concentrated
2204 30 94 – – – – other

– – – other

2204 30 96 – – – – concentrated
2204 30 98 – – – – other

TITLE XVI

Raw tobacco

Article 22

The products listed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992
on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco (2), shall be imported free of
customs duties.

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (OJ L

(2) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2595/97 (OJ L

303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1).

351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 11).

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Article 23

If serious disturbances occur as a result of a large increase in duty-free imports of products
falling within CN code 2401, originating in the ACP States, or if these imports create
difficulties which bring about a deterioration in the economic situation of a region of the
Community, the Council may, without prejudice to Article 32, and acting by a qualified
majority on a proposal from the Commission, take measures to counteract any deflection
of trade.

TITLE XVII

Prepared or preserved potatoes

Article 24

The customs duties applicable to imports of prepared or preserved potatoes, not frozen,
other than in the form of flour, meal or flakes, falling within CN codes 2005 20 20 and
2005 20 80 shall be reduced by 16 %.

TITLE XVIII

Certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products

Article 25

1.
The products listed in Table 1 of Annex B to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3448/93
of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods
resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1) shall be imported free of the ad
valorem component of customs duties.

2. Moreover, for the following products the agricultural component or the specific rate
of customs duties shall be suspended:

1702 50 00

Chemically pure fructose

1704 90 30 White chocolate

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

ex 1806 20

– Preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste,
powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a
content exceeding 2 kg (except products falling within CN code 1806 20 70)

1806 31 00 – Other, in blocks, slabs or bars

1806 32

filled or not filled

1806 90 11 – Other chocolate and chocolate products, sugar confectionery and substitutes
1806 90 19
1806 90 31
1806 90 39
1806 90 50

therefor made from sugar substitution products, containing cocoa

ex 1901

Food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or
containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis,
not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos
0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa
calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included:

– Whether or not containing less than 1,5 % by weight of milk fat, with a starch

or flour content of 50 % or over but of less than 75 % by weight.

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1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains,
pearls, siftings or similar forms.

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing
cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use,
sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.

ex 1905 30

Sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers:

– Biscuits

ex 1905 40

– Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, excluding ship’s biscuit.

ex 1905 90

– Other:

– Biscuits

2008 99 85 Maize (corn), otherwise prepared or preserved, without the addition of sugar or

alcohol, other than sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata).

2101 12 98

Preparations with a basis of coffee.

TITLE XIX

Other markets subject to common organization

Article 26

The products referred to in the following Regulations shall be admitted free of customs
duties:

— Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 of 27 February 1968 on the establishment of a
common organisation of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the
like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage (1);

— Council Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organisation of

the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty (2);

— Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation

of the market in flax and hemp (3);

— Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organisation

of the market in hops (4);

— Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organisa-

tion of the market in seeds (5);

— Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 of 21 February 1995 on the common organisation

of the market in dried fodder (6).

TITLE XX

Provisions relating to the French overseas departments

Article 27

Subject to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, customs duties shall not be applied to imports into
1.
the French overseas departments of the products listed below originating in the ACP
States or in the overseas countries and territories:

(1) OJ L 55, 2. 3. 1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (OJ L 349,

(2) OJ L 151, 30. 6. 1968, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 195/96 (OJ L 26,

(3) OJ L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (OJ L 349,

(4) OJ L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1554/97 (OJ L 208,

31. 12. 1994, p. 105).

2. 2. 1996, p. 13).

31. 12. 1994, p. 105).

2. 8. 1997, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (OJ L 20,

(6) OJ L 63, 21. 3. 1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1347/95 (OJ L 131,

27. 1. 1998, p. 16).

15. 6. 1995, p. 1).

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CN code

Description

0102

Live bovine animals, domestic species, other than pure-bred breeding animals:

0102 90

0102 90 05

0102 90 21
0102 90 29
0102 90 41
0102 90 49
0102 90 51
0102 90 59
0102 90 61
0102 90 69
0102 90 71
0102 90 79

0201

0202

0206 10 95

0206 29 91

Meat of bovine animals fresh chilled or frozen

0709 90 60

Sweetcorn

0712 10 90

1005 90 00

0714 10 91 – Manioc (cassava) including yams:

0714 90 11

2.
Subject to paragraph 4, customs duty shall not be
applied to direct imports into the overseas department of
R(cid:130)union of rice falling within CN code 1006, excluding
rice for sowing falling within CN code 1006 10 10.

3.
If imports into the French overseas departments of
maize originating in the ACP States or in the overseas
countries and territories have exceeded 25 000 tonnes in a
year and are causing or are likely to cause serious dis-
turbances on those markets, the Commission shall, at the
request of a Member State or on its own initiative, take
the necessary measures.

Any Member State may, within three working days of
notification of the measure taken by the Commission,
refer that measure to the Council. The Council, acting by
a qualified majority, may take a different decision within
one month.

4.
This Article shall apply to products which are
intended for use in the overseas departments and are
released on the market there. If necessary, measures to
ensure this may be taken in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 30.

The exemption from customs duty for products
5.
falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11 shall
apply within the limits of an annual quota of 2 000
tonnes.

6. Within the limits of an annual quantity of 8 000
tonnes, the customs duty fixed pursuant to Article 10(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall not be applied to
imports into the overseas department of R(cid:130)union of wheat
bran falling within CN code 2302 30, originating in the
ACP States.

TITLE XXI

General and final provisions

Article 28

The reductions provided for by this Regulation shall be
calculated on the basis of the rates of customs duties in
the Common Customs Tariff.

Article 29

Insofar as the import arrangements set out in this Regula-
tion provide for quantitative limits,
the
products concerned which originate in the overseas coun-
tries and territories will be counted against these quantit-
ies. The using-up of these quantities will not however
prevent placing in free circulation the products in ques-
tion originating in the ACP States within the limits of the
global quantities set out in this Regulation.

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Article 30

1.
If necessary, detailed rules for the application of this
Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92 or in the corresponding Articles of the other
Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural
markets, as the case may be.

In the case of meat and rice, these detailed rules

2.
shall relate in particular to:

(a) the basis for calculation and the reference period to be
used for fixing the amount by which import duties are
to be reduced;

— the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within the period referred to in the
first ident.

5.
The Committee may examine any question con-
cerning the application of tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and
reference quantities, which is raised by its chairman either
at the latter’s initiative or at the request of a Member
State.

6.
As soon as a tariff ceiling is reached, the Commis-
sion may adopt a regulation re-establishing, until the end
of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to
third countries in respect of
the products
concerned.

imports of

(b) the arrangements for fixing the corresponding amount

to be collected by the exporting country;

Article 31

(c) the issue of import licences and/or the introduction of

import licence arrangements;

(d) the forms of proof acceptable and checking pro-

cedures.

In the light of the economic development requirements
of the French overseas departments the Council, acting in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of
the Treaty, may alter the arrangements governing access
to those departments’ markets for the products covered by
this Regulation.

3. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, provisions
for the application of the tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and
reference quantities provided for
in Article 17, and
amendments and technical adaptations made necessary by
amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and Taric
codes or arising from the conclusion of agreements,
protocols or exchanges of letters between the Community
and the ACP States, shall be adopted by the Commission,
assisted by the Customs Code Committee, in accordance
with the procedure set out in paragraph 4 of this Article.

The Commission shall submit to the Committee a
4.
draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall
deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which
the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of
the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority
laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of
decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a
proposal from the Commission. The votes of the rep-
resentatives of the Member States within the Committee
shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article.
The chairman shall not vote.

The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply
immediately. However, if these measures are not in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall
be communicated by the Commission to the Council
forthwith. In that event:

— the Commission may defer

the
measures which it has decided for a period of not
more than one month from the date of such com-
munication;

application of

Article 32

The safeguard clauses provided for in the Regula-
1.
tions on the common organization of agricultural markets
and in the specific rules introduced under the common
agricultural policy shall be applicable to the products
covered by this Regulation.

2.
As regards relations with the ACP States, the provi-
sions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3705/90 of 18
December 1990 on the safeguard measures provided for
in the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1) shall apply as
complementary measures
safeguard clauses
pursuant to Chapter 1 of the third part of the Convention
until 29 February 2000.

the

to

Article 33

Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is hereby repealed.

Article 34

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1996.

(1) OJ L 358, 21. 12. 1990, p. 4.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER

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ANNEX

LIST OF THE ACP STATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros
Congo
Chad
C(cid:147)te-d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho

Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
S˜ao Tom(cid:130) and Pr(cid:146)ncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe