CELEX: 31975R3143
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-24
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3143/75 of the Council of 24 November 1975 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3143/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 24 November 1975
                on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
                                          agricultural products originating in Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            as regards the products originating in Turkey, and
                                                                    contained in the list annexed to this Regulation,
                                                                    suspend from 1 January to 31 December 1976, at the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  levels indicated for each of them, either the fixed
pean Economic Community, and in particular                          component of the charge applicable to the goods
Articles 43 and 113 thereof;                                        coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 or the
                                                                    customs duty applicable to the other products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No
1059/69 ( 1 ) of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade                  Whereas, for certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting                  the Common Customs Tariff, this scheme would,
from the processing of agricultural products, as last               however, involve in 1976 the application in the new
amended by Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1491 /                      Member States of customs duties higher than or very
73 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 12 thereof;                     close to those which are applied by the new Member
                                                                    States to non-member countries in general on the
                                                                    basis of the provisions of the Act of Accession ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 whereas in order to maintain an equivalent preferen­
                                                                    tial margin for these products also, reduced customs
                                                                    duties should be applied to them, in accordance with
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                        detailed rules based on the principle of maintaining,
Parliament (3);                                                     in the new Member States, a preference proportional
                                                                    to that which exists between the duties of the Com­
Whereas under Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol                    mon Customs Tariff and the duties given in Annex A
laying down the conditions, procedures and time­                    to this Regulation ; whereas, with a view to granting
tables for implementing the transitional phase                      to Turkey the best possible treatment, in accordance
pursuant to Article 4 of the Agreement establishing                 with the objectives of the preference scheme, the
an association between the European Economic                        duties given in Annex A should also be applied
Community and Turkey, and under Article 1 of the                    wherever the duties calculated according to the
Interim Agreement between the European Economic                     abovementioned detailed rules prove to be higher
Community and Turkey on account of the accession                    than them ,
of new Member States to the Community, the Com­
munity must totally or partially suspend the Common
Customs Tariff duty or duties applicable to certain
products ; whereas it also appears necessary on a                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provisional basis to adjust or supplement some of
these tariff advantages provided for in the above­
mentioned Annex 6 ; whereas the Community should
                                                                                           Article 1
                                                                     1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1976 the prod­
 (!) OJ No L 141 , 12 . 6 . 1969, p. 1 .                             ucts originating in Turkey listed in Annex A shall be
 (2) OJ No L 151 , 7. 6. 1973 , p. 1 .                               admitted for import into the Community at the
 (3) OJ No C 257, 10. 11 . 1975 , p. 39.                             customs duties indicated for each of them .
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 On importation into Denmark, Ireland and the                   be partially or wholly re-introduced for the products
 United Kingdom, there shall be applied to the above­           in question. These measures may also be taken in the
mentioned products the customs duties determined                event of serious loss or the threat of serious loss
 by multiplying, by a coefficient equal to the margin           limited to a single region of the Community.
of preferences existing between the duties given in
Annex A and the Common Customs Tariff duties
                                                                                        Article 3
 applicable, the duties obtained by reducing the dif­
ference between the lowest duty applied to developing
 countries on 1 January 1972 and the Common                     1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the
 Customs Tariff, by 60% in respect of the products              Commission may decide by means of a Regulation
                                                                to re-introduce Common Customs Tariff duties for
mentioned in Annex B, and by 80% in respect of
 the other products given in Annex A.                           a limited period .
 However, the duties given in Annex A shall be applied          2 . If the action of the Commission was requested by
where the duties resulting from the abovementioned              a Member State, the Commission shall take a decision
 calculation are higher than them .                             within a maximum period of 10 working days from
                                                                receipt of the request and shall inform the Member
                                                                States of the action taken .
2. For the purposes of application of this Regulation ,
the concept of 'originating products ' and the
methods of administrative cooperation shall be those            3 . Any Member State may remit to the Council the
laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 ( 1 ), as               measure taken by the Commission within a period
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /75 (2).               of 10 working days following the day of its
                                                                notification . The intervention of the Council shall
                         Article 2
                                                                not have a suspensory effect. The Council shall meet
                                                                without delay . It may by qualified majority modify
When the imports of products benefiting from the                or annul the measure in question .
arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the
Community in quantities or at prices which cause or                                     Article 4
threaten to cause serious loss to the Community
producers of similar products or directly competitive           This Regulation        shall   enter into   force      on
products, the Common Customs Tariff duties may                  1 January 1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 November 1975 .
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                          B. VISENTINI
(*) OJ No L 59, 5. 3. 1973, p. 73 .
(2) OJ No L 142, 4. 6. 1975, p . 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX A
           List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24, originating in Turkey, for which there are
                  grounds for total or partial suspension of the duties of the Common Customs Tariff
                CCT
             heading No                                   Description                         Rate of duty
                  1                                             2                                  3
                03.01        Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen :
                            B. Saltwater fish :
                                  I. Whole, headless or in pieces :
                                     ex q) Other :
                                            — Aquarium fish                                      Free
                04.06        Natural honey                                                       26 %
                05.15       Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ; dead
                             animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3 , unfit for human consump­
                            tion :
                             A. Fish , crustaceans and molluscs :
                                 I. Fish of a length of 6 cm or less and shrimps and prawns,
                                    dried                                                         Free
                07.04        Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced ,
                             broken or in powder but not further prepared :
                             ex R. Other :
                                     — Whole mushrooms , dried , dehydrated or evaporated,
                                         excluding cultivated                                     10 %
                                     — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                         7 %
                08.05        Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh
                             or dried , shelled or not :
                                 D. Pistachios                                                    Free
                                 E. Pecans                                                        Free
                                 F. Areca (or betel ) and cola                                    Free
                             ex G. Other, excluding hazelnuts                                     Free
                08.10        Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not
                             containing added sugar :
                            ex A. Bilberries and blackberries                                      9%
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               CCT
           heading No                               Description                             Rate of duty
                1                                        2                                       3
             08.10     ex B. Other :
            (cont'd)            — Quinces                                                      11%
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                   pineapples, grapefruit, pomelos and whortleberries .         9%
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                   melons and water melons                                      9%
              08.11   Fruits provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide
                       gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions),
                      but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption :
                           C. Papaws                                                           Free
                           D. Bilberries                                                        4%
                      ex E. Other :
                                — Quinces                                                       5 %
                               — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                   pineapples ; grapefruit, pomelos whortleberries and
                                   blackberries                                                 4%
                               — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                   melons and water melons                                      4%
             08.12    Fruit, dried (other than that falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                      08.02 , 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 ):
                          E. Papaws                                                            Free
                      ex G. Other :
                               — Tamarind (pods , pulp)                                        Free
             08.13    Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or provisi­
                      onally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preserva­
                      tive solutions                                                        ,  Free
             15.04    Fats and oils, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not
                      refined :
                      A. Fish-liver oil :
                          I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 international
                             units per gramme                                                  Free
             15.07    Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
                      B. China-wood and oiticica oils , myrtle wax and Japan wax .             Free
                      C. Castor oil :
                          II. Other                                                            6 %
                      D. Other oils :
                           I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manu­
                               facture of foodstuffs for human consumption :
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                   CCT
               heading No                                          Description                                      Rate of duty
                    1                                                    2                                                3
                  15.07                    a) Crude (a) :
                (cont'd)                           1 . Palm oil                                                       2-5 %
                                              ex 3 .    Other :
                                                       — Palm kernel oil                                                3%
                                                       — Other, excluding linseed oil, groundnut
                                                           oil , sunflower seed oil and colza oil ....                2-5 %
                                     II. Other :
                                           a) Palm oil :
                                               1. Crude                                                                 4%
                                           b) Other :
                                              2. Solid, other ; fluid :
                                                  ex aa) Crude :
                                                            — Palm kernel oil                                            8%
                                                             — Coconut oil                                              8%
                  15.12           Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partly hydrogena­
                                 ted, or solidified or hardened by any other process, whether
                                 or not refined, but not further prepared :
                                 A. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less . .                        16%
                                 B. Other                                                                              12%
                  15.17          Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or
                                 animal or vegetable waxes :
                                 B. Other :
                                      I. Oil foots and dregs ; soapstocks                                              Free
                                     II . Other                                                                        Free
                 16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                 A. Liver :
                                       I. Goose or duck liver                                                          14%
                                 B. Other :
                                      II . Game or rabbit meat or offal :
                                            — Game                                                                      9%
                                            — Rabbit                                                                   14%
                                     III .  Other :
                                            b) Other :
                                                ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                                        — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue . .                      17%
           (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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               CCT
            heading No                                Description                          Rate of duty
                 1                                         2                                     3
               16.02                      2. Not specified :
             (cont'd)                          aa) Ovine meat or offal                        18%
                                               bb) Other                                      16%
               16.04   Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar sub­
                       stitutes :
                           A. Caviar and caviar substitutes :
                                  I. Caviar (sturgeon roe)                                    12%
                                II. Other                                                     16%
                           B. Salmonidas                                                        6%
                       ex F. Bonito and mackerel                                              21%
                           G. Other :
                                  I. Fillet, raw, coated with batter or breadcrumbs , deep
                                     frozen                                                   11%
                                II . Other                                                    11%
                16.05  Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved :
                            A. Crabs                                                            7 %
                       ex B. Other, excluding shrimps of the ' Crangon sp.p .' type
                                and snails                                                      7 %
                18.06  Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :
                       A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the
                            addition of sucrose                                             5% + vc
           ex 19.04    Tapioca and sago excluding tapioca and sago substitutes
                       obtained from potato or other starches                               6% + vc
                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 :
                       ex B. Other, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid,
                                 with or without salt, spices or mustard but with sugar,
                                 except for gherkins, cucumbers, 'mixed pickles' or
                                 sweet peppers                                                 18%
                20.02  Vegetables prepared or preserved without vinegar or acetic
                        acid :
                       E    Sauerkraut :                                                       16%
                20.03  Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar :
                       ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight :
                                 — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                      pineapples                                           12% + (L)
                                 — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                      melons and water melons                              12% + (L)
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               CCT
            heading No                                Description                          Rate of duty
                 1                                         2                                    3
              20.03    ex B. Other :
             (cont'd.)         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                   pineapples                                                 12%
                               — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                   melons and water melons                                    12%
                20.04  Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained,
                       glace or crystallized ) :
                       B. Other :
                           ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight :
                                   — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                       pineapples                                          11% + (L)
                                   — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09 , excluding
                                       melons and water melons                             11 % + ( L)
                           ex II . Other :
                                   — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                       pineapples                                             11%
                                   — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                       melons and water melons                                11%
               20.05   Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit puree and fruit pastes,
                       being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added
                       sugar :
                       B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit :
                           ex    I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight,
                                     excluding orange jam and orange marmalade . . . .     19 % + (L)
                           ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not
                                     exceeding 30% by weight, excluding orange jam
                                     and orange marmalade                                  19% -f (L)
                           ex III. Other, excluding orange jam and orange mar­
                                     malade                                                   19%
                       C. Other :
                                 I. With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight :
                                     ex b) Other :
                                            — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                                 excluding pineapples                      16 % + (L)
                                            — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.09,
                                                 excluding melons and water melons . . .   16 % -f (L)
                           ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not
                                     exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                        excluding pineapples                               16 % + (L)
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.09,
                                        excluding melons and water melons                  16 % + (L)
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              CCT
           heading No                             Description                          Rate of duty
                1                                       2                                   3
             20.05        ex III. Other :
            (cont'd)               — Of fruit    falling within heading No 08.01,
                                       excluding pineapples                               16%
                                   — Of fruit    falling within heading No 08.09,
                                       excluding melons and water melons                  16%
              20.0 6  Fruit prepared otherwise or preserved ; whether or not con­
                      taining added sugar or spirit :
                      B. Other :
                           I. Containing added spirit :
                              a) Ginger                                                   14%
                              b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
                                  1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                      aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by
                                          weight                                       14% + (L)
                                      bb) Other                                           14%
                                 2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                      aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19% by
                                          weight                                       14% + (L)
                                      bb) Other                                           14%
                              c) Grapes :
                                 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight     25 % + (L)
                                 2 . Other                                                25%
                              d) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate packings
                                 of a net capacity :
                                  1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                      aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by
                                          weight                                       25 % + (L)
                                      bb) Other                                           25%
                                 2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                      aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 % by
                                          weight                                       25% + (L)
                                      bb) Other                                           25%
                              e) Other fruits :
                                  ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by
                                         weight excluding cherries                     25% + (L)
                                 ex 2.   Other                                            25%
                              f) Mixtures of fruit :
                                  1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight     25 % + (L)
                                 2.   Other                                               25%
                          II. Not containing added spirit :
                              a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
                                 a net capacity of more than 1 kg :
                                      2. Grapefruit segments                           11 % + (L)
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               CCT
           heading No                                 Description                           Rate of duty
                1                                          2                                     3
              20.06                    3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsu­
            ( cont'd)                       mas) ; Clementines , wilkings and other similar
                                           citrus hybrids                                   19 % + (L)
                                       4. Grapes                                            18% + (L)
                                   ex 8 . Other fruits :
                                           — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                               excluding pineapples                         10% + (L)
                                           — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09,
                                               excluding melons and water melons . . .      10 % + (L)
                                           — Tamarinds, (pods, pulp)                        10% + (L)
                               b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
                                   a net capacity of not more than 1 kg :
                                   2. Grapefruit segments                                   11% + (L)
                                   3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ;
                                       clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus
                                       hybrids                                              20% + (L)
                                   4. Grapes                                                19 % + (L)
                               ex 8 .       Other fruits :
                                           — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                               excluding pineapples                         11% + (L)
                                           — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09,
                                               excluding melons and water melons ....       11% + (L)
                               c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings
                                   of a net capacity :
                                   1 . Of 4-5 kg or more :
                                       ex dd) Other fruits :
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                                     excluding pineapples                       11%
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No
                                                     08.09, excluding melons and water
                                                     melons                                     11%
                                   2. Of less than 4-5 kg :
                                       ex bb) Other fruits and mixtures of fruit :
                                                 — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                                     excluding pineapples                       11%
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09
                                                     excluding melons and water melons          11%
               20.07  Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whe­
                      ther or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and
                      not containing spirits :
                      A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15° C :
                          III.   Other :
                                  ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net
                                           weight :
                                              Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                              excluding pineapples                              19%
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                CCT
            heading No                                 Description                          Rate of duty
                 1                                           2                                   3
               20.07                      — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09 ,
             (cont'd)                          excluding melons and water melons               19%
                                    b)     Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg
                                           net weight :
                                           ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding
                                                  30 % by weight :
                                                  — Fruit      falling within heading No
                                                      08.01 ,  excluding pineapples        19% + ( L)
                                                  — Fruit      falling within heading No
                                                      08.09,   excluding melons and water
                                                      melons                               19% + (L)
                                          ex 2 .   Other :
                                                  — Fruit falling within heading No
                                                      08.01 , excluding pineapples             19%
                                                  — Fruit falling within heading No
                                                      08.09 , excluding melons and water
                                                      melons                                   19%
                       B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15° C :
                          II . Other :
                               a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net weight :
                                       2. Grapefruit juice                                    9-5 %
                                   ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                            aa) Containing added sugar                         14%
                                            bb) Other                                          15%
                                  ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding
                                            apricot and peach juices :
                                            aa) Containing added sugar                         17%
                                            bb) Other                                          18%
                                       7 . Mixtures :
                                            ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures contai­
                                                     ning either separately or together,
                                                     over 25 % of grape, citrus fruit,
                                                    pineapple, apple, pear, tomato , apri­
                                                     cot or peach juice :
                                                     11 . Containing added sugar               17%
                                                    22. Other                                 18%
                               b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight :
                                       2. Grapefruit juice :
                                            aa) With an added sugar content exceeding
                                                 30 % by weight                            9% + (L)
                                            bb) Other                                           9 %
                                      4 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                           aa) With added sugar content exceeding 30 %
                                                by weight                                  14% + (L)
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              CCT
           heading No                            Description                              Rate of duty
                1                                      2                                       3
              20.07                    bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or
            (cont'd)                        less by weight                                   14%
                                       cc) Not containing added sugar                        15%
                                 ex 7. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding
                                       apricots and peaches :
                                       aa) With an added sugar content exceeding
                                            30% by weight                                 17% + (L)
                                       bb) With an added sugar content of 30%
                                            or less by weight                                17%
                                       cc) Not containing added sugar                        18%
                                    8. Mixtures :
                                       ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing
                                                either separately or together, over
                                                25 % of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple,
                                                apple, pear, tomato, apricot, or
                                                peach juice :
                                                11 . With an added sugar content ex­
                                                     ceeding 30 % by weight               17% + (L)
                                                22. With an added sugar content of
                                                     30 % or less by weight                  17%
                                                33 . Not containing added sugar ....        18%
              21.07   Food preparations not elsewhere stated or included :
                      A. Cereals in grain or ear form, precooked or otherwise
                         prepared                                                          4% + vc
              23.01   Flours and meals, of meat, offals, fish , crustaceans or molluscs ,
                      unfit for human consumption ; greaves :
                      B. Flours and meals of fish , crustaceans or molluscs                   Free
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                                                        ANNEX B
             List of products in respect of which the difference between the lowest duties applied on
             1 January 1972 to the developing countries by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
             and the Common Customs Tariff duties must be reduced by 60 % in accordance with Article
                                                    1 of this Regulation
                    CCT
                 heading No                                         Description
                    07.04       Dried , dehydrated or evaporated vegetables , whole, cut, sliced , broken or
                                in powder but not further prepared :
                                ex B. Other :
                                            Whole mushrooms dried, dehydrated or evaporated, excluding
                                            cultivated mushrooms
                                            Horse-radish ( Cochlearia armoracia)
                    08.05       Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh or dried, shelled
                                or not :
                                     D. Pistachios
                                     E. Pecans
                                ex G. Other (excluding hazelnuts)
                    08.10       Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added
                                sugar :
                                ex A. Bilberries and blackberries
                                 ex B. Other :
                                         — Quinces
                                         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pinneapples ;
                                            grapefruit, pomelos and whortleberries
                                         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09 , excluding melons and water
                                            melons
                    08.11        Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas , in brine ,
                                 in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that
                                 state for immediate consumption :
                                     C. Papaws
                                     D. Bilberries
                                 ex E. Other :
                                         — Quinces
                                            Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples ;
                                            grapefruit, pomelos , whortleberires and blackberries
                                            Fruit falling within heading No 08.09 , excluding melons and water
                                             melons
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                     CCT
                 heading No                                                 Description
                    08.12             Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02, 08.03 ,
                                      08.04 or 08.05 :
                                           E. Papaws
                                      ex G. Other :
                                                — Tamarind (pods, pulp)
                    08.13             Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved
                                      in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
                    16.02 ( a )       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                      B. Other :
                                           III.  Other :
                                                 b) Other :
                                                    ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                                            — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue
                                                         2. Other :
                                                            aa) Ovine meat or offal
                                                            bb) Other
                    20.01             Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with
                                      or without sugar, whether or nor containing salt, spices or mustard :
                                      ex B. Other :
                                                — Prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with sugar,
                                                   excluding gherkins, cucumbers, ' mixed pickles' and sweet peppers
                    20.02             Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
                                      E. Sauerkraut
                    20.03             Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar :
                                      ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight :
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding melons and water
                                                   melons
                                      ex B. Other :
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding melons and
                                                   water melons
                    20.04             Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crys­
                                      tallized) :
                                      B. Other :
                                           ex    I. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight :
                                                    — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                                                    — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding melons and
                                                         water melons
            (a) This heading will be abolished from 1 April 1976.
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              20.04       ex   II .  Other :
             (cont'd)
                                     — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                                     — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09 , excluding melons and
                                         water melons
               20.05   Jams , fruit jellies , marmalades , fruit puree and fruit pastes, being cooked
                       preparations, whether or not containing added sugar :
                       B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit :
                          ex    I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight, excluding
                                     orange jam and orange marmalade
                          ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 30%
                                     by weight, excluding orange jam and orange marmalade
                          ex III. Other, excluding orange jam and orange marmalade
                       C. Other :
                                 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                     ex b) Other :
                                             — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                pineapples
                                             — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                                melons and water melons
                          ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 30%
                                     by weight :
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding melons
                                         and water melons
                          ex III .   Other :
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pine­
                                         apples
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding melons
                                         and water melons
               20.06   Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added
                       sugar or spirit :
                       B. Other :
                            I. Containing added spirit :
                                a) Ginger
                                b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
                                     1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                         aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 % by weight
                                         bb) Other
                                     2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                         aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 % by weight
                                         bb) Other
                                c) Grapes :
                                     1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight
                                     2. Other
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              20.06          d) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate packings of a net
            (cont'd)            capacity :
                                1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                    aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight
                                    bb) Other
                                2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                    aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight
                                    bb ) Other
                             e) Other fruits :
                                ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight,
                                        excluding cherries
                                ex 2 .  Other
                             f) Mixtures of fruit :
                                1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight
                                2.  Other
                        II . Not containing added spirit :
                             a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                of more than 1 kg :
                                    2. Grapefruit segments
                                    3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; Clemen­
                                        tines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
                                    4. Grapes
                                ex 8 .  Other fruits :
                                        — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                            pineapples
                                        — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                            melons and water melons
                                        — Tamarind (pods, pulp)
                             b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                of 1 kg or less :
                                    2. Grapefruit segments
                                    3 . Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; Clemen­
                                        tines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
                                    4. Grapes
                                ex 8 .  Other fruits :
                                        — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                            pineapples
                                        — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                            melons and water melons
                             c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net
                                capacity :
                                1 . Of 4-5 kg or more :
                                    ex dd) Other fruits :
                                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                  pineapples
                                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                                  melons and water melons
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               20.06               2. Of less than 4-5 kg :
             (cont'd)
                                       ex bb) Other fruits and mixtures of fruit :
                                               — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                                  excluding pineapples
                                               — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09,
                                                  excluding melons and water melons
               20.07   Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices , whether or not
                       containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit :
                       A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15° C :
                          III. Other :
                                ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                       — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pine­
                                          apples
                                       — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding melons
                                          and water melons
                                   b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                       ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                              — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                 pineapples
                                              — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                                 melons and water melons
                                       ex 2 . Other :
                                              — Fruit falling within heading No 08 01 , excluding
                                                 pineapples
                                              — Fruit falling within heading No 08.09, excluding
                                                 melons and water melons
                       B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C :
                           II. Other :
                                a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight :
                                       2. Grapefruit juice
                                   ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                          aa) Containing added sugar
                                          bb) Other
                                   ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and
                                          peach juice :
                                           aa) Containing added sugar
                                          bb) Other
                                       7. Mixtures :
                                          ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures, containing either
                                                  separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                                  fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                                  peach juice :
                                                  11 . Containing added sugar
                                                  22.   Other
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              20.07        b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight :
            (cont'd)
                                   2 . Grapefruit juice :
                                       aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
                                       bb) Other
                                   4 . Other citrus fruit juices :
                                       aa) "With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
                                           weight
                                       bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by
                                           weight
                                       cc) Not containing added sugar
                                ex 7. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricots and
                                       peaches :
                                       aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
                                            weight
                                       bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by
                                           weight
                                       cc) Not containing added sugar
                                   8.  Mixtures :
                                       ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing, either
                                                separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                               fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                               peach juice :
                                                11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30%
                                                     by weight
                                               22 . With an added sugar content of 30% or
                                                     less by weight
                                               33 . Not containing added sugar